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-- The '20' Best Oddities --
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1. Cut flowers become sleepy and wilt in the presence of Apples.
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2. In 1913, the tax on a $4000 annual income was one penny.
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3. Henry Ford forgot to put a reverse gear in his first automobile.
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4. Ninety Seven percent of all people offered a new pen to try,
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write their own name.
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5. A dog is as old at 12 years as a man at 84.
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6. Saturday is the most dangerous day to drive a car.
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7. In the U.S. a person dies every 14.5 seconds.
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8. If a color blinded woman marries a man with normal vision, all of
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their sons will be color blind,the daughters will have normal vision.
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9. It cannot be proved by the bible that Christ ever smiled.
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10. 60 days are required for a housefly to become a grandmother.
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11. A mans beard grows about an inch in 8 weeks.
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12. 7 suicides are recorded in the bible.
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13. Theodore Roosevelt was the only president not sworn in on the bible.
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14. 72 muscles are used in speaking 1 word.
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15. The eggs of a water flea hatch 10 years after they are laid.
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16. During WW2 it cost the US $225,00 to kill an enemy soldier.
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17. Mosquitoes prefer children to adults and blonds to brunettes.
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18. When reduced to dust a diamond is as black as carbon.
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19. The nine most useful words: and,be,it,of,the,will,I,have,you.
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20. A normal person can lose as much as 1/3 his blood without fatality.
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The World's Simplest Quiz:
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Q: How long did the Hundred Year's War last?
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A: 116 years, from 1337 to 1453
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Q: In which month do the russians celebrate the October Revolution?
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A: November 7 (Russia's calendar was 13 days behind)
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Q: In which country are Panama hats made?
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A: Ecuador
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Q: From which country do we get Peruvian Bslam?
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A: EL Salvador
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Q: From which animal do we get catgut?
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A: The sheep
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Q: From which material are moleskin trousers made?
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A: A hard wearing cotton fiber called moleskin
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Q: Where do Chinese gooseberries come from?
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A: They're fruits grown in New Zealand
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Q: What kind of creatures were the Canary Islands named after?
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A: A breed of large dogs (Latin name: Canarie Insulae 'Island of dogs')
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Q: What was King George VI's first name?
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A: Albert
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Q: In what season does 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' take place?
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A: The Spring (April 29-May 1)
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Q: What is a camel's hair bursh made of?
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A: Squirrel Hair
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Q: How long did the Thirty Year's War last?
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A: 30 Years...OF COURSE!!!
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Grafix plus Color Grafic Cartoons (Movies).
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1) Dead * World (Movie)
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2) How to make Color Grafix (Text)
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3) A Collection of Bizarre Gravestone Epitaphs (Text)
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4) 11 People who were buried with Objects (Text)
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5) The World's most Simplest Quiz (Text)
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6) The 20 BEST Oddities... (Text)
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U) Upload to the 'Library'
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O) Other Databases
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11 People Buried with Obects:
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1. Tutankhamen:
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Buried with his treasures
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2. Sir Walter Raleigh:
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Buried with his favorite pipe and a tin of Tobacco
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3. Elizabeth Rossetti:
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Buried with a manuscript of her poems
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4. Wild Bill Hicock:
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Buried with his Sharps rifle
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5. Reuben John Smith:
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Buried with an easy chair and his favorite checkerboard
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6. Rudloph Valentino:
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Buried with a slave bracelet
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7. Bela Lugosi:
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Buried in his black Dracula cape.
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8. Humphrey Bogart:
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Buried with a small gold whistle
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9. Sandra West:
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Buried seated at the wheel of a Ferrari
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10. Harry 'The Horse' Flamburis:
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Buried with his Motorcycle
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11. Elvis Presley:
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Buried with a diamond ring
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################################################
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# A Collection of Bizarre Gravestone Epitaphs :#
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From Death Valley: In a Falkirk England, Cemetery
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Here lies the body of At rest beneath this slab of stone
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Fat Mary Preston Lies stingy Jimmy Wyatt
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Who's now moved to heaven He died one morning just at ten
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to relieve the Congestion. and saved a dinner by it.
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Death Valley:
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Here lies the body of poor Aunt Charolette
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Born a virgin, died a harlot;
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For 16 years she kept her virginity,
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a damn'd long time for this vicinity.
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In a Moultrie Goergia Cemetery:
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Here lies the father of twenty nine.
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We woulda had more, but he did'nt have time.
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In a Enosburg Falls, VA Cemetery:
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Here lies the body of Anna
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Done to death by a bannana,
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It was'nt the fruit that laid her low,
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But the skin of the thing that made her go.
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Battersea London Cemetery:
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OWEN MOORE:
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Gone away
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Owin' more
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Than he could pay.
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