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Interesting/Useless facts
Anyone got any useless information lying about in their spacious craniums? I'll start:
Largest manufacturer of tyres in the entire world? Lego. I think that's well cool.
On a similar note, world's third largest navy if you go by boat ownership alone? Disney.
Largest manufacturer of tyres in the entire world? Lego. I think that's well cool.
On a similar note, world's third largest navy if you go by boat ownership alone? Disney.
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US soldiers have the stars and stripes on their right shoulder back to front. The reason is that the stars should be closest to the heart.
A 'rain check' comes from baseball. When a game was rained off the crowd were given rain check tickets for the delayed game. I know it's spelt wrong, I think the Americans use check instead of cheque.
A 'rain check' comes from baseball. When a game was rained off the crowd were given rain check tickets for the delayed game. I know it's spelt wrong, I think the Americans use check instead of cheque.
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