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Post by clodoveoivan on May 8, 2006 7:15:07 GMT 7
.....did u knw that spiders are a sub-species of tarantula, which are the largest spiders in the animal kingdom. The biggest goliath spider on record had a legspan that measured just over 11 inches across! That's big enough to cover a dinner plate....
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:11:06 GMT 7
Did you know that...
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, "Gadsby," without any word containing the letter "e."
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:12:08 GMT 7
Did you know that...
A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:12:51 GMT 7
Did you know that...
The Arctic Tern, which is a small bird, can fly a round trip from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back. This can be as long as twenty thousand miles per year. This is the longest migration for a bird
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:13:23 GMT 7
Did you know that...
Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:14:28 GMT 7
Did you know that...
The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named Big Bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:15:00 GMT 7
Did you know that...
The world's biggest bowling alley is located in Las Vegas at the Showboat hotel and has 106 lanes.
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 15, 2006 14:15:38 GMT 7
Did you know that...
The blind cavefish is born with eyes, but they fall off as the fish grows.
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Post by clodoveoivan on May 19, 2006 6:44:02 GMT 7
did u knw that the first filipino to reach the top of mt. everest was a cebuano!......
hehehe.....
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Post by Francisco Escobar on May 19, 2006 7:34:04 GMT 7
hehe!.. sakto!... c Leo ORACIOn.. payter nga taw!.. go PINOY!
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Post by clodoveoivan on May 19, 2006 11:23:37 GMT 7
sakto jud!.....
dd u knw that.........
the da vinci code was banned in metro manila!......
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Post by deadpoet on May 23, 2006 8:13:31 GMT 7
Did u know that..
The Popsicle was invented by 11 year-old Frank Epperson in 1905. He left his drink outside with a stir stick in it and he noticed that it had frozen. He applied for a patent in 1923 and named it "Epsicle." The name was later changed to Popsicle.
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Post by deadpoet on May 23, 2006 8:21:04 GMT 7
Did u know that..
In July 1874, a swarm of Rocky Mountain locusts flew over Nebraska covering an area estimated at 198,600 square miles. It is estimated that the swarm contained about 12.5 trillion insects. These insects became extinct thirty years later.
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Post by deadpoet on May 23, 2006 8:45:17 GMT 7
Did u know that..
Bill Bowerman, co-founder of the shoe company Nike, got his first shoe idea after staring at a waffle iron. This gave him the idea of using squared spikes to make the shoes lighter.
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Post by deadpoet on May 23, 2006 9:01:58 GMT 7
Did u know that...
The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.
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