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Do you have any obscure knowledge you would like to share with STW? It is my intention to amass a vast database of trivia worthy of winning any pub quiz I might enter.

Beavers' teeth are reinforced with iron, which is why they are orange.


 
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Starbucks in Llanishen closes at 7.30pm.


 
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The fastest field sport in the world is hurling.


 
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I'm wearing black pants. They're not my favourite.


 
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Hugo Boss designed the Germans SS Uniforms, and his links to the Nazi PArty made him rich...


 
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All polar bears are left handed.


 
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What about bi-polar bears?


 
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Beavers' teeth are reinforced with iron, which is why they are orange.

Degus also have orange teeth, but that's due to a reaction between the chlorophyll in their diet and their saliva.


 
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Galantamine, an anti Alzheimer's/Dementia drug was discovered through an Eastern European folk remedy. It is based on extracts of Snowdrops or a synthetically produced version of the plant extract.


 
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Not all swans are gay.


 
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Polar bear liver is poisonous due to it's very high levels of vitamin A.


 
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The detonation velocity of PE4 explosive is 8090m/s. Useful eh.


 
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I have an above average number of legs.


 
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This is Tigger
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The voice of Tigger for the movies was Paul Winchell, he did Dastardly and Mutley too!
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He invented this, the artificial heart!
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Manchester's fresh water flows all the way from the lake district,purely through gravity, no pumps are used.

It takes two days for water to flow the entire distance.


 
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Florence Nightingale invented the pie chart.


 
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A parsec is a unit of distance, not time.

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No edits here, no sir, not me.

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Or time ๐Ÿ™‚


 
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an american fanny is at the back
an english fanny is at the front
this is a nice pink french fanny
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tom hanks didnt do the voice of woody in toy story - he gave the job to his brother cos he was too busy
sorry, but its a myth that polar bears are not left handed


 
Posted : 14/09/2011 10:24 pm
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Polar bears being left handed is an urban myth.

[url= http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/bear-essentials-polar-style/myths-and-misconceptions ]http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/bear-essentials-polar-style/myths-and-misconceptions[/url]


 
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People with HIV have a greatly increased chance of developing dementia.

Peppermint is definitely the nicest flavour of artificial saliva.


 
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Denier is a measure of a a fabric's linear mass in grams per 9000m, and double woven 1050 denier nylon is one of the most strong, it's difficult to dye, which is why it's nearly always black


 
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Polar bear liver is poisonous due to it's very high levels of vitamin A.

So are dogs's livers - eating his dog's livers and the resultant vitamin A overdose is thought to be what finally did for Captain Scott and his colleagues.

Its reckoned around 4 million americans routinely wear spectacles with plain, non-corrective lenses.


 
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The bit between you nose and top lip is called the [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philtrum ]Philtrum.[/url] My 4 year old tells people this when she is trying to freak them out.


 
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So what is holocaust denier?


 
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So what is holocaust denier?

Something very, very thick.


 
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So what is holocaust denier?

It's what this bloke wears for a quiet night in:

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So what is holocaust denier?

Mac got there first, I can't think of anything else so I'm going for a shower then off to bed.


 
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who is he? ๐Ÿ˜•


 
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who is he?

he's the author of the book he's carrying


 
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The currently topical Roald Dahl developed a valve used in the relief of hydrocephalus (water on the brain) following his son developing the condition as a baby.


 
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Jamie Lee Curtis holds a patent for [url= http://www.google.com/patents?vid=4753647 ]Nappies with Pockets[/url]


 
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who is he?

[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Irving ]David Irving [/url]emsz.

Not a very nice bloke.


 
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The bat is the only mammal that can fly. Flying squirrels can only glide.


 
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Bees have hairy eyes.


 
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Anak Krakatoa is growing at an alarming rate.


 
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it's only* female honey bees that have barbed stings and rip their arse out after they've stung you

*probably


 
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Take a football and wrap a piece of string around it once, so that your string equals the circumference of the ball. How long is it? About 70cm for a typical footie.
Now add 100 cm to your string. If you make a circle round the ball with the new 170 cm long string, such that it hovers above the surface of the ball, exactly how high above the ball would the new circle be? Simple geometry says 15.9cm.

Now take a piece of string and wrap it round planet Earth one time. How long? A little over 40,000 km. Now add 1 meter to it as before with the football and make a new circle around the earth. How high would this new 40,000,000 +1 m of string be above the earth's surface? A nanometer? A micrometer? No my friend, 15.9 cm just as before.


 
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Anak Krakatoa is growing at an alarming rate.
yeah, and she's shrieking louder than ever in tennis matches


 
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The bat is the only mammal that can fly. Flying squirrels can only glide.

Pffffftt.....

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You can't tickle yourself


 
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Pap or Cioch in Gaelic mean 'nipple' or 'tit'
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Tom Hanks voiced Woody in the films, His brother recorded the voices in the Woody Toys.

Tom himself told the story on the One Show.


 
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it's only* female honey bees that have barbed stings and rip their arse out after they've stung you

*probably

True, only female bees and wasps can sting you - the sting is a modified ovipositor.


 
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