Tag: did you know
group name: pasttidbits
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June 19, 2008 08:27 AM EDT --
The praying mantis is (nearly) the only insect that can turn its head!
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June 18, 2008 09:05 PM EDT --
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
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June 19, 2008 08:54 AM EDT --
On This Day:
1967, during an interview with Life Magazine Paul McCartney admitted that he had taken the drug LSD.
1976, future Smiths singer Steve Morrissey had a letter published in this weeks . . .
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July 02, 2008 09:39 PM EDT --
"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
good to know in scrabble!
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July 02, 2008 10:19 PM EDT --
98% of the weight of water is made up from oxygen.
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July 08, 2008 03:04 PM EDT --
The longest bout of hiccups lasted 69 years!
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June 19, 2008 11:39 PM EDT --
One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!
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June 19, 2008 04:52 PM EDT --
Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
I'm talking about humans, but I think it applies to every mammal.
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June 23, 2008 03:43 PM EDT --
What men eat can affect the taste of their sperm. Red meat, dairy products, onions, garlic, and coffee may not go down as well as foods containing natural sugars, such as fruits.
Oh... why . . .
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June 26, 2008 04:47 PM EDT --
Ok, I'll tell ya.... this picture is like 60 years old... John McCain. I may be voting for him, but I still think he's an old dude to be running.
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October 11, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
Aliens Among Us - A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
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August 18, 2008 03:41 PM EDT --
One of the most dangerous animals in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.
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June 22, 2008 03:56 PM EDT --
Alaska has the longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states combined
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June 29, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
Infant beavers are called kittens.
It's interesting.. an adult kitten can either be a Beaver or a Pussy... Something to think about.
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July 07, 2008 10:19 PM EDT --
The longest movie made lasts 85 hours and is fittingly titled "The Cure for Ins omnia."
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June 19, 2008 06:13 PM EDT --
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote the novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E !
It seems impossible, but he did it by trying the letter . . .
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June 22, 2008 05:58 PM EDT --
A large swarm of desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) can consume 20,000 tons (18,160,000 kilograms) of vegetation a day.
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June 23, 2008 08:56 AM EDT --
There are more bacteria in and/or on the human body than cells making up the human body.
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June 23, 2008 08:11 PM EDT --
Approximately 25% of all scald burns to children are from hot tap water and is associated with more deaths than with any other liquid.
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June 23, 2008 08:23 PM EDT --
Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
-anonymous
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