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The Catholic church, in its infallible omniscient wisdom decided a few centuries ago that a beaver was a fish. So it can be eaten on days where meat would otherwise be prohibited.

That's not very interesting, but the jokes which can be made from it are. Fact.
 

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A man's beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex. Fact

In india it is cheaper to have sex with a prostitue than buy a condom. Fact
 
Contrary to popular belief, lightning travels upwards from the earth.

Correct from a certain point of view, but actually it's mutual. There are different types of lightning, but in a typical generic ground "strike" the positively charged cloud initiates it. The negatively charged ground sends up a return stroke and then electricity is exchanged rapidly back and forth. It is true though that the "flash" travels from negative to positive whether from ground to cloud or cloud to cloud.

The best way to think of it though is as one singular event with the cloud, ground and lightning channel being in actuality one enclosed system. So the lightning doesn't really "go" anywhere. It simply comes into existence then ceases.

I am always first and foremost a scientist.
 
Correct from a certain point of view, but actually it's mutual. There are different types of lightning, but in a typical generic ground "strike" the positively charged cloud initiates it. The negatively charged ground sends up a return stroke and then electricity is exchanged rapidly back and forth. It is true though that the "flash" travels from negative to positive whether from ground to cloud or cloud to cloud.

The best way to think of it though as one singular event with the cloud, ground and lightning channel being in actuality one enclosed system. So the lightning doesn't really "go" anywhere. It simply comes into existence then ceases.

I am always first and foremost a scientist.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed m8
 

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The Paomnnehal Pweor Of The Hmuan Mnid.
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch as Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
 

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