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Jimbuna · 05-30-22, 11:40 AM

According to the Bible, the chicken came before the egg.

Ostfriese · 05-30-22, 02:53 PM

Bismuth, long thought to be the heaviest stable element in the periodic table of elements, naturally consists of only one isotope, Bismuth-209. In 2003 this isotope was discovered to be radioactive (alpha decay) with a half life of 2*10^19 years - about a billion times the estimated age of the universe.

Platapus · 05-30-22, 03:34 PM

Asphalt pavements—not paper, plastics, or cardboard—are America’s most recycled product. Close to 99% of asphalt pavements are recycled.

Jimbuna · 05-31-22, 12:34 PM

You produce about six pounds of stool per week.

Platapus · 05-31-22, 01:47 PM

The Latin term for ‘lead’ is ‘plumbum’, which has been used as the root for the English word ‘plumber’, which originally meant ‘a worker of lead’

Jimbuna · 06-01-22, 10:29 AM

A frigate bird can sleep while it flies.

Platapus · 06-05-22, 11:52 AM

Baby porcupines are known as porcupettes.

Jimbuna · 06-05-22, 01:38 PM

Octopuses and squid have three hearts.

Platapus · 06-05-22, 03:54 PM

About 40% of all mammals currently living are rodents.

I wonder if that percentage includes politicians?

#sincereappologiestoallrodents

fireftr18 · 06-05-22, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

About 40% of all mammals currently living are rodents.

I wonder if that percentage includes politicians?

#sincereappologiestoallrodents

That statement is insulting to rodents.

Jeff-Groves · 06-05-22, 05:53 PM

I'd think politicians could also be reptiles.
Such as snakes.
It's kind questionable as most don't seem to have any back bones.

Jimbuna · 06-06-22, 08:07 AM

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Aktungbby · 06-06-22, 10:07 AM

Turkey is now officially Türkiye a name change at the UN; to better reflect the culture of the country, including the the way the name is actually pronounced...and does not suggest the key element of the American holiday feast! Now that's what I call: "talkin' turkey!"

Platapus · 06-06-22, 03:57 PM

TV's Mr. Clean has a first name

Veritably

"The name's Clean. Veritably Clean"

Jeff-Groves · 06-06-22, 04:12 PM

So. Is Mister Proper cleaning the dirt from Ukraine?

05-30-22, 11:40 AM	#1726
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,305 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	According to the Bible, the chicken came before the egg. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-30-22, 03:34 PM	#1728
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,963 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Asphalt pavements—not paper, plastics, or cardboard—are America’s most recycled product. Close to 99% of asphalt pavements are recycled. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-31-22, 12:34 PM	#1729
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,305 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	You produce about six pounds of stool per week. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-31-22, 01:47 PM	#1730
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,963 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The Latin term for ‘lead’ is ‘plumbum’, which has been used as the root for the English word ‘plumber’, which originally meant ‘a worker of lead’ __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-01-22, 10:29 AM	#1731
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,305 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A frigate bird can sleep while it flies. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

05-30-22, 02:53 PM	#1727
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bismuth, long thought to be the heaviest stable element in the periodic table of elements, naturally consists of only one isotope, Bismuth-209. In 2003 this isotope was discovered to be radioactive (alpha decay) with a half life of 2*10^19 years - about a billion times the estimated age of the universe.

06-05-22, 11:52 AM	#1732
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,963 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Baby porcupines are known as porcupettes. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-05-22, 01:38 PM	#1733
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,305 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Octopuses and squid have three hearts. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-05-22, 03:54 PM	#1734
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,963 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	About 40% of all mammals currently living are rodents. I wonder if that percentage includes politicians? #sincereappologiestoallrodents __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-05-22, 05:53 PM	#1736
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,320 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	I'd think politicians could also be reptiles. Such as snakes. It's kind questionable as most don't seem to have any back bones. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

06-06-22, 08:07 AM	#1737
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,305 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

06-06-22, 10:07 AM	#1738
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,875 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Turkey is now officially Türkiye a name change at the UN; to better reflect the culture of the country, including the the way the name is actually pronounced...and does not suggest the key element of the American holiday feast! Now that's what I call: "talkin' turkey!" __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

06-06-22, 03:57 PM	#1739
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,963 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	TV's Mr. Clean has a first name Veritably "The name's Clean. Veritably Clean" __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

06-06-22, 04:12 PM	#1740
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,320 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	So. Is Mister Proper cleaning the dirt from Ukraine? __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.