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70,255 5,363 July 10, 2012 at 10:40 AM in Video Games
OK, So I have 5 shirts to give out...and here's how you can win one. Whee


I like fun (and/or weird) facts ( and I need entertaining) so go find some interesting and hopefully weird facts to post in this thread.

I will choose 5 (plus a few more for backups) numbers before I post this thread....then I will look through the thread and see if a fun fact falls on the number...if it's just chatter in that post and no fun fact then I will choose another. Only one shirt per person so if the winning number falls on your post twice...I will choose another.

Reposts won't count so if someone does a repost be sure to call it out laugh out loud Stick Out Tongue But don't all go crazy calling them out since that doesn't help you win a shirt.

Try not to clutter up the thread too much with chatter because I really want to read some interesting things today.

This might end later today or maybe tomorrow... or maybe the end of the week.



The contest has ended...Winners in wiki...but since I don't trust half of you I am also listing them here. Stick Out Tongue


ok

the winners are...


Zoe Moon for post #7 (Vegas)

TigerStar for post #11 (Vegas)

#21 was on there but sorry...I happened to snag that one

Pig for post #51 (my age )

damsel. for post #69 (Evillaugh )

and chewspam for post # 77 ( Evillaugh Inside pervert joke...some may figure this out...others won't )
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Last Edited by Schooby July 11, 2012 at 10:24 AM
ok

the winners are...


Zoe Moon for post #7 (Vegas)

TigerStar for post #11 (Vegas)

#21 was on there but sorry...I happened to snag that one Stick Out Tongue

Pig for post #51 (my age Stick Out Tongue )

damsel. for post #69 ( Evillaugh)

and chewspam for post # 77 ( Evillaugh Inside pervert joke...some may figure this out...others won't Stick Out Tongue )

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Zoe Moon
07-11-2012 at 09:14 AM.
07-11-2012 at 09:14 AM.
The Mount Saint Helen's explosion was so violent and caused so much damage and loss of life due to it being an extremely rare lateral explosion from the side of the volcano. Most volcanoes erupt from the top and spew everything upwards.

Sadly, the young geologist who proposed that the large bulge on the side might mean it would explode sideways died in the blast. He wasn't supposed to be working that day (taking measurements of the bulge) but was filling in for someone else. When he proposed the possibility of a lateral blast, the older geologists dismissed his theory as very little was known about sideways eruptions because they're so rare.

(Seconds From Disaster has a really interesting episode about the eruption, just watched it the other day nod)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_eruption_of_Mount_St._Helens
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chevvy
07-11-2012 at 09:24 AM.
07-11-2012 at 09:24 AM.
During the Middle Ages, a child with red hair was thought to be conceived during "unclean sex" or during menstruation.
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marg_fan
07-11-2012 at 09:50 AM.
07-11-2012 at 09:50 AM.
Triple digits? Roll

Apparently TR knows the Lounge much better than schooby does.
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Scampsters
07-11-2012 at 09:56 AM.
07-11-2012 at 09:56 AM.
Quote from marg_fan :
Triple digits? Roll

Apparently TR knows the Lounge much better than schooby does.
Yes setting her goal at post # 20,443 we could be here several months, unless alvs and nagin post about bama trivia and then it could be 3-4 days.
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chevvy
07-11-2012 at 10:04 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:04 AM.
Shutup
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damsel.
07-11-2012 at 10:11 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:11 AM.
Quote from damsel. :
Robinson Cano is the only person to ever win the HR Derby and in the following year not get a single HR.
The term Black Irish refers to an Irish person with black hair, which resulted from Spanish men raping Irish women in the 11th century.
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KAlR
07-11-2012 at 10:19 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:19 AM.
Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) from "The Office" used to be an NFL Cheerleader.
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Schooby
07-11-2012 at 10:19 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:19 AM.
OK, we have 5 winners now...you can keep having fun but the contest is over. I will post in the wiki and unstick the thread. Wink
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chevvy
07-11-2012 at 10:20 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:20 AM.
Fark it. Fun's over. Sadwalk

But here's one more for good measure:

Scholars note that redheads have influenced history out of proportion to their numbers. Famous redheads include Roman emperor Nero, Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, the ancient god of love Aphrodite, Queen Elizabeth I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Oliver Cromwell, Emily Dickinson, Antonio Vivaldi, Thomas Jefferson, Vincent Van Gogh, Mark Twain, James Joyce, Winston Churchill, Malcolm X, Galileo, and King David.
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07-11-2012 at 10:30 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:30 AM.
Suzanne Vega is sometimes known as the "Mother of MP3", because while the codec technology was still being developed, at a point when it could accurately reproduce other songs, it mangled "Tom's Diner" and was then used for testing until it could reproduce the song adequately.

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Perfect for the Lounge..

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Numchucks
A popular, but incorrect origin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thumb
http://www.straightdope.com/colum...fe-beating

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OK, we have 5 winners now...you can keep having fun but the contest is over. I will post in the wiki and unstick the thread. Wink
Why did I have to go to lunch? Crying2
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TigerStar
07-11-2012 at 10:38 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:38 AM.
Woot woot
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Scampsters
07-11-2012 at 10:40 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:40 AM.
Im claiming jury rigging its always noobs that win MadMadMad
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Zoe Moon
07-11-2012 at 10:47 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:47 AM.
Yahoo! Thanks Schooby! BlowkissThanks Mr. SD! Blowkiss

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Im claiming jury rigging its always noobs that win MadMadMad
Who you callin' a noob? Stick Out Tongue
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Kristin
07-11-2012 at 10:55 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:55 AM.
Aww, no tshirt for bunny. Maybe next time. Congrats winners. Smilie
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damsel.
07-11-2012 at 10:59 AM.
07-11-2012 at 10:59 AM.
woot

I've actually won a Slickdeals contest! And for a pervy reason!
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