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well it didnt stretch very much at all and my hairs quite long so i thought it must have been less than 25%!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
How did you know when you had reached the 25% point? :hmm: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by di marcoi tried, it didnt work!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
wow! thats amazingQuote:
Originally Posted by AbigailThat is indeed true. DNA can also be recovered if the root is removed with the hair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
1. It was reported that a woman in Romania had stripped off her clothes in a remote road to flag down help for her injured husband after being ignored for three hours by motorists. :eek: :lol:
2. Doctors in Bangladesh said they'd removed a long-dead foetus from the abdomen of a teenage boy who was complaining of stomach pains. They said the foetus would have become the boy's twin had it grown normally in their mother's womb. :eek: This can't be true, surely.
3. The second hand on an authentic Rolex watch doesn't tick, it moves smoothly. :)
i watched a documentary once about twins who dont form properly and become a growth like thing inside their siblingQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
But I would have thought that if you have something dead inside you, you become very ill eventually and long before you become a teenager and complain about belly ache. Would the dead twin not have poisoned his brother? :hmm:
in the documentary i watched, it did say that the twin is like a parasite to the living sibling, i guess it just differs how long til it becomes dangerous thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
1. The moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches every year.
2. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death. :eek:
3. A Californian man has trained his pet goldfish to play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar. Comet the goldhish can also play fetch with a hoop, swim around a series of poles and push a ball over a set of posts. Dr Dean Pomerleau used a training technique called positive reinforcement to train Comet to carry out the tricks. :hmm:
1. Caterpillar means 'hairy cat' in Old French. :)
2. Trivia is the Roman goddess of witchcraft, the harvest moon and the crossroads.
3. People in parts of Western China put salt in their tea instead of sugar. :eek: :sick:
1. In medieval Britain, beer was served at breakfast. :)
2. Tobacco was originally smoked through the nose. :eek:
3. Cleopatra tested her poisons by giving them to slaves. :sick: :(
1. Elephants only sleep for two hours a day. :eek:
2. Rainbows can't be seen at midday. :cool:
3. Glass blowers in Bristol used to eat snails to improve their blowing power. :confused:
1. In 2001, it emerged that the first men on the moon had to go through US customs on their return. :D
2. One hen lays around 280 eggs a year. :moonie:
3. Romans used to eat flamingo tongues. :eek:
1. St Apollonia is the patron saint of toothache. :D
2. Humans have 350 smell receptor genes. Mice have 1,000. :eek:
3. A British mathematician named William Bourne drew plans for a submarine in 1578. But it was only in 1620 that Cornelius van Drebbel, a Dutch inventor, built one.
1. In 16th Centry Turkey, drinking coffee was punishable by death. :eek:
2. In China, the stork symbolises death rather than birth. :(
3. Intelligent eggs that 'self time' could be hitting supermarket shelves in the near future. The eggs are marked with heat-sensitive ink that enables the cook to judge when they're perfectly done. You'll be able to buy them in a choice of soft, medium or hard boiled varieties, whith the invisible indicator turning dark when the shells achieve the correct temperature. :)
3. Intelligent eggs that 'self time' could be hitting supermarket shelves in the near future. The eggs are marked with heat-sensitive ink that enables the cook to judge when they're perfectly done. You'll be able to buy them in a choice of soft, medium or hard boiled varieties, whith the invisible indicator turning dark when the shells achieve the correct temperature. :)
Can we dumb down anymore than this!
Boil an egg - time it for goodness sakes! One box will do all variations of 'hardness' if you time it properly!
Intelligent eggs for thick people!
1. In 1998, the Peruvian Congress voted not to ban mini skirts in the workplace. :lol:
2. Finnish firefighters were called to help a pet owner tame his aggressive anaconda by spraying it with a fire extinguisher. The 3-metre long reptile, which had been fasting for four months, attacked its owner as he tried to move it to his new apartment. The firemen calmed the snake by spraying it with foam then lifting it into a bag. :eek:
3. Greyhounds have the best eyesight in the dog world. :cool:
1. Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorft Sr. was born in 1904. He had a Christian name for every letter in the alphabet but shortened his name to Mr Wolfe Plus 585 Sr. :eek:
2. A 10 stone person would weigh over 25 stone on Jupiter. :eek:
3. A baby fish is called a 'fry'. :p
1. In America, a house catches fire every 45 seconds :eek:
2. Over a quarter of the world's forests are in Siberia.
3. The parachute was invented by Leonardo da Vinci in 1515.
1. In 2000, a Glasgow man was fined £150 for the noise made by his ornamental croaking frogs :lol:
2. In 20001, a survey revealed that half of Britains's men thought they looked like Homer Simpson :cool:
3. In 2001, the state of Utah elected tohave jelly as its official snack. :D
Wow, can they really see that far into the future? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Aw.... I like that. :thumbsup:Quote:
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1. In 2001, a paraglider from Breganz, Austria, survived a 4,500 foot fall unhurt. He then slipped over while picking up his glider and broke his shoulder. :eek:
2. In 2001, a Russian woman defied medical odds and grew a new set of teeth - at the age of 104. :eek:
3. Relatives who can't wait to see the latest addition to the family can cuddle a bag of rice shaped like the newborn baby. A rice shop in Japan developed the idea and is swamped with made to measure orders. The bags of rice can now be sent to distant aunts and cousins, which weigh the same as the baby and are printed with its face and name on. :love:
1. Brazilian football referee Carlos Jose Figueira Ferro was facing divorce after he pulled a lacy pair of red knickers from his pocket instead of a red card. :lol:
2. It was reported that a contractor had been employed to build a submergedf bridge in the Sea of Galilee to enable tourists to walk on water :cool:
3. In 2001, a tv vet was paid £250,000 over five years to find out why cats like to tear up sofas. :eek:
He could have given me the money and I would have told him in 2 seconds.. cause they can!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
