Did You Know ?

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Hey, I liked that one, Neo !

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So when I can find some time, and assuming that I can once again survive our tribe's annual First-Half-of-July Province of Ontario/New York State Can-Am Birthday celebrations I'll post some cool stuff about here in the Great White North.

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In the meantime, here is a potpourri :

• August has the highest percentage of births.
• Unless food is mixed with saliva you can't taste it.
• The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.
• A bear has 42 teeth.
• 8% of people have an extra rib.
• And 85% of plant life is found in the ocean.

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I only got a C - 14/20. I started off with a hiss and a roar, getting the first six right, and then got the next three wrong. Stumbled a little bit towards the end as well.

 

Hummingbirds are amazing creatures - did you know that they are the only bird which can fly backwards ?

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Cleopatra lived in a time which was closer to the landing on the Moon than it was to the building of the Great Pyramid.

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This building is so big ...

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... that it has its own weather !

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Did You Know, that .......... Eleven plus Two = Twelve plus One ?

Yes, they both equal 13 numerically, but they also both use the very same letters !

Here are some more alphabetic re-arrangements :

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Some natural stuff :

• Cats have over 100 vocal chords.
• Camel's milk doesn't curdle.
• Elephants sleep between 4 - 5 hours in a 24-hour period.
• It's possible to lead a cow up stairs, but not down.
• Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
• Elephants are the only mammal that can't jump.
• One quarter of all your bones are in your feet.
• Your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body.
• And on your birthday, you share it with 9 million others.

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I share my birthday with 9 million others? And here I thought that I only shared it with Kieth Richards!

 

You DO ?? That's cool - so I wonder how many Keith Richards's there are who share that same birthday.

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More random conversation pieces ...

• The first MTV video played was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Buggles.

• In 1878, the first telephone book made contained only 50 names.

• Hippopotamuses have killed more people in Africa than any other animal has.

• An elephant uses its ears to regulate its body temperature.

• A crocodile can't move its tongue.

• And crocodiles never outgrow their enclosure, either.

• The pupil of an octopus eye is rectangular.

• The most commonly forgotten item for travellers is their toothbrush.

• Apples are more effective at waking you up in the morning than coffee.

• And ... the oldest word in the English language is 'town'.

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I hated Sesame street as a kid. Anyone who doesn't agree with me must get butt invaded!!!!