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Post by T.T. on Jun 6, 2023 7:26:21 GMT 10
A girl just can't get away with anything with you.
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Post by Steve on Jun 8, 2023 6:45:12 GMT 10
A girl just can't get away with anything with you. Actually, a girl CAN get away with anything with me, well almost anything.
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Post by Steve on Jun 10, 2023 0:22:04 GMT 10
1. There is a species of snake that farts as a defense mechanism, and some fart so strong that they lifted themselves off the ground.
2. Even though the human brain only weighs 2% of an average person’s body weight, it burns 20% of the calories you consume.
3. A bridge in Ireland that was designed to swing open for ships couldn’t be opened for four years because someone lost the remote control.
4. Mary Ellen Pleasant, a black woman in the 1800s amassed a fortune by eavesdropping on investors while working as a domestic.
5. The diabolical ironclad beetle (Nosoderma diabolicum) is a species of beetle that has one of the toughest exoskeletons of all insects, that lets it endure forces up to 39,000 times its body weight and makes it impossible to put an insect pin through without drilling a hole first.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 10, 2023 3:37:52 GMT 10
No. 1 made me laugh about the snake.
No. 3 you would have thought they would have had a spare remote for the bridge wouldn't you.
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Post by Steve on Jun 10, 2023 22:56:10 GMT 10
you would have thought they would have had a spare remote for the bridge wouldn't you Or even a manual override. 1. The oldest known Earth rock was discovered in 2019 embedded in a boulder brought back from the moon by Apollo 14. It is the first discovered meteorite from Earth. 2. The amount of sunlight that reaches Earth's surface within 1.5 hours has enough energy to satisfy the world's energy consumption for an entire year. 3. The Salish Wool Dog is an extinct breed of dog that was bred to produce wool that was prized among the Northwestern Salish Tribe. 4. During a flight from Taipei to Los Angeles a Chinese Airlines Boeing 747SP not only performed a 360-degree roll but also pulled 5 gs twice after their #4 engine failed. Aside from a broken foot and strained back, all passengers and crew were unharmed. 5. Thomas Edison thought that humans were inhabited by swarms of millions of ghosts that, upon a person's death, would seek to inhabit another lifeform or maybe create new life. He attempted to devise a telephone to contact these spirits.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 11, 2023 4:49:28 GMT 10
Agree Steve,
Gee that is amazing.
Thank you Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jun 12, 2023 22:24:57 GMT 10
You're welcome and it's too bad the human race is too ... stupid ... to harness all that energy and use it.
1. Lions inhabited many parts of Europe until they were hunted to extinction around 100 B.C.
2. Tigers have striped skin not just striped fur. The stripes are like fingerprints and no two tigers have the same pattern.
3. Alexander Graham Bell developed the metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881. The attempt was unsuccessful because the metal coil spring bed Garfield was lying on confused the detector.
4. A doctor saved the life of a premature baby (Chris Trokey). About 30 years later Chris, who was a paramedic was the First responder to an accident, saved the same doctor’s life.
5. A Komodo dragon may attempt to speed up the process of swallowing a carcass by ramming the carcass against a tree to force it down its throat, sometimes ramming so forcefully that the tree is knocked down.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 13, 2023 4:02:39 GMT 10
No 4 is amazing, you hear of quite a few rescues over the years of people saving each others life.
Thank you Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jun 14, 2023 4:18:13 GMT 10
1. In the 1600s, alchemists did everything they could to try to find eternal life. One elixir that was created by John French, required mushed up brains to sit inside of horse manure for 6 months, until it was 'liquid enough to be consumed.'
2. In Ancient Rome, some people believed that if they drank fresh, warm blood from a fallen Gladiator, they would absorb their power.
3. In 1973, two men were in a small submarine 1,575 feet deep in the ocean. Suddenly, there was a malfunction, and water began flooding in, causing the sub to sink. They only had enough oxygen left to survive for three days. It took so long for the rescue team to find them that by the time they extracted the crew, the men only had about 12 minutes of oxygen left.