1. The wolrd's largest peanut was 10cm long :eek:
2. American supermarket giant Wal-Mart employs the most people worldwide.
3. The shorted war ever was between Britain and Zanzibar, it lasted 38 minutes. :p
1. A woman in Marica has been cahrged with assault and trespass after allegedly biting her boyfriend on the genitals while he slept. Accordint to authorities, the 25-year-old broke into her boyfriend's house while he was asleep and bit him on what is reported as 'his private area'. The woman was arrested and charged over the inciden, which tooke place in the aptly named Dickie County, North Dakota. :lol:
2. The concave-eared torrent frog is the only amphibian known to communicate by using ultrasound. :cool:
3. 15lbs of agave pulp are needed to produce one litre of tequila. :eek:
1. French kings Henry III and Louis XVI as well as Napoleon and Alexander the Great all suffered from a fear of cats. :eek:
2. The medical name for a fear of cats is ailurophobia.
3. If you have half an avocado left over, don't remove the stone. Storing it in the fridge leaving the stone in will stop the flesh browning so quickly. :)
I am rather scared of cats, too.
:eek: I love them, there is nothing scary about them :nono: Snakes, however, are a totally different story :sick:
My hubby is petrified of snakes.
When he was on a job in the congo he had to sleep in a tent in the jungle, and every night they had to check under the tent for snakes before they went to bed :eek:
I really really do not like cats. I hate the way they creep along the backs of sofas and pounce on your lap, and the way they dig their claws in when you scream and jump up.
My gran had one - I was pertified - and I have never got close enough again to change my opinion.
I love Cats.. but my daughter is terrified of them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
The most scariest creatures on earth are spiders though, they really freak me out. In fact, I have a problem with any creature that has more than 4 legs :lol:
awwww i love cats! :) the scariest creatures are definitely wasps and craneflies though!
1. You'll burn off 25 extra calories during the day if you are wearing jeans. :confused:
2. The average woman tries on 14 pairs of jeans before they buy a pair. :eek:
3. Constructions workers have reportedly buried a stash of Scots memorabilia under the pitch of the new Wembly stadium. Scottish builders apparently left national scarves and shirts under goal lines, penalty spots, the centre circle and the England dugout after being the butt of football jokes from their English colleagues. :eek: :p
oh good im wearing jeans today! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
with me its more like a try on the whole shop before i buy anything!Quote:
2. The average woman tries on 14 pairs of jeans before they buy a pair. :eek:
1. Five million tonnes of CO2 could be saved each year if all UK residents switched to energy-saving lightbulbs. :eek:
2. £8.8billion was paid in bonuses in 2006 to financiers working in the city. :crying:
3. A twist in Welsh policy means that lorry drivers entering the country must stub out cigarettes, but only if they are sharing their cabs. Truckers on the A55 will have to be particularly careful, following the ban on smoking in Wales. A lorry cab counts as a workplace, meaning drivers are just as liable as anyone else at work. :banned:
1. On the island of Jersey it is against the law for a man to knit during the fishing season. :confused:
2. In 1979, a record breaking row of 169,713 dominos was toppled by Michael Cairney. :cool:
3. In 1996, Robert Norse Kalm became the first American to be convicted for feeding the hungry - he was giving out food to homeless people without a permit. :eek:
im pretty certain thats the case in england as well, you cant smoke in a company vanQuote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
1. Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for a while. :cool:
2. In Michigan, it is illegal to chain an alligator to a fire hydrant. :confused: Why would you want to do that??
3. An American man set a new world record in 2001 - doing 4,181 sit-ups in one hour. :eek: :bow:
1. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as men. :cool:
2. In 1997, Mary Esposito of Georgia won an American competition to find the most cockroach-infested house. She had 75,000 in her home and won $1,000. :eek: :sick:
3. Tom Hanks collects 1940's typewriters. :)
1. Abraham Lincoln went to school for less than a year and taught himself to read and write. :cool:
2. A German woman has become Venice's first female gondolier. Alexandra Hai can't sing and has failed her gondola-steering exam three times. But after a 10-year-struggle, a court has ruled she can ferry guests to three one-star hotels in the city. Since gondoliering began in 1094, there's never been a female or foreign gondolier. To be good enough, you must take part in a 150-hour training course and complete both a written test on the technical aspects of the boat and a practical test. :eek:
3. People passing through London's Covent Garden were invited to tuck into a huge Easter billboard made from chocolate. The 14 ft by 9 ft creation weighed 60 stone and was decorated with 10 hand-crafted chocolate bunnies and 72 huge eggs. It also included 128 panels of chocolate and took a master chocolatier 221 hours to make. :eek: :thumbsup: