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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A butterfly tastes with it's hind legs.
The bible is the world's most shoplifted book.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
I know...crazy right?
What other bizarre facts do we know?
Yes. I'm bored.
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
The Brizzol Channel has the second biggest tidal range in the world.
And the first? I'm glad you asked. Bay of Fundy in Canadia (which is Canada to the normal people but I like my way better) |
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All the tea in China isn't accurate.
Tea originated in India and is still the world's biggest tea exporter.
England is the smallest country that tea is exported to with the smallest population and yet remains unparalleled worldwide as being the biggest consume of tea annualy rivalled by absolutely no other tea drinking country anywhere on the planet. |
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"The "Black box" flight data recording units on aircraft are bright luminescent orange.
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The black box is designed to survive a devastating plane crash, so if you are involved in a major air incident, try and get inside it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The London Beer Flood of 1814 was caused by a brewery, in what is now Tottenham Court rd, that used immense barrels to store beer in.
One of the 22ft tall vats burst and a domino effect destroyed several others causing a torrent of 400,000 gallons of beer that killed 8 people in the surrounding streets.
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The reason we have total solar eclipse's is because of an astronomical coincidence at this time in the history of the solar system. The diameter of the the sun is approximately 400 times bigger than that of our moon, and the sun is 400 times further away from the earth than our moon is.
The moon is currently drifting away from the earth by approximately 4cm per year, so at some point in the future the phenomenon won't look anywhere near as good as it does now. Humans are lucky to have evolved at exactly the right time in the history of the solar system to have both witnessed the phenomenon and developed intelligence enough to be able to work out why it happens.
Cosmic.... |
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"The boar's (male pig) penis has a corkscrew shape at the end which is left hand thread which fits nicely into the left hand threaded cervical canal of the sow. "
How very American.
European built pigs surely must be right hand thread?? |
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"The Mass of every person on the planet, if combined together, would be the same size as an average sugar cube.
I'm not convinced that actually makes sense. Mass is not the same as size. "
Its absolutely not the same as size.
The atomic mass of an object is completely disproportionate to the physical size of an object.
Took me ages or re-reading and study before I actually understood how this works.
But.... I guess someone far cleverer than I proved it so I can't really argue with fact I suppose. |
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"The "Black box" flight data recording units on aircraft are bright luminescent orange.
The black box is designed to survive a devastating plane crash, so if you are involved in a major air incident, try and get inside it. "
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It is a constitutional requirement in Australia that you vote in pencil.
The constitution can only be changed by referendum.
It'll stay because that's a fucking stupid thing to spend $100 million plus on. |
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