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Post by Lark on Dec 1, 2008 20:12:06 GMT -5
Okay, this is how this little charade goes: Reply with a random fact that some may not know. The subject can be about well...anything. Try to find facts that are not common knowledge. Facts should not be about yourself. It can be something in history, something about animals, shoes, a news article...it doesn't matter. I'll go first: There are 5 species of rhinos: Black, White, Indian, Sumatran, and the Javan. Don't ask why I know that.
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Post by avalee on Dec 3, 2008 20:11:49 GMT -5
coca-cola was originally green
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Post by Lark on Dec 3, 2008 20:40:26 GMT -5
Seriously? That's pretty wild considering they're that icon red now.
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Post by ash on Dec 4, 2008 15:20:57 GMT -5
*clears throat and drags in her pharmacology info* Did you know the heart drug, Coumadin (aka Warfarin), is actually made from rat poison? Yes, its true. ^^
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Post by Lark forgot to sign in on Dec 4, 2008 17:45:59 GMT -5
XD
There is some heart medicine made from gingko. We have a couple fields near us and the farmer grows gingko at least once a year in one of the fields.
Another random fact:
The wax myrtle tree grows berries on some plants that are melted down and turned into candles.
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Post by avalee on Dec 4, 2008 19:27:08 GMT -5
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches Poor Baseball
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Post by Lark on Dec 4, 2008 20:05:19 GMT -5
Jeez! They barely work it in! I'm guessing as soon as those 7 pitches are up though they are sold to people. Fact: Today, I trimmed "Scotch's" toenails with a pedipaws thing like you see on TV and those actually work. (Also tried it on my birds, cats, and dogs) Another fact: Aquafina water was recently in trouble because they advertised spring water on the label, but it's really...tap water.
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Post by aly on Dec 16, 2008 3:53:41 GMT -5
My wierdo fact: mistle toe means "dung on a stick"
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Post by Lark on Dec 16, 2008 8:53:54 GMT -5
Haha.
Mistletoe is parasitic plant though. It uses other plant species as hosts to grown on. At my old house around the corner we had an oak tree with mistletoe at the top. It'd grow pretty quick and my dad would have to use a rake and pull most of it down after every winter.
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Post by aly on Dec 16, 2008 12:44:45 GMT -5
cool
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Post by /Sad/~rain on Dec 16, 2008 15:56:54 GMT -5
I knew that. From some book I read when I was little... Not the name meaning but that it's parasitic... Hm, must come up with something to tell, too. xD
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Post by HumanoidCarbonUnit on Dec 16, 2008 17:10:19 GMT -5
Adam Ant was originally played bass in the band Bazooka Joe, the headliner for the Sex Pistol's first concert.
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