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Name an interesting fact you found out during the quarantine

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  1. deb4rockets

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    Speaking of super nozzles brings up a reminder of another story on the same subject. We heard someone had the bright idea at our neighboring base in Corpus to get one of the guys in a firetruck on the ramp to spray their tower windows. The force of that hose shattered a window on the control tower, and luckily nobody was seriously hurt.
     
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    I have come to appreciate even more the song penned by David Bowie and performed by Queen and Bowie himself, Under Pressure. I sometimes feel under a great deal of pressure, being penned in our house and yard by a malevolent force that surpasses all understanding. A force responded to with failed leadership in far too many countries, including our own.

     
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    All the ants on earth weigh as much as all the humans.

    I kind of knew this to a certain extent, but 1/200 men on Earth are direct descendants of Ghengis Khan... dude.
     
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    Interesting.
     
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    There is a clever insect from Russia spying on us.

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    A cagey bee
     
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    Gee! Are you?
     
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    Chris Cuomo is not Andrew's son.
     
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    Green Haribo (standard) Gummy Bears are Strawberry-flavored.

    Less interesting, but still surprising: reds are raspberry.

    None of you knew either of these. Nobody does. Feel free to tip me when you make thousands in bar bets off of these.
     
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    I actually did. I tested all my family members and a ton of customers and not one person got it right. Most said apple.
     
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    getting the green/red parlay correct without knowing is a zillion to 1. it's fun seeing how many guesses it takes for somebody to guess strawberry.
     
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    What’s up with the meat?
     
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    That underneath the Astrodome, some trickster buried a bowl of gumbo when it was built. The whole thing built on gumbo. Seriously.
     
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    No, they are brothers and their father is ex NY Governor Mario Cuomo
     
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    It's a Mario?
     
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    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    How many Facebook friends I have that are idiots
     
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    Aside from the obvious, that we got the Coronavirus from eating meat (bats), it’s flat out bad for you. Humans don’t need it to live. Almost every major virus we’ve seen for a century has mutated and crossed over from animals and has come from eating meat. And I’m not talking about exotic meat, either.



    Some info on how unhealthy it is:

    https://www.bustle.com/articles/137865-8-reasons-meat-is-bad-for-you-yes-even-chicken
     
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    articles telling you how healthy it is are equally easy to find.
     

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