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tfunk
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
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 Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject: Mildly interesting fact of the day. |
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From wikipedia:
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| Ba, bi, bu, be, bo Japanese used this syllabary group to detect Korean spies. Koreans would pronounce the syllables unvoiced, [pa, pi, pu, pe, po]. |
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shibboleths#Japanese_-_Korean |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| I was watching Discovery today at the gym, and a guy doing a story about piranha said that the Amazon has more fish species than the Atlantic Ocean. |
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curiousaboutkorea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| thank you, that was mildly interesting. |
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the ireland
Joined: 11 May 2008
Location: korea
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 3:36 am Post subject: |
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running shoes, even if they are selected for you after having a gait analysis done can stil cause blisters on your baby toe when you go for a run  |
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JDSengir
Joined: 07 Apr 2010
Location: wandering near Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
| I was watching Discovery today at the gym, and a guy doing a story about piranha said that the Amazon has more fish species than the Atlantic Ocean. |
whaaaat?!? |
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Seoulio
Joined: 02 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| flakfizer wrote: |
| I was watching Discovery today at the gym, and a guy doing a story about piranha said that the Amazon has more fish species than the Atlantic Ocean. |
lol, thats is funny for so many reasons,
what about the Pacific Ocean, or the Indian, oh wait, its the same bloody body of water. |
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Banana_Man
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Sharks are fish. |
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madtownhustl
Joined: 04 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| beavers were once the size of bears. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| madtownhustl wrote: |
| beavers were once the size of bears. |
They wouldn't be beavers then, would they now =P They'd go by a different name like... Beavermax.
Erm.. let's see *rubs chin* Bamboo plants can grow over 60cm in a single day due to some enzyme. Given the right soil, conditions etc. You can *hear* the growing. |
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English Matt
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| A sneeze can propel moisture droplets full of icky viruses more than 40 metres from the sneezer.......those moisture droplets can remain suspended in air for up to 1 hour. |
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murmanjake
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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A zonkey (also known as zebrass, zebronkey, zeass, zedonk, zeedonk, zeebadonk, zenkey, zebrinny, zebrula, donbra, donkra, donkza, African mule, ass-zebra, ass-zonkey, ass-zebronkey, ass-donkza, the common zenkey-ass, clive, and ass-clive) is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonkey |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Globutron wrote: |
They wouldn't be beavers then, would they now =P They'd go by a different name like... Beavermax.
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Sounds more like a cable channel. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
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| Seoulio wrote: |
| flakfizer wrote: |
| I was watching Discovery today at the gym, and a guy doing a story about piranha said that the Amazon has more fish species than the Atlantic Ocean. |
lol, thats is funny for so many reasons,
what about the Pacific Ocean, or the Indian, oh wait, its the same bloody body of water. |
http://www.wcupa.edu/aceer/amigos/cd/aquatic_organisms.htm
Found many sources on the web making the same claim. |
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