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IT FELL From The SKY! MEAT!!!

July 3rd 2008 10:15
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All sorts of strange and bizarre items have fallen from the sky in the past, but how would you feel if a lump of fresh meat landed in your lap?

In 1851 soldiers at a base out near San Francisco were practising drills when they were hit by blood and pieces of meat, from a cloudless sky.

North Carolina was also showered with blood, brains, pieces of meat and liver during the same year.

In 1876 a woman from Kentucky was in her garden when fresh meat began to shower her in snowflake like sizes from the again cloudless sky.
Two nearby men tasted it (why does that not surprise me!) and thought it tasted like either venison or mutton. Scientists later tested it to find it was a random selection of lung tissue and muscle fibres. The explanation given was that a flock of buzzards had most likely regurgitated the matter while flying overhead.


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UnRhymable Words

February 25th 2008 10:37
There are some words in the English language for which there is absolutely no rhyming counterpart. you might think that I'm talking about some obscure word in the dictionary like agathokakological. But no, I'm actually talking about common, every day, garden variety, words.

Try as you might, there is not a single word that rhymes with either:

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SQUIRRELLY Interesting Squirrel Facts!!

November 16th 2007 09:16
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Grey squirrels have been known to build nests in many unusual places, such as in cars, chimney's, barbecue grills and under porches rather than in the more cosy household attic.

A squirrel's brain is about the size of a walnut.
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BANANA PEELS - SLIPPERY Little Suckers!!

November 14th 2007 10:09
Banana peels - touted all over the world as being slippery little suckers. Old wives tale or just another cliche?

Up until now, that's pretty much what I had thought and that the most fun you could have with bananas (aside from any dirty-minded thoughts) was throwing old, rotten bananas into ceiling fans. Don't believe me on that one either.......well as it happens, an entire class in my high school was given detention many years ago for that one....

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CALLING ALL INSOMNIACS!!!

November 12th 2007 11:16
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To insomniacs one and all, you're not alone. Even some of the rich and famous have suffered throughout these tiring times, with a variety of interesting methods used to combat this sleep-deprived state.


1. W.C. Fields would sometimes stretch out in a barber's chair, complete with barbers towels to nod off.

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BEER For Your BEST FRIEND!

July 14th 2007 00:25
Here's the beer really designed for your best friend. However you may not be thinking of the same type of best friend as this beer company is. That's because this beer isn't designed for the friend of the 2-legged variety, but the 4-legged variety.

Kwispelbier - Beer for Dogs

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We all do it! There are those who will deny it, but even dead people fart!

Fifteen Flatulent Facts
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Fad DIETS - How Many Can You Name?

June 28th 2007 02:34
Many people are overly obsessed about losing weight and going on diets.
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, there are some people who genuinely do need help with losing some of those unwanted pounds, but with so many different diet types around that come and go at the same rate as fashion, it does make you wonder about what really works.

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Fond of fresh air? How would you like to live solely on it's substance? Try joining the Breatharian Club!

Fresh air
A Breatharian is someone whose diet, if you can call it that, involves eating and drinking in nothing but fresh air. No food is consumed as Breatharians claim that they are sustained by 'light energy/prana' alone.

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