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In reply to the discussion: What interesting fact or ridiculous fact do you know? [View all]debm55
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Thank you hlthe2b. That is so funny. Thanks for the fact. I didn;t now about the dog noses.
debm55
Apr 2024
#14
Dog's spend time finding just the right "spot" because they are attempting to align their "poop" with the earth's
hlthe2b
Apr 2024
#12
HAHAHAHAHAHAH, No but Dolly walks in a circle before she poops. I thought all dogs do that.
debm55
Apr 2024
#100
I give up , Firefighter Jo. what is the diference between white an dark raisins?
debm55
Apr 2024
#23
Thank you, I didn;t know that. I really wouldn't want to eat one now. ty for your fact.
debm55
Apr 2024
#35
A horseshoe crab's blood is blue because it's based on copper rather than iron.
Ocelot II
Apr 2024
#25
My aunt would say to say to my cousin ---those jeans can stand in the corner by themselves.
debm55
Apr 2024
#75
Ty We always sit behind the wing, I really don't like to fly in planes. I really like the take off and landing.
debm55
Apr 2024
#95
TH I will have to remember that at about the wing. The only time I am worried about take off and landing is at Logan
debm55
Apr 2024
#121
The word "exist" comes from the Latin ex-sistere, meaning to stand out (as from a background)
RobertDevereaux
Apr 2024
#52
Pat Paulsen held the Junior Varsity pole vaulting record at Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, Ca...
Brother Buzz
Apr 2024
#59
Thank you underpants. I didn't know bananas had sex, Thought they were fruit from a tree.Cool fact.
debm55
Apr 2024
#61
Yes I understand cross pollination. Did you know that to grow pears you have to have a male tree and a female tree?
debm55
Apr 2024
#64
also pecans. Although my mother in law had a very prolific pear tree, and it was the only tree in her yard
yellowdogintexas
Apr 2024
#166
Clarence Thomas was a lecherous creep in the 1970s long before he became a justice on the Supreme Court.
gordianot
Apr 2024
#83
To determine if you see a dog or cat paw print, dog prints have toenail marks, cats' do not. Their claws are retracted.
nature-lover
Apr 2024
#129
Ancient Romans used to drop a piece of toast into their wine for good health - hence why we 'raise a toast'.
ailsagirl
Apr 2024
#136
Marx Brothers. I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like growing up in that house!!!
yellowdogintexas
Apr 2024
#167
I think the most amazing fact of American history is that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day....
Goodheart
Apr 2024
#139
The longest word in the English language that can be spelled using only the uppermost row of letters is
Harker
Apr 2024
#147
Thank you Harker. There are so many things on this thread of things I didn't know.
debm55
Apr 2024
#148
TY Emile, when I was in nursing school, we were taught that taller people have more heart problems.
debm55
Apr 2024
#155
I am sorry Deb. It is a closely held secret of the Plumber's Guild. If I disclosed the answer
Chainfire
Apr 2024
#163
Of course, pie are square is just liberal lies. Everyone knows that cornbread are square.
Chainfire
Apr 2024
#164
Our National Park System includes the World's Longest Cave, Largest Geyser Field and Largest Canyon
yellowdogintexas
Apr 2024
#171
The temperature of the water at the bottom of Lake Superior on January 1, 1901
LeonidPlanck
Apr 2024
#172
The starting procedure for vintage F1 (V-10) race cars can take up to 2-hours. nt
Hotler
Apr 2024
#175