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A Pt cruisers exhaust has 6 90* bends in it
Ever wonder
Why Lemon juice is made from artificial flavors, but dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
Why do you drive on a parkway and park on your driveway?
A Pt cruisers exhaust has 6 90* bends in it
Ever wonder
Why Lemon juice is made from artificial flavors, but dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
Why do you drive on a parkway and park on your driveway?
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More people in China speak english then in the USA.
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.
The ratio of people who have NOT used a phone, to those who HAVE is 12:1.
You spend a combined 5 YEARS in line.
Civics are better then Mustangs.
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
The average cough comes out of your mouth at 60 miles (96.5 km) per hour.
The ratio of people who have NOT used a phone, to those who HAVE is 12:1.
You spend a combined 5 YEARS in line.
Civics are better then Mustangs.
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Why do you drive on a parkway and park on your driveway?
There are three times as many automobiles in LA as people.
Every continent is wider at the top than the bottom.
Any month that starts on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
Bears are as fast as horses.
Reno, Nevada is farther west than most of Southern California.
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women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
55.2% of us will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet.
The ‘Big Dipper’ is known as ‘The Casserole’ in France.
More than half the population of Kenya is under the age of 15.
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08
Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.
Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach!
It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.
WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes
Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.
55.2% of us will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet.
The ‘Big Dipper’ is known as ‘The Casserole’ in France.
More than half the population of Kenya is under the age of 15.
One out of 20 people have an extra rib.
Motorists who talk on cell phones are more impaired than drunk drivers with blood-alcohol levels exceeding .08
Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
A group of kangaroos is called a mob.
Polar bear fur is not white, it's clear.
Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
The 7-Eleven Extreme Gulp is 50% bigger than the volume of the human stomach!
It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
A toothbrush within 6 feet of a toilet can get airborne bacteria from flushing.
WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes
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The lighter was invented before the match.
Kleenex is currently the 2nd most recognised brand in the world. Coke is 1st and Zippo is 3rd.
The South technically won the war. However news didnt travel fast enough back in the day.
AMF the bowling ball company, makes two products, the bowling ball and the Sunfish ( a sailboat).
Cookies were created by accident, along with rubber.
Honda's first vehicle was a scooter.
Alpo the dogfood company, bids on their meat alongside of Taco Bell.
The first steam engine was developed before Christ was born though it was simply a toy.
The Dolphin fish, is commonly renamed 'Mahi-Mahi' in restaurants because dumb people actually think Flipper is on the menu.
The canned meat SPAM means ****ed Pork And Ham.
In Utah it is illegal to have sex in the missionary position.
Keep em coming, this is great
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Tyranosaurus Rex is considered the King of the dinosaurus even though it was one of the last of the carnivourous species and there are otyher carnivours that were larger.
A group of crows is called a Murder
Velociraptor was not 6 feet tall, it was 6 feet lonf and 2 feet tall.
Toyota and Gm teamed up and sold the cavalier in Japan under the Toyota namebrand (it was just a RHD Cavalier, everything on it was a GM part)
Mark Hamil was in a car accident between the making of StarWars: A New Hope and Empire Strikes back, so they had to write in the scene when he got attacked by the wampa on hoth, to accomidate for an explanation for his facial scaring.
A group of crows is called a Murder
Velociraptor was not 6 feet tall, it was 6 feet lonf and 2 feet tall.
Toyota and Gm teamed up and sold the cavalier in Japan under the Toyota namebrand (it was just a RHD Cavalier, everything on it was a GM part)
Mark Hamil was in a car accident between the making of StarWars: A New Hope and Empire Strikes back, so they had to write in the scene when he got attacked by the wampa on hoth, to accomidate for an explanation for his facial scaring.