Let's improve general knowledge

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:doho: No wonder there are so many Chinese, they reproduce while queuing! :-#


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Garry Russell wrote:That does seem to be the case as this recent photo of me shows

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A la Men Behaving Badly Paul?? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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At a quick glance nearly all of those are probably false, so it's actually quite a disservice to general knowledge. These are the kind of things that would have the QI klaxon blaring if you watch the show and follow my meaning. :cool:

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Chris H wrote:At a quick glance nearly all of those are probably false, so it's actually quite a disservice to general knowledge. These are the kind of things that would have the QI klaxon blaring if you watch the show and follow my meaning. :cool:
I know for a fact that they mentioned words that rhymed with silver and purple!

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Garry Russell wrote:A la Men Behaving Badly Paul?? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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The very same animal! :lol:

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The Mythbusters proved conclusively last year that a Goldfish has a memory that lasts at least months by training them to swim to food through a series of clear walls. If they had a 3-second memory, they couldn't have improved their time through the maze with each attempt.

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Chris Trott wrote:The Mythbusters proved conclusively last year that a Goldfish has a memory that lasts at least months by training them to swim to food through a series of clear walls. If they had a 3-second memory, they couldn't have improved their time through the maze with each attempt.
But then the Mythbusters lost all credibility a long time ago with the sheer amount of bad science on the show. ;-)

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Didn't realize they were a science show either.

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ohh somebody stop me
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double talk

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