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מציג פוסטים מתאריך אוקטובר, 2013

Did you know these facts ? a collection of trivia for a trivial day...

A collection of facts and trivialities that did not mold into a cohesive post and turned out to be a collection of.... There are some places with a really short name , and  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch   is actually the name of a real place ! even more astounding, there are some very long words in the English language  (but other languages are here too  and lets not forget modern gems as well)... I've ran into some really worthwhile at " the straight dope " (which has been fighting stupidity since 1973, and still does it!):   thrown into outer space without a suit, we would most probably not explode (don't worry, we die all the same) firefighters did use nets to save people in the past  and they are still willing to assist a stray cat get down from a tree ... the jury is still out on the question whether cow-tipping is possible . Well, at least we have a documented proof of tractor tipping ... (and while we talk about cows, you