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18 Aug 2018, 3:31 am

DeepHour wrote:
When you're participating in a quickfire online word game with three or four other people, it's not a good idea to be trying out a 16 year old laptop that has a prehistoric processor and 1GB of RAM.


Soon those two lines in John Linux’s song will make sense again, for the opposite reason:
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18 Aug 2018, 10:17 am

I learned that Munchkin has crafted legislation which would identify banks as non-financial institutions..

That's absolutely bonkers but realistically true!! ! 8O 8O :x


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18 Aug 2018, 12:08 pm

I already knew that poison ivy is related to mango, but I found out it's also related to pistachio and cashew as well.

So if you get really bad reactions to poison ivy, you should stay away from mango, pistachios and cashews.



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18 Aug 2018, 12:21 pm

lostonearth35 wrote:
I already knew that poison ivy is related to mango, but I found out it's also related to pistachio and cashew as well.

So if you get really bad reactions to poison ivy, you should stay away from mango, pistachios and cashews.


That's news to me, as I've had extreme reactions to poison ivy.. Thanks


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18 Aug 2018, 5:04 pm

Hemp may be one of if not the strongest material in the world.


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19 Aug 2018, 12:36 pm

A secret radio belonging to a British POW was so well hidden that when the British soldier visited the camp where he was held captive sixty years later, it was still there.


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19 Aug 2018, 12:40 pm

^Wow! 8O


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19 Aug 2018, 9:35 pm

Dynamite was originally going to be called "Nobel's Safety Powder."


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20 Aug 2018, 6:05 am

I've learned that if Jupiter had actually became a star, we 'd have a serious problem to deal with, as Earth would not be in good shape at all.


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20 Aug 2018, 11:24 am

Only 1 percent of the world's population is ambidextrous.


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20 Aug 2018, 12:00 pm

To some cats, the flapping of a bird's wings can sound like a jet plane.


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20 Aug 2018, 4:17 pm

Saving Private Ryan was so realistic, it triggered PTSD in some veterans who served in World War II.


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20 Aug 2018, 5:32 pm

^I can certainly imagine that, even though I've never seen it.


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21 Aug 2018, 6:23 am

I've learned that even poisonous creatures can have a beneficial role.


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21 Aug 2018, 12:14 pm

Any month that begins on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th" in it.


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21 Aug 2018, 10:07 pm

Mother otters will hold their babies while sleeping by their hands - or paws - to keep them from floating away.

That's so adorable! :heart: