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Old 01-06-2005, 12:35 AM   #21
Azred
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Join Date: March 13, 2001
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Originally posted by Zuvio:
10. A duck's quack, and a loon's call do not echo. No one knows why.

Analysis of the sonic pattern of a duck's quack shows that the echo and the original quack have a decaying wave pattern that are almost identical. Thus, the echo and the original quack are essentially the same, meaning we cannot distinguish the echo.

31. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

I don't know if that is true, but Bette Davis was the one who named the statue "Oscar", because it reminded her of an ex-husband.

34. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

They don't want you to know how much time you've spent dropping silver dollars into the one-armed bandit. [img]graemlins/beigesmilewinkgrin.gif[/img]

50. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

You cannot sink in quicksand. Quicksand is more dense than human flesh, so you will always float.
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