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Old 08-29-23, 03:50 PM   #2806
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A towboat is not called that because it tows anything, but pushes a set of barges. A set of barges lashed together is called a Tow.
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Old 08-30-23, 05:49 AM   #2807
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The Andromeda Galaxy is coming towards the Milky Way at a speed of 100 to 140 kilometers a second.
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Old 08-31-23, 06:39 AM   #2808
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Maize is not really corn.


Originally, the new crop discovered in the New World became known to European explorers as maize, based on the word ‘mahiz’ which indigenous people used to refer to the big green stalks they were cultivating.



So Maize is the plant, not the fruit.
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Old 08-31-23, 07:14 AM   #2809
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Jupiter has 67 moons organized into three groups: inner moons, Galilean moons, and outer moons.
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Old 08-31-23, 02:32 PM   #2810
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When raw, Lima Beans are toxic to humans, but not to dogs
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Old 08-31-23, 05:57 PM   #2811
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ingesting over 20 apple cores is known to cause instant death.


I'd suppose that is over 20 at a sitting. Not over a life time.
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Old 08-31-23, 11:45 PM   #2812
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The Elbe Lateral Canal (German: Elbe-Seitenkanal), which connects the Mittelland Canal (to be precise: near Wolfsburg) and the Elbe River (near Lüneburg southeast of Hamburg), was planned from 1965 and built from 1968 to 1976.

It runs in a north-south direction along the former inner German border, and from the onset was not only planned as a waterway, but also as a tank obstacle. Most of the ports are on the western bank, which also has some access roads and is relatively easily accessible, while the eastern bank has been deliberately built to be difficult to access with heavy vehicles.

All bridges used to have a "Sprengschacht", a manhole/tunnel which allowed easy access to a point where explosives could be placed to destroy the bridges. Many bridges still have these tunnels. All underpasses were equipped with tank obstacles, which also haven't been completely deinstalled yet.
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Old 09-01-23, 06:34 AM   #2813
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During WWI, in Europe, there were 2,490 kilometers of trenches dug by both sides.
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Old 09-01-23, 06:44 AM   #2814
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Jupiter doesn’t have seasons because its axis is only tilted 3.13 degrees.
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Old 09-02-23, 06:29 AM   #2815
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It takes an hour or less to form a cloud.
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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is the largest aircraft to ever land on an aircraft carrier.
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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is the largest aircraft to ever land on an aircraft carrier.
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People that belong to the religions Hinduism or Buddhism believe that the common Cumulus cloud is the spiritual cousin of elephants.
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People don't normally eat mustard.


Mustard is the plant.


Prepared mustard is the food/condiment.
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The Most Common Ethnicity of White Americans in Every County

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