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Did you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.

(, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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The weight of the worms living in the soil beneath a fully stocked cattle paddock weigh more than the combined weight of all the cattle above.

Rodents cannot vomit, hence the efficacy of warfarin and rat poison.

Doe rabbits can re-absorb their unborn young in bad times.

Kangaroos can have three babies on board at a time: one in the pouch almost fully grown, one tiny one on the second nipple inside the lower pouch, and one in the oven. If bad seasons mean there is not much food there, the female can keep the young embryo in stasis until conditions and food supplies improve.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed

The word 'Quiz' was made up in response to a bet that nobody could get a new word into the general lauguage within a week. the guy who invented the word made it up on the spur of the moment, and painted it all over walls, streets and buildings in his town overnight. Next day, everyone was asking "what is quiz?" and it became a term for a puzzle.

There are 14 teaspoons of sugar in a litre of Coca Cola. And I still love it. Double Sars apparently has MORE than that to swipe the sugariest drink tag from Coke.

I've got a million of 'em. Just ask me!
(, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 6:32, Reply)

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