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Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 21:41 on 12th January 2009 Okay, maybe this thread is better than the Words within a Word thread! LOL! Ketchup was first sold in the 1880's as a medicine! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 21:49 on 12th January 2009 An ostrich can't walk backwards. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 21:52 on 12th January 2009 On 12th January 2009 21:41, Diana Sinclair wrote: Okay, maybe this thread is better than the Words within a Word thread! LOL! Ketchup was first sold in the 1880's as a medicine! Presumably to people who thought they'd had their chips? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 21:53 on 12th January 2009 Our brains are more active when we are sleeping than when we watch TV. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 21:55 on 12th January 2009 LOL @ Paul! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 21:57 on 12th January 2009 While you've been reading the words in this sentence, your eyes have been focusing on the letters at a rate of 100 times per second. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 22:02 on 12th January 2009 When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 22:07 on 12th January 2009 Hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards and vertically; it's wing beat can run to 80 flaps per second ( depending on species), and it's heart rate can go as high as 1260 beats per minute. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Bob T Posts: 934 Joined: 8th Jan 2009 Location: USA	quotePosted at 00:00 on 13th January 2009 Hummingbirds hum because they don't know the words. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Bob T Posts: 934 Joined: 8th Jan 2009 Location: USA	quotePosted at 00:17 on 13th January 2009 Light bulbs don't really "light up" the room, they suck all the dark out of it. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions