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Rosa Parks was not the first African American woman to refuse to give up her bus seat, though that first woman was Ms. Parks inspiration.
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Fran wrote:
Bighuey wrote:A gay bull? Thats a novelty.

In the early days of movie making, the actresses and actors wore black lipstick.
I thought so too but apparently it's not at all a novelty. I've heard lots of farmers & people who work with animals say they have often come across animals in all species who are apparently gay. As with humans I guess it's just Mother Nature's diversity.
Dolphins are neither.
They use sex as a way to bond within their pod and for fun.
Male or female, doesn't matter.
It's said that next to humans they're the only other species to use sex for anything other than procreation.
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The ancient Greeks made weapons of bronze that was so good it cant be duplicated to this day.
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Just read today about how anglerfish reproduce:

When the male anglerfish finds a female, the male bites into the body of the female and their tissues fuse. The male's body degenerates until it's a lump of tissue surrounding testicles. The female will then carry the male around for the rest of her life, and collect more along the way.

Now that's weird.
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The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
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The first Los Angeles water dept. employee was an Indian woman who carried water on her head.
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Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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Chimerism is cool...

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Very cool!

A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! Nutty! I wonder if it is the same guy?! :roll:
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If it is Id be for moving somewhere else real fast. :lol:

The country singer George Jones once went by the name of Thumper Jones for a budget record label that made cheap knock-offs of popular songs of the day. He was terrible trying to sound like famous singers like Hank Williams.
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:lol: Was the whole group called Thumper Jones and the Bambi Backups? :roll: :lol:

The can opener was invented 48 years after the can. Now that's just bad planning!
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Wouldnt be surprised. They were popular for a while but Bambi got older and his voice changed.

The original idea for using camels for transportation in the early west came from Jefferson Davis. No wonder the south lost the war.
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People with red hair only make up 2% of the world population...
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But the coolest 2%! ;)

When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time. Crazy!
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rssllue wrote:But the coolest 2%! ;)

When a massive power outage struck southern California in the 1990s, Los Angeles residents reportedly called 911 to express alarm about strange clouds hovering overhead; they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time. Crazy!
OMG!
That is awesome :lol:
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