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pandora
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I learned.....
the average person is taller (up to one half inch) in the morning than in the evening!
what have you learned?
the average person is taller (up to one half inch) in the morning than in the evening!
what have you learned?
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Oh! Did learn that an old man in an old house with no heating can be incredibly generous and won't let you leave his house until you take a bag of potatoes with you, wouldn't accept any money either. Just a very kind person.
★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
I think 'TheBeardedFellow' should post a pic.
Ohhhh so do I!
He should also check his PMs!
★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
I've almost got the mustache part long enough to curl it up like Rollie Fingers or some old-timey boxer, haha.
But that'd be something new i could learn today as I know not how to do so. I'm thinking it wants a pic off the interwebs, but I've managed to keep myself rather anonymous.
Damn....oh well, we tried!
★ 2009 - Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Christchurch ★
★ 2011 - EV Newcastle, Melbourne 1, Melbourne 2 ★
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To leave planet earth's orbit & gravitational hold, you have to reach "escape velocity", which for earth is 7 miles per second.
"Escape velocity" for a black hole is faster than 186,000 miles per second.
Which is why light cannot "escape" from a black hole.
you are on it, dr. dangdang
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Just to sidetrack a tiny bit...I've heard that if you talk to your plants it's been proven they grow better, quicker, and are generally more healthy.
Anyone heard of this? Thoughts?
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Yes, supposedly, it is the increased carbon dioxide that you are emitting. Also, plants like classical music better than rock...there is a book that shows that water reacts differently to music as well....I'll look for it for ya
- Christopher McCandless
i cuss em out and they seem to die....
i've heard this saying about plants, however, i believe it to be a something made up by crazy people that talk to their plants.
Water: http://www.life-enthusiast.com/twilight ... _emoto.htm
Plants:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Talking_to_Plants (not totally proven...so whatever...I would only really talk to my plant 'Mary Jane')
- Christopher McCandless
Good vibes at my place. I've had a dragon tree for 2+ years now and it grows like crazy.
Although I've tried to care for a sego palm and it died :(
My current sempervivum is having trouble too.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
That theory makes sense, I guess. Although now I'm more intrigued by the water fact. :shock:
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
don't ask how i learned that just take my word on it
Hummingbirds use their feet only to perch and must fly to move even a few feet.
They migrate as far as 2,000 miles to Mexico at speeds of 25-30 mph if there isn’t a tail wind (up to 50 miles an hour during an escape and 63-80 mph in a courtship dive).
On cold nights the birds lower their temperature from around 108F to 30F to conserve energy.
Hummingbirds have about 8x binocular vision and can see your feeder from about 3/4 of a mile.
Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.
Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being
seen wearing them in public.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson Clinton.
Turtles can breathe through their butts.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.
On average people fear spiders more than death.
Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
A snail can sleep for three years.
No word in the English language rhymes with "MONTH."
Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
- Christopher McCandless
and 98% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
hmmm, **scribble, scribble, scribble**....... :shock:
That means minus 37% of people did not have groin stirring today? :?