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Jimbuna · 10-28-21, 09:47 AM

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Jimbuna · 10-30-21, 11:33 AM

Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.

Aktungbby · 10-30-21, 12:34 PM

/\ that'll rock their hyraxes!

Jimbuna · 10-31-21, 09:31 AM

The youngest pope ever was 11 years old.

Jimbuna · 11-01-21, 10:28 AM

A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white.

Jimbuna · 11-02-21, 08:28 AM

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Jimbuna · 11-03-21, 02:00 PM

25% of a human’s bones are in its feet.

Platapus · 11-03-21, 04:23 PM

The letter A is the only vowel that is not on the top row of a qwerty key board

Platapus · 11-03-21, 04:26 PM

Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse is the only parasite that replaces an organ in its host.

Jimbuna · 11-04-21, 06:16 AM

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

Platapus · 11-04-21, 03:31 PM

I am almost ashamed to post this as everyone already knows this one

3 November is National Jellyfish Day.

mapuc · 11-05-21, 10:52 AM

The Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was stationed in Dutch India during World War II, but after a few defeats to the Japanese navy in Asia, the ship was ordered to Australia.
To avoid being detected by the Japanese Air Force, the crew cut down trees from nearby islands, equipped the ship with palm trees and shrubs, and painted the remaining areas of the ship as pieces of rock so that the ship looked like a large tropical island seen from above.
The ship was anchored close to shore during the day and sailed only at night.
It became the last ship to reach Australia unscathed, and the only ship of the same size to survive the region's Japanese invasion.

Markus

Platapus · 11-05-21, 04:14 PM

An adult Blue Whale eats about 16 metric tons of Krill each day.

The average weight of a Krill is about 2 grams.

Jimbuna · 11-06-21, 07:53 AM

“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”.

Aktungbby · 11-06-21, 11:24 AM

...from the Huron-Iroquois word Kanata for the village of Stadacona, now present day Quebec adapted by explorer Cartier ca 1547; in his report description of the whole territory.I would have preferred the other of a dozen options: Tuponia!

10-28-21, 09:47 AM	#1291
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Butterflies taste with their feet. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-30-21, 11:33 AM	#1292
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-30-21, 12:34 PM	#1293
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,855 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	/\ that'll rock their hyraxes! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

10-31-21, 09:31 AM	#1294
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The youngest pope ever was 11 years old. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-01-21, 10:28 AM	#1295
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A polar bears skin is black. Its fur is actually clear, but like snow it appears white. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-02-21, 08:28 AM	#1296
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-03-21, 02:00 PM	#1297
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	25% of a human’s bones are in its feet. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-03-21, 04:23 PM	#1298
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The letter A is the only vowel that is not on the top row of a qwerty key board __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-03-21, 04:26 PM	#1299
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Cymothoa exigua, or the tongue-eating louse is the only parasite that replaces an organ in its host. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-04-21, 06:16 AM	#1300
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-04-21, 03:31 PM	#1301
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am almost ashamed to post this as everyone already knows this one 3 November is National Jellyfish Day. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-05-21, 10:52 AM	#1302
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,877 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	The Dutch minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was stationed in Dutch India during World War II, but after a few defeats to the Japanese navy in Asia, the ship was ordered to Australia. To avoid being detected by the Japanese Air Force, the crew cut down trees from nearby islands, equipped the ship with palm trees and shrubs, and painted the remaining areas of the ship as pieces of rock so that the ship looked like a large tropical island seen from above. The ship was anchored close to shore during the day and sailed only at night. It became the last ship to reach Australia unscathed, and the only ship of the same size to survive the region's Japanese invasion. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

11-05-21, 04:14 PM	#1303
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,948 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	An adult Blue Whale eats about 16 metric tons of Krill each day. The average weight of a Krill is about 2 grams. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-06-21, 07:53 AM	#1304
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	“Canada” is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-06-21, 11:24 AM	#1305
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,855 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Tuponia My Tuponia! ...from the Huron-Iroquois word Kanata for the village of Stadacona, now present day Quebec adapted by explorer Cartier ca 1547; in his report description of the whole territory.I would have preferred the other of a dozen options: Tuponia! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"