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Post by althea on Mar 16, 2018 16:30:10 GMT
I think we used to have a thread like this,but I could't find it,so I'm starting another one.
The letter "W" is the only letter in the alphabet that has three syllables.
70% of all Irish barley grown goes towards the making of Guinness beer.
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Post by aubrey on Mar 17, 2018 10:20:23 GMT
A typical one for me, but:
the Nazisploitation film Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS was filmed on the set of Hogan's Heroes.
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Post by althea on Mar 17, 2018 16:44:26 GMT
The first country in the world to use postage stamps was Britain.
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Post by althea on Mar 17, 2018 16:45:36 GMT
People who work at night tend to weigh more.
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Post by althea on Mar 19, 2018 18:52:38 GMT
All humans have four nostrils. Two you can see and two you can't.
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Post by althea on Mar 19, 2018 19:09:38 GMT
Coffee is not made from beans.
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Post by althea on Mar 19, 2018 19:10:28 GMT
The Ant has the largest brain to the ratio of it's body of all animals.
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Post by honeybear on Mar 20, 2018 10:58:47 GMT
Cardiff, Wales, is home to the world’s oldest record shop, Spillers, founded in 1894
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Post by ARENA on Mar 20, 2018 12:27:16 GMT
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and whose shame created the expression for ignominy: "His name is Mudd."
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Post by clioseward on Mar 20, 2018 13:21:24 GMT
Pygg meant clay in Olden days. People stored their coins in these clay jars which later evolved to piggy banks.
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Post by althea on Mar 20, 2018 15:37:37 GMT
The largest thing a Blue Whale can swallow,is a grapefruit.
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Post by aubrey on Mar 20, 2018 18:32:21 GMT
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and whose shame created the expression for ignominy: "His name is Mudd." Dundreary Whiskers (or Piccadilly Weepers, sometimes Buggers' Grips) were named after the fictional character Lord Dundreary from the play Our American Cousin by the English Tom Taylor. Our American Cousin was the play Lincoln was watching when he was assassinated. Edward Sothern as Lord Dundreary, sporting "Dundrearies"
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Post by althea on Mar 22, 2018 16:03:48 GMT
Billy the Kid's real name was Henry McCarty. William H. Bonney was one of his aliases.
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Post by rondetto on Mar 22, 2018 16:25:12 GMT
To produce one pound of honey a bee would have to collect nectar from 2 million flowers.
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Post by rondetto on Mar 23, 2018 13:08:40 GMT
Cockroaches can live for a few weeks after losing their heads. They eventually died through lack of food.
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