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Did you know they have square watermelons in Japan? The cube shaped watermelons are easier to pack, stack and cut and are grown in glass cubes. Apparently they are pretty expensive? around 80$?
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Dec 14, 2010 11:40 AM - Miscellaneous - by Fruithead (man)

Did you know that poison “dart frogs” are called this way because the indigenous people of the amazon used their toxic secretions to poison the tip of their blowdarts. Poison dart frogs are extremely toxic, especially the golden poison dart frog. It is confirmed to have killed humans who touched the wild frog directly.
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Dec 21, 2010 02:33 PM - Animal-Kingdom - by JuaMvua (man)

Did you know that the bonobos apes are the only non-human animal to engage in face to face genital sex, tongue kissing and oral sex?
photograph by Frans de Waal

Have you ever heard about Julian Beever aka 'Pavement Picasso'? He's an English artist that draws 3D paintings with chalk on pavement surfaces. They only look correct from just one anlge.
His official website: http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/

Have you ever heard about the 'Catman'? It's a man named Dennis Abner from California who officially changed his name to catman and changed his appearance to look like a tiger. He spend a fortune having his upper lip cleft, his teeth pointed, his ears clipped, his body tatoed with stipes, whiskers build on his forehead, etc.. etc...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ7zyNnEeyM

Have you ever heared of the Tree-Climbing Goats of Morocco? They climb the Argan trees of Morocco in search of food, which is otherwise sparse in the region. They climb even the tiniest of twigs! The kernels of the seeds are picked up by locals and used to grind into oil for cooking and for cosmetic puposes!?
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Dec 13, 2010 12:35 PM - Animal-Kingdom - by Aziz (man)

Did you know a solar powered boat will start to circumnavigate the globe in 2011 exclusively powered by solar energy? The boat 'Turanor' is covered with solar pannels, is 31 meters long, 15 meters wide and 7,4 meters high! Top speed is about 8 nautical Knots and is crewed by 6 people.
For more info, C the official website www.planetsolar.org

Did you know that McDonalds fools us all and lures us to buy their burgers with falls promises? The actual BigMac e.g. comes no where near the advesrtised one? Its probably a plastic model and when diagnosed closely, it wouldn't even fit in the box they use!

Did you know the largest swiming pool is in Chili? It's part of the Alfonso del Mar resort. It is more than 1,000 yards long (1013m), covers 20 acres, has a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. It took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill is around £2million. Its salt water by the way... it comes from the sea situated just next to it???

Did you know the current record for free-diving (by holding breath) was set by Herbert Nitsch (Austria) at an incredible depth of 214 metres in 2007? Herbert therefore holds the title 'Deepest Man on Earth'. Herbert can hold his breath for more than 9 minutes.
His website: www.herbertnitsch.com
