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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 3:29pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
47. Finland is also known as "the land of of the thousand lakes," because of the over 188,000 lakes found in this country. 3 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 3:46pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
48. Chopsticks originated from China approximately 4,000 years ago. 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 3:48pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
49. Alexandrea Owen "Cora in Titanic" then and now. 3 Likes
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 3:56pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
50. The reason why flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp which have a red pigment. 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Funjosh(m): 4:36pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
Explorers: They don't use cars ni 2 Likes |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Funjosh(m): 4:47pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
Explorers: Woau! Amazing |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 5:39pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
51. Buckingham Palace has over six hundred rooms. 5 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 5:40pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
52. The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times. 7 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 5:46pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
53. A violin actually contains 70 separate pieces of wood. 54. The human heart can create enough pressure that it could squirt blood at adistance of thirty feet. 55. One billion seconds is about 32 years. 56. In a lifetime, an average driver will release approximately 912 pints of wind inside a car. 57. Women take three times longer than men when using the toilet. 58. Canada is an Indian word meaning "village" or "settlement." 59. The city of Seoul has been the capital city of Korea for more than 600 years 60. People who studies laughter are called a "gelotologists." 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 5:50pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
61. There are over 200 parts in a typical phone. 2 Likes
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 5:57pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
62. The water inside of a coconut is identical to human blood plasma. Many lives in third world countries have been saved from coconut water fed through an IV. 8 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 5:59pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
63. Adolf Hitler was one of the people that was responsible in the creation of the Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea of producing a car that was cheap enough for the average German working man to afford. 5 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 6:08pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
64. Chameleons can move their eyes independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time. 65. Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That is the opposite of the norm. 66. Gorillas are considered apes, not monkeys. The way to distinguish betweenan ape and a monkey is that apes do not have tails. 67. Early Romans used to use porcupine quills as toothpicks. 68. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is"uncopyrightable." 69. In a year, an average person uses the toilet 2500 times a year. 70. A snail can crawl across a razor blade without getting injured. This is possible because they excrete a slime that protects them. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 6:23pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
71. In a day 34,000 children die every day from causes that are related to poverty and hunger. 6 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by magabounce(m): 6:38pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
Nice one again explorers 1 Like |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by misterawo: 7:36pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
Explorers: interesting 1 Like |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 8:56pm On Apr 06, 2016 |
72. The reason why your nose gets runny when you are crying is because the tears from the eyes drain into the nose. 73. The word assassination was invented by William Shakespeare. 74. Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair. 75. Persia changed its name to Iran in 1935. 76. Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the buildingof the Hoover Dam in 1933. 77. At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds. 78. Doctors in Canada use an adhesive similar to Krazy Glue instead of stitches, lowering the possibility of bacterial infection and minimizing scarring. 79. The planet Venus spins opposite to the other planets in the solar system. 80. During a typical human life span, the human heart will beat approximately 2.5 billion times 81. There is a town in Norway called "Hell." 82. Most heart attacks occur between the hours of 8 and 9 am. 83. The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations. 84. Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder. 85. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean. 86. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 87. Girls have more tastebud than boys. 88. Hitler and Napolean both had only one testical. 89. After being picked an orange cannot ripen. 90. Sharks have survived on earth for about 400 million years. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 6:29am On Apr 07, 2016 |
91. There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US. 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 6:38am On Apr 07, 2016 |
92. The Sears Tower located in Chicago, Illinois is made up 76,000 tons of steel. 1 Like
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 6:41am On Apr 07, 2016 |
93. If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back. 5 Likes 3 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 6:43am On Apr 07, 2016 |
94. The largest bill U.S. bill made is for $100,000. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Oahray: 7:16am On Apr 07, 2016 |
Explorers:what's the basis for this assertion? Some random estimate I guess. |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by tk4rd: 7:26am On Apr 07, 2016 |
Explorers:So they were hit by inflation too.? |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 8:37am On Apr 07, 2016 |
95. One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water. 96. After the Eiffel Tower was built, one person was killed during the installation of the lifts. No one was killed during the actual construction of the tower. 97. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does. 98. Pigs have no sweat glands, which is why they stay in water or mud to keep cool. 99. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 100. The list of ingredients that make up lipstick include fish scales. 6 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 8:39am On Apr 07, 2016 |
101. Albert Einstein was cremated and his ashes were spread over a river located in New Jersey. 5 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 9:24am On Apr 07, 2016 |
102. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 15 Likes 6 Shares
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 9:36am On Apr 07, 2016 |
103. The first drug to be sold in the form of a tablet is Aspirin. 104. When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened. 3 Likes |
Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 9:49am On Apr 07, 2016 |
The Pentagon cost $49,600,000 to build in 1941. 3 Likes
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 10:09am On Apr 07, 2016 |
106. The most-viewed porn categories by women. 4 Likes
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 10:14am On Apr 07, 2016 |
107. The Oval Office before a new president personalizes it. 3 Likes
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 10:16am On Apr 07, 2016 |
108. Chinese explorer Zheng He’s ship compared to Christopher Columbus’ Santa Maria. Both lived and sailed at the same time. 3 Likes
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Re: Knowing More About Our World. by Explorers(m): 10:19am On Apr 07, 2016 |
109. Damn nature: A crocodile crushing a zebra's head. 3 Likes 1 Share
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