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"Saw this and thought of the lovely Rachael xx
Antarctica was once home to penguins that were 6ft 7 tall !!!
So share you're random facts here ..."
In the Carboniferous period (300m yrs ago) dragonflies existed that were up to 1 meter in length.
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"Saw this and thought of the lovely Rachael xx
Antarctica was once home to penguins that were 6ft 7 tall !!!
So share you're random facts here ...
In the Carboniferous period (300m yrs ago) dragonflies existed that were up to 1 meter in length.
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That would be amazing if they still did! |
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"Saw this and thought of the lovely Rachael xx
Antarctica was once home to penguins that were 6ft 7 tall !!!
So share you're random facts here ...
In the Carboniferous period (300m yrs ago) dragonflies existed that were up to 1 meter in length.
That would be amazing if they still did! "
But imagine cleaning your windscreen ! |
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"Saw this and thought of the lovely Rachael xx
Antarctica was once home to penguins that were 6ft 7 tall !!!
So share you're random facts here ...
In the Carboniferous period (300m yrs ago) dragonflies existed that were up to 1 meter in length.
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I'd never leave the house !!! |
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"Saw this and thought of the lovely Rachael xx
Antarctica was once home to penguins that were 6ft 7 tall !!!
So share you're random facts here ..."
Whoa! |
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"A strawberry is not actually a berry while a banana, kiwi and pomegranate are.
Is it ,, mad!! So what's a strawberry just a fruit? "
They are accessory fruits. |
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"A strawberry is not actually a berry while a banana, kiwi and pomegranate are.
Is it ,, mad!! So what's a strawberry just a fruit?
They are accessory fruits."
I've heard that a strawberry is the only fruit that's has its seeds growing on the outside  |
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"A strawberry is not actually a berry while a banana, kiwi and pomegranate are.
Is it ,, mad!! So what's a strawberry just a fruit?
They are accessory fruits."
So I need to match them to my handbag?  |
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"Serious question and CBA to google...but are Brazil nuts, nuts or seeds? Its just that I know they are harvested by cutting down large pods full of the nuts?"
Nope they aren't a nut, they are seeds
And peanuts aren't nuts - they are a legume |
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"Serious question and CBA to google...but are Brazil nuts, nuts or seeds? Its just that I know they are harvested by cutting down large pods full of the nuts?
Nope they aren't a nut, they are seeds
And peanuts aren't nuts - they are a legume "
Thanks! I knew about the peanuts and just seemed to make sense that Brazil nuts must be seeds |
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"Discrete is not the same as discreet."
They do, however both come from the Latin word for 'separate' but "discrete" went its separate way ironically.
Too, to and two are different too but many cannot grasp that idea! |
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"JFK was shot by wife Jackie cause she'd had enough of his snoring"
No, JFK was shot by LBJ, the CIA, FBI, Castro, the Russians, Teamsters and a cabal of jealous husbands.
Shot 135 times from 14 different angles.
FACT. |
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"JFK was shot by wife Jackie cause she'd had enough of his snoring
No, JFK was shot by LBJ, the CIA, FBI, Castro, the Russians, Teamsters and a cabal of jealous husbands.
Shot 135 times from 14 different angles.
FACT."
He wasn't shot. It's all a big conspiracy. |
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"Discrete is not the same as discreet.
They do, however both come from the Latin word for 'separate' but "discrete" went its separate way ironically.
Too, to and two are different too but many cannot grasp that idea! "
To right!  |
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"JFK was shot by wife Jackie cause she'd had enough of his snoring
No, JFK was shot by LBJ, the CIA, FBI, Castro, the Russians, Teamsters and a cabal of jealous husbands.
Shot 135 times from 14 different angles.
FACT.
He wasn't shot. It's all a big conspiracy. "
Oh darn it! |
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"Saw this and thought of the lovely Rachael xx
Antarctica was once home to penguins that were 6ft 7 tall !!!
So share you're random facts here ...
In the Carboniferous period (300m yrs ago) dragonflies existed that were up to 1 meter in length.
That would be amazing if they still did! "
I agree, they are so pretty |
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"Hippo milk is pink
That's as maybe, but hippos are psychos!
Dead mental them Hippos!
They'll break your leg with a flap of their wings, on hang on..."
I like the game! |
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"Hippo milk is pink
That's as maybe, but hippos are psychos!
Dead mental them Hippos!
They'll break your leg with a flap of their wings, on hang on...
I like the game! "
Well come on then, it's your turn |
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In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1577511/Winston-Churchill-didnt-really-exist-say-teens.html
And we worry about Brexit!
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"In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teens thought Sherlock Holmes was a real guy, while 20% thought Winston Churchill was not.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1577511/Winston-Churchill-didnt-really-exist-say-teens.html
And we worry about Brexit!
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"On the hippo theme. Hippos don't swim. They just sink to the bottom and walk or in some cases run bloody fast.
This fact is why the BBC have pulled the 'dancing hippos' (not really a fact) "
And the fuckers do it with style! |
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By *workoutMan
over a year ago
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The Castle Camelot of Arthurian legend was actually named after a princess from a far away land who upon visiting King Arthur's chambers for a night of passion came a lot.
King Arthur was so impressed that he named his castle after her. Incidentally the moat around the castle was added after King Arthur drew inspiration from the puddle the Princess left on his bed!
True story.
Honest. |
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"The Castle Camelot of Arthurian legend was actually named after a princess from a far away land who upon visiting King Arthur's chambers for a night of passion came a lot.
King Arthur was so impressed that he named his castle after her. Incidentally the moat around the castle was added after King Arthur drew inspiration from the puddle the Princess left on his bed!
True story.
Honest."
I met a nut job in a local pub who changed his name by deed poll to Stewart Pendragon, hired a small excavator and the proceeded to dig up various locations about town looking for treasure he claimed had been left there for safe-keeping by Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana.
I did say 'nut job'. |
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By *workoutMan
over a year ago
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"The Castle Camelot of Arthurian legend was actually named after a princess from a far away land who upon visiting King Arthur's chambers for a night of passion came a lot.
King Arthur was so impressed that he named his castle after her. Incidentally the moat around the castle was added after King Arthur drew inspiration from the puddle the Princess left on his bed!
True story.
Honest.
I met a nut job in a local pub who changed his name by deed poll to Stewart Pendragon, hired a small excavator and the proceeded to dig up various locations about town looking for treasure he claimed had been left there for safe-keeping by Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana.
I did say 'nut job'."
That's actually quite brilliant |
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"Hippos are Africa's most deadly animal. They can also bite alligators in half.
This one is actually true!"
Maybe that's why they are called hungry hippos... |
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By *workoutMan
over a year ago
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"Hippos are Africa's most deadly animal. They can also bite alligators in half.
There are no species of alligator native to Africa, they are only found in America and China.
(and the zoo)"
And that's exactly why zoo's should keep the alligators as far-away from the hippos as possible! |
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"The sun makes up 99.86% of our solar system's mass..."
The solar system has mass? I didn't even know it was catholic. (The old ones are always ... the old ones.) |
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