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Post by T.T. on Jul 1, 2023 4:29:11 GMT 10
Steve the No. 1 fact did surprise me too.
No. 4 wouldn't it be beautiful if a dolphin was attracted to you.
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Post by Steve on Jul 2, 2023 21:38:04 GMT 10
At least somebody would be. 1. The Shanay-Timpishka, also known as the "boiling river," is a geothermal phenomenon in the Peruvian Amazon. The river reaches temperatures up to 200°F (93°C), boiling any animals or people that fall into it. 2. You're statistically more likely to randomly die during a USA Powerball lottery drawing than win it. 3. France executed their last person by guillotine the same year Star Wars: A New Hope came out. 4. The #1 cause of death for pregnant woman is murder. 5. The youngest person to ever give birth was 5 years old.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 3, 2023 4:05:51 GMT 10
Isn't that unbelievable Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jul 3, 2023 7:03:28 GMT 10
Isn't that unbelievable Steve. Yes, and infuriating because someone had to impregnate her! I seldom wish someone was dead but I certainly hope this guy is.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 3, 2023 7:22:05 GMT 10
I am with you Steve fancy doing that to an innocent child. Hand the B.....
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Post by Steve on Jul 5, 2023 3:28:00 GMT 10
1. There's a frozen dead guy in a Tuff Shed in Colorado that has been "preserved" for 27 years with a twice-a-month dry ice run.
2. The Mongols had a superstition that said that spilling royal blood would lead to great disaster. So instead they had other creative ways of executing such people. Including sewing up your orifices, drowning you in molten metal, or having horses trample you.
3. The half-life of an isotope of Tellurium is 160 Trillion times greater than the Universe's Age (Aprox. 13.8 billion). The very-long-lived radioisotope Tellurium-128 thus has the longest known half-life among all the Radionuclides of around 2,200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years!
4. Archaeologist Alexander Peev was executed by firing squad in 1943 on suspicion of sending a coded message to the Soviet Union. It was actually an ancient inscription he wanted Russian archaeologists to help him interpret. The text remains undeciphered.
5. Outraged Egyptians had once lynched a Roman for killing a cat.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 5, 2023 6:11:57 GMT 10
4. Archaeologist Alexander Peev was executed by firing squad in 1943 on suspicion of sending a coded message to the Soviet Union. It was actually an ancient inscription he wanted Russian archaeologists to help him interpret. The text remains undeciphered.
Isn't that just awful Steve, that poor fellow.
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Post by Steve on Jul 5, 2023 21:37:04 GMT 10
Isn't that just awful Steve, that poor fellow. It infuriates me when judicial or law enforcement divisions don't take the time to listen to reason.
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Post by Steve on Jul 6, 2023 0:07:04 GMT 10
A few extra today:
1. Due to gravity, we typically shrink approximately 1 cm during the day. However, as we sleep, our height evens back out!
2. Your nostrils not only allow you to breathe, but they make sure that you are kept relatively safe doing so. When you breathe through your nose, one nostril takes in most of the air while the other takes in a only a little bit. After a few hours, the nostrils switch. This process is regulated by your nervous system. It's also the reason why one nostril is typically more plugged than the other when you have a cold.
3. Approximately 12% of the population dream their dreams in black and white.
4. The average human of 150 lbs contains approximately .2 milligrams of gold!
5. Your thumb has its own pulse. That's because it has its own exclusive artery, the princeps pollicis.
6. Some people have what is known as "Super vision" and can see nearly 100,000,000 colours. That's 100 times more than the rest of us!
7. That little smooth area between your eyebrows is called the Glabella. It means "smooth, hairless, or bald" in Latin.
8. Gray eyes are the rarest in the world, with less than 1% of the population having them. A little over 80% of the world has some shade of brown eyes.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 6, 2023 4:30:05 GMT 10
I am a brown eyed girl. Glad when we sleep our height evens out.
Good ones once again Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jul 10, 2023 4:05:39 GMT 10
1. A popular treatment for Asthma in the early 20th century was a special brand of cigarettes. Asthmador cigarettes contained no tobacco but instead contained Datura Stramonium, a hallucinogenic plant.
2. In the 1980s, a series of house fires in England were linked to a painting called "The Crying Boy." In each case, the painting was found undamaged amidst the destruction. This led to rumors that the painting was cursed, and many people destroyed their copies in fear.
3. "The bacteria on our skin break down the proteins in our sweat, producing a foul-smelling byproduct in the process. This is what causes body odor, not the sweat itself."
4. There a a14% higher chance of you dying on your birthday more than any other day.
5. The Goliath Birdeater, a tarantula found in South America, has a leg span that can reach up to 11 inches. Thankfully, they're not venomous to humans.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 10, 2023 5:51:24 GMT 10
The body odor was interesting and the birthdays. May not enjoy my birthdays in the future Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jul 11, 2023 0:30:12 GMT 10
May not enjoy my birthdays in the future Steve. I thought we both stopped having those a long time ago.
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Post by Susan on Jul 11, 2023 0:33:23 GMT 10
Isn't that just awful Steve, that poor fellow. It infuriates me when judicial or law enforcement divisions don't take the time to listen to reason. i so agree
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Post by Steve on Jul 11, 2023 1:07:21 GMT 10
1. Dr. James Simpson first showed the effects of chloroform on humans in 1847. He sat with his assistants nightly trying chemicals. After they collapsed and came to after using chloroform, he recognized its anesthetic potential. He nicknamed the first baby delivered by chloroform "Anesthesia."
