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Post by bunbun / Hank on Nov 30, 2012 12:24:38 GMT -5
ANSWER: FACT
SUBMARINE CREWS BECAME VERY SHORT- TEMPERED ON LONG VOYAGES WITH OUT A SMOKE, SO AFTER "CHEWING ON" THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, THE SWEDISH ROYAL NAVY CREATED THE SOLUTION-NICORETTE.
NOVEMBER 30TH
ST. ANDREW'S DAY
IN 1991 A MILWAUKEE COUPLE DISCOVERED THAT THE PAINTING HANGING IN THEIR HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY VAN GOGH'S STILL LIFE WITH FLOWER.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 1, 2012 9:34:00 GMT -5
ANSWER:FACT
THE WISCONSIN COUPLE HAD THE PAINTING FOR OVER 30 YEARS WITHOUT KNOWING IT WAS A VAN GOGH. THEY SAID THEY INHERITED THE WORK FROM A RELATIVE WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN THE 1940S. WHAT AN "EARIE"STORY!
DECEMBER 1ST
WORLD AIDS DAY
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 2, 2012 9:56:18 GMT -5
DECEMBER 2ED
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 3, 2012 11:36:18 GMT -5
DECEMBER 3ED
WESTLAND ANNIVERSARY [NZL]
A POPPY SEED BAGEL CAN MAKE YOU FAIL A DRUG TEST.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Dec 3, 2012 18:08:29 GMT -5
Crap
Though, theoretically, you could eat enough poppy seeds to test positive for opiates, realistically a normal person could not consume that much.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 4, 2012 11:28:06 GMT -5
ANSWER: FACT
YES, BAGELS WITH POPPY SEEDS AND POPPY-SEED CAKES CAN GIVE A FALSE -POSITIVE READ FOR OPIATES IN YOUR URINE. THE OPIATES CAN REMAIN IN YOUR SYSTEM FOR UP TO TWO DAYS! YOU CAN'T HIGH BUT YOU WILL GET FAT!
DECEMBER 4TH
THE BBC WILL NOT AIR ANY TV PROGRAM FEATURING JERRY SEINFELD BECAUSE OF A CRUDE JOKE HE ONCE MADE ABOUT THE IRA.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 5, 2012 11:20:46 GMT -5
ANSWER: CRAP
HE HAS MADE JOKES ABOUT THE ROYAL FAMILY ON THE BBC, BUT NOT THE IRA. HE ONCE SAID THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS "A HUGE GAME OF PRETEND," AND AFTERWARD HE JOKED HIS NEXT GIG WOULD BE IN THE TOWER OF LONDON FOREVER!
DECEMBER 5TH
A BALKI IS A POISONOUS SIBERIAN RODENT.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 6, 2012 12:03:39 GMT -5
ANSWER: CRAP
BALKI IS THE FIRST NAME OF THE CHARACTER BALKI BARTOKOMOUS FROM THE 1990S TV SITCOM PERFECT STRANGERS. BALKI IS ALSO A TOWN IN THE UKRAINE, AND ANOTHER TOWN IS NAMED BALKI IN TURKEY.
DECEMBER 6TH
A SNAKE CHARMER'S COBRAS CAN'T REALLY HEAR THE MUSIC. THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE INSTRUMENT'S MOVEMENTS.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 7, 2012 10:17:04 GMT -5
ANSWER: FACT
TRUE THWY HEAR BUT THE CHARMERS ARE USING THE SNAKE'S NATURAL SWAYING MOVEMENTS TO IMPRESS THE CROWD. THE SNAKE SEES THE CHARMER'S PIPE MOVING, AND THINKS IT IS ANOTHER COBRA. THE CROWD IS BEING CHARMED, NOT THE SNAKE!
DECEMBER 7TH
PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY [USA]
THE JEDI WERE NAMED FOR JAPANESE ZEN MASTERS.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 8, 2012 3:49:01 GMT -5
ANSWER: CRAP
"CRAP THIS ANSWER IS," THE WORD JEDI IS A TERM GEORGE LUCAS BORROWED FROM THE JAPANESE WORD THAT DESCRIBES HISTORICAL FILMS SET IN THE SAMURAI PERIOD.
DECEMBER 8TH
HANUKKAH BEGINS AT SUNDOWN
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 9, 2012 12:54:28 GMT -5
DECEMBER 9TH
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 10, 2012 8:25:08 GMT -5
DECEMBER 10TH
HUMAN RIGHT DAY.
THE PHRASE "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO" WAS COINED BY A SOCIALIST.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 11, 2012 8:08:58 GMT -5
ANSWER: FACT
IT APPEARED IN AN 1896 NOVEL BY CHRISTIAN SOCIALIST CHARLES IN HIS NAVEL REPEATEDLY ASK ED THE QUESTION, "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO"? PROBABLY HAVE ASKED HIS DAD.
DECEMBER 11TH
ATARI WAS ACTUALLY FOUNDED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 12, 2012 8:25:09 GMT -5
ANSWER: FACT
NOLAN BUSHNELL AND TED DABNEY FOUNDED ATARI IN THE U.S. IN 1972. THE NAME IS FROM THE JAPANESE BOARD GAME GO. BEFORE CAPTURING AN OPPONENT'S PIECE IN THE GAME GO, PLAYERS MUST SAY THE WORD ATARI.
DECEMBER 12TH
DOLPHINS SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Dec 13, 2012 13:18:46 GMT -5
ANSWER: FACT
DOLPHIN ARE ALWAYS PARTLY CONSCIOUS WHEN THEY SLEEP, TO KEEP FROM DROWNING. AND THEY KEEP ONE EYE OPEN AT ALL TIMES, ALWAYS WATCHING FOR PREDATORS, BECAUSE SHARKS DON'T SNOOZE EITHER!
DECEMBER 13TH
THE ORAL-B HUMMINGBIRD TOOTH FLOSSER WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE IT COULD BE TURNED INTO A LOCKPICK DEVICE.
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