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Title: Did you know? - useless facts
Post by: Fleecewife on June 19, 2015, 05:05:48 pm

Did you know that kangaroos are left handed?  :thinking:
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Post by: SallyintNorth on June 19, 2015, 05:08:05 pm
I didn't know they could write!  Boom boom
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Post by: Rosemary on June 19, 2015, 05:36:21 pm

Did you know that kangaroos are left handed?  :thinking:

That's because they are antipodean. It's like the water going in reverse down the plughole ;D
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Post by: Q on June 19, 2015, 05:42:30 pm
Never even knew they had hands !
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Post by: Treud na Mara on June 19, 2015, 06:22:13 pm
Southpaws ?
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Post by: Dan on June 19, 2015, 06:24:24 pm
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Post by: fiestyredhead331 on June 19, 2015, 08:17:04 pm
did you know hippopotaus milk is bright pink!
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Post by: devonlady on June 19, 2015, 08:25:02 pm

Did you know that kangaroos are left handed?  :thinking:

That's because they are antipodean. It's like the water going in reverse down the plughole ;D

Aha!! It doesn't, I tried when I was in Australia, it goes down the same way!!
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Post by: verdifish on June 19, 2015, 08:44:54 pm
Did you know a farrier must hang horseshoes upside down ,ie the open end facing downwards ! But why ???
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Post by: Fleecewife on June 19, 2015, 09:13:28 pm
Because they'd fall off the hook otherwise.
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Post by: verdifish on June 19, 2015, 10:01:15 pm
Because they'd fall off the hook otherwise.
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More superstition than practicality!]
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Post by: Fleecewife on June 19, 2015, 10:03:51 pm

Did you know that kangaroos are left handed?  :thinking:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33169547 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33169547)   :roflanim: :roflanim: :roflanim: :eyelashes:
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Post by: shygirl on June 19, 2015, 10:06:33 pm
and that hippos cant swim.
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Post by: devonlad on June 20, 2015, 07:39:47 am
Did you know that for every human in the world there are 1 million ants
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Post by: Bionic on June 20, 2015, 08:57:32 am
Did you know that for every human in the world there are 1 million ants
Thats making me itch  :roflanim:
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Post by: Bex on June 20, 2015, 02:29:44 pm
Did you know that if you shave a Tiger, it's still stripey?

 :cat:

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Post by: devonlady on June 20, 2015, 03:09:41 pm
Did you know that if you shave a Tiger, it's still stripey?

 :cat:

 :roflanim: :roflanim:
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Post by: doganjo on June 20, 2015, 04:10:43 pm
Did you know that if you shave a Tiger, it's still stripey?

 :cat:
Why would you want to?  :thinking:
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Post by: Fleecewife on June 20, 2015, 04:21:34 pm
Did you know that if you shave a Tiger, it's still stripey?

 :cat:
Why would you want to?  :thinking:


To check how tame it is?  :innocent:
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Post by: pgkevet on June 20, 2015, 04:56:14 pm

Aha!! It doesn't, I tried when I was in Australia, it goes down the same way!!

I recall a research project showing that it's nothing to do with the side of the equator you're on ..it's te design of the plughole and plumbing.

Did you knw there's a species of Asian nettle in Timor that if stung by gves the signs of lockjaw for up to 10 days?

Did you know that crushed laurel leaves can be used in a butterfly kill jar to leave the dead butterfly flexible for pinning out?

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Post by: Fleecewife on June 20, 2015, 06:05:04 pm

Why would you want to kill a butterfly  :bfly: unless it's a cabbage white?  :garden:
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Post by: bloomer on June 20, 2015, 06:08:45 pm
Polar bears are also predominantly left handed..


Their fur is actually clear not white it just looks that way because there's so much of it...
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Post by: pgkevet on June 20, 2015, 09:22:01 pm

Why would you want to kill a butterfly  :bfly: unless it's a cabbage white?  :garden:

I wouldn't.. but there are collectors.
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Post by: DavidandCollette on June 20, 2015, 09:38:20 pm
What's the difference between a bison and a buffalo?  You can't wash your hands in a buffalo :roflanim:
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Post by: Fleecewife on June 20, 2015, 11:29:27 pm
Did you know that maggots are still used on humans to clean up dirty, sloughy wounds which don't respond to other treatments?  They also work on footrot in sheep  ;)