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Post by Steve on Sept 21, 2023 23:15:38 GMT 10
I wonder what the locals in NZ call their hometown From here: I'll post some new tidbits in a little while.
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Post by Steve on Sept 22, 2023 3:36:19 GMT 10
1. In 1923, a jockey suffered a fatal heart attack, but his horse finished and won the race, making him the first and only jockey to win a race after death.
2. A red blood cell takes only about 20 seconds to make a complete circuit through your body.
3. A polygon with 30 sides is a triacontagon.
4. The shower-curtain effect is the phenomenon in which a shower curtain gets blown inward with a running shower. Scientists don't know what causes this.
5. If you were to have your picture taken by the very first camera, you'd need to sit still for 8 hours.
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Post by T.T. on Sept 22, 2023 4:50:38 GMT 10
I wouldn't be having my photo taken too often.
Steve that is amazing about the horse winning the race without the jockey.
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Post by Steve on Sept 23, 2023 5:20:48 GMT 10
This is information posted by ♣Emerald♣ at her forum about that jockey:
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Post by T.T. on Sept 23, 2023 7:03:12 GMT 10
Steve that is very sad and thanks for copying the info from Emerald's forum.
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Post by Steve on Sept 23, 2023 21:23:18 GMT 10
1. Since 1497, the United Kingdom has printed their laws on vellum, made from calf or goat skin. They continue to do this in order to uphold the tradition.
2. In New Delhi, if a tree falls sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat them. This came into effect in 2009 and takes four people to do the job.
3. Females are better at distinguishing colors, while males excel at tracking fast-moving objects and discerning detail from a distance.
4. The average temperature of a beehive is the same as a human body. Bees flap their wings to regulate heat.
5. Each day on Neptune lasts for around 16 hours, 6 minutes, and 36 seconds.
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Post by T.T. on Sept 24, 2023 4:23:53 GMT 10
Steve I found that interesting about the Bees flapping their wings to regulate the heat.
Good ones Steve.
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Post by Steve on Sept 25, 2023 1:31:31 GMT 10
Steve I found that interesting about the Bees flapping their wings to regulate the heat. They will actually enclose a wasp in a ball of bees and generate enough heat to kill it. 1. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia. 2. In English, twelve is the largest number that has just one syllable. 3. Out of the 400 species of parrots, there is only one that can't fly, called the Kakapo parrot. 4. Dogs with pointed and long faces tend to live longer than those which have flatter faces, such as pugs. 5. The average human heart beats 3.6 million times a year.
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Post by spice on Sept 25, 2023 2:25:18 GMT 10
Amazing when you think about it.
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Post by T.T. on Sept 25, 2023 4:02:39 GMT 10
Spice agree it sure is.
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Post by Steve on Sept 26, 2023 6:38:41 GMT 10
1. The average life expectancy of a toucan is a very impressive 20 years. 2. 7% of all American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That works out to 16.4 million people. 3. Your earlobes line up with your nipples. 4. Jupiter completes a rotation of the Sun every 11.86 years. 5. Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk.
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Post by T.T. on Sept 26, 2023 7:24:24 GMT 10
My goodness the toucan's average life expectancy surprised me. Had a smile at the nibbles and the earlobes. Have to do some measurements. Good ones there again Steve thank you.
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Post by spice on Sept 27, 2023 0:26:10 GMT 10
3. Your earlobes line up with your nipples. Prove it with pictures
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Post by T.T. on Sept 27, 2023 4:04:12 GMT 10
Now there is a challenge for you Steve. Good one spice.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Sept 27, 2023 22:34:08 GMT 10
Thank you for looking up the NZ name Steve :)
Lachanophobia, fear of veggies. Never heard of that one before!
"Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk."
& here laws are being passed to be hands-free as it's touted as safer. May be, but I believe if you are driving, you should focus ONLY on driving & not multitasking.
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Post by Steve on Sept 28, 2023 23:45:11 GMT 10
1. Even a small amount of alcohol placed on a scorpion will make it go crazy and sting itself to death.
2. There are 30 times more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. It’s estimated that there are 100 billion stars and 3 trillion trees.
3. The process by which bread toasts is called the “Maillard Reaction.”
4. The front paws of a cat are different from the back paws. They have five toes on the front but only four on the back.
5. Antimatter is the most expensive substance on earth. It costs roughly $62.5 trillion per gram, or $1.75 quadrillion per ounce.
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Post by T.T. on Sept 29, 2023 3:32:03 GMT 10
The poor scorpion Steve. Thank you.
