Useless InformationDid 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.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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asmeMore of a question than a fact:
1.the gravitational pull of the doctor that delivered you is more than 6 times that of jupiter
If that is so, how does Jupiter hang on to all those moons? Doesn't that require significant gravity? Or do you mean 6 times the gravitational pull of Jupiter as experienced from Earth?
A fact to make this relevant: flintlock rifles are responsible for a couple of sayings. "To go off half-cocked" refers to the gun being fired before the hammer had been pulled back (or cocked) all the way. "A flash in the pan" comes from a rifle failing to fire because the gunpowder would burn in the pan (the area the flint would strike to light the gunpowder) rather than in the barrel.
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Silva, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 14:43,
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