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Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise…
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm Sloths don't fart.
Neither do cockroaches, which is why they explode when you feed them baking soda.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:09 pm
wheelnut wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:02 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:44 pm The ‘S’ in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything.

His parents put it in as a single letter to appease some of his grandparents
Grover Cleveland was the only US president to server non-consecutive terms.

That will change this time if trump wins again.
Wasn't he something like both the 19th and 21st Presidents? Normally if you do back to back terms they count it as one, but cause of the gap they consider him two. So the current 46th (I think?) President isn't actually the 46th person to do it.
Yeah, he was 22 and 24. With 45 people having being president.

I only know because there’s a local connection. One of his kids (Esther maybe?) married a local lad. My stepmother grew up with her daughter (Cleveland’s granddaughter). The husband died and was buried in the local cemetery and Esther went back to the states.
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The royal navy started flying aircraft off ships 6 years before the RAF was formed.
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Size for size, male 'water boatmen' have the biggest penis in the animal kingdom.
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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Herons Roost. Not long fount that out and dono why i was surprised.
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Does no-one read W.E.Johns anymore?
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Taff wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:58 pm The royal navy started flying aircraft off ships 6 years before the RAF was formed.
The RAF wasnt formed till after 1914....it was a combination of the RFC and the Royal Navy Air corp (?) in 1918...by Jan Smuts....
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Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise…
Which end are you looking at?
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Greenman wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:41 pm The smell of fresh rain when it's been dry is called Petrichor. 8-)
Not by me it’s not.
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JackyJoll wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:54 pm
Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:30 pm Venus is the only planet in the solar system that spins clockwise…
Which end are you looking at?
12 o clock.....
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Yorick wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:17 pm At the 1976 at height of the males/females cheating, the only lady competitor who didn't have a sex test, was Princess Anne :)
Violation of a princess of the Royal blood being a capital offence, they were wise to give her a pass.
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The hashtag symbol is actually called an Octothorpe.
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Queen ants can live up to 30 years :shock:
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wheelnut wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:01 pm The hashtag symbol is actually called an Octothorpe.
Hmm…

Image

Am I the only person who remembers it being called “gate?”
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Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:04 pm The cheque isn’t really in the post….
The cab isn't on its way and neither is the take away.
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Horses get farted on more than any other animal...
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Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm Sloths don't fart. Rats and rabbits can't puke...(which, sadly, is one of the reasons they're so useful in the lab :( but makes them excellent drinking partners :thumbup: )
Horses can't breathe through their mouths :(
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The most dangerous sport in the world is bowls.
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Trinity765 wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:33 am
Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm Sloths don't fart. Rats and rabbits can't puke...(which, sadly, is one of the reasons they're so useful in the lab :( but makes them excellent drinking partners :thumbup: )
Horses can't breathe through their mouths :(
Neither can whales ISTR.