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September 29th 2007 21:00
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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is supposed to be certified as kosher.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".

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Comment by Mr Nice Guy

September 29th 2007 23:53


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Ya know - I didn't have any idea until this week that you can lead a cow up stairs - but they can't walk down.

Why you'd want to do that I'm not sure - but probably about as interesting as knowing that a duck's quack doesn't echo and that a turtle can breath through its butt.

Hmmmm

Cheers

MNG


Comment by James Rickard

September 30th 2007 02:12


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Believe it or not, I DID know that about Israeli stamps. On the other hand, I didn't know Al Capone had business cards.

Comment by Michaelie

September 30th 2007 08:17


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I didn't even know that goldfish got pregnant let alone they were then called a twit! Don't they lay eggs to be fertilised like other fish?

Michaelie

Comment by Mrs M

September 30th 2007 14:43


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A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
I'd love to know who thought that was a good idea.

Love & stuff
Mrs M

Comment by Anonymous

October 1st 2007 14:29
That piece of trivia about the name for a pregnant goldfish is false. Goldfish don't get pregnant. I did some investigation into this as a fish expert friend had never heard it.

Comment by Anonymous

October 3rd 2007 00:51
I dont know about goldfish getting pregnan but i do know that there are some fish that give birth to live fish such as dalmation mollys as i have them in my own fish tank and have witnessed it myself. But i have heard that a preggers goldfish is called a twit. mmm maybe it means pregnant fish in general

Shanny

Comment by --[[Kayla]]--

October 3rd 2007 15:12
I breed fancy tailed guppies and they, too, give birth to live young.

But the males sometimes eat them..

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--[[Kayla]]--

Comment by Anonymous

October 4th 2007 18:58
i know someone who breeds fish and his fish get pregnant, with EGGS. the still get fat and pregnant then lay the eggs which the boy fish usually try to eat just like the coment above.

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November 12th 2007 11:11
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Comment by Mountain Fog

November 14th 2007 14:31


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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
gee.."anonymous" is sounding a little agitated today!

I checked this matter out, and the consensus is; after MANY have people deliberated, to and fro, from Britain, to America, to Australia, that it is an Aussie urban legend!

It is not known to professional fish breeders nor to vets. It is not widely used or known by the community at large and not recognized by the Macquarie Book of Slang, nor is it found in any other tome on slang.

Odd really...that a slang word has become an urban legend...now that is interesting!

Love the other facts, and MNG, the best information to have, while amongst cows, particularly bulls, is that, they can run up hill really fast, and not downhill!

So, you can always get away running downhill...does not make sense I know! Something to do with their front legs being shorter than their rear ones I think.

cheers

fog

Comment by Mountain Fog

November 14th 2007 14:42


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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
But...did you know this????


A group of goldfish is known as a troubling

fascinating how people come up with collective names for groups of animals...a murder of crows...a parliament of owls...

cheers

fog

Comment by MelissaA

November 14th 2007 17:01


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Very 'troubling' Mountain Fog.

Comment by mr truth

December 28th 2007 01:27
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.=
We are dealing with goldfish myths, a pregnant gold-fish isn't , has'nt and can't be called a twit. Goldfish don't get pregnant: They lay eggs that the male fertilises in the water.

In principle, there could be a wordfr a female fish with egg development - such as 'twit' , 'twat' or 'twerp' - but none is listed in any proper dictionary.

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