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When masses of butterflies gather along the shoreline of a lake, it's called "puddling".
This is a discussion on Trivia Thread within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Simple rules: One item of trivia per poster. Keep it clean. When masses of butterflies gather along the shoreline of a lake, it's called "puddling"....
Simple rules:
One item of trivia per poster.
Keep it clean.
When masses of butterflies gather along the shoreline of a lake, it's called "puddling".
When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier.
Rudyard Kipling
Terry
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A group of crows is called a murder.
"Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must." - The Duke of Wellington
A group of domestic cats is called a clowder or a clutter
Noli nothis permittere te terere
Lord, Grant me a good sword and no need to use it.
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Geostationary orbit is 22,235 miles above the equator.
CRIME..... LAW DEFINES, POLICE ENFORCE, CITIZENS PREVENT!
FOUR BOXES KEEP US FREE: [1] SOAP [2] BALLOT [3] JURY [4] AMMO!
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An albatross can sleep while it flies!!
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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.
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there are 119 ridges (called reeds) on a quarter
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Once a human reaches the age of 35, he/she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. The cells will never be replaced.
“Put your pain in a box. Lock it down. No man is stronger than one who can harness his emotions.” -Act of Valor
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The reason for the "ridges or reeds" on coins comes from when coins were actually made out of gold or silver. People would shave off the edges, and the ridges were to prevent this from happening.
Better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.
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Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
"Don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep." - Theodore Roosevelt
If you are not willing to stand behind our Troops, feel free to stand in front of them!
-Paco
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On average, Americans swallow 3 spiders a year in their sleep...YUCK!!
...Brian
In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. (to bad ours isn't limited this way.....)
Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.-Seneca
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. If I have a gun, what do I have to be paranoid about?" -Clint Smith
"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it." -Jeff Cooper
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No more than five women are allowed to gather in one place.
~BORAT
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All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill
CRIME..... LAW DEFINES, POLICE ENFORCE, CITIZENS PREVENT!
FOUR BOXES KEEP US FREE: [1] SOAP [2] BALLOT [3] JURY [4] AMMO!
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hollowpoints are also known as dum dum bullets as they were originaly produced for the brittish military at the dum-dum arsenal in india.
"Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result."
-Winston Churchill
Every well-bred petty crook knows: the small concealable weapons always go to the far left of the place setting.
-Inara, firefly
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