Did you know...?

[Fire Opal]

Did you know that the cougar and the jaguar are the only big cats native to the United States?

[SomebodyDude]

[Just ta let you know, Your supossed to post whether you knew the last facts or not before you post a knew fact...]

I accually knew that one for once...

Did you know...


The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows!

[Marlee]

No...

Did you know

The Fourth of July is not idependence day, it is really July 2nd? The fourth is when they signed the delclaration of indepenence, we really gained our freedom on July 2nd.

[Vitani]

Yup...They create absolute havoc at the ski fields...


Did you know...

That New Zealand is the only country in the world to have both an alpine and a nocturnal parrot species? (Keas live in the mountains, and the Kakapo is nocturnal)



(btw...Its not a rule to say wether or not you knew the fact, but I think its fun to)

(err...also....if you guys could try to stay with taking something from the fact above yours, that'd be awesome....That way it will become a never-ending chain....again, not a hard and fast rule but I'd love to see where we end up.....I mean so far we started with a fact about a Russian peasant....And within 2 pages we are now talking about New Zealand parrots. Cool, eh?)

[Fire Opal]

Yeah, I been tryin', Vitani.

Did you know that bats are New Zealand's only native non-marine mammals?

[Vitani]

Whoops...Double post by myself and Marlee!

Nope, didn't know your fact Marls...But yup, did know yours Fire (be pretty bad if I didn't, since I'm a Kiwi lol!)

In interest of fairness...I'm taking something from both of the facts before mine...



Did you know....


Only two types of mammals are native to Hawaii: the hoary bat and the monk seal?

[Fire Opal]

Got this from Wikipedia...

Did you know that in areas where male Monk Seals outnumber females, several males may compete for a single female, known as mobbing, often accidentally killing the female.

So sad.

[Vitani]

I did...And its tragic. Happens with other seals too, in different ways...A male elephant seal is sometimes so heavy, he crushes his female partner. Pups also sometimes get crushed to death during the pursuit (this isin't my fact lol, just...yeah) Makes me sad


Did you know...

Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously - it can kill you?

[wolfgirl159357]

That i knew did you know that Ginger is a root?

[Vitani]

Yup. I didn't know about the nutmeg though...Scary!

Did you know...

That ginger ale began in English pubs? There would be a shaker of dry ginger powder on the tables, which was used to make the beer, ale, etc have better flavour?

[Fire Opal]

Did you know that the first soda pop trademark was issued for "Lemon's Superior Sparkling Ginger Ale" in 1871?

[barbaro800]

Did you know that in 1767, the first drinkable, man made glass of carbonated water was created?

[Vitani]

I didn't know either of those...That was so long ago, its crazy!


Did you know...

That in 1767, to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea?

[wolfgirl159357]

learned that in civics last year


Didi you know that in 1906 Cabury Adams created the worlds first gum out of rubber, and they are called Chiclets, which we still have here

[barbaro800]

eww rubber? i thought they used tree bark

Did you know that the worlds biggest bubble blown with bubble gum was almost 60 cm wide?