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Post by Steve on Sept 30, 2023 1:51:21 GMT 10
1. In Utah, birds have the right of way on a highway.
2. While hunting, stoats go crazy jumping, spinning, and twisting to get a rabbit's attention. This hypnotizes the rabbit until the stoat gets close enough to attack.
3. Extreme ironing is a sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing. It originated in England.
4. It costs almost $290,000 per year in fees to run a hot dog cart near the Central Park Zoo in New York City. This does not include cart incurred costs.
5. In Indonesian, there is a word, "Jayus," that means "A joke told so poorly, and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh."
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Post by T.T. on Sept 30, 2023 4:27:11 GMT 10
I like the one where the birds have right away in Utah.
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Post by Steve on Oct 1, 2023 3:04:58 GMT 10
1. In Australia, there are nearly twice the amount of kangaroos as there are humans.
2. Baby owls are called "owlettes."
3. Elephants can die of a broken heart if their mate dies.
4. The average person takes 12 seconds to count to 24.
5. The fear of cooking is known as Mageirocophobia and is a recognized phobia.
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Post by T.T. on Oct 1, 2023 5:17:21 GMT 10
The Kangaroos surprised me Steve, I looked it up and nearly double the amount.
Steve that is what I have Mageirocophobia.
Good ones once again Steve.
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Post by Steve on Oct 3, 2023 2:50:58 GMT 10
Thank yew ... 1. The collective name for a group of unicorns is called a blessing. 2. Dogs have a total of 42 teeth when they are fully grown. 3. In the early 1900s, there was a pod of killer whales who helped humans hunt down other whales in Australia. They would do this for the fins and tongues of the captured whales as rewards, and this agreement was known as “The Law of Tongue.” 4. The Danish flag is the oldest current flag of a sovereign state. It was adopted in 1370 or earlier. The second oldest is the Netherlands in 1572. 5. On average, 97 chickens are killed every 0.05 seconds worldwide.
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Post by T.T. on Oct 3, 2023 3:25:41 GMT 10
My goodness that is a lot of chicken but as it is one of the cheapest meat I can understand why.
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Post by Steve on Oct 3, 2023 23:10:08 GMT 10
1. The maximum recommended consumption for Monster Energy Drink is 16oz in Australia, but 48oz in the U.S.A.
2. Coca-Cola was first served in 1886. At that time, only 9 colas were served on an average day, 3,285 a year. Today, 19,400 Coke products are consumed every second.
3. Manatees can get frostbite in water below 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20°C). Their fat is not designed to insulate them from the cold.
4. It is illegal to play a musical instrument in the Northern Territory, Australia, for the purpose of annoying other people.
5. America consumes almost 50% of the world's chocolate.
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Post by T.T. on Oct 4, 2023 3:31:12 GMT 10
Had a smile at this one so being nosy looked it up and if you get find guilty the penalty is $200.
Good ones Steve.
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Post by Steve on Oct 4, 2023 21:05:09 GMT 10
It should be illegal everywhere imo.
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Post by Steve on Oct 5, 2023 0:29:44 GMT 10
1. Herring fish communicate by using flatulence.
2. “Schnapsidee” is the German word for a ridiculous idea that only sounds good when you’re drunk.
3. Cats can hear ultrasound.
4. Anna Bagenhold fell through a frozen stream while she was skiing and was stuck for over an hour. She made a full recovery and became the person to survive the lowest body temperature ever recorded at 56.7 °F (13.7 °C), even though she was clinically dead.
5. Aggressive sitting is a sport. It originated in Berlin no later than 2008. You can purchase a special stool for this sport for around 70 dollars.
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Post by T.T. on Oct 5, 2023 3:15:21 GMT 10
I like number 1, who can talk the loudest Steve.
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Post by Steve on Oct 6, 2023 22:58:14 GMT 10
1. If the electors of the Holy Roman Emperor did not vote within 30 days, they were only allowed to eat bread and water and were forbidden to leave the city.
2. Cucumber can actually cure bad breath. A slice pressed to the roof of your mouth for 30 seconds with your tongue allows the phytochemicals to kill the problematic bacteria.
3. 27,000 trees are cut down every day to supply the world's toilet paper.
4. Egg yolks are one of the few foods that naturally contain Vitamin D.
5. In a few Appalachian forests, there are fireflies that glow blue for up to a minute instead of flashing yellow.
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Post by spice on Oct 6, 2023 23:31:06 GMT 10
3. 27,000 trees are cut down every day to supply the world's toilet paper. I would have thought more.
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