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Posted Dec 2, 2014

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ManOfWicklow
ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
Dec 2, 2014
Sheep outnumber humans in New Zealand 15 to 1.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 7, 2014
    On the old TV Program Gunsmoke Festus Hagen rode a mule named Ruth.
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 7, 2014
    Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 7, 2014
    I never met a barmaid from Iceland.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 7, 2014
    The US Post Office uses mules to carry mail and other items to the
    Havasupai Indians at the base of the Grand Canyon.

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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 7, 2014
    One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water.

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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 7, 2014
    Black cats are considered bad luck in the United States, but they are considered good luck in the United Kingdom and Australia.
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 7, 2014
    Cats can drink seawater.
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    Lakeman221
    Lakeman221
    Dec 7, 2014
    [quote]Cats are the most popular pet in the United States: There are 88 million pet cats and 74 million dogs.
    [/quote]I prefer dogs, I have two, and no cats at all.
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    Lakeman221
    Lakeman221
    Dec 7, 2014
    [quote]The US Post Office uses mules to carry mail and other items to the
    Havasupai Indians at the base of the Grand Canyon.

    [/quote]Mules are cheaper to operate than helicopters.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 8, 2014
    Sunday, December 7, 1941 "A day of infamy"
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    DesertRat
    DesertRat
    Dec 8, 2014
    [quote]Sunday, December 7, 1941 "A day of infamy"
    [/quote]FDR referred to December 7th, 1941 as "a date which will live in infamy" and not a day of infamy.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 8, 2014
    Yes he said, "a date which will live in infamy" but the speech itself has always been called "Day OF Infamy speech". I remember it well. I was 14 at the time. The brother of the girl sitting behind me in home room was stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. it was weeks before she found out he was not injured. 1944 at age 17 I joined the service. March 24,1947 I arrived at Pearl Harbor. The area was still a mess.
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 8, 2014
    Of all the words in the English language, the wordsethas the most definitions.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 8, 2014
    Totaling nearly three million acres, San Bernardino County, California is the largest county in the entire United States.
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 8, 2014
    Kalawao County, Hawaii, is the smallest county (11.99 sq. miles) in the United States
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    DesertRat
    DesertRat
    Dec 8, 2014
    In the story of the Garden of Eden in the Bible, an apple is never mentioned as the forbidden fruit.
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 8, 2014
    More than 2,500 varieties of apples are grown in the United States, but only the crabapple is native to North America.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 8, 2014
    An average American will spend an average of 6 months during his lifetime waiting at red lights.
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    Lakeman221
    Lakeman221
    Dec 9, 2014
    You can't post anything on the internet that isn't true.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 9, 2014
    [quote]You can't post anything on the internet that isn't true.
    [/quote]You just did!
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 9, 2014
    The first vending machine to sell live crabs debuted in 2010 in a subway station near Nanjing.The machine sells an average of 200 live crabs a day—with prices ranging from 15 to 50 yuan (about $2-7 depending on size). A sign next to the machine guarantees each crab will come out alive, offering compensation of three live crabs for every dead one that pops out.
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 9, 2014
    Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein was a based on a dream that she had.
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    ManOfWicklow
    ManOfWicklowOriginal Poster
    Dec 9, 2014
    Drug withdrawal can cause more intense dreams. People who also quit alcohol and smoking experience heavier dreams and nightmares .
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    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Tom === Thomas S. Tierney
    Dec 9, 2014
    Lincoln faces to the right on pennies - the only president on a coin to do so.
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