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Awkwardmollusk
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Posted: 10/13/2019 at 9:07 AM
Post #151
October 13, 2019
Did-you-know #283:
Suggested by Starpup5
The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth. Some weather stations in the Atacama have never received rain.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 at 9:38 AM
Post #152
October 14-15, 2019
Did-you-know #284-285:
Suggested by Starpup5
In 2009, Scottish scientists searching for the Loch Ness Monster found 100,000 golf balls instead.
Aulophobia is an exaggerated or irrational fear of flutes.
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Posted: 10/16/2019 at 8:11 PM
Post #153
October 16, 2019
Did-you-know #286:
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A snail can sleep for three years.
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Posted: 10/17/2019 at 9:52 AM
Post #154
October 17, 2019
Did-you-know #287:
In China, there's a 50-lane highway that merges into 4 lanes.
Just imagine the traffic!!
Awkwardmollusk
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Posted: 10/18/2019 at 1:15 PM
Post #155
October 18-19, 2019
Did-you-know #288-289:
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A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
Titan, Saturns largest moon, is the only moon known to have a fully developed atmosphere. In fact, it is about 50% denser than Earths.
Awkwardmollusk
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Posted: 10/20/2019 at 6:50 PM
Post #156
October 20, 2019
Did-you-know #290:
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Baby porcupines are called porcupettes.
Awkwardmollusk
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Posted: 10/22/2019 at 7:43 PM
Post #157
October 21-22, 2019
Did-you-know #291-292:
Suggested by Starpup5
Geologic activity around the Ring of Fire is responsible for roughly 90% of all earthquakes worldwide.
Bubble Wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper.
Awkwardmollusk
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Posted: 10/24/2019 at 3:47 PM
Post #158
October 23-24, 2019
Did-you-know #293-294:
Suggested by Strawberryshihtzu
A full adult human bladder is roughly the size of a softball.
If one were to line up all the blood vessels in their body, them would have enough to go around the world roughly two and a half times.
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Posted: 10/28/2019 at 8:52 PM
Post #159
October 25-28, 2019
Did-you-know #295-298:
Suggested by Orca2whale
The CIA has it's own coffee shop called Store Number 1. It's essentially a Starbucks, but the bartenders require extensive backgorund checks and arn't allowed to write names on cups.
The Dunce cap was created by a man who thought it made him more intelligent.
Sloths can hold their breath underwater fo 40 minutes. Dolphins can only go for 10 minutes before they must breathe again.
Adidas and Puma were started by two brothers who had differing opinions. Their orignal combined shop served people like Jesse Owens.
Awkwardmollusk
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Posted: 11/2/2019 at 9:33 PM
Post #160
October 29- November 2, 2019
Did-you-know #299-303:
Goldfish can distinguish the music of one composer from another.
Kakapos are the only species of nocturnal parrots.
The tradition of dressing up in costume on October 31st dates back to the Celts. They did this to confuse evil spirits who may try to follow them.
Hitler's nephew wrote a book called "Why I Hate My Uncle" in 1913.
The heads on Easter Island have bodies buried underground.
Edited By Goldennautilus on 11/5/2019 at 8:59 PM.
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