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Post by Paul Hogan on Feb 27, 2008 5:47:09 GMT -5
"Diddle for the middle" is a slang expression used for the start of a darts game. Opposing players each throw a single dart at the bull's eye. The person who is closest starts the game.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Feb 27, 2008 5:49:44 GMT -5
The bombardier beetle, when disturbed, defends itself by emitting a series of explosions, sometimes setting off four or five in succession. The noises sound like miniature popgun blasts and are followed by a cloud of reddish-coloured, vile-smelling fluid.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Feb 29, 2008 1:39:04 GMT -5
The Indian epic poem the "Mahabhrata" is eight times longer than "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" combined.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Mar 5, 2008 16:12:32 GMT -5
Only one person walked with Mozart's coffin from the church to the cemetery for its burial in an unmarked pauper's grave.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Mar 6, 2008 21:32:02 GMT -5
Famed Chef Wolfgang Puck chose the Italian word "Spago" as the name for his popular chain of restaurants. In Italian, spago = "string" or "twine" ? slang for spaghetti.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 5, 2008 18:24:53 GMT -5
Atlantic salmon are able to leap 15 feet high.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 8, 2008 1:36:25 GMT -5
The average women's thighs are one and a half times larger in circumference than the average man's.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 11, 2008 2:17:45 GMT -5
Pennsylvania has the largest rural population in the United States.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 17, 2008 17:11:59 GMT -5
Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 18, 2008 22:19:07 GMT -5
The Tarantula nebula is thought to contain a huge star of over 1,000 times the mass of the Sun, ten times more massive than any star in the Milky Way
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 24, 2008 19:06:44 GMT -5
The crocodile continually grows new sets of teeth to replace old teeth. It also cannot move its tongue. The tongue is rooted to the base of its mouth.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 24, 2008 19:32:31 GMT -5
The average porcupine has more than 30,000 quills. Porcupines are excellent swimmers because their quills are hollow and serve as pontoons to keep them afloat.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 24, 2008 19:44:59 GMT -5
The Iditarod dog sled race â?? from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska â?? commemorates an emergency operation in 1925 to get medical supplies to Nome during a deadly diphtheria epidemic.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 26, 2008 3:16:48 GMT -5
Only about 30 percent of teenage males consistently apply sun protection lotion when going poolside, compared to 46 percent of female teens.
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Post by Paul Hogan on Apr 29, 2008 17:22:12 GMT -5
A diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
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