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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 23, 2015 5:53:45 GMT
What reasons does the Constitution give for impeaching a president?
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. The Constitution, Article I, Section 3:
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Post by marcus on Sept 23, 2015 17:17:08 GMT
Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 24, 2015 6:06:20 GMT
Is a tortoise a turtle?
They are all reptiles and they all have shells but the basic difference between them is turtles live in water, tortoises live on land and terrapins are a bit of both, but there's more to it than that.
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Post by marcus on Sept 24, 2015 15:52:29 GMT
Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 25, 2015 5:19:53 GMT
Do all birds have knees?
Yes, birds have knees (they're often under the feathers and not easily visible), and they bend the same way our knees bend. The part of a bird's legs that bends backwards when it walks is the ankle.
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Post by marcus on Sept 25, 2015 15:23:26 GMT
There is a hotel in Sweden built entirely out of ice; it is rebuilt every year.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 26, 2015 5:42:42 GMT
What type of tea is good for nausea?
Without a doubt, ginger is the best stomach woe cure. Taken in any form, it will relieve nausea. Try ginger tea, gingerbread, or gingersnaps. If you're traveling, take along ginger sticks or crystallized ginger instead of travel sickness pills or patches.
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Post by marcus on Sept 27, 2015 16:22:49 GMT
The blue whale, the largest animal to have ever existed, is 96 feet long and weights 125 tons. This is as much as 4 large dinosaurs (Brontosauri), 23 elephants, 230 cows or 1800 men.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 28, 2015 6:02:58 GMT
What animals can not walk backwards?
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards...
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Post by marcus on Sept 28, 2015 14:52:39 GMT
A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 29, 2015 6:00:21 GMT
What other planets have volcanic activity?
Extraterrestrial Volcanoes - Mercury, Venus, Earth's Moon, Mars, Io, Saturn. Volcanism has played a major part in shaping not only planet Earth, but other places in our universe. Though other planets show signs of volcanic eruptions, most seemed to have erupted in the distant past and are inactive now.
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Post by marcus on Sept 29, 2015 15:10:53 GMT
A flamingo can eat only when its head is upside down.
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Post by Lynnrose on Sept 30, 2015 5:34:45 GMT
Why are oranges called oranges?
It was named for it color. Actually, use of the word 'orange' to describe a cross between red and yellow wasn't recorded until three hundred years after the fruit appeared in Europe. It's thought that oranges get their name from the Sanskrit word for fragrant – naranja.
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Post by marcus on Sept 30, 2015 13:08:10 GMT
There is only one insect that can turn its head — the praying mantis.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 1, 2015 6:42:52 GMT
What does bald faced lie mean?
A barefaced (or bald-faced) lie is one that is obviously a lie to those hearing it. The phrase comes from 17th-century British usage referring to those without facial hair as being seen as acting in an unconcealed or open way.
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Post by marcus on Oct 2, 2015 16:05:33 GMT
The three ellipses seen in the logo for Toyota represent three hearts: the heart of the customer, the heart of the product, and the heart of progress in the field of technology
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 3, 2015 8:04:26 GMT
What year was Romeo and Juliet set?  Well, we don't really know for certain when "Romeo and Juliet" is set, or when it was written either. Scholars currently think that the play might plausibly be dated to 1595. We know too that it can't be any later than 1596, or any earlier than 1591. |
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Post by marcus on Oct 3, 2015 17:12:10 GMT
If you eat a polar bear liver, you will die. Humans can’t handle that much vitamin A.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 4, 2015 6:29:22 GMT
Is the crack of a whip a sonic boom?
The cracking sound a bullwhip makes when properly wielded is, in fact, a small sonic boom. The end of the whip, known as the "cracker", moves faster than the speed of sound, thus creating a sonic boom. The whip is probably the first human invention to break the sound barrier.
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Post by marcus on Oct 4, 2015 17:19:01 GMT
The first man to urinate on the moon was Buzz Aldrin, shortly after stepping onto the lunar surface.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 4, 2015 17:29:55 GMT
When was the first Disney movie made?
In 1937, the Walt Disney Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and pioneered a new form of family entertainment.
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Post by marcus on Oct 5, 2015 11:18:01 GMT
The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia!
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 5, 2015 14:42:47 GMT
Why are barns painted red?
Hundreds of years ago, many farmers would seal their barns with linseed oil, which is an orange-colored oil derived from the seeds of the flax plant. To this oil, they would add a variety of things, most often milk and lime, but also ferrous oxide, or rust.
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Post by marcus on Oct 9, 2015 12:50:07 GMT
A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 9, 2015 13:19:44 GMT
Where do the Eskimos come from?
Two main groups have historically been referred to as Eskimos by outsiders: the Yupik and Inuit. A third group, the Aleut, is closely related. The two main peoples known as "Eskimo" are the Inuit of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland and the Yupik of Central Alaska and Siberia.
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Post by marcus on Oct 10, 2015 18:46:20 GMT
Coca-cola was originally green
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 11, 2015 4:35:14 GMT
When did US receive Statue of Liberty?
The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885, as a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States. Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World measures 151 feet high and has come to symbolize freedom and democracy nationwide.
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Post by marcus on Oct 11, 2015 11:25:15 GMT
Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”
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Post by buzzy on Oct 11, 2015 12:38:44 GMT
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
Correctly - it should be 'Different FROM'
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Post by marcus on Oct 12, 2015 14:36:29 GMT
The word “typewriter” is the longest word in the English Language that can be spelled with the the top of the keyboard.
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