2. The stars in the Paramount logo honor the 22 actors and actresses put under contract in 1916 by film producer and founder Adolph Zukor.
3. The lowest point of Lesotho is 1400 meters above sea level, which is the highest lowest point of any nation in the world.
4. In the 1800s, US dairy producers would regularly mix their milk with water, chalk, embalming fluid and cow brains to enhance appearance and flavor. Hundreds of children died from the mixture of formaldehyde, dirt, and bacteria in their milk.
5. The White-Tailed Deer, generally considered to be herbivorous, have been caught on camera slurping baby birds out of their nests like candy and munching on human bones.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 11, 2023 3:45:03 GMT 10
Thank you Steve some interesting Tidbits there.
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Post by Susan on Jul 11, 2023 21:35:12 GMT 10
there sure are
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Post by Steve on Jul 13, 2023 4:55:45 GMT 10
1. You can buy a room on a cruise ship and live on it. You pay a yearly fee and all amenities are provided like normal cruise ships.
2. Hospital patients recover quicker when they are able to see a park/vegetation from their window.
3. During times when people were burnt at the stake, bags of gunpowder were sometimes tied around the victim’s necks to shorten their suffering.
4. Some people in New Guinea have entire languages that are used only when harvesting a specific kind of nut because they believe that their ordinary language is bad for the nut’s health.
5. Jamaica (in Queens) and Jamaica (in the Caribbean) are named after two unrelated Native American words, with the former meaning ‘beaver’ to the Lenape, and the latter ‘land of wood and water’ to the Arawak.
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Post by Steve on Jul 14, 2023 6:24:39 GMT 10
1. In houses built before 1971 (U.S.) it was common to have a medicine cabinet that allowed razor blades to be disposed of in a slot that would drop the razor blades into the bathroom wall.
2. Due to their high fat and low water content, pistachios can self-heat and spontaneously combust if stored improperly.
3. The Marbled Crayfish is an all-female species of crayfish that is capable of cloning itself and was first discovered in a German pet store in the 1990s without any known wild populations.
4. During the Han dynasty, unmarried women and their families had to pay a special tax for their singleness. On the other hand, women with babies didn't have to pay taxes for three years and their husbands didn't have to pay taxes for one year.
5. A boy in Pakistan was 100% immune to physical pain due to a genetic condition. He would stab his arm without flinching and walk on hot coals barefoot during street performances. He died in 2006 after jumping off a roof for performance.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 15, 2023 5:01:47 GMT 10
That was interesting about the pistachios. Luckily I don't buy them because boy! are they expensive.
That was sad about the little Pakistan boy eventually dying after jumping off a roof but fancy being immune to physical pain.
Thank you Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jul 15, 2023 6:34:46 GMT 10
You're welcome as always.
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Post by Steve on Jul 16, 2023 0:55:43 GMT 10
1. The name for the shape of Pringles is called a "Hyperbolic Paraboloid."
2. Mr Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on TV.
3. A duel between three people is actually called a truel.
4. The stage before frostbite is called "frostnip."
5. In South Korea, there is an emergency number (113) to report spies.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 16, 2023 3:17:43 GMT 10
I like the 113 number Steve and hope we never suffer from frostnip.
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Post by Susan on Jul 16, 2023 4:03:44 GMT 10
Isn't that unbelievable Steve. that's pathetic and i'm with you i rarely wish death on people but Susan I mean i've heard of child brides and having babies when they're 8 at times but a five year old......
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Post by Steve on Jul 16, 2023 23:21:04 GMT 10
1. The process by which bread toasts is called the "Maillard Reaction."
2. Sonic the Hedgehog's full name is actually Ogilvie Maurice Hedgehog.
3. Most toilet paper sold for home use in France is pink.
4. The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
5. Bullfrogs do not sleep.
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Post by T.T. on Jul 17, 2023 3:50:56 GMT 10
I love my bread when it has the "Maillard Reaction."
I think my husband is related to the Bullfrog as he has problems sleeping.
Thanks Steve.
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Post by Steve on Jul 18, 2023 22:26:32 GMT 10
1. Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.
2. It took the creator of the Rubik's Cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve the cube after creating it; as of June 2018, the world record is 4.22 seconds.
3. Japanese square watermelons are ornamental plants and are not edible.
4. Ketchup originated in China as a boiled-down brine of pickled fish and spices called "ke-chiap."
5. Boeing uses potatoes to test their in-flight Wi-Fi, as they reflect and absorb the signals similarly to people. The project is called Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution- or SPUDS. (Spuds is slang for potatoes in the U.S. ... I don't know about the rest of the world.)
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Post by T.T. on Jul 19, 2023 3:49:50 GMT 10
I can't stand Ketchup.
Us Aussies call them Spuds too Steve.
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Post by spice on Jul 19, 2023 21:49:53 GMT 10
Ketchup originated in China as a boiled-down brine of pickled fish and spices called "ke-chiap
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Post by Steve on Jul 20, 2023 0:06:54 GMT 10
Us Aussies call them Spuds too Steve.
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