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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 29, 2007 18:47:50 GMT -5
About 10% of the 100,000 thunderstorms that occur in the USA every year are classified as severe.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 29, 2007 18:56:57 GMT -5
The Great White Shark can grow to be more than twenty feet long and can weigh approximately 4,000 pounds.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 30, 2007 19:08:02 GMT -5
The only predator that polar bears have are humans.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Jul 30, 2007 19:40:20 GMT -5
"Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Unless of course, you use the hunt-and-peck method.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 2, 2007 2:24:31 GMT -5
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 2, 2007 2:29:54 GMT -5
In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 2, 2007 2:45:58 GMT -5
Bears are more likely to react to loud noises and aggression rather than keeping to yourself.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 2, 2007 2:58:10 GMT -5
The mating call of a male toadfish, who are underwater, is so loud that it can be heard by humans above water.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 2, 2007 18:01:08 GMT -5
An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 4, 2007 0:46:16 GMT -5
Every year Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes, 1,000 of which measure above 3.5 on the Richter scale.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 4, 2007 1:30:19 GMT -5
The highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was 136 degrees Fahrenheit (57.8 Degrees Celsius) on September 13, 1992, in Azizia, Libya. Dam I'm glad I don't live there
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 4, 2007 1:33:18 GMT -5
The Chinese politician Mao Zedong refused to ever brush his teeth and instead just washed his mouth with tea.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 7, 2007 5:01:00 GMT -5
Receiving oral sex is No. 1 on American males' sexual top 10, with straight intercourse, threesomes and groping in the top five.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 7, 2007 5:47:34 GMT -5
The fastest moving land snake is the Black Mamba, which can move up to 7 miles per hour
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Post by Paul Hogan on Aug 7, 2007 6:00:53 GMT -5
The 1997 Jack Nicholson film As Good As It Gets is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop."
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