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	<description><![CDATA[Posted by: Ralph van den Berg (7 Mar, 2008) -- 11. When taking a dump, untrained house pets prefer carpets and rugs over tiles.
12. If a hotel skips the 13th floor, then the 14th floor is the unlucky one.
13. A dumbass is defined by his or her actions.
14. There is a very fine line between perseverance and not knowing when to quit.
15. Dogs can look up.
16. You can please some people all of the time, and all people some of the time, but not all people all of the time.
17. You'll find that the toilet paper is finished if you forgot to check beforehand.
18. Buying a lottery ticket significantly increases your chances of winning.
19. If your fellow students got the same wrong answer on the test, it doesn't make it right.
20. The reason that the global population is increasing is not that more people are being born. Actually, more people die than are being born* but they just stick around longer.

* Everybody who is born, dies; but some unborn babies also die.


See also: The Truth of the World (1-10)]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<b>20<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub>.</b> The only reason you play solitaire is to watch the kings fall.]]></description>
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