4. The average American golf course consumes around 312,000 gallons of water per day.
5. Joseph Stalin intended to be a priest, but was kicked out of seminary for missing final exams.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 14, 2023 5:48:14 GMT 10
Boy! Steve someone was looking down on those men in the submarine.
Seems a lot of wasted water to me on those Gold Courses.
Makes you wonder if Stalin missed out on the exams purposely.
Good ones my boy.
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Post by Steve on Jun 14, 2023 10:37:05 GMT 10
I had a good teacher.
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Post by Steve on Jun 15, 2023 23:53:31 GMT 10
1. Hundreds of years ago, when people died on the battlefield or elsewhere outside, their bodies often just lay there until they rotted away. As they decomposed, their skulls would start to grow a moss called usnea. People believed that this moss contained the spiritual qualities of the fallen soldiers, and they would gather it up as medicine.
2. After a stroke or some sort of brain trauma, some people can develop “prosopagnosia,” also known as “facial agnosia.” This is when someone loses the ability to recognize faces.
3. In Philadelphia, The Mutter Museum is filled with fascinating and disgusting bits of human anatomy that have been preserved. Mutations, tumors, and medical anomalies are on full display.
4. Queen Elizabeth I used to paint her face with ceruse, which is a mixture of white lead and vinegar.
5. Madame Tussaud’s wax museum is famous around the world for frighteningly life-like figures of celebrities. What most people don’t know, however, is that Madame Anna Maria Tussaud got her start by rushing over to grab heads from the guillotine during the French Revolution. She used these heads to showcase her waxing process.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 16, 2023 4:01:02 GMT 10
Fascinating reading Steve Madame Tussaud’s wax museum is amazing to see as they are life like figures.
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Post by Steve on Jun 17, 2023 22:11:19 GMT 10
I've been to Madame Tussauds wax museum and like you say, it is fascinating.
1. Diana Budisavljević, the female Schindler, who undertook one of the greatest humanitarian acts in WWII, by saving over 7,700 children from concentration camps in the area of what is today's Croatia.
2. The Jim twins, separated at birth and reunited at 39: both had married and divorced someone named Linda, were currently married to a Betty, had sons named James Allan, had dogs named Toy, drove the same car, had jobs in security, and regularly vacationed at the same beach in Florida.
3. Scott Joplin, the groundbreaking "King of Ragtime", died penniless of syphilitic dementia in 1917 in a sanitarium at just 48 and was buried in an unmarked grave, largely forgotten until a revival of interest in ragtime in the 70s led to him winning a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
4. Humans can learn to observe their surroundings with echolocation. By snapping or clicking the tongue, humans can bounce sound waves off of nearby objects. The resulting echo reveals the approximate size and distance of the obstacle. Anyone with normal hearing can learn this skill.
5. The world's largest Lego Titanic replica was built over an eleven month period by a ten-year-old autistic boy from Iceland.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 18, 2023 3:25:39 GMT 10
Steve No. 5 the 10 year old boy who was autistic who built the Titanic Replica over 11 months is amazing.
All good topics. Thank you.
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Post by Steve on Jun 20, 2023 1:06:24 GMT 10
1. It was calculated that it would have taken the concrete for the Hoover Dam 125 years to cool if it was poured as one continuous pour. Instead giant concrete blocks in columns were poured and then cooled by a series of internally contained pipes of cold water, greatly reducing cooling time.
2. Shakespeare's last residence in Stratford-upon-Avon was demolished in 1759 by its owner, Francis Gastrell, because he was tired of tourists.
3. The US military's use of Native Americans as "code talkers" began during World War I, used more than the Navajo language, and wasn't declassified until 1968 because their codes had remained unbroken.
4. Humans actually have stripes in their skin that can only be seen under UV light. They are called Blaschko’s lines after the Dermatologist who discovered them.
5. Despite being organisms with highly intricate nervous systems and an impressive level of intelligence, many octopus species only live for roughly 1-5 years.
Bonus:
6. From 2009 to 2019, out of 212 cruise ship overboard incidents only 48 people were rescued.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 20, 2023 3:40:04 GMT 10
Gee! that is a poor record Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jun 20, 2023 5:35:03 GMT 10
Yea, less than 23%.
