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Started by Nightowl, February 10, 2011, 01:26:39 PM

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Raffine

On January 15, 1919, 21 people were killed and 150 injured when a huge storage tank of molasses burst and flooded the streets of North Boston. Residents claim that on hot summer days the area still smells of molasses.

If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.

Psycho Circus

8% of the population of California claim to have been abducted by aliens.

ghouck

Quote from: Circus Circus on August 31, 2011, 01:27:07 PM
8% of the population of California claim to have been abducted by aliens.


I'm calling BS. . .
Raw bacon is GREAT! It's like regular bacon, only faster, and it doesn't burn the roof of your mouth!

Happiness is green text in the "Stuff To Watch For" section.

James James: The man so nice, they named him twice.

"Aw man, this thong is chafing my balls" -Lloyd Kaufman in Poultrygeist.

"There's always time for lubricant" -Orlando Jones in Evolution

Vik

On Feb. 25, 1942, a large, dark object over the Los Angeles coastline was mistaken for a Japanese attack and drew a barrage of anti-aircraft fire. Memos to President Roosevelt confirmed the existence of unidentified aerial objects.

(I have no idea if this is actually true.)

Raffine

The London Beer Flood occurred on 17 October 1814 in London, England. A huge vat containing over 135,000 gallons of beer ruptured, causing other vats in the same building to succumb in a domino effect. As a result more than 323,000 gallons of beer burst out and gushed into the streets. Eight people drowned.

If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.

BTM

According to surveys, 75% of women prefer using mens' razor blades to womens.
"Some people mature, some just get older." -Andrew Vachss

BTM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on August 15, 2011, 09:30:24 AM
Water that has previously been boiled and cooled boils faster than water of the same temperature that's never been boiled.

Is that cause all the sediment has been boiled out of the it the first time?
"Some people mature, some just get older." -Andrew Vachss

Psycho Circus


Vik

Jail time- Charles Manson requested to stay in jail in 1967, long before the murder spree occurred. The legal system could not keep him in prison legally. Officials released Manson.

Psycho Circus

Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.

Olivia Bauer

Quote from: Circus Circus on September 03, 2011, 07:55:34 PM
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.

I can name a few politicians that have that fear.

ER

You are more likely to be killed by a doctor than by a stroke, diabetes, a car wreck, a natural disaster, anything except a heart attack or cancer, in fact.

According to The Journal of the American Medical Association, issue 7-26-00, errors associated with physician intervention are the third leading cause of death in the United States.
What does not kill me makes me stranger.

Psycho Circus

80% of all the almonds in the world are grown in California.

Rev. Powell

Quote from: BTM on August 31, 2011, 05:25:44 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on August 15, 2011, 09:30:24 AM
Water that has previously been boiled and cooled boils faster than water of the same temperature that's never been boiled.

Is that cause all the sediment has been boiled out of the it the first time?

You're on the right track.  It's not sediment, but dissolved oxygen that boils out.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Leah

My dad was on in Dallas when Flight 191 happened. He was on the plane that landed before 191 was suppose to land.  :buggedout: and now he hates Dallas
yeah no.