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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 6:12 pm
Despite their overall appearance, foxes are not dogs. While both are Canids, dogs are Canines, foxes are Vulpines.
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 6:22 pm
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm by Alex K.)
And in keeping with the topic, who would you guess are the other closest living relatives of these guys?
(Aaaaawwwww)
Solution:
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm
Knowing you, it should be hamsters. No matter what those things are.
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 6:26 pm
(May 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Knowing you, it should be hamsters. No matter what those things are.
No, but good guess
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 6:30 pm
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(May 21, 2015 at 6:26 pm)Alex K Wrote: (May 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Knowing you, it should be hamsters. No matter what those things are.
No, but good guess
It has to be hamsters, since you put it up there. It does not matter what is in the picture!
Edited to add:
You were not supposed to add the answer while I was posting this.
Edited again to add:
The animals in your picture are rock hyraxes.
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 11:37 pm
North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 21, 2015 at 11:46 pm
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Arthur Conan Doyle is believed by many scientists to be at least partially responsible for the piltdown man hoax.
(May 21, 2015 at 11:37 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
Give us money or we blow up your fax machine!!!!
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 22, 2015 at 12:24 am
(May 21, 2015 at 11:37 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
Hehe
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 22, 2015 at 7:31 pm
The hashtag symbol (#, in case you didn't know) is actually called an octothorp. "Octo" denotes the eight points in the figure and "thorp", apparently, means "Thorpe".
Incidentally, the word "hash" in this instance is thought to derive from "hatch", as in hatch mark.
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RE: Tell me something I don't know
May 22, 2015 at 7:58 pm
Anton–Babinski syndrome, also known as visual anosognosia, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. Those who suffer from it are "cortically blind", but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing. Failing to accept being blind, the sufferer dismisses evidence of his condition and employs confabulation to fill in the missing sensory input.
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