h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

The shark, not the babies.

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>> Who's Eddie? <<

He's in the space/time continuum.

The shark one sounds ridiculous. Which viscera, exactly, were e-ed? (if you see what I mean ) Because most of them are pretty vital for the continued existence of a shark.

Incidentally, this "sharks need to keep moving" theory has also been debunked.

RF

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I got my info from a guy who has a degree in biology.


Not sure about the truth behind the shark thing as it was many years ago that I heard it, but it's a cool story nonetheless.

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Has it? Hmm... but not in the 40s/50s I presume.

Sharks can sleep while stationary, but keeping their tails moving slightly, enough to keep the water moving around their gills.

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ReddyFreddy, looks like we're technically both right.

It must be true because Gnomon said it?

Eh? Nononononono... it's just very plausible.

Maybe I should precede everything with "A bloke down the pub told me ...".

In that case you'd definitely be right... it's a well known (but not useless) fact that stuff a bloke told you down the pub is invariably true.

Well, of course it must be true, especially if he's a fat bloke down the pub, because he gets all his information off the internet. QED.

RF

*nods head*
Yep. Internet. Very reliable source of information.

In a recent American poll (CNN/USA today/Gallup) 49% said George W. Bush was a "uniter" and 49% said he was a "divider".

Did the remaining 2% think he was a protractor?

RF

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I disagree - it's an utterly vilely stomach-churning story! Truly.

Meh... I'm not squeamish...

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned here before but...

42 is the ASCII code for an asterisk - *

The state bird of Utah is the California seagull.

"Hybristophilia" is arousal derived by having sex with people who have committed crimes

The largest sex orgy in recorded history, involving 7,000 participants, took place in the year 200 B.C. in Rome

The real name of Dorothy's dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz was Terry.

In 1894, there were only four automobiles in the United States.

Rabbits are immune to the venom of black widow spiders.

Humans are the only mammals susceptable to the venom of the Sydney Funnelweb.

The largest recorded spider was a Goliath Bird-Eating spider which had a leg span of 30cm.