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Caterpillars have 12 eyes
and slugs have 4 noses 
Caterpillars have 12 eyes
and slugs have 4 noses 
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"I love that. Going to use it at every opportunity"
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Italian barbers used to regularly use fire on their customers hair. Apparently it seals the hair against split ends.
That actress Clare Danes is banned from entering the Philippines and has been for 25 years!
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Just Googled it and all her films are banned there too!
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The planet Pluto was named after the god of the underworld.
The name was chosen by Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl from England who was interested in classical mythology and suggested the name to her grandfather. He forwarded the name to the Lowell Observatory and it was selected.
The name was chosen by Venetia Burney, an 11-year-old girl from England who was interested in classical mythology and suggested the name to her grandfather. He forwarded the name to the Lowell Observatory and it was selected.
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tsukumogami (付 喪 神, literally "divine artifact") is Japanese for when a tool reaches 100 years old and it becomes alive & gets a soul
The Japanese have a belief that objects that are 100 years old take on a life of their own. The tsukumogami are objects that have a spirit of their own, rather than being possessed objects.
The Japanese have a belief that objects that are 100 years old take on a life of their own. The tsukumogami are objects that have a spirit of their own, rather than being possessed objects.
Tesco started putting some in those containers normally for DVDs.
Co-op too:
Co-op starts to lock cheese away in security boxes as it 'gets nicked too much'
It was a decision that was clearly made because the shop's previous anti-theft measures weren’t gouda enough
www.mylondon.news
A group of penguins, is called a waddle
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