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    Did you know that phrases like "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" are wrong.

    Did you know that for the same amount of money, better bet is to buy spinach rather than grapes based on nutritional facts.

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    The Beatles song Hey Jude was first called Hey Jules

    The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" does not stand for "LSD." The title actually comes from John Lennon's son Julian, who left his mark on more than one Beatles song. His drawing of a nursery school classmate, Lucy O'Donnell caught his father's eye. When asked what it was called, Julian replied, "Lucy in the sky with diamonds."

    When John Lennon divorced Julian's mother Cynthia, Paul McCartney composed a little song to cheer the boy up. Eventually Hey Jules evolved into Hey Jude.

    Prior to being named "The Beatles" the band had several names. In the llate 1950s, John Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a group to play skiffle music in Liverpool pubs. They began as the Quarrymen, then became: Johnny and the Moondogs, the Moonshiners, and Long John and the Silver Beatles. They became "The Beatles" in 1960. The band broke up in 1970.

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    That the Band U2 was first name The Hype, before they changed it in 1978.

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    Did you know that the EU classifies tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers and pumpkins as fruits?

    - petter
    tomatoes, cucumber are fruit. the fruit is the seed bearing part of a plant.

    The silly one is a carrot, because the Portugese make carrot jam, and jam is defined as being made from fruit. so rather than do the obvious thing and redefine jam, which is an arbitrary definition anyway, they redefine a biological term - though only for the Directive of 2001/113/EC.

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    Did you know that... if you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out? (Don't try this at home )
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    Quote Originally Posted by JernauGurgeh
    tomatoes, cucumber are fruit. the fruit is the seed bearing part of a plant.

    The silly one is a carrot, because the Portugese make carrot jam, and jam is defined as being made from fruit. so rather than do the obvious thing and redefine jam, which is an arbitrary definition anyway, they redefine a biological term - though only for the Directive of 2001/113/EC.
    Did you know that you broke the rule of this thread?

    Did you know that people dont die because of licking or tasting diamonds - thats one of the rumors that was spread to restrict workers from stealing and hiding diamonds in their mouths..If you swallow that - then its a different story altogether.

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    Did you know it would be very difficult to swallow a fully inflated regulation basketball whole?
    Verere testudinem! (Fear the turtle)

    Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy. -Albert Einstein

    Robots are trying to steal my luggage.

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    Do you know that in the whole of human history, only one male human think that squirrels are cute?
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    Please don't post non-sense.

    Did you know that rats and horses can't vomit?
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    Did you know...?

    1) that in New Jersey, it is illegal to sell cabbage on a Sunday.

    or....

    2) that in Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to let a camel run loose in the street..!

    or even weirder....

    3) that in Virginia, a farmer can be fined if he allows his chickens to lay eggs before 8:00 a.m.
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    Also, did you know that...?

    1) Forest fires travel quicker uphill than downhill.

    or....

    2) An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain..!

    or....

    3) Nutmeg can be fatal if injected intravenously.
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    Did you know that in Dallas (due to a badly worded by-law) it was illegal to enter the city without pre-warning the citizens.
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    Did You Know That:

    Fishing is the biggest participant sports in the world.

    And

    Soccer is the most attended or watched sport in the world.

    And

    Boxing became a legal sport in 1901.

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    Did you know that a coconut is actually a seed and not a nut?

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    Do you know that in the country of Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum, spit in public and say anything negative about the government in public?

    Good day,
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