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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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The great warrior Ghengis Khan died in bed while having sex.
he choked on his own blood in bed dude...
 
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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"During World War II, IBM built the computers the ***** used to manage their death/concentration camps. "

-Thats pure bull s***

And the ecoli thing..well its a "bio motor" then. Thats just like saying our heart is a blood pump, a bio blood pump, and our legs are motors too, they carry us along...
 
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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I've heard the IBM one before, a couple of times actually.
 
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:30 PM
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The guy who invented the Rotary engine thought of the idea in his sleep.

There are only 4 (i think) items on the McDonalds menu that do not contain corn syrup
 
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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In the city of Chicago automobiles are legally required to yield to equestrian traffic.
The Honda 50, which was the first machine Honda built, is to this day the largest selling motorcycle in the world.
In spite of popular sentiment, the new millenium actually started in 2001.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 06:42 PM
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This is great! Keep them coming.
 
Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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And the ecoli thing..well its a "bio motor" then. Thats just like saying our heart is a blood pump, a bio blood pump, and our legs are motors too, they carry us along...
Yeah, but this one functions a lot more like a motor than our legs...
http://www.aip.org/pt/jan00/berg.htm
 
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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In the city of Chicago automobiles are legally required to yield to equestrian traffic.
Wats an equestrian? Whatever it is, i don't yield to it
 
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 10:54 AM
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horses?
 
Old Sep 22, 2006 | 01:04 PM
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ProjectH, As for the IBM thing. I found this just few minutes ago. It turns out that Yes IBM did make the computers, just not willingly. Here is a link.

Link to IBM press room page
 



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