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  • orekosi3485
    orekosi3485 Posts: 354 Member
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    The name Australia is taken from the term "Australis" which, in Latin, means southern.
  • orekosi3485
    orekosi3485 Posts: 354 Member
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    y=mx +b is an equation of a line.
  • orekosi3485
    orekosi3485 Posts: 354 Member
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    "m" is the slope of a line which has a formula of (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
  • orekosi3485
    orekosi3485 Posts: 354 Member
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    "b" is where the line crosses the y-axis.
  • gregnixon426
    gregnixon426 Posts: 7 Member
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    Tires get taller and more narrow the faster they roll.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Today is Star Wars Day!
  • ChaelAZ
    ChaelAZ Posts: 2,240 Member
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    Harbor Freight is having a big sale...like every weekend.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    I just read 114 pages and feel much smarter now.
  • Annalee82_
    Annalee82_ Posts: 320 Member
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    There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Cows exist.
  • Keto_N_Iron
    Keto_N_Iron Posts: 5,385 Member
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Taking an Uber to the hospital is cheaper than an ambulance.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    There are books about deforestation.
  • ChaelAZ
    ChaelAZ Posts: 2,240 Member
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    Abbreviations, script, contractions, abridgement, and symbolism become prolific from the earliest times when papyrus and ink (or earlier) were scarce, and even transcended through to modern day book printing. Even the smallest character savings could mean a lot through a larger book. Reading an old Farmer's Almanac I found '&c', which is the very condensed version of even the current abbreviation of 'etc.' ('et cetera').

    &c is also a variable reference call in C programming.
  • mblundell2
    mblundell2 Posts: 75 Member
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    ohpiper wrote: »
    A whale's penis is called a "dork."
    So is my husband!
    He was okay with that until I told him what a dork was. HA! HA! HA!
  • mblundell2
    mblundell2 Posts: 75 Member
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    Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.
  • mblundell2
    mblundell2 Posts: 75 Member
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    It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. They close because your eyes would pop right out of your head. Also,
    People say "Bless you!" when you sneeze because when you sneeze your heart stops for a mili-second.

    Apparently sneezing is very risky business. Your heart stops and you can blow your eyes out!
    What about when you get those sneezing fits where you can't stop sneezing. Are you at risk of a heart attack with it stopping over and over again!?!
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    mblundell2 wrote: »
    It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. They close because your eyes would pop right out of your head. Also,
    People say "Bless you!" when you sneeze because when you sneeze your heart stops for a mili-second.

    Apparently sneezing is very risky business. Your heart stops and you can blow your eyes out!
    What about when you get those sneezing fits where you can't stop sneezing. Are you at risk of a heart attack with it stopping over and over again!?!

    All of that is false

    It's because lizards don't have eyelids and you sneeze all the time, right?

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