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07-15-23, 05:35 AM | #2701 |
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Yo-YOS - The yo-yo of today is based on a hunting aid created by Filipino tribespeople to stun and disorientate animals. An American businessman turned the weapon into a toy in the 1920s.
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07-16-23, 08:55 AM | #2702 |
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Zip - Whitcomb L. Judson, a mechanical engineer from Chicago, invented a number of labour-efficient items... including the zipper.
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07-16-23, 02:28 PM | #2703 |
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In WWII the U.S. Navy operated two coal-fired, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers
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07-17-23, 03:33 AM | #2704 |
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Mount Everest was possibly shrunken by an earthquake.
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07-17-23, 01:34 PM | #2705 |
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Antarctica has the largest unclaimed territory on Earth.
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07-18-23, 12:42 PM | #2706 |
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There is a metallic asteroid shaped like a dog bone named “Kleopatra.”
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07-19-23, 05:26 AM | #2707 |
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Close to 70 percent of the world's freshwater is held in glaciers and ice sheets.
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07-20-23, 05:09 AM | #2708 |
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Australia is "technically" wider than the moon.
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07-20-23, 04:24 PM | #2709 |
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Dalmatian puppies are born without spots.
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07-21-23, 04:46 AM | #2710 |
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20. The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
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07-22-23, 05:33 AM | #2711 | |
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Quote:
And I apologized! Note to self: No more Taco Bell
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07-22-23, 05:35 AM | #2712 |
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The first U.S. Air-to-Air combat victory in the Korean Conflict was with a F-82... and the second... and third.
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07-22-23, 05:43 AM | #2713 |
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Dentistry is one of the oldest professions in the world. Evidence of teeth being drilled into dates back up to 9,000 years ago!
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07-22-23, 06:44 AM | #2714 |
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The best place in the world to see rainbows is in Hawaii.
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07-23-23, 07:46 AM | #2715 |
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A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue.
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