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The Shopping cart was invented in 1937 by Sylvan Goldman, owner of the Pigly Wigly supermarket.

It costs 2 cents to produce a penny, and 10 cents to produce a nickel.
There are 150 Billion pennys in circulation, stacked one on top of an other it would reach 60% to the moon.

The hair on average adult scalp grows 115 feet a day.

The active ingredient in most toothpastes is sodium fluoride, which can be lethal.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by removing 1 olive from each salad served in first class.

Scientists discovered that a side effect to having a high IQ is being a night owl, Which is associated with emotional instability, in addition, night owl's are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression.

Israel is only a sixth of 1% of the landmass of the Middle East.

Around the world there are 10,000 credit card transactions done every second.

The first credit card company was Diners Club and initially it was only accepted at 14 restauraunts.
Diners Club was started in 1950 after the founder Frank X. McNamara came up with the idea when one evening after dining at a restaurant he realized he had forgotten his wallet. Within 1 year Diners Club had more than 20,000 cardmembers.

For principled reasons, Hertz Israel does not have in it's fleet any German made cars.

Israeli stamps are certified Kosher.

Under the current numbering system for Interstate highways, odd numbers generally indicate a north-south route, and even numbers mean an east-west route.

The average annual salary for a lead pastor in a megachurch (2,000+ members) is about $155,000, and can sometimes reach $400,000.

Hitler's mother contemplated abortion, But her doctor convinced her out of it.
Adolph Hitler was named Time magazine's person of the year in 1938
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Re: Did you know.... Interesting facts
« Reply #220 on: January 26, 2013, 07:29:23 PM »
Did you know that if you appear on Shark Tank, the producer gets 5% of your company
Whoa, interesting!
Is that even if you turn down the offer or only if you make a deal?
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« Reply #221 on: January 26, 2013, 07:31:37 PM »
and i was thinking of making a showing..
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Re: Re: Did you know.... Interesting facts
« Reply #222 on: January 26, 2013, 07:31:48 PM »
Did you know that if you appear on Shark Tank, the producer gets 5% of your company

I knew that. I was shocked when I found out.

Some things start to make sense, like why they would bring in the plate topper guy.
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Re: Did you know.... Interesting facts
« Reply #223 on: January 26, 2013, 07:33:13 PM »
so how do you give away 50 percent? really 55%?
what if no deal?
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« Reply #224 on: January 26, 2013, 07:37:10 PM »
Whoa, interesting!
Is that even if you turn down the offer or only if you make a deal?

so how do you give away 50 percent? really 55%?
what if no deal?

If you don't make a deal you still give up 5%. It's worth it for many companies. Being on the show can be millions of dollars worth of advertisement.

IIRC, you can choose between 5% or a 2% royalty.
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Re: Did you know.... Interesting facts
« Reply #225 on: January 26, 2013, 07:37:34 PM »
Whoa, interesting!
Is that even if you turn down the offer or only if you make a deal?
It seems like even if there is no deal. My first impression was that's a crazy rip off, but it is advertising/promotion. On the update they've brought back people who didn't get a deal and their businesses were booming just from the exposure

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« Reply #226 on: January 26, 2013, 08:33:30 PM »
1.any website where i can DOWNLOAD all episodes without ads?
2. if no choice can i get them with ads.. some very good ideas...
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« Reply #227 on: January 26, 2013, 08:42:39 PM »
1.any website where i can DOWNLOAD all episodes without ads?
2. if no choice can i get them with ads.. some very good ideas...

There's this awesome site called "YouTube". Ever heard of it? :P

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« Reply #228 on: January 26, 2013, 08:44:38 PM »
There's this awesome site called "YouTube". Ever heard of it? :P
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hulu used to have a plus option that would allow you to "download all"
you tube has adds and you have to search seperatly - correct?
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« Reply #229 on: January 26, 2013, 08:49:05 PM »
feter moishe!
gees thanx!
hulu used to have a plus option that would allow you to "download all"
you tube has adds and you have to search seperatly - correct?
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IME, YouTube is the way to go. No ads for Shark Tank, and no buffering.

If you insist on a download per se, use torrentz.eu to find a torrent for it.

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« Reply #230 on: January 26, 2013, 09:03:28 PM »
thanx!
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Did you know that Yassar Arafat was responsible for the murder in 1973 of US Ambasador Cleo Allen Noel, Jr. and the US Deputy Chief of Mission, George Curtis Moore.
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« Reply #233 on: January 27, 2013, 09:47:16 AM »
When posting it would help if also post a link

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« Reply #234 on: January 27, 2013, 10:28:54 AM »
When posting it would help if also post a link

Thanks for the tip :), will try my best. Though, this may be a surprise, there was a time before the net, when information was found in books and in the head. Not all the facts that I post do I find on the net.  As of now, I haven't yet figured out how to link to my Amygdala. Feel free to use google and to post the links.


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« Reply #235 on: January 27, 2013, 10:30:35 AM »
When posting it would help if also post a link
It would also help in exposing some of the BS.  ;)
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It would also help in exposing some of the BS.  ;)

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Did you know cyber bulling is mostly done by young people?
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« Reply #238 on: January 27, 2013, 02:28:29 PM »
Thanks for the tip :), will try my best. Though, this may be a surprise, there was a time before the net, when information was found in the Zman magazine.
ftfy. (wait, am I allowed to mention that magazine here?)

I just flipped through the latest(?) Zman magazine for about a minute and I realized a lot of those subjects seemed very familiar...

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