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Thread ID: 124915 2012-05-27 05:16:00 Random Fact Sunday GameJunkie (72) PC World Chat
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1277705 2012-05-27 05:16:00 10 random facts

New York and London are moving apart about two centimeters a year.

123456 is the most common password hacked. Change your password.

In 1980, workers in a Las Vegas hospital were suspended because they bet on when patients would die.

Gandhi covered the 1932 Olympic games in Los Angeles as a reporter.

The 62 trillion SPAM emails sent each year produce as many CO2 emissions as 1.6 million cars.

The oldest planets known are nearly 13 billion years old and shouldn't exist.

“Two plus eleven equals thirteen” and “one plus twelve equals thirteen” contain all the same letters.

The custom of shaking hands with strangers was meant to show both the parties that neither was holding a gun.

In 1897, Bayer, the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin as a cough medicine.

The brain of a roach is located inside its body. If it loses its head, it can live up to nine days.
GameJunkie (72)
1277706 2012-05-27 09:33:00 Interesting facts there. Bobh (5192)
1277707 2012-05-27 09:45:00 “Two plus eleven equals thirteen” and “one plus twelve equals thirteen” contain all the same letters.



ok that's weird.
Nick G (16709)
1277708 2012-05-27 09:55:00 123456 is the most common password hacked. Change your password.

I have a password like that, but i forgot what for...
stratex5 (16685)
1277709 2012-05-27 10:02:00 The 62 trillion SPAM emails sent each year produce as many CO2 emissions as 1.6 million cars.

Then imagine how much our real emails make...
stratex5 (16685)
1277710 2012-05-27 10:07:00 72.56% of all statistics are made up on the spot. pine-o-cleen (2955)
1277711 2012-05-27 10:17:00 I have a password like that, but i forgot what for...

At least you didn't forget your password :lol:
pcuser42 (130)
1277712 2012-05-27 10:25:00 72.56% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

What? Like that statistic.:lol:
stratex5 (16685)
1277713 2012-05-28 06:00:00 Gandhi covered the 1932 Olympic games in Los Angeles as a reporter.

I don't think so - (at least not THE Gandhi)
decibel (11645)
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