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Old 10-01-11, 05:04 PM   #1601
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then again thinking about it, what about dumbo.....does flying not count!!
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Old 10-01-11, 05:10 PM   #1602
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Elephants are the only Animal that can't jump.....
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Old 10-01-11, 05:48 PM   #1603
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Old 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!
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Old 10-01-11, 10:38 PM   #1605
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Old 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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Old 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!
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Old 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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Old 02-02-11, 11:31 PM   #1609
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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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Concentration Camps were "invented" by The British
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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