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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/remittance-men
British parents used to send their sons abroad with a clause that they couldn't return. Who were the 'remittance men' and why were they sent away?
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/old-three-toes
These huge footprints left Florida residents bewildered for decades. But was it really a giant penguin?
EDIT: Maybe try reading it before giving it an immediate thumb down. 🙂
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/second-substance
After water, what is the most-used substance in the world? It's everywhere
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/princess-margriet
This is the only princess to be born in North America. Can you guess who she is?
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-VR
Linkenheim
Joined 22 Apr '05 Moves 655949 @very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/princess-margriet
This is the only princess to be born in North America. Can you guess who she is?
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-VRpocahontas?
This will very much depend on how you define "princess"
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 @ponderable said
pocahontas?
This will very much depend on how you define "princess"I don't know what you were reading but the story was about princess-margriet.
-VR
Joined 18 Jan '07 Moves 12466 @ponderable said
pocahontas?
This will very much depend on how you define "princess"No, it won't; and his "mystery" is very trivial.
(It's also due to your own country, so tread carefully...)
Joined 18 Jan '07 Moves 12466 @very-rusty said
princess-margrietNo.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 @shallow-blue said
No, it won't; and his "mystery" is very trivial.
(It's also due to your own country, so tread carefully...)OR....I'll be charged with treason? 😛 🙂..........LOL.....
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/ludger-sylbaris
In 1902, this man was the survivor of a tragedy that killed 30,000. Who was the "man who lived through Doomsday"?
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/mice-statue-london
London's smallest statue is so tiny most people don't even see it. It commemorates a local cheese-themed tragedy
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/beefsteak-dog
In 1908, a French dog became a hero for saving multiple children from drowning. But all was not as it seemed.
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/leonarda-soapmaker
The Italian mama who took things a bit too far. You certainly wouldn't have wanted to use one of her soaps... or eat a tea cake
-VR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Joined 04 Oct '06 Moves 598974 https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/first-dinosaur-bone
his is the first published illustration of a dinosaur bone. The illustrator thought it was something else...
-VR
Joined 28 Nov '21 Moves 4443 @very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/second-substance
After water, what is the most-used substance in the world? It's everywhere
-VRNitrogen?
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