Did you know, mkII - Page 2

M14A-Mclaren · 10-04-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Envious

Hehe thats right, and yes most of em are over here too....

There is over 4 Millions kiwi's in Australia? or are you just ignorant?

Psycho Chicken · 10-04-2005, 04:20 PM

Someone do a headcheck at centrelink!

AlbertM · 10-04-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Selekta

um...what about new zeland, paupa new guinea etc

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NOTE: as in why is it called australia when those other countries are included...not calling you wrong or anything

Maybe they are just called islands, not continents?

flappist · 10-04-2005, 06:27 PM

Shit did ANY of you people actually go to school and LISTEN?

There are seven continents as described above.

Australia is the smallest continent and together with a shit load of islands like Tasmania, Kangaroo Is, Bathurst Is, Fraser Is etc etc etc make up the "Commonwealth of Australia" which is a sovereign country.
Australia is also the largest island on earth.

New Zealand is not part of Australia because, like Fiji, they decided not to join the colonies of NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS & SA in forming Australia in 1901, WA joined in 1908 (well you know things never happen in a hurry over there)

Papua & New Guinea were never part of Australia, they were British colonies administered by Australia from 1951 until they were granted full independence in 1975
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107875.html

Australia does have many external territories it administers.

http://www.dotars.gov.au/explore.asp...s+of+Australia

This internet is a wonderful thing. If you need to find stuff out you just go to google and type it in.... better than magic.

Or just ask any 10 year old school kid who actually does listen in geography class.

Quadcams · 10-04-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jabba

Here's some interesting but usless information......

Enjoy the read.

Matt

Did you know

The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months; enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

111, 111, 111 X 111, 111, 111 = 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321

THERE IS ENOUGH BRICK IN THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZEH TO BUILD A WALL 10 FEET HIGH AND 1 FOOT THICK AROUND THE ENTIRE BORDER OF FRANCE

In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand.

A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear.

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Thanks I need that useless bit of info, but the fart one got me thinking!

Psycho Chicken · 10-04-2005, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Or just ask any 10 year old school kid who actually does listen in geography class.

Trust me, they don't teach anything like that in geography.

And I knew PNG wasn't a part of Australia as such, but you probably get what I mean.

kiwikid · 10-04-2005, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Shit did ANY of you people actually go to school and LISTEN?

There are seven continents as described above.

Australia is the smallest continent and together with a shit load of islands like Tasmania, Kangaroo Is, Bathurst Is, Fraser Is etc etc etc make up the "Commonwealth of Australia" which is a sovereign country.
Australia is also the largest island on earth.

New Zealand is not part of Australia because, like Fiji, they decided not to join the colonies of NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS & SA in forming Australia in 1901, WA joined in 1908 (well you know things never happen in a hurry over there)

Papua & New Guinea were never part of Australia, they were British colonies administered by Australia from 1951 until they were granted full independence in 1975
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107875.html

Australia does have many external territories it administers.

http://www.dotars.gov.au/explore.asp...s+of+Australia

This internet is a wonderful thing. If you need to find stuff out you just go to google and type it in.... better than magic.

Or just ask any 10 year old school kid who actually does listen in geography class.

it must have been a while since you went to school,

you cant actuly expect the australian school system to teach stuff like that in school could you? these days you pretty much have to go to a private school or uni to learn that kinda stuff,

ask anyone fresh out of school or still going to school what they learn and you would be surprised the crap they teach these days....

cheese · 10-04-2005, 08:38 PM

Isn't it collectively called Australasia

Ummm...no ,I might have that wrong....but what's new

M14A-Mclaren · 10-04-2005, 08:45 PM

Whats Oceania then?

dogbreath_48 · 10-04-2005, 08:59 PM

i thought australia was part of 'oceania'....
...or maybe australasia.....dunno which..

but that includes NZ and PNG and all them....

this coming from the guy who thought Pearl Harbour was in Perth, when asked by his SOSE teacher. Boy did i cop it for that.

-Stu

Feathers · 10-04-2005, 09:03 PM

Until 1990, sausages were still legal tender in East Germany

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206

The human eye sees everything upside down, but the brain turns everything right way up.

One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet

23% of all photocopier faults are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their buttocks

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

kiwikid · 10-04-2005, 09:10 PM

how many people tried the paper folding one?

i know i did...

dogbreath_48 · 10-04-2005, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwikid

how many people tried the paper folding one?

i know i did...

yeah been there done that. I reackon if you has a MASSIVE piece for normal photocopy paper (like 8x8m) it's be possible....

Feathers · 10-04-2005, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dogbreath_48

yeah been there done that. I reackon if you has a MASSIVE piece for normal photocopy paper (like 8x8m) it's be possible....

Thats what I thought, but I was thinking very thin paper in a huge size.

kiwikid · 10-04-2005, 09:21 PM

i got 8 folds out of a newspaper....

dogbreath_48 · 10-04-2005, 09:31 PM

yeah if you've got fairly thin paper in a big size your alright. But if you keep the same 'scale' of a normal a4 printer page, you got no hope...

smciner1 · 10-04-2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

HAHAHA Ned.

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by the Egyptians in 2000BC

I think that is enough to put anyone off sex!

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Feathers · 10-04-2005, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by smciner1

I think that is enough to put anyone off sex!

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I don't even want to know HOW it was used.

smciner1 · 10-04-2005, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

I don't even want to know HOW it was used.

I guess that makes two of us!

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**Captain Stubing** · 10-04-2005, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

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No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times

I always heard it to be 10 times. Tried it on butcher paper years ago... only got to 8.

JAJH · 11-04-2005, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jabba

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Probably explains why my **** explodes when I eat them.

Feathers · 11-04-2005, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by JAJH

Probably explains why my **** explodes when I eat them.

HAHAHAHAHAHA
TMI

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rob_o · 12-04-2005, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

I thought there were 7 continents

The 5 Olympic Rings represent the 5 continents

Hawk · 12-04-2005, 03:15 PM

Goodness gracious me. Australia is a continent. Oceania is the region made up of the countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, PNG etc.

I love useless facts....and statistics....and useless facts.

tiggers_ef · 12-04-2005, 07:37 PM

can i add some other useless information some might know, that on the ef trip computer it has a stopwatch feature of 10 minutes

cheese · 12-04-2005, 08:53 PM

Did someone say Australia is incontinent?

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flappist · 13-04-2005, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rob_o

The 5 Olympic Rings represent the 5 continents

1) Australia
2) Antarctica
3) North America
4) South America
4.3333) Africa
4.6666) Asia
5) Europe
http://www.ri.net/schools/Central_Fa...218/t7con.html
http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/What_do_the...blem_stand_for

trick_xd · 13-04-2005, 01:19 AM

Did you know that the Dot on The Top Of The " i " is called a "Tiddle"

montyv8 · 13-04-2005, 05:15 PM

34% of all statistics are made up.

thats not mine, its a quote.

Walkinshaw · 13-04-2005, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by smciner1

I think that is enough to put anyone off sex!

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It wasnt survival of the fittest back then.

more like survival of the horny.