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Jimbuna · 11-11-23, 07:03 AM

Australia is the largest island and the smallest continent of the world. It only contains one country.

Platapus · 11-11-23, 10:42 AM

Ben Franklin’s formal education ended at 10 years old.

Jimbuna · 11-11-23, 12:00 PM

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and least populated continent in the world. It also is the only continent that contains no countries.

Platapus · 11-11-23, 09:27 PM

Sloths may be the only mammals that don’t fart.

Jimbuna · 11-12-23, 04:56 AM

The largest seed in the world is the double coconut. It measures up to 1.6 feet (50 cm) around the middle.

Platapus · 11-12-23, 11:53 AM

Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.

Jimbuna · 11-12-23, 12:36 PM

There were frozen seeds found in Canada, thought to be over ten thousand years old, and when they were defrosted and planted, they still grew.

Jimbuna · 11-13-23, 01:10 PM

If a seed is planted upside down, it will still grow right side up because seeds can sense gravity.

Platapus · 11-13-23, 04:40 PM

Astronauts, in orbit, can't burp

Jimbuna · 11-14-23, 05:49 AM

Around the Hudson Bay in Quebec, Canada, there is less gravity than on most of the other parts of Earth.

Platapus · 11-14-23, 04:33 PM

The sound of the roaring lion over the MGM logo is actually a tiger.

Jimbuna · 11-15-23, 07:59 AM

In the movie Apollo 13, the zero-gravity scenes are real. The crew filmed about four hours of material in 612 parabola flights.

Platapus · 11-15-23, 01:14 PM

Lake Hillier in Australia is nearly as salty as the Dead Sea. Scientists suspect that some salt-loving bacteria (chiefly Salinibacter ruber) and algae give the lake its pink hue.

Jimbuna · 11-15-23, 01:26 PM

The reason why NASA hasn’t brought any birds to space is because birds need gravity to swallow.

Platapus · 11-15-23, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The reason why NASA hasn’t brought any birds to space is because birds need gravity to swallow.

No, but the Russians did in 1990 aboard the MIR space station

11-11-23, 07:03 AM	#2986
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Australia is the largest island and the smallest continent of the world. It only contains one country. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-11-23, 10:42 AM	#2987
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Ben Franklin’s formal education ended at 10 years old. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-11-23, 12:00 PM	#2988
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and least populated continent in the world. It also is the only continent that contains no countries. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-11-23, 09:27 PM	#2989
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Sloths may be the only mammals that don’t fart. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-12-23, 04:56 AM	#2990
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The largest seed in the world is the double coconut. It measures up to 1.6 feet (50 cm) around the middle. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-12-23, 11:53 AM	#2991
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-12-23, 12:36 PM	#2992
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There were frozen seeds found in Canada, thought to be over ten thousand years old, and when they were defrosted and planted, they still grew. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-13-23, 01:10 PM	#2993
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If a seed is planted upside down, it will still grow right side up because seeds can sense gravity. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-13-23, 04:40 PM	#2994
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Astronauts, in orbit, can't burp __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-14-23, 05:49 AM	#2995
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Around the Hudson Bay in Quebec, Canada, there is less gravity than on most of the other parts of Earth. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-14-23, 04:33 PM	#2996
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The sound of the roaring lion over the MGM logo is actually a tiger. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-15-23, 07:59 AM	#2997
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	In the movie Apollo 13, the zero-gravity scenes are real. The crew filmed about four hours of material in 612 parabola flights. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-15-23, 01:14 PM	#2998
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,447 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Lake Hillier in Australia is nearly as salty as the Dead Sea. Scientists suspect that some salt-loving bacteria (chiefly Salinibacter ruber) and algae give the lake its pink hue. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-15-23, 01:26 PM	#2999
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,600 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The reason why NASA hasn’t brought any birds to space is because birds need gravity to swallow. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!