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Things HURRICANES Have Sent FLYING!

November 12th 2008 09:47
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Hurricanes are unpredictable at the best of times, but who could have predicted these strange occurrences!

During one hurricane in the USA, witnesses noticed as a row of birds sitting on a branch had all their feathers blown off!

A young baby was found miles away from his home without a scratch on him.

In Iowa during 1962 a cow flew a full kilometre (about a half mile) during a tornado.

In the UK in 1703, a cow was discovered still alive in the uppermost branches of a tall tree. How you get a cow out of a tall tree I don't know!

In 1947 a multitude of fish were sent whipping along to land finally on a town in Louisiana - one witness included a wildlife biologist.

During an 1899 F4 tornado in Missouri, "three people, Miss Moorehouse, Mrs. Webster, and her son were caught up in the storm and carried nearly one-quarter mile. They were let down so gently that none of the three was seriously injured. Moorehouse described her incredible flight: 'I was conscious all the time I was flying through the air, and it seemed a long time. I seemed to be lifted up and whirled round and round, going up to a great height, at one time far above the church steeples, and seemed to be carried a long distance... As I was going through the air being whirled about at the sport of the storm, I saw a horse soaring and rotating about with me. It was a white horse and had a harness on. By the way it kicked and struggled as it was hurled about I knew it was alive. I prayed God that the horse might not come in contact with me, and it did not. I was mercifully landed upon the Earth unharmed, saved by a miracle."
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Would You Bet On This Hand???

August 10th 2008 16:20
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During 1858, a man named Robert Fallon who was out playing poker was shot dead by other members of the table who believed his current winnings of $600 had been attained by cheating.

Because none of the other players considered the $600 pot to be lucky, Fallon's seat remained empty. However they were able to fill it at the eleventh hour with a new player and the game played on.

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EYELID TWITCHING!!!

February 1st 2008 22:45
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Who else here is a card carrying member of the Eye Twitch Club???

I'm sure there are quite a few of us out there. you wake up in the morning, and everything seems normal, but then one of your eyelids decides to branch out on it's own, despite any central commands from the brain.

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A Coincidental Life!

July 24th 2007 00:45
We’ve all heard amazing stories of coincidence involving identical twins separated at birth, but some, like this example, really do make you wonder.

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Two twin boys were born in Ohio, adopted by different families and completely unknown to each other, were both named James.

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The Most Unlikely Dog Mating!

April 21st 2007 00:25
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Now that's what I call a Hot-Dog!

The most unlikely dog mating on record seems just a little more than hard to believe, but in 1972 over in the south of Wales, a male Dachshund, commonly known as a Hotdog, managed to creep up on a sleeping Great Dane!
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London's Strange Lost Property

April 3rd 2007 00:25
Some strange things can be found in the lost property office of London Transport. Here is just a small selection.
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* Breast implants.

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AMAZING Word Scrambles!!!

March 3rd 2007 02:20
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I was sent this one by email the other day and thought it was good enough to post and share!

You all know how word scrambles work - you take a word, re-arrange the letters to come up with another word.

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