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You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray.
When a dolphin is sick or injured, its cries of distress summon immediate aid from other dolphins, who try to support it to the surface so that it can breathe.
The Albatross has a wing span of up to 14 feet and only needs to land once every couple of years to breed. They can travel hundreds of thousands of miles each flight.
Certain Chinese and American alligators can survive the winter by freezing their heads in ice, leaving their nose out to breath for months on end.
Sea Otters use so much energy that they need to eat as much as one-third of their weight each day.
The sailfish, the swordfish and the mako shark have all been clocked at swimming over 50mph.
Montana mountain goats will butt heads so hard their hooves fall off.
The notion that cats and dogs are natural enemies (suggested by the phrase,"fighting like cats and dogs") is overstated, if not simply false. Generally speaking, cats and dogs get along better than cats and cats or dogs and dogs.
There's a "meow" in the middle of "homeowner."
According to a survey by the American Animal Hospital Association, 53 percent of pet owners vacation or travel with their pets.
Surveys show that 62 percent of dog owners admit that their dog owns a sweater, wintercoat or raincoat.
In 1987, cats overtook dogs as the number one pet in America.
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-In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle
-In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor
-The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time
-In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment
-In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave
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-In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave
Wow that might be why there are so many bearded men around here! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />
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-During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants
-Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food
-Dolphins sleep with one eye open
-The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old
-In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces
-There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones
-About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30
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-More people use [color:"blue"] blue [/color] toothbrushes, than [color:"red"]red [/color] ones
-A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m/h
-Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe
-In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons
-Slugs have 4 noses
-Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours
-Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet
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Monkeys from America have a prehensile tail and their nostils open “up way”; monkeys from the other continent have no prehensile tail and their nostrils open “front way.”
Boas have bedpan bones.
In India the density is 341 inhabitants per square kilometer; in Canada it’s 3 i./km2.
Astronauts are prohibited to go out in space for the two first days they spend in no-gravity; because of the “spacesickness” they’d risk to vomit on the spacesuit and that would kill them.
The yo-yo was originally a weapon used in the Philippine jungles.
In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. However, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
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Toujours un peu sauvage.
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-More people use [color:"blue"] blue [/color] toothbrushes, than [color:"red"]red [/color] ones Culprit! <riases hand> How about purple? Would I fit into both categories?
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-More people use [color:"blue"] blue [/color] toothbrushes, than [color:"red"]red [/color] ones Culprit! <riases hand> How about purple? Would I fit into both categories? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> It really has to do with the colours. Blue is seen as a peacefull colour, while red is seen as an agressive colour. Humans research about everything. It's proven fi that athletes in a red outfit do better than athletes in outfits in other colours. Even the same athlete will win more/do better when he/she 's wearing red than when he/she 's wearing another colour. Not becouse he/she got better but becouse red makes a strong, agressive, impression on the opponents. And they don't perform so well. It doesn't make a big difference ofcourse. But it is really true. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And most people don't like agressive toothbrushes. So... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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Strange that a few years ago there was a statistic done about colors in Restaurants, and it was found that Restaurants with red "toned/hued" colors where more attractive, due to the fact that it relaxed ppl more <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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"Never say Never if you're gonna live forever!!!"
"I didn't do it, it wasn't my fault"
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Mea, wasn't it the other way around? At least McDonalds have been cirtisized for their red design, since it stresses pepole...
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Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
Ambrose Bierce
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Its not the colors in McDonnalds that stresses people... its the FOOD!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
(where is the vomit smiley when you need it?)
Your existence alone, is excuse enough for the creation of the entire universe… Il you my darling Jeanne-Dré
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Strange that a few years ago there was a statistic done about colors in Restaurants, and it was found that Restaurants with red "toned/hued" colors where more attractive, due to the fact that it relaxed ppl more <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I dunno Mea. But traditionally the colour red is asociated with blood, violence, agression, ... the devil even. Just look at the smileys here fi. The red coloured ones are all asociated with devlish or sad/mad feelings. And I read about similar studies. They all say you better have mild, light colours up. Also in the bedroom of peoples houses fi. Better no red there too.
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Red and yellow are also the colours associated with food.
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My toothbrush is purple too! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
13 people died in one commercial airline accident in 2004. Those were the only people to die on commercial airlines that year.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued six driver's licenses to six different people named Jesus Christ.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Dogs have two sets of teeth, just like humans. They first have 30 "puppy" teeth, then 42 adult teeth.
In 1950, President Harry Truman threw out the first ball twice at the opening day Washington DC baseball game; once right handed and once left handed.
The chameleon has a tongue that is one and a half times the length of his body.
Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed.
Sports Illustrated magazine allows subscribers to opt out of receiving the famous swimsuit issue each year. Fewer than 1% choose this option.
There is a company that will (for $14,000) take your ashes, compress them into a synthetic diamond to be set in jewelry for a loved one.
Two 1903 paintings recently sold at auction for $590,000 - the paintings were in the famous "Dogs Playing Poker" series.
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Sports Illustrated magazine allows subscribers to opt out of receiving the famous swimsuit issue each year. Fewer than 1% choose this option. I told you to not model for them anymore. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
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Fact: The chicken can travel up to 9 miles per hour.
Fact: There are four places in the United State with the word "chicken" in their name. Chicken, Alaska; Chicken Bristle; in Illinois and Kentucky; and Chicken Town, Pennsylvania.
Fact: The largest chicken egg on record was nearly 12 oz., measuring 12 1/4" around.
Fact: The greatest number of yolks in one chicken egg is nine.
Fact: The record for laying the most eggs: seven in one day.
Fact: There are more chickens in the world than any other domesticated bird; more than one chicken for every human on the face of this earth.
Fact: Chickens and turkeys are known to cross-breed, these breeds are known as "Turkins".
Fact: China has not only the most humans in the world, but the most chickens with over 3 billion.
Fact: Alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.
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Fact: The largest chicken egg on record was nearly 12 oz., measuring 12 1/4" around. hmmm does it say "how large the actual Chicken was"?? *shudders*
Mea Culpa's Demesne
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Old Elven Saying:
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"I didn't do it, it wasn't my fault"
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