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I never saw a giraffe jump.

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Originally posted by Alcra
Do you know on what thread? Would be worth a read.
There was a piece of research done at Salford Uni the other year about it. Not too surprising with their results.


As for the others

#21 - this surely can't be right. As a pearl is calcium carbonate, it'd be an acid-base reaction, with the pearl chemically changed, not dissolved.

#35 - this seems wrong too. With lifespans getting longer all the time, must be very hard to come out with a conclusive figure for this

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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
53) 70% of people who read this far, tried to lick their elbow.
I didn't try it😀, I just want to read it all, and then try it out 😛😉

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Originally posted by Peakite
#21 - this surely can't be right. As a pearl is calcium carbonate, it'd be an acid-base reaction, with the pearl chemically changed, not dissolved.

Well, yes and no. The Calcium Carbonate is chemically changed into Water, Carbon Dioxide and Calcium Ethanoate. The Carbon dioxide "dissapears" as a gas, the water mixes again with the original vinegar solution and the calcium ethanoate is soluble in the vinegar, so to the casual observer the pearl would have dissolved.

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Originally posted by sonhouse
I never saw a giraffe jump.
Or a whale??? 🙄

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40) MILLIONTH comes close.

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Originally posted by jimslyp69
Or a whale??? 🙄
Apparently, sloths, hippopotami, sea cows(?) and various burrowing rodents can't either.


Evidence of a hippo's failed attempt to jump:

http://ewenbell.com/digital/werribee-zoo-residents/6047-hippopotamus.jpg

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Originally posted by Bowmann
40) MILLIONTH comes close.
'Crème de menthe' comes much closer.

48) "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Oh?

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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
'Crème de menthe' comes much closer.
As a word in the English language?

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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
Oh?
No.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
As a [b]word in the English language?[/b]
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary on my HD has this phrase.

By the way, 'millionth' rhymes with 'tenth'

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Originally posted by sonhouse
well the bit about the folded paper is wrong. A high school girl
just made 10 or 12 folds for sure, had a research project on it. Forget
her name, clearly one of the bright ones though.
Rubbish.

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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary on my HD has this phrase.

By the way, 'millionth' rhymes with 'tenth'
Mine's bigger than yours 😛

And it depends on your chosen definition of rhyme.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
And it depends on your chosen definition of rhyme.
BILL Bowmann is it?

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Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDER
'Crème de menthe' comes much closer.

48) "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Oh?
Good one!🙂

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