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❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments Really??? AWESOME!!! PARTY! (avec chocolat)

Did you know that there's more money printed for monopoly everyday than the U.S. treasury???

Shocking!


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Karina yes! lol I love Monopoly though (:

Did you know humming birds can weigh less than a penny?


❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments wow.. No, i didn't know

Did you know "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".


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brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) Yes

Did you know that for blood in the movies, they use chocolate syrup with red food coloring?


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i think i've heard that before...

DYK diamonds are flammable?


message 206: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that in the 80's, the most popular phrase was "Totally awesome?"


message 207: by Jon, The Paperback Prince (new)

Jon (scottreadsit) | 5707 comments Mod
Really?
Did you know that they are making a new Dirty Dancing movie?


message 208: by Kauthar (new)

Kauthar | 779 comments yes

Did you know over 1,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows?


message 209: by Jay (new)

Jay Yes

Did you know theirs going to be a thor 2


❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments no...

DYE the longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched"?


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fascinating!

Did you know ice cream is chinese food?


message 212: by ❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (last edited May 05, 2012 11:06PM) (new)

❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments No....wow...

DYE the longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is *pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

(I don't even know what the word means, et franchement, i don't even want to know)


message 213: by brooke1994 (last edited May 06, 2012 02:31PM) (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No (Wow)

Did you know that if they use a cake on a movie or t.v sitcom, it's actually cardboard with dyes to look like frosting? A real cake would melt under the stage lights


message 214: by Jon, The Paperback Prince (new)

Jon (scottreadsit) | 5707 comments Mod
really?
DYK that COLS comes out on Tuesday.


message 215: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that Polar bears would get over heated if they lived in the Dessert?


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Jon (scottreadsit) | 5707 comments Mod
yes,
DYK Brave is the first Pixar Princess film?


ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱ (charlie_awesome) No.

Did you know the longest word with one vowel in the English language is "strengths"


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brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

DYE someone new is born in China every minute


❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments yup.

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"


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I knew it was long but not THAT long!

Did you know that the human torch and captain america were played by the same person (chris evans) in the same universe?


❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments no?

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.


message 222: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that pearls can be pink, light blue, and peach colored as well as white?


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Ophelia ॐ | 749 comments How nice!

Did you know you can't taste your food unless saliva is mixed with it?


message 224: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) Yes

Did you know that animals can dream like humans?


message 225: by Ophelia ॐ (new)

Ophelia ॐ | 749 comments Nope! Haha

Did you know there's no such thing as naturally blue food?


message 226: by Jon, The Paperback Prince (new)

Jon (scottreadsit) | 5707 comments Mod
really?
Did you know there are kittens that glow in the dark?


message 227: by Ophelia ॐ (new)

Ophelia ॐ | 749 comments Ahh no way!!

Did you know elephants are the only mammal that can't jump? (I'm trying to picture that in my head, and I'm dying laughing!)


message 228: by Jon, The Paperback Prince (new)

Jon (scottreadsit) | 5707 comments Mod
nope.
Did you know that 99% of species are extinct?


message 229: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that I am a christain?


message 230: by Karina (new)

Karina No

Did you now that I am not a part of any religion?


message 231: by Jay (last edited May 07, 2012 09:18PM) (new)

Jay No

Did you know the Avengers made $200 Million


message 232: by [deleted user] (new)

Yes

Did you know hippopotamonstrosousquipidaliophobia is a fear of long words?


message 233: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) Yes

Did you know that when it is day in the United States, it's night in China and Japan?


message 234: by Kauthar (new)

Kauthar | 779 comments yes

Did you know theres a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death?


ℂᖺαᖇᒪἷ℮ ⊰1017 &Tardis⊱ (charlie_awesome) no thats super creepy!

Did you know that a pineapple is made up of 200 mini fruitlets


message 236: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that in some countries, they let people get married as young as 13?


message 237: by Jay (new)

Jay No

Did you know theirs going to be a Despicable Me 2


message 238: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that in the United States, Americans eat enough pizza to cover Times Square in New York City twice?


message 239: by Jon, The Paperback Prince (new)

Jon (scottreadsit) | 5707 comments Mod
really?
Did you know they are remaking Van Helsing


message 240: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No (I haven't even seen the original Lol)

Did you know that in the 90's, personal games on a computer were popular?


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Michele C (mcgxo95) | 4897 comments Mod
no

Did you know the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand?


message 242: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that a group of geese is called a gaggle?


message 243: by Michele, The bookoholic! (new)

Michele C (mcgxo95) | 4897 comments Mod
No

Did you know the sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English alphabet?


message 244: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) Yes (I learned that in 3rd grade Lol)

Did you know poodles are a dog from Germany, not France?


message 245: by [deleted user] (new)

I didn't know that poodles were from any where :P

Did you know only 3 people in the world know every ingredient used in coca-cola


message 246: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) No

Did you know that the animators from Disney and Looney Tunes were once rivals?


❤Rose (◕‿◕✿) (black_rose) | 532 comments um... no, i didn't.... :)

DYK the world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910..... *cringe*


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Yes

Did you know james cameron is the director of both of the worlds highest ggrossing movies (avatarr and titanic)?


message 249: by brooke1994 (new)

brooke1994  (formerlynarnian525) Yes

Did you know that from 1977 to 1987, no red m and ms were made?


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Kauthar | 779 comments no

Did you know staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine?


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