I had an experience with a beeswarm recently. After realizing they were partly killer bees, professionals were called in. Then things got ugly. Real ugly. And I realized this isn't random, but it is factual.
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I had an experience with a beeswarm recently. After realizing they were partly killer bees, professionals were called in. Then things got ugly. Real ugly. And I realized this isn't random, but it is factual.
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Also, bees hurt when they sting you.
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You hurt when bees sting you.
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FedEx planes have anti-missile countermeasures and are the only commercial planes to currently carry them.
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In one particular country, I fear the flight crews and airport security people a great deal more than I fear any (other) terrorist.
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There are more people on Facebook today, than there were people on Earth 200 years ago.
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The law is similar in Denmark and is one of the oldest laws still in effect, it was already there in Jyske Lov from 1241.Originally Posted by Quadrazar
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Reductionist and proud of it.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. Clarence Darrow
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain
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Statistics show a sharp drop in teenage pregnancies once people turn 20.
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Reductionist and proud of it.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. Clarence Darrow
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain
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Random Fact I: The uniform distribution is not the only probability distribution.
Random Fact II: Random Fact I is not widely understood at BAUT.
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Rules of Procedure of the Pirate Party in Germany state that, when discussion gets heated, in order to cool things down any Pirate Party member can request "pony time" where all members present take time out to watch an episode of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."
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I had initially assumed that the previous post was destined for the untrue facts thread, and was placed here by mistake. After a bit of Google work, I am not so sure.
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Well it is remarkably calming...
What?
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The transit of Venus will be visible at dawn.
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The transit of Venus will be visible at sunset.
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The fact contained in this post is untrue.
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Neither 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds', 'Puff the Magic Dragon' or 'Horse With no Name' are songs about drugs.
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Five trillion days is about 13,689,546,325 years which is the approximate age of the universe.
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If Wayne Gretzky had never scored a a single goal in his NHL career, he would still be the all time points leader with assists only.
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Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day, February 12, 1809.
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The pretty tomcat who roams this neighborhood was just in our backyard. I rounded a corner, and there he goes for the rock-wall fence -- with a little lizard in his mouth.
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Roughly double the number of people died making the Nazi V-2 rocket as died from its attacks.
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Michelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman died on the same day
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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According to a Reuters poll, eight percent of the world's population do not expect to survive December 21, 2012
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Bill Clinton sent a whooping two e-mails during his time as President
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370,261 is the lowest prime number to be followed by at least 100 composite numbers. The next 111 integers after it are all composite.
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A small percentage of those eight percent are right.
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Generally, victims of impalement do not die from shock or blood loss, but from exposure to the elements.
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This reminds me of the joke:
What do Eric Clapton and Andrew Ridgeley have in common?
Neither of them have ever played guitar on a Wham! record.
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It would take 37,000 lemons to power a halogen lightbulb
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