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did you know The only borough of New York City that isn't an island (or part of an island) is the Bronx
 
did you know
In every show that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) wrote, there is at least one song about rain.
A kind of tortoise in the Galapagos Islands has an upturned shell at its neck so it can reach its head up to eat cactus branches.
The only city whose name can be spelled completely with vowels is Aiea, Hawaii, located approximately twelve miles west of Honolulu.
Parthenogenesis is the term used to describe the process by which certain animals are able to reproduce themselves in successive female generations without intervention of a male of the species. At least one species of lizard is known to do so.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".
The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.
"Quisling" is the only word in the English language to start with "quis."
 
hafizmo said:
did you know
In every show that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt (The Fantasticks) wrote, there is at least one song about rain.
A kind of tortoise in the Galapagos Islands has an upturned shell at its neck so it can reach its head up to eat cactus branches.
The only city whose name can be spelled completely with vowels is Aiea, Hawaii, located approximately twelve miles west of Honolulu.
Parthenogenesis is the term used to describe the process by which certain animals are able to reproduce themselves in successive female generations without intervention of a male of the species. At least one species of lizard is known to do so.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat", which means "the king is dead".
The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen.

"Quisling" is the only word in the English language to start with "quis."
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did you know that that is way to much info for my wee brain! ;D
 
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All of this is very interesting... but how do we KNOW that all this stuff is true, may I ask?

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Muhammad said:
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All of this is very interesting... but how do we KNOW that all this stuff is true, may I ask?

:w: :brother:
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im hoping that all these facts will have inspired someone enough to go and do some serious research!! <<< ;D and get back to us with some references!! ;D
on a serious level, i can say that i know a few of them are true (anatomy related) from having read about them.
 
Do u know that we say Alhamdulillah after sneezing(Praise be to Allah) because during sneezing our heart stops beating?
 
Do you know that, on being attacked by a predator, some animals pretend being dead until the predator stalks away. A common lure used indeed. Didn't u notice that with ants? They stop moving if ur hand brushes against them until they think Danger is over! Ingenious! SubhaanAllah
 
Did u know that roosters can only crow with their necks fully extended.
 
did you know that cutting an animal from the jugular veins causes it to die painlessly unlike electrocuting it to death which more factories do :eek:
 

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