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Hippos, crocs and cobras are dangerous on land, jellyfish and sharks are killers in the sea, and people kill off other people every year by the thousands. But they all pale in comparison to the measly mosquito. Estimates of death caused by mosquito-borne illnesses -- malaria, most notably -- range from 1 million to more than 5 million every year. The blood-sucking species that carries malaria infects more than 70 million people annually.

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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    At the all star break:
    Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles had 45 HRs, 143 hits, and 111 RBI's over the last 365 days.

    Khris Davis of the brewers has 45 HRs, 143 hits, and 111 RBI's over the last 365 days.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    Fact #1 This is a cool thread and has the potential to be a friendly one here on AMT. Strange indeed! :smiley:

    Fact#2 My preview and quote buttons do not work here and I find that vexing. Strange that this only seems to be happening to me!

    Fact #3 Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto. (I can't prove that. Sounds a bit strange to me!)
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    LOL !!!! strange indeed Brian ! but that baseball thing.....weird for sure !

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    The brain is much more active at night than during the day. Logically, you would think that all the moving around, complicated calculations and tasks and general interaction we do on a daily basis during our working hours would take a lot more brain power than, say, lying in bed. Turns out, the opposite is true. When you turn off your brain turns on. Scientists don’t yet know why this is but you can thank the hard work of your brain while you sleep for all those pleasant dreams.
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum

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  • benjsbenjs Posts: 9,145
    We have an antiquated law in Toronto that stipulates that it's illegal to drag a dead horse down Yonge Street (one of our major streets) on a Sunday.
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    Toronto Film Festival 9/11/2007, '08 - Toronto 1 & 2, '09 - Albany 1, '11 - Chicago 1
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    edited August 2016
    In my city a milk man can not run while on duty

    nor

    can you sit on the curb and drink beer from a bucket

    or

    leave your car running while parked as it may scare horses
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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    edited August 2016
    benjs said:

    We have an antiquated law in Toronto that stipulates that it's illegal to drag a dead horse down Yonge Street (one of our major streets) on a Sunday.

    You are still allowed, in Berkeley County south Carolina, to legally beat your wife on the courthouse steps on Sundays only.


    Seriously, there are some dumb laws that are still on record.
    http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/south-carolina
    Post edited by Degeneratefk on
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    we will find a way, we will find our place
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    Most people, when asked what they think is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, will say New York. New York is actually only the 8th largest state east of the Mighty Mississip. Georgia is the largest in land area, followed by Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, then New York.
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    Human babies are born with 300 bones.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    On May 29, 1976, Houston Astros pitcher Joe Neikro hit the only home run of his career. He hit it off his brother, Phil Neikro of the Atlanta Braves.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    In Japan, the odds of being killed by a gun are about equal to an American's chance of being killed by lightning.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    If you Google "askew" the results will be tilted slightly to the right. :)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,440
    PJ_Soul said:

    If you Google "askew" the results will be tilted slightly to the right. :)

    Neat. I had to try it!
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
  • Ray J. T.Ray J. T. Posts: 4,027
    Pittsburgh is the only city where all the major sports teams (MLB,NHL,NFL) have the same colors: Black and gold.
  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Thank God Chicago doesn't do that.
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    HesCalledDyer said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    If you Google "askew" the results will be tilted slightly to the right. :)

    Neat. I had to try it!
    That made me dizzy looking at the page. Cool though.

    Most Muppets are left-handed. (Because most Muppeteers are right-handed, so they operate the head with their favoured hand.)
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    If you Google "askew" the results will be tilted slightly to the right. :)

    Neat. I had to try it!
    That made me dizzy looking at the page. Cool though.

    Most Muppets are left-handed. (Because most Muppeteers are right-handed, so they operate the head with their favoured hand.)
    Yes, I'm laughing at that.

    Also strange is that a parrot's "talking" may be used as testimony in a trial.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/26/foul-mouthed-parrot-may-be-used-as-evidence-in-murder-trial-prosecutor-says/
    Springstead admitted that putting a parrot on the witness stand could get complicated.

    Aahahaha.
  • Ray J. T.Ray J. T. Posts: 4,027
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    Humpbacks are intentionally saving animals from killer whales all around the world.
    http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/humpback-whales-around-globe-are-mysteriously-rescuing-animals-orcas
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    strange fact. anatidaephobia is not a real thing.

    another strange fact. anatidaephobia being fake makes me sad. :(
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    edited August 2016
    Most lipsticks contains fish scales.

    It takes a million years for glass to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times.

    The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!

    Lastly, the MOST popular name in the world is MUHAMMAD.


    No wonder lipstick shines.
    Recycle glass, hell recycle all that we can.
    More men need to bare ALL.
    Didn't know that about that name, I thought it would a name like....John.

    Peace
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    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Ray J. T.Ray J. T. Posts: 4,027
    gimmesometruth27 said:

    strange fact. anatidaephobia is not a real thing.

    another strange fact. anatidaephobia being fake makes me sad. :(

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Ray J. T. said:

    gimmesometruth27 said:

    strange fact. anatidaephobia is not a real thing.

    another strange fact. anatidaephobia being fake makes me sad. :(

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    AHHHHHHHHHHHHH MAKE IT STOP !!!!!!! LOL !....oh wait that's a goose.

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    The state of Florida is bigger than England......really ?

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Bill Clinton had nothing on LBJ LOL !

    Lyndon Baines Johnson “LBJ”(1908-1973) affectionately called the many women he slept with his “harem.” He even had a buzzer system installed that rang inside the Oval Office so that Secret Service could warn him when his wife was coming.c

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Hillary Clinton was the only First Lady to be subpoenaed, for her involvement with the Whitewater controversy in 1996, and to repeatedly be deposed as part of ongoing criminal and civil investigations, including Travelgate and Filegate. Bill and Hillary were the only First Couple to be fingerprinted by the FBI.

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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    In the 1984 presidential election, Ronald Reagan received both the highest number of popular votes (54,455,075) and the highest number of electoral votes (525) in the history of U.S. presidential elections. These numbers have yet to be surpassed by another presidential candidate

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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Cats Kill Billions of Animals Annually, Study Finds. Cats are responsible for the deaths of 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals every year, according to research conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Jason P said:

    Cats Kill Billions of Animals Annually, Study Finds. Cats are responsible for the deaths of 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals every year, according to research conducted by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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    That's called natural selection.
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place
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