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    There are 182 even numbered pages in a book of 365 pages!
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    The are 183 odd numbered pages in a book of 365 pages!
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    Quote Originally Posted by pfries View Post
    Is that a fact or a Jab at cosperryan .......
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    It's true. It's one of the reasons why we never touch. It's also the reason scientist say before the big bang all matter in the universe was condensed to the size of a pea because all that space between the particles wasn't there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crouton976 View Post
    George Washington's false teeth/dentures were hinged and spring loaded to aid in opening and closing properly while eating and speaking. Because the tension on the spring mechanism was so tight, they would occasionally leap from from his mouth when eating or speaking.
    While it is commonly believed that Washington's teeth were made of wood, and many were during that time, he could afford better ones. They were made of ivory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
    There are 182 even numbered pages in a book of 365 pages!
    Unless its a magazine, they are folded bigger pages stapled together :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
    You are over 99% empty space.
    Awesome... so does that mean I'm like the TARDIS? "Bigger on the inside"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by leadduck View Post
    While it is commonly believed that Washington's teeth were made of wood, and many were during that time, he could afford better ones. They were made of ivory.
    'Tis true, good sir!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Haroldg48 View Post
    If you peel a banana from the end opposite the stem, the peel takes most of those bothersome "strings" along with it.
    It also just opens up way, way easier. When someone pointed this out to me a few years ago I felt like an idiot for not trying it earlier.
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