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Share your knowledge, CE. I'll start us off.

Hippos can't swim. They simply walk along the bottom. Elephants, though, are great swimmers.
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The fastest animal on Earth is the Peregrine Falcon. On a dive, it can reach speeds of up to 220 mph (~350 km/h).
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Humans did not evolve from apes, gorillas or chimps. We are all modern species that have followed different evolutionary paths, though humans share a common ancestor with some primates, such as the African ape. The timeline of human evolution is long and controversial, with significant gaps. We came from aliens.
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Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Manhattan project, quoted the Bhagavad Gita when the first successful test bomb detonated. He also quoted it again when Little Boy was dropped.
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You can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.
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LAX has a private terminal for the rich.
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James Watt, namesake of the unit of power Watt, actually first introduced the horsepower as a unit of power. The Watt was later named in his honor.
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DevsBro stabbed me
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Dogs are the only non-human animals that understand pointing.
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Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix because he said he didn't understand the movie. He made Wild Wild West instead.
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Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix because he said he didn't understand the movie. He made Wild Wild West instead.

Wow, imagine waking up every day, looking in the mirror and seeung a guy who turned down the lead role of The Matrix to make Wild Wild West.
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There is controversy as to whether Alexander Graham Bell or Elisha Gray invented the telephone. It eventually went to court and the court ruled in favor of Bell
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Wild Wild West gave us a cool song tho
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Nobody really cares a bout people besides those they can use, those they love, those who are family and those who are friends. Everyone else is expendable to them.
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Ivynn posted...

Wild Wild West gave us a cool song tho

Yeah but imagine how good a matrix song/music video would've been with a bunch of agent smiths dancing in the background
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BoyOfBattle posted...

You can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

I'm going to need citation or proof on this.
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DevsBro posted...

Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix because he said he didn't understand the movie. He made Wild Wild West instead.

Wow, imagine waking up every day, looking in the mirror and seeung a guy who turned down the lead role of The Matrix to make Wild Wild West.

I'm sure Will Smith is doing fine without making that movie.....lol
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BoyOfBattle posted...

You can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

But not from a windowless room.
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Laserion posted...

BoyOfBattle posted...

You can see the moon from the Great Wall of China.

But not from a windowless room.

Not a fact.
There could be a hole in the ceiling.
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Our star, the Sun, is probably brighter than 95 percent of the stars in the galaxy.
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