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Joey Shabadoo

My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Many interesting facts about cork.

Not least the annual world wide production is around 200,000 tonnes. That's a lot of bloody wine.

Edit: or 1970's wall/floor coverings.

Edit: or lifebelts.

Edit: or placemats

The corks used in quality wines cost around one Euro each
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Material, City or County?
 
Immediately after Winston Churchill's 'We shall fight them on the beaches' speech during World War 2, he told a colleague, "And we’ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that's bloody well all we've got!"
 
Arctic foxes don't start shivering until the temperature reaches -94 °F / -70 °C
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
The fox that sat on the Foxe's mint in the tv advert belonged to a farmer from Devon.
He succesfully sued ITV for using it in the advert without his permission.
 
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classic33

Leg End Member
Each Glacier Mint contains:
Calories from Fat 0.
Calories 120. 0%
Total Fat 0g. 0%
Saturated Fat.
0% Cholesterol.
0% Sodium 0mg.
10% Total Carbohydrates.
0% Dietary Fiber.
 
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