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http://www.robinsweb.com/humor/strange_things.htmlA raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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highmindedhavi
(355 posts)Avg. 3.5%. I worked at a dairy for 10 years.
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)than you will from consuming it. Apples too.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Just saying
Enrique
(27,461 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Bosonic
(3,746 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)and copper is not really a color?
I'm so confused.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)gathered each spring and their blood is harvested for pharmaceutical tests.
elleng
(131,292 posts)for her daughter's wedding, which is Saturday. A big family affair, everyone's contributing.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)hmmmph.
elleng
(131,292 posts)but she (and they) are cooking for 90!!! Let's say a little prayer for her!!!
kwassa
(23,340 posts)that is what Thanksgiving is all about in my wife's family.
White potato pie. Yum.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)who was ever depicted on a US coin while he was still alive.
1926 US Sesquicentennial half dollar
Callmecrazy
(3,065 posts)is called a tittle.
The little thing that hangs in the back of your throat is called the uvula.
rug
(82,333 posts)SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)The bad taste in one's mouth from drinking Bud lasts about 10 days also.
easychoice
(1,043 posts)n/t
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Initech
(100,129 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts).
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Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)But if you want a coin with a truly hefty face value, it will be extremely difficult to beat this:
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)"Aye mate..you call THAT a coin ?....Heaas a coin! )
Reter
(2,188 posts)A full three and a half months! The shortest is easier. Christmas and New Year's, exactly a week apart.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...how's that for a neat irony?
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)of the Star Trek Original Episodes was Kirk saying "If only"
kwassa
(23,340 posts)He and his conspirators are buried at his farm on a hilltop at Lake Placid. The Olympic ski jump is right next to it.
easychoice
(1,043 posts)9 m.p.h.
according to Mike Mailway.
Expat in Korea
(119 posts)is not due to a buildup of lactic acid, but to micro-tears in the muscle fibers.
Probably.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)commences about three after death, reaches maximum stiffness after 12 hours, and gradually dissipates after approximately 24 hours. It starts at the eyelids, and moves downward through the body like a sheet being pulled from head to toe.
olddots
(10,237 posts)Then let them sleep on the bed .
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I've owned two cars that I put more miles on than that.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)UncleYoder
(233 posts)Tom Kitten
(7,350 posts)Are named after Norse gods. Tuesday (Tyr), Wednesday (Woden), Thursday (Thor), and Friday (Freya).
The goddess Freya rode in a chariot pulled by two cats.