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Anyone else full of useless facts? I'll start off.

The fingernail on your middle finger grows faster than other fingernails.
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The longest bone in your body is the femur.
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24-03-2010, 08:35 PM
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Well I didn't know that re the fingernails!

And where is the femur Dm?
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24-03-2010, 08:42 PM
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I get cross if somebody says ` Too much information`-information is always better than ignorance.

Another useless fact about me
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A fear of long words is called Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.

It must be useless info as they have never asked that question in a crossword!
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"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
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24-03-2010, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Brandykins ->
"Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel.
Add an 's' at the end and it's longer still...
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The hoover was invented in Cleveland, Ohio in 1907 by a janitor named James Spangler. The femur is in your leg, Azz.
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I was born in the Salvation Army home for unwed mothers.....................



in the wed mothers' wing.
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Credit will be granted here provided you are over 90 years old and accompanied by you parents.
 
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