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Posted Dec 2, 2014

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ManOfWicklow
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Dec 2, 2014
Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15 to 1.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Feb 15, 2015
    February 14, 1972 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono began a weeklong stay as co-hosts on "The Mike Douglas Show."
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    Lakeman221
    Lakeman221
    Feb 15, 2015
    [quote][quote][quote]Water is the only substance on earth that is lighter as a solid than a liquid.[/quote]Actually that is incorrect. A pound of water weighs the same as a pound of ice, melt the pound of ice and it still weighs a pound. [/quote]1 cubic ft of water is 9% heavier than 1 cubic ft of ice. Ice is a solid, water is a liguid.Therefore, volume for folume, water is lighter when solid.[/quote]But one cubic foot of ice is not one cubic foot of water when it melts down, due to the expansion properties of water turning to ice like I said earlier. However, when 1 pound of water is frozen into ice, it still weighs 1 pound, so it did not get any lighter, it just expanded in volume size. That's why it floats. It is displacing more volume of water than it weighs.
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    Lakeman221
    Lakeman221
    Feb 15, 2015
    Five pounds of water weighs the same as five pounds of feathers, lead, paper, ice, etc. The only difference is the volume of the materials being weighed regardless of the temperature at the time of being weighed.  So water does NOT become lighter just because it freezes. It just occupies more space in frozen form than in liquid form, and occupies even more space when in vapor form, at normal atmospheric pressure, that is. But it still weighs the same.
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    DesertRat
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    Feb 15, 2015
    February 14, 2015 is the 103rd anniversary of the granting of Statehood to Arizona, the last of the 48 original Continental States.
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    Feb 15, 2015
    February 15, 1954 - Big Joe Turner recorded the original "Shake, Rattle & Roll".
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    ManOfWicklow
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    Feb 15, 2015
    February 15, 1969 - A Florida woman was arrested for impersonating Aretha Franklin during a concert at a club.

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    Feb 15, 2015
    In New Jersey it is illegal to wear a bullet-proof vest while committing a murder.
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    Feb 15, 2015
    In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
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    Feb 16, 2015
    February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba
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    Feb 16, 2015
    On this day february 16,1923, in Thebes, Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamen.
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    Feb 16, 2015
    Devon, England has about 33,000 miles of hedgerows, more hedgerows than any other country
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    ManOfWicklow
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    Feb 16, 2015
    Devon is the only county in England to have two seperate coastlines.
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    Feb 17, 2015
    In California it is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
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    ManOfWicklow
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    Feb 17, 2015
    In Oxford,Ohio - It is unlawful for a woman to appear in public while unshaven. This includes legs and face.
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    Feb 17, 2015
    In Ohio participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
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    ManOfWicklow
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    Feb 17, 2015
    [quote]In Ohio participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
    [/quote]With exception to the mother-in-law.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
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    [quote][quote]In Ohio participating or conducting a duel is prohibited.
    [/quote]With exception to the mother-in-law.[/quote]No exceptions in Ohio
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    Feb 17, 2015
    On this day february 17,1876-Sardines 1st canned (Julius Wolff-Eastport, Maine)
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    Feb 17, 2015
    On this day, February 17, 1863 The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva.
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    DesertRat
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    Feb 17, 2015
    The human female has three separate and distinct organs for which medical science has yet to find a function other than to produce or enhance sexual pleasure. This is unlike the male for which some sexual organs have a dual purpose.
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    ManOfWicklow
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    Feb 17, 2015
    Parrots are the longest-living birds. They can reach an age of up to 100 years.
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    Feb 18, 2015
    Storks were a symbol of fertility in Europe and were considered to bring good luck
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    Feb 18, 2015
    California condors can fly 10 miles without flapping their wings.
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    Feb 18, 2015
    February 18, On this day in 1885, Mark Twain publishes his famous--and famously controversial--novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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