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10-01-11, 05:04 PM | #1601 |
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Re: INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
then again thinking about it, what about dumbo.....does flying not count!!
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10-01-11, 05:48 PM | #1603 |
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10-01-11, 05:50 PM | #1604 |
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The smallest pollen of any plant is from the Forget-me-Not, at 4.4 microns across.
Its only twice the size of the E-coli bacteria! Now that's interesting! |
10-01-11, 10:38 PM | #1605 |
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24-01-11, 12:04 PM | #1606 |
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At 188 decibels, the whistle of the blue whale is the loudest sound produced by any animal.
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24-01-11, 01:23 PM | #1607 |
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188? really!! i think that is close if nopt louder than a 747 taking off! (dont quote me on that tho!)
obveously its at too high a frequency for up to hear properly! |
24-01-11, 01:33 PM | #1608 |
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FACT - Tomatoes squirt a long way when you bite into them ! I have just proved this at work !! lol
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Concentration Camps were "invented" by...
The British. In fact, I think they were the idea of one Winston Churchill.
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03-02-11, 12:20 AM | #1610 |
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Dunno where you got that from but according to Wikipedia the Americans and the Spanish used them before the British did in the Boer war.
Wikipedia isn't always correct though.
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