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    Posted: 16 Feb 06 at 11:30pm

Dunno, I don't have a "tounge" Big smile (got tongs, got a thong, got a tongue though  and none of them have ever touched my elbow)

Another quirky fact about animal anatomy: kangaroos can't walk backwards.

 

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1/3 of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper
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2/3 of Taiwanese funeral procession attendees wish they'd gone to a different funeral
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'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words.
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During World War II, the very first bomb dropped on Berlin by the Allies killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo

 

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Originally posted by Prince Buster

more people are killed each year by falling coconuts than in plane crashes
(although i think that fact was before the era of  9/11 lol)



And more people are killed by falling coconuts then by sharks.
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- Anniversary -


17 February, 1930: first flight by a cow in an airplane. The milk produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis.

 

 

Would you believe it was 76 years ago already? It feels like yesterday...

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Feb 06 at 9:04am

Double post I know, but of utmost importance for Prince Buster.

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Its illeagal to eat Turkey on Christmas day.
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