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I like seafood.

The 5 beaches of Normandy were Gold, Juno and Sword (The British with elements of the Canadian, Austrailians and a bunch of others) and Utah and Omaha (The american beaches)

The most American deaths in any war was the Civil War. (Cause we were fighting each other)

The biggest amphibious assault in American History did not have a single US Marine take part. (Normandy Invasion)

American has saved France several times while only being helped once. They helped us in the Revolutionary War, whil we saved their ass in WW2 and we took over their Vietnam Problem, and we kinda help in WW1.

Lint wrote:"Radar" is the only word in the english language longer then 3 letters that is spelled the same backwards and forwards.

Lint wrote:"Radar" is the only word in the english language longer then 3 letters that is spelled the same backwards and forwards.

Imperial wrote:Racecar is also one word that can be spelt backwards and forwards

There are many many palindromes in the English language longer than 3 letters, such as KAYAK, REDIVIDER and the current longest TARRATTARRAT meaning to knock on the door.

yeah,

both my parents are palindromes....
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M U M and D A D!

this is from a song palindromes, listen here http://www.myspace.com/thekabeedies

PAnic...

Superbowl 1 was the only superbowl that was aired on 2 television networks, and thus it also had the lowest ratings of any superbowl in the history of the game. (this is talking about american football, and im not sure about other countries having some sort of "ratings" system in place the way we do)

Panic wrote:yeah,

both my parents are palindromes....
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M U M and D A D!

this is from a song palindromes, listen here http://www.myspace.com/thekabeedies

PAnic...

I like that. Post-punk revival makes me smile.

Imperial wrote:
According to myth and legends zombies die when they sea the sea because water is cleansing

Is this a Voodoo thing? In popular culture this is far from true, as Zombies can walk under water, as shown in several movies and stated in the Zombie Survival Guide.

Imperial wrote:And all the comic facts are real look them up

Sorry, there are now only 51 universes in the DC Universe, one was destroyed at the end of Countdown.

Imperial wrote:
The squat clock is real

hahahahahahaha!

Really, GW has godlike powers to tell whenever someone anywhere asks about Squats? It was a joke that the studio guys make whenever someone asks about Squats at a GD seminar. At every GD seminar there is some guy who just has to ask about Squats and the crowd groans.

Lots of us have been posting fake facts but we know the facts we are posting aren't real.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

damn you all... ive been looking up the facts i post on here!!!!

ohh well... guess for those of you who've read them, you just got abit of useless knowledge

The zombie thing I refer to the olden day zombies but yes zombies walk on water now

THere are only 51 universes left but in superman beyond they enter limbo or earth 51 so it still counts plus there is also hypertime which is a link to all of time and the bleed which can be home to people and the monitor's world which can count as a universe

Yes the squat clock is fake but...... It is a funny fact to remember

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

focusedfire wrote:25% of the population are sun sneezers. Sometimes called the photic sneeze reflex and has been recognized in medical journals for over 40 years. Scientists and doctors don't know the actual cause just that up to 25% of the population sometimes sneeze when looking directly into the sun or a very bright light.

Oh cool! This means I'm not a freak after all! WoooT!

I second that. I always thought that my hatred of sunlight was a sign from the Dark Gods...

InyokaMadoda wrote:

Lint wrote:"Radar" is the only word in the english language longer then 3 letters that is spelled the same backwards and forwards.

Imperial wrote:Racecar is also one word that can be spelt backwards and forwards

There are many many palindromes in the English language longer than 3 letters, such as KAYAK, REDIVIDER and the current longest TARRATTARRAT meaning to knock on the door.

I stand humbled by my fellow dakkalites. Learn something new every day
How about this, on June 4 1963 then president John F. Kennedy signed into law executive order 11110 that effectively shut down the Federal Reserve Bank/fiat monetary system and ordered the creation of new money called United States Notes based upon the silver bullion held in the US Treasury. He was assasinated less than 6 months later, and while it was later requested by the Fed. Chairman that these notes be destroyed, this Executive order has never been repealed or ammended, therefore making the current Federal Reserve Banking system illegal. Google it!

The nomadic Xiongnu people were considered so dangerous and disruptive that the Qin Dynasty ordered the construction of the Great Wall to protect China from attack.

US paper money (banknotes) are all the same size.

In chess originally the rook symbolized a chariot.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:US paper money (banknotes) are all the same size.

How do American vending machines distinguish between denominations?

English money gets bigger depending on the amount, so £5<£10<£20<£50

Greebynog wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:US paper money (banknotes) are all the same size.

How do American vending machines distinguish between denominations?

English money gets bigger depending on the amount, so £5<£10<£20<£50

Australian money is the same, it gets bigger as the denominations go up.

All the vending machines I used in the US used quarters, and a couple used dollar coins.
It was a bugger carring around a heap of change.

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:

Greebynog wrote:

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:US paper money (banknotes) are all the same size.

How do American vending machines distinguish between denominations?

English money gets bigger depending on the amount, so £5<£10<£20<£50

Australian money is the same, it gets bigger as the denominations go up.

All the vending machines I used in the US used quarters, and a couple used dollar coins.
It was a bugger carring around a heap of change.

I used some venders in America that took notes, maybe they assume all bills are dollars, and if you put a bigger one in, your fault...?

They will have different marks on them the machine can scan, same way that you cannot fool a machine using a piece of paper with the same weight and dimensions.

I'd imagine. Never really tried it meself!

In the 1970s animated classic WIZARDS, The assasins name is Necron99, until he gets turned.

Vending machines take bills here. The machines have a scanning device that reads what bill it is or something.

It is hard for tourists and the vision impaired as all our money looks the same.

This is changing somewhat as some of the newer bills have different colors for the denominations. Still mostly green but with extra colors.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Lord Admiral Nelsons remains were not kept in a Brandy Barrell following his demise.

Yeah most vending machins here take change and $1 $5 bills and usuallly thats it. They usually have some sort of scanner that scans the barcodes that go into the money or something like that. And thankfully we have paper money for little denominations unlike the euros which leave you with massive amounts of heavy change in your pockets.

US Paper Money isn't actually made from paper, its made from a type of cotton fabric.

Thats just weird.

Iran, per capita, is the largest consumer of tea in the world. Take that, English stereotype!

well in half an hour i drank 38 cups of tea BEAT THAT IRAN!!!

in other news:

if you switch the first letters of Mum and Dad you get Dum and Mad