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Fun facts of the day


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#1 +remixedcat

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 14:21

Thought it would be cool to start a fun facts of the day thread.

Fun personal fact: I worked at IPS (Invision Power Services) for 1.65 months (please don't ask me anything about this though-NDA)

Fun gaming fact: The person that founded atari also made chuck e cheese.


Anyone can post fun facts here. ^_^


#2 Detection

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 14:25

It's the early bird that catches the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese

#3 +Crisp

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 14:26

Jesus was a Raptor.

#4 RatherLargeBear

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 14:58

The first Mr. Potato Head only came with accessories and you had to use an actual potato!

#5 forster

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 14:59

Fun fact - your 'y' key on your keyboard seems broken.

#6 Detection

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:16

Man who walk through airport turnstile backwards is going to Bangkok

#7 firey

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:18

Fun Fact: It took me like 5 minutes to come up with this fact.

#8 Gnieus

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:23

Fun Fact: This isn't a fun fact. However, the average human at the age of 75 would have spent around 25 years of their entire life sleeping. Now that's an interesting fact.

#9 Detection

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:23

Fun Fact: More than 300,000 people attempted to break records on GWR day in 2011

#10 alwaysonacoffebreak

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:34

Fun fact: You missed an Y from the title. :/

#11 +djdanster

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:40

Fun fact: Hamsters only blink with one eye at a time. Probably why Neowin was so slow recently :p

#12 metallithrax

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:44

Fun Fact: Most fun facts are in fact, not fun.

#13 +Phouchg

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 15:54

Fun fact of the day: Recursion.

#14 DARKFiB3R

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 16:05

The Nobel Prize was created by a man known as 'The Merchant of Death!'

#15 DARKFiB3R

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Posted 10 February 2013 - 17:39

Cracking your knuckles does not actually hurt your bones or cause arthritis. The sound you hear is just gas bubbles bursting.