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[Shajen]

bees and dogs can smell fear.

[Wes Mantooth]

about ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the sale of vodka

[Layzie]

The word "queue" is the only English word which is pronounced the same when it's last 4 or even 5 letters are removed.

[DoomSlice]

5 letters? Try pronouncing ""

[Layzie]

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5 letters? Try pronouncing ""

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yeah, that should probably be 3 or 4. I copied and pasted it.

[CORed]

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Every second of every day, 10,450 soft drinks from The Coca-Cola Company are consumed.

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Hell, some days I drink that much Diet Pepsi all by myself.

[CORed]

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Hewlett Packard's first product was an automatic urinal flusher.

also, Chicago is closer to Moscow than it is to Rio.

Reno is furthur west than Los Angeles.

parts of Florida are furthur west than Detroit, MI.

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El Paso, Texas is farther west than Denver, Colorado.
If you go south from Detroit Michigan, you end up in Canada (Windsor, Ontario).