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Flora Light Posted May 16, 2004
Do they die? I have known people who lick 9 volt batteries.
Did you know that giraffe's tongues are purple?
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Baron Grim Posted May 17, 2004
This little known fact can be used to win beers in the pub (in places that follow daylight saving time). April is the second shortest month of the year. (Because of the DST adjustment it is 29 days 23 hours long.) October is the longest for the inverse reason.
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wimblin Posted May 17, 2004
Hair on your head grows at the same rate- it's the rate at which it falls out that determines your length of hair. So someone who says that their hair doesn't grow very fast is lying.
Madbeachcomber - nice to see you're still around. Found any good things on the beach lately?
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Flora Light Posted May 17, 2004
I find that very interesting! I had thought that the rate at which my hair was growing had slowed, but it would seem not. I like having long hair, my aim is to have it past my butt.
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The Groob Posted May 18, 2004
It's many many years since I heard a wasp referred to as a 'jasper'
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wimblin Posted May 18, 2004
In Berkshire - a woodlouse is called a cheeselog 
. Never found out why
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Baron Grim Posted May 18, 2004
As a defense mechanism, the Texas Horned Lizard (A very cute spikey creature also known as a "horny toad" due to its squat shape) can squirt up to 10% of its blood from its eyes!
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Baron Grim Posted May 18, 2004
Well, from what I read of the experiments to test this they must have REALLY agitated that horned toad! 
I bet the poor thing needed a transfusion after that.
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Baron Grim Posted Jun 16, 2004
Badgers are members of the mustelid family along with wolverines, ferrets and weasels, but not skunks.
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Dibs101 Posted Jun 16, 2004
Apart from humans, the only species that get leprosy are Armadillos and nude Mice.
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The Luggage (7 + 5 + 4) * 2 + 2 * 5 = 42 Posted Jun 17, 2004
Sweet
I love useless facts
**
s off to read the backlog**
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Baron Grim Posted Jun 23, 2004
Highland Park Distillery in the Orkney Islands is the Northernmost distiller of scotch in the world.
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Cheerful Dragon Posted Jun 23, 2004
Studley, Warwickshire, is the largest village in Britain and is often wrongly referred to as a town. It is larger than the city of St. Davids in Wales, both in terms of area and population.
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F F Churchton Posted Jun 25, 2004
Here we go, the shipping forecast areas, from memory (I'm not cheating):
SE Iceland
Faero
Fair Isle
North Utsire
South Utsore
Fisher
German Blight
Viking
Forties
Dogger
Cromarty
Forth
Tyne
Humber
Thames
Dover
Wight
Portland
Plymouth
Lundy
Irish Sea
Malin
Herbradies
Bailey
Rockall
Shannon
Fastnet
Sole
Fitzroy
Biscay
Trafalga
Someone check if thats right!!!
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Doc U Posted Jun 26, 2004
In the English language, the word with the most consecutive consonants is latchstring. After that's the word witchcraft.
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