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Post by Steve on Jun 23, 2023 3:49:17 GMT 10
1. In April 2015, a 4-year-old boy from Mansfield, Texas searching for fossils ended up finding a 100 million-year-old dinosaur bone.
2. A NASA scientist conducted a tongue-in-cheek experiment to see what animals drivers are more likely to hit. He placed rubber fakes on the side of the road and found that 6% of drivers intentionally swerve to hit them, tarantulas being hit the most.
3. The name 'orchid' is derived from the Greek word for testicle. The name avocado comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word for testicle.
4. 30 million Argentine ants die every year in the conflict between two super-colonies in San Diego.
5. Alligators are native only to the United States and China.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 23, 2023 3:56:08 GMT 10
Steve 3. made me laugh when I eat my avocados will be thinking of you.
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Post by Steve on Jun 24, 2023 1:08:23 GMT 10
I'll be back later to post today's tidbits.
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Post by Steve on Jun 24, 2023 5:55:27 GMT 10
1. If you place hamster wheels in the forest mice will run on them for fun.
2. People can smell rain 4x stronger than sharks can smell blood.
3. Manatees aren't fat. They're round. Many mammals develop a layer of fat or blubber to preserve body heat. Manatees are tropical mammals and do not need a lot of body fat.
4. Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and Brussel Sprouts are all the same plant cultivated for different characteristics.
5. Pandas poop, on average, 40 times a day… and about 62 lbs in weight (due to bamboo diet).
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Post by Susan on Jun 24, 2023 6:09:19 GMT 10
2. People can smell rain 4x stronger than sharks can smell blood.
did not know that
and that's kind of fun putting hampster wheels out for mice
susan
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Post by T.T. on Jun 24, 2023 7:20:59 GMT 10
It was fun I agree Susan. I am thinking of going on the Panda Diet, the pooping so many times a day would be tiring but like the loss of weight.
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Post by Steve on Jun 28, 2023 3:21:02 GMT 10
1. In the animal kingdom, there is a type of jellyfish called the immortal jellyfish (scientifically known as Turritopsis dohrnii). What makes it fascinating is its ability to revert back to its earliest form after reaching adulthood. When facing environmental stress or old age, it can transform its cells, essentially returning to a polyp stage and then growing into a new adult jellyfish. This process can theoretically repeat indefinitely, hence the name "immortal jellyfish." While it's not truly immortal in the sense of living forever, it has an exceptional regenerative capability that allows it to bypass the typical life cycle limitations of other organisms. 2. Platypus glow when you hit them with UV light. 3. Human skin can't actually feel wetness, we just make assumptions on pressure and temperature. 4. If you looked at one star per second, it would take you over 3,000 years to look at all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy. 5. Boobytrap spelled backwards is partyboob.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 28, 2023 3:45:03 GMT 10
Steve I wish I was a Turritopsis dohrnii getting some new cells. Fancy that about about the partyboob.
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Post by Steve on Jun 28, 2023 22:54:27 GMT 10
1. Frogs swallow using their eyes.
2. In Germany you can get sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for causing a nuclear explosion.
3. Flamingos can drink boiling water.
4. Glossy magazine paper has a higher B-vitamin content than newsprint.
5. The largest man made pyramid in the world is in Mexico.
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Post by T.T. on Jun 29, 2023 3:28:30 GMT 10
My goodness fancy the Flamingo drinking boiling water.
Thank you once again Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jun 29, 2023 5:11:47 GMT 10
You're always quite welcome.
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Post by Steve on Jul 1, 2023 0:28:34 GMT 10
1. 54% of adults in the USA read below a 6th grade level. Bonus, 1 in every 30 children in the USA is homeless.
2. In many countries in the world, cannibalism is actually legal, the only illegal thing is the way you obtain it. It's made that way so that plane crash survivors won't be prosecuted for, you know, surviving.
3. During World War 2, Japan bombed China with fleas infected with the bubonic plague.
4. Dolphins can be attracted to humans.
5. If bees were paid minimum wage for their labor, a jar of honey would cost $182,000.
#1 is a terrible fact. Our country should be ashamed of itself.
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