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WhaleWatcher
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If you're into fun facts and weird but true, this is the chat for you! It's not a game, just type in some cool facts from school, a book, of online! We can all learn some facts that are fun!
let the fun facts begin!
let the fun facts begin!
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If you stop eating bacon, you will be healthier! π
Speaking of vegetarians, generally vegetarians live longer than meat eaters..
did you know an earthquake made mount everest an inch shorter!?
I love this thread idea, though! One that was on my mind lately was that wombat poo comes out as square blocks.
In case anyone thinks I too am sharing as fact something which is actually fancy, here's a recent article about why scientists think they do it, if not how exactly.
Let's make Liberty and Justice For All a reality.
I think the #13 is safe for use. If you want to avoid a bad number, make sure no one's address has triple 6's. πΏ
Ah, yes. I might have heard that.
Also, King Tutankhamen was only famous because he was the only royal found. However, he wasn't considered and important one, in his time period.
You got me to try that just now and I was able to do it. However, I couldn't hold the note very long, since you have to recycle the small amount of air you can force into your sinuses.
Brown eyed lightweight, right here! No booze for me.
The fastest spinning star known to humans is a pulsar that rotates 716 times per second.
β«βͺ You spin me right 'round, baby right 'round. Like a record, baby right 'round, 'round, 'round! β¬
Fun fact: people with the red-hair mutation (gingers) are resistant to pain from electricity, but more sensitive to pain from hot or cold. It's like we're a new kind of Electric Pokemon with fire and ice weakness.
Let's make Liberty and Justice For All a reality.
*Touches jumper cable clamps together, sending sparks flying*
Only one way to test that theory! π π€£
Here's my fun fact: the concept and word for the color blue and indeed how it is perceived, is a fairly modern invention.
And the bigger takeaway of this, discussed starting around 4.50 of the video, is something less often appreciated than it deserves: that a rose by any other name might not actually smell the same. How we use language to frame our reality actually affects our perception of it and even our ability to interact with it! Words matter. Use them wisely.
And help fight the atrophy of depth and breadth of vocabulary, for loss of words for things, leads to loss of awareness of them, and eventually, loss of the ability to think, consider, and communicate concepts.
Let's make Liberty and Justice For All a reality.
In contrast, Africanized honey bees have reportedly chased people for a quarter mile (almost half a kilometer).
Also, put away that poisonous bee spray! Vinegar and some water works great if you only have a few bees to worry about.
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