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    #21
    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    The daddy longlegs has the most venomous bite of any spider in the World; but it's jaws are two small to penetrate an adult's skin. Children may be another matter though
    What if it bit you on the tip of your tongue though?

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      #22
      There are no muscles in your fingers.

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        #23
        Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

        What if it bit you on the tip of your tongue though?
        Your tongue will swell up to the size of a football and suffocate you!
        Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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          #24
          Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
          You can grow a flower underground, in a cave for example, using a UV lamp.

          The plant will thrive, but the flower will have no colour




          I grow copious numbers of plants under artificial lighting and they have perfectly good flowers.

          You can come and see a few of the better ones on the 20/21 March at the Royal Horticultural Halls & Conference Centre.

          Although I could imagine using strong enough UV lamps would bleach the colour out of anything.
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
          threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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            #25
            In 1610, the year the King James Bible translation was completed, William Shakespeare was 46.

            And in Psalm 46, the 46th word from the start is "Shake", and the 46th word back from the end is "Spear".
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              #26
              Originally posted by threaded View Post
              I grow copious numbers of plants under artificial lighting and they have perfectly good flowers.

              You can come and see a few of the better ones on the 20/21 March at the Royal Horticultural Halls & Conference Centre.

              Although I could imagine using strong enough UV lamps would bleach the colour out of anything.
              I was in cruachan last year, the hollow mountain. All the flowers were albinos, and <spooky music> , no one knew why



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                #27
                Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post

                The daddy longlegs has the most venomous bite of any spider in the World; but it's jaws are too small to penetrate an adult's skin. Children may be another matter though
                http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
                Confusion is a natural state of being

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                  #28
                  A duck billed Platypus can hold 500 worms in its cheek pouches
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                    #29
                    Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
                    A duck billed Platypus can hold 500 worms in its cheek pouches
                    A dog can hold thousands in its bowel
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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                      #30
                      Serving British prime ministers are forbidden by law to set foot on the Isle of Man.

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