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  1. kiwiqpr

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    If you trace your family tree back 25 generations, you will have 33,554,432 direct ancestors – assuming no incest was involved.
     
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    Can we sign him?
     
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    I live in East Anglia...
     
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    Denzil Washington was named after the character played by Paul Barber in "Only Fools And Horses"
     
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    If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
     
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    After transgender surgery, Gladys Knight played for a number of clubs, including Fulham, as Zat Knight.
     
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    If Christian Benteke hadn't played the other night we would've won.
     
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    please log in to view this image
     
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    The Shell Oil Company originally began as a novelty shop in London that sold seashells.
     
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    Google was invented by Dr Stanley O'Google in 1865
     
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    An asteroid wiped out every single dinosaur in the world, but not a single species of toad or salamander was affected. No one knows why, nor why the crocodiles and tortoises survived.
     
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    Ken Vauxhall, the owner of Vauxhall Motors, was inspired to name his latest small car Adam after watching Charlie Adam's inspiring performances for Blackpool in the 2010-11 PL season
     
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    Apologies. Massive error of judgement. Nines has gone all new age on us, the search engines of the world are in melt down, and some Dinosaur bloke is recycling the same joke endlessly.

    Leave it alone and it might go away.
     
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    If you post on not606QPR, you're never more than 2 minutes away from one
     
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    In the 2001 census 390,000 people in England and Wales put down their religion as "Jedi".
     
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    The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.
     
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    A frustrated Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners was moved to write "Come On Eileen" when his elderly neighbour inconsiderately parked her mobility scooter, blocking his drive.
     
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    experts predict that by 2050, living in London you will never be more than six feet away from an ex chelsea manager.
     
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    If you pick a guinea pig up by its tail it's eyes pop out.
     
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    Some species of ant are highly flammable and have spontaneous combustion tendancies.....................

    I know this to be true as i was watching one through my magnifying glass on a particularly beautiful, hot sunny day in my back garden recently and i kid you not.............it literally burst into flames!
     
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