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  • ChrisNels1
    ChrisNels1 Posts: 16,638 Member
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    Pica disorder is an appetite for substances that are non-nutritional like dirt, wood, etc.
  • friction_thighs
    friction_thighs Posts: 434 Member
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    a calorie is the measurement of the amount of energy (normally heat) that it takes to raise the temperature of 1 ml or water by 1 degree (I think)
  • IVMay
    IVMay Posts: 442 Member
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    labradors are superior to golden retriEVILS.

    Err. But seriously: Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and for messing people about he used to drive into the lake, screaming at them about brake failure.
  • mary_clinton6
    mary_clinton6 Posts: 74 Member
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    A vulture pees on its leg to cool itself down
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    Rubies and Sapphires are the same mineral, corundum, trace impurities determine the colour
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    All bleeding stops...eventually
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    Thyroid disease in cats and dogs...Hyperthyroidism is more commonly seen in cats; hypothyroidism is more commonly seen in dogs
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
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    Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
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    The Chinese soft-shelled turtle urinates through its mouth.
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
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    Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
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    Fart Facts: http://zomoetdat.nl/thefartfacts.com/index.html
    "An average fart is made of:
    59% nitrogen
    21% hydrogen
    9% carbon dioxide
    7% methane
    4% oxygen
    1% hydrogen sulfide, the smelly part
    100% original fart

    Most farts are flammable, because of the methane and hydrogen they containA fart has at the time of creation the temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. This is 37 degrees Celsius.

    A fart has reached the speed of 10 feet per second. This is 3.05 meters per second.

    One person can produces about 0.5 liters of farts a day. This is almost 0.13 gallon.

    Men and woman will fart equally. *Have you ever met a woman who will admit this?

    An average person farts 14 times a day.

    The most farts take place at night while sleeping."

  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    Describing a taste as 'tasty' is a positive description but describing a smell as 'smelly' is a negative one.
  • SomebodyWakeUpHIcks
    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks Posts: 3,836 Member
    edited April 2017
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    @cee134 wrote: »
    Describing a taste as 'tasty' is a positive description but describing a smell as 'smelly' is a negative one.

    Coming on the heels of the fart post, that was hard to read.

    "I can taste it. On my tongue. Is that onion? Onion and... Onion and ketchup. It stinks. And this is a small room. "

  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
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    cee134 wrote: »
    Describing a taste as 'tasty' is a positive description but describing a smell as 'smelly' is a negative one.

    is that like how you can drink a drink but you cant food a food?
  • billglitch
    billglitch Posts: 538 Member
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    the phrase "separation of church and state" is not in the US constitution
  • IVMay
    IVMay Posts: 442 Member
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    Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world.
  • princess0lexi
    princess0lexi Posts: 3,938 Member
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  • dpack347b
    dpack347b Posts: 41 Member
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    Vultures stomache acid is more corrosive than acid rain.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,440 Member
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    SomebodyWakeUpHIcks wrote: »
    @cee134 wrote: »
    Describing a taste as 'tasty' is a positive description but describing a smell as 'smelly' is a negative one.

    Coming on the heels of the fart post, that was hard to read.

    "I can taste it. On my tongue. Is that onion? Onion and... Onion and ketchup. It stinks. And this is a small room. "

    I laughed so hard .. :D

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