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Useless Factoids
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on August 18, 2007, 07:24:00 pm ---Exactly, David!
Aren't you an accountant?
L
--- End quote ---
Well, that's one word for it! :laugh:
Yes I am Leslie! :D
pettifogger:
Did you know A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out?
A crocodiles tongue is attached to the roof of its mouth. Also the scales of a crocodile are made of ceratin, the same substance that hooves and fingernails are made of.
pettifogger:
Did you know Almonds are a member of the peach family?
The fresh, greenish fruit of an almond (Prunus amygdalus) contains the familiar one-seeded endocarp (unshelled almond) that is commonly sold in supermarkets during the holiday season. Each hard-shelled endocarp contains a single seed.
A 'California' peach (Prunus persica), is composed of three distinct layers: An outer skin or exocarp , a fleshy middle layer or mesocarp , and a hard, woody layer (endocarp) surrounding the seed. The lower pit (removed from another peach) has been sectioned to show the thick, woody layer or endocarp surrounding a single seed .
pettifogger:
Did you know Butterflies taste with their feet?
A butterfly's feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in nectar, letting the butterfly know if something is good to eat or not. Some females also taste host plants (using organs on their legs) in order to find appropriate places to lay their eggs.
These receptors (called chemoreceptors) are nerve cells on the body's surface which react to certain chemicals. We have similar receptors in our nose and on our tongue.
pettifogger:
Did you know A dentist invented the Electric Chair?
In 1881 Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist and former steamboat engineer, sees elderly drunkard touch terminals of electrical generator in Buffalo, New York. He is amazed at how quickly and apparently painlessly the man is killed and describes episode to friend State Senator David McMillan. McMillan speaks to Governor David B. Hill. Hill asks state legislature to consider how modern day electricity might replace hanging.
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