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Josh
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| | Subject: Fact of the Day! Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:25 pm | |
| I will post a new fact everyday, starting with today from http://www.factoftheday.co.uk/. Each fact will be in colored text.
September 1st, 2009.
Algophobia is a fear of pain.
September 2nd, 2009.
Ataxophobia is fear of disorder or untidiness.
September 3rd, 2009.
Barophobia is a fear of gravity.
September 4th, 2009.
Brontophobia is a fear of thunder and lightning.
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:16 pm | |
| Setpember 5th, 2009.
Catoptrophobia is a fear of mirrors. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:09 am | |
| September 6th, 2009.
Cyclophobia is a fear of bicycles. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:33 pm | |
| September 7th, 2009.
Decidophobia is a fear of making decisions. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:30 pm | |
| September 8th, 2009.
Dromophobia is a fear of crossing streets. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:15 pm | |
| September 9th, 2009.
Epistemophobia is a fear of knowledge. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:27 pm | |
| September 10th, 2009.
Gamophobia is a fear of marriage. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:20 pm | |
| September 11th, 2009.
Butyl seleno-mercaptan (C4H9SeH) This is a natural molecule, produced by skunks. Skunk spray is bad, but modern science has produced odors that are even more vile. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:15 pm | |
| September 12th, 2009.
"US Government Standard Bathroom Malodor" American chemists developed this combination of eight molecules, said to emit a stench resembling that of human feces, to test the effectiveness of air fresheners and deodorizers. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:23 am | |
| September 13th, 2009.
Purple fireworks are made using Potassium Chloride | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:14 pm | |
| September 14th, 2009.
The most bitter chemical compound is commonly believed to be N-[(2-[2,6-Dimethylphenyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl]-N,N-diethylbenzenemethanaminium benzoate [3734-33-6]. It's usually called Bitrex or Denatonium Benzoate. | |
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iRyahn
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:32 pm | |
| Barophobia is a fear of gravity.
Cyclophobia is a fear of bicycles.
Decidophobia is a fear of making decisions.
Epistemophobia is a fear of knowledge.
Wow, all those fears made me wonder, ALOT.
expecially fear of gravity and bicycles.
lol. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:58 am | |
| September 15th, 2009.
The letter 'E' is the most common in the English language. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:10 pm | |
| September 16th, 2009.
Very few words in the English language have the vowels in order. Some exceptions would be arsenious, abstemious, abstentious, annelidous, caesious, facetious and fracedinous. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:52 pm | |
| September 17th, 2009.
Learning to role your 'r's is important to speak Spanish. 'Pero' means 'but', but 'perro' means dog. It's confusing if you can't distinguish the double 'r'. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:48 pm | |
| September 18th, 2009.
Ability to curl the tongue is genetically inherited. Precisely 50% of people can, and 50% can't, curl the tongue. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:49 am | |
| September 19th, 2009.
95% of philosophers are apparently atheists. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:48 am | |
| September 20th, 2009.
The number of monarchies in the world is declining rapidly, however in some countries a monarchy has been re-installed, notably in Spain.
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:59 pm | |
| September 21st, 2009.
The average Premiership footballer earns more in a week than the average British worker does in a year!
September 22nd, 2009.
British trains have the worst reliability of any European rail transport system.
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:11 pm | |
| September 23rd, 2009.
Women, on average, find bearded men less attractive than those without beards.
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:20 pm | |
| September 24th, 2009.
There is a record in the Guinness Book of Records for having the most records in the Guinness Book of Records!
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:52 pm | |
| September 25th, 2009.
Jupiter acts like a giant vacuum cleaner in our solar system, saving lots of other planets from other impacts due to its massive attractional gravity. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:44 am | |
| September 26th, 2009.
Many people are convinced that America never actually put man on the moon but that it's landings were a hoax dreamed up and shot in a television studio! | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:12 am | |
| September 27th, 2009.
On average, a new baby is born every second. | |
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Josh
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| | Subject: Re: Fact of the Day! Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:10 pm | |
| September 28th, 2009.
The Internet was initially invented as a way for academics to keep in touch. | |
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