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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2009 17:27:59 GMT
Did you know, there are over 2000 species of bee in the world but only 4 species that produce honey ?
I read this in a magazine today and didn't know.
Anyone got any more amazing nuggets of trivia they'd like to share ?
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 14, 2009 18:22:56 GMT
I never knew that there were so many different species!! I was wondering.......how come all the eggs that we buy now are brown? what happened to white eggs? When I was a kid you had to pay more for brown eggs  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2009 18:31:00 GMT
Dunno about eggs MRH but here's another nugget of trivia for you.......
A blue whale's heart weighs about as much as a small family saloon car.
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 14, 2009 18:31:46 GMT
WOW!!!!!
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Post by nightowl on Apr 14, 2009 20:20:36 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Apr 21, 2009 8:42:07 GMT
Did you know, that a snail has 4 noses.  and, beetles taste like apples,  worms like fried bacon  and, wasps like pine nuts. Months that begin on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th.  Earth is the only planet not named after a god. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2009 16:24:13 GMT
Oooh, good ones Barbara.
Continuing the theme of your last fact, did you know that the word planet comes from the greek meaning "wanderer". It's because planets appear to move around the night sky, appearing in different places each night but stars appear fixed in the same position (relative to each other) each night.
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Post by Tig on Apr 21, 2009 18:45:04 GMT
There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea - still fancy going on a cruise?  x Tig |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2009 19:15:58 GMT
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Post by Jardack on Apr 21, 2009 19:46:18 GMT
beetles taste like apples, worms like fried bacon and, wasps like pine nuts. How on earth would you know those 3??? Jardack |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 21, 2009 19:49:22 GMT
beetles taste like apples, worms like fried bacon and, wasps like pine nuts. How on earth would you know those 3??? Jardack and would you really want to be the one to find out?  |
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Post by Jardack on Apr 21, 2009 19:51:44 GMT
bleugh! Not me! I just bought a book called "I used to know that" it is things you learnt at school and if you are anything like me promptly forgot! Its great Full of information, unfortunately my brain is like a sieve and I still forget it after reading it ;D |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 21, 2009 19:58:10 GMT
well give us some examples then.....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2009 20:32:36 GMT
Camels have 3 eyelids.
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Post by Dr Bill on Apr 21, 2009 22:03:48 GMT
Camels have 3 eyelids. FA x So do cats |
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Post by Barbara on Apr 22, 2009 7:24:44 GMT
In france, A pig was hung for murdering a child in 1363. ;D
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Post by nightowl on Apr 22, 2009 10:50:31 GMT
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Post by Barbara on Apr 23, 2009 11:14:34 GMT
A giraffe can lick it's own ears with it's 21in long tongue.  |
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Post by Dr Bill on Apr 23, 2009 12:03:12 GMT
Talking of giraffes, did you know that a giraffe has fewer bones in its neck than a sparrow?
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Post by Jardack on Apr 23, 2009 20:09:06 GMT
well give us some examples then..... It's all things like what is a verb, adverb etc. How to do equations (something I did remember!) summary of various wars, american presidents. All sorts of things that may or may not come in useful if you could ever remember them Jardack |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 23, 2009 21:45:43 GMT
Large animals ( cats,dogs,horses etc ) don't see colour, just black, white and shades of grey.....................how do "they" know that?  |
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Post by nightowl on Apr 24, 2009 11:18:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2009 17:55:12 GMT
Large animals ( cats,dogs,horses etc ) don't see colour, just black, white and shades of grey.....................how do "they" know that? I knew dogs could only see black & white but I thought cats could see in colour. As for how they know, I would imagine that they have examined the eyes of animals and discovered that the cells that see colour that we have are absent in some animals. I don't know that though. I could be barking up the wrong tree ;D ;D FA x |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 26, 2009 11:02:47 GMT
These are fascinating. ;D
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Post by Barbara on Apr 27, 2009 12:34:34 GMT
We say someone has kicked the bucket when they die, because when they used to hang people they used to stand them on one, and then kick it from under them. ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 27, 2009 19:02:52 GMT
A friend emailed me this fact today . . .
At five minutes and six seconds after 4 a.m. on the 7th of August this year,
the time and date will be: 04:05:06 07/08/09.
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Post by Barbara on May 5, 2009 15:00:32 GMT
Bees have smelly feet,  I read that in the paper today. |
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Post by Auricula on May 5, 2009 18:57:58 GMT
Smelly to whom? Humans or other bees? ;D
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Post by flowersfriend on May 5, 2009 19:11:29 GMT
I think I knew that.................. I can't remember why or who smells them.
Its a funny world. ;D
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Post by torontotrini on May 5, 2009 20:14:54 GMT
Did you know that during the Great Plague of Europe the Pope passed a law to say "God Bless You" to someone who sneezed, because it was believed that people who sneezed were expelling evil spirits from their bodies.
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