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ChrisHB Feb 2014 11:21pm, 10 Feb 2014 10,086 posts	0 ChrisHB That there is officially a desert in Britain: Dungeness.
Q Mac Feb 2014 2:38pm, 11 Feb 2014 2,557 posts	0 Q Mac That it could take 5 hours to travel from Gloucester to Bristol!
Velociraptor Feb 2014 3:08pm, 11 Feb 2014 28,915 posts	0 Velociraptor That there has never been an instance of a secondary school in any coastal town in Cumbria being given an Outstanding rating by Ofsted.
Dvorak Feb 2014 3:19pm, 11 Feb 2014 8,265 posts	0 Dvorak [Did you walk, Q Mac? Even a boat down the Severn would be faster than that.]
Q Mac Feb 2014 3:22pm, 11 Feb 2014 2,570 posts	0 Q Mac Indeed Dvorak, was a combination of car/bus/trains (plural) today! It's the A40 to Over roundabout that defeats the soul!
Night-owl Feb 2014 8:49pm, 21 Feb 2014 16,690 posts	0 Night-owl In some US states its illegal to race rubber ducks bbc.co.uk
Lemon10 Feb 2014 9:46pm, 21 Feb 2014 697 posts	0 Lemon10 I now know why everyone was banging on about how good Breaking Bad is.
J*C Feb 2014 11:13am, 22 Feb 2014 781 posts	0 J*C The US leases the Guantanamo Naval Base on the eastern tip of the island under a 1903 treaty, and continues to send Cuba payment for it. Cuba under the Castros disputes the lease, saying that it was concluded under duress, and has refused to cash any of the cheques since the early days of the revolution. I don't mind cashing the cheques
buttscratcher Feb 2014 5:07pm, 23 Feb 2014 161 posts	0 buttscratcher You can isolate your DNA using washing up liquid, salt and vodka
Carpathius Feb 2014 10:55pm, 25 Feb 2014 2,238 posts	0 Carpathius There is a TV programme called 'Extreme Couponing' which means that some people must actually watch it :o