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Rhino horn is ivory like elephant tusk. Fingernails are keratin, so is whale baleen, or "whalebone", as it's called, I dunno what hair are

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No, but 2 + 2 may equal a number greater than 4, for very large values of "2"!
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Uh...no, the fur isn't black. It 's transparent like I stated previously, their skin is black tho. So much for paying attention.:eek:

A new one, last year alone there were enough bullets produced to kill every human on earth with two of them.

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If two of them would kill every human on earth, why do you need so many?

There are enough shotgun shells at Wal*Mart to kill every one in Elk City.

David

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It's just a fact not a reason[sm=bananahead.gif]
For some reason I recall hearing that Kmart quit selling ammo after Columbine due to that was where most of the ammo was rumored to be aquired from. (this is not a fact only unsubstantiated understanding);)

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On that same note our local Wal*Mart is going to quit selling guns. They quit handguns years ago. Now I hear rifles,shot guns and black powder are next. I have not heard about the ammo but it would not suprize me. I also heard the tire shop is going. Now that they have run 75% of the other tire shops out of business. Ain't free enterprise great.

Back to useless facts: If you are on the salt flats and you shoot a 50 cal with the barrel level 3' off the ground and drop a baseball from 3' at the same time. Which one hits the ground first. This is to easy I'll bet.

David

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Actually, dave, several factors need to be considered to answer this question. However, assuming that the distance BETWEEN the ground and the two respective objects is the same and you're not referring to the center of each item (in which case the baseball would most DEFINITELY be the first to hit the ground) then, assuming there is no wind resistance, the baseball would hit the ground first.


I know, I know, you're going to say that they'll both hit the ground at the same time, or to elucidate, at the EXACT same time; however, you have neglected to take into consideration that even thought they are called the salt 'flats', they are not, in fact, flat. Indeed they follow the curvature of the earth. So as the bullet travels further sideways, it actually has farther to fall (in the y-axis) as the earth 'falls away' below it. In addition, one must use the 'e' of an elliptical path, and not the overly simplistic y = mx^2 + b, or even the closer "∏" of a circular path, as gravity is not pulling down in a straight, flat line, but it is actually (from the appearance of the bullet) changing direction as the force maintains it's direct line to the center of the earth.

Adding in the 'e', of course, alludes to the fact that the path is actually a catenary (the same shape that a power line, or a rope hung between 2 poles, assumes), and you will most certainly see that, most certainly, the two items DO NOT hit at the same time. If they did, then satellites would fall out of the sky.

I agree, though, it is too easy!

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I liked your other post better.

So, do you choose Isaiah 40:31 because of the refrence to eagles or it's refrence to LORD?

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actually Isaiah 40:31 I was going to say the same thing you did after some idiot said the same time.

BTW if I have a really strong telescope can I go to the flats hold it level and see the back of my head?

David

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Ha! Which post? I was tired when writing the last one!



Actually, Vicman, it's both! But, being aviation minded, this verse has a special place with me for it's suitably to my interests.

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no

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Yes, but you would need a couple of mirrors as well. :)

Or a photograph of the back of your head. :):) Or a video camera with.... I shut up now. :D

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I hope he was planning on telling the universe pie was changing, or was he only talking about the US??

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He is not the designated spokesman for North America. There are way too many opinions over here.;)

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there are 216 noodles in a can of cambles noodle soup

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yah dat rite!:D

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Hahaha prolly only us here in the US. You just gotta love some of our Senators. They have the IQ of a freaking Jelly bean. lol

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Jelly beans have IQs!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I am never eating candy again EVER

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Some of us have waaayyyyy too much time on our hands.But with the subject being what it is,my turn. How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didnt grow in them? How close to the ceiling does a fly get before it flips upside down and lands?

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Cats are mentioned in the Bible if you use the Anglican or Catholic version with the apochryphal books. Cats are mentioned several times in the Book of Ecclesiasticus also known as The Wisdom of Sirach.

The important relgious fact about cats is that they were worshipped as gods in ancient Egypt. We need to remember this because they have never forgotten.

Tom

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richardcatdaddy,

Could it be 1 km deep? Fly's don't need to go close and flip
they just don't know which way is up or down.

A train traveling near the a speed of light enters a tunnel, which is longer the train or the tunnel?

Patrick C.

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What did I say about cats?

The Egyptians also worshipped frogs and used poo for medicine. [X(]

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Yes. [sm=spinnyeyes.gif][sm=lol.gif]


How high is UP, and what do you find when you get there?;)

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if youre travelling at the speed of sound and you drop a fart, would you smell it before you heard it?

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Forrest225

I noticed in your signature that although you've been reading at the college level since fourth grade, you still don't spell too well.:D

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At 13 I read a college girl using the brail method. It didn't make me any smarter I just like telling it.

Now that I think about it..........I used the pinch method and now I am a thumb flyer. What went wrong?

David

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Dave, it took me a minute to understand what you said there.[sm=tongue_smile.gif]

I would go back and check for spelling errors too.:D

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I don't need to check my spelling. I know some of it is wrong. You should have gleened from what I said above I was not the best student. Other things took most of my time.:D

David

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I'm sure there were a few of those words in braile that took a while to master.[sm=wink_smile.gif]

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You won't find the word "gullible" in the dictionary.

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Jon,
That is not only useless, it's wrong.:eek:

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You know the point of that joke is to get some gullible person to go check, right? :)

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Hey Forrest,

"I am smarter tham you!"

Check your spelling.;)

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I still have not mastered the braile when it comes to college girls. Oh well, practice makes perfect.:D:D

David

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Yeah I would need a ton of time to get good at that brail. But yeah as said practice makes perfect. :D

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no body is ever good at it;) but practice makes perfect

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A few useless facts confirmed by the Mythbusters.
You can sneeze with your eyes open without your eyeball popping out. Of course you have to manually hold your eyelid up.

You will get wetter running through the rain than you will walking through it.

If the piece of paper is big enough you can fold it in half 10 times.

David

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My favorite of all time is the hot water heater episode! That was crazy!
My son and I love to watch that and Dirty Jobs. The new Smash Lab is pretty lame. They do some neat experiments but spend too much time on cameos and drama.

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Those Myth Buster guys have the life. Did you see them driving the Olds over a dirt ramp? That radio they used looked like a 14MZ.

David

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Sorry, Im a ham... Ham came from a magazine called Home Amateur Mechanic many years ago, back in the days when they used a spark gap transmitter to send CW (continious wave).