La Vanguardia - Part 2

flush

By quitos on July 25, 2011.

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There were flush toilets in 2000 B.C.

dust-buster

By vicke on July 24, 2011.

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Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.

cat-mail

By quitos on July 23, 2011.

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In 1879, a mail service in Belgium employed 37 cats to carry bundles of letters to villages around the town of Liege, this experiment was shorted-lived as the cats proved thoroughly undisciplined.

rats

By alvarez_4carlos on July 22, 2011.

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Rats can tell the difference between two human languages.

bleach

By vicke on July 21, 2011.

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Brake fluid mixed with bleach makes smoke, and lots of it.

aa

By quitos on July 20, 2011.

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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

In 1898, Morgan Robertson wrote a novel titled Futility, about a luxurious boat that sinks in its inaugural journey after crashing into an iceberg in the Atlantic. The boat was the biggest in the world, with a triple hull supposedly unsinkable. Its passengers were mainly aristocrats and there weren’t enough lifeboats for all. The ship’s name was Titan. The Titanic sank 14 years after the book was published.

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pepi

By quitos on July 18, 2011.

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Egyptian Pharaoh Pepi II reigned for over 90 years!

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lung

By alvarez_4carlos on July 17, 2011.

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If you spread a human lung out flat, it would be the size of a tennis court.

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fan

By vicke on July 16, 2011.

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If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20×20 ft. room.

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alaska-beach

By quitos on July 15, 2011.

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More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

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shrimp-heart

By alvarez_4carlos on July 15, 2011.

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A shrimp’s heart is in its head.

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hair-spray

By vicke on July 15, 2011.

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If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

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christmas

By choflan on July 12, 2011.

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In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.

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crime

By quitos on July 12, 2011.

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In Texas, a recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.

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mel

By alvarez_4carlos on July 12, 2011.

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Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was alergic to carrots.

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dueling

By vicke on July 12, 2011.

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Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

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door-break

By quitos on July 12, 2011.

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To break a door give it a well-placed kick or two to the lock area. Slamming against it with your shoulder is not usually as effective as kicking with your foot, your foot exerts more force, and you will be able to direct the force toward the area of the locking mechanism more succinctly.