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30-11-2004, 02:17 AM
Auntie Em
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On 29 Nov 2004 12:02:38 -0800,
(The Admiral)
wrote:
Ah, useless trivia!
http://www.fallingskyhazard.com/catalog.htm
In ancient Greece, throwing an apple to a girl was a way to propose
marriage. If the girl caught it, that meant she accepted.
The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a
day.
On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long
Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope with
a small bit attached, using only his teeth.
Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.
http://www.fallingskyhazard.com/catalog.htm
Thank you for giving us a link that bypasses the "intro" [shudder].
Em
Be careful what you wish for....
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