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11:18 Mon Nov 27
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Elton John and Kiki Dee had a hit, back in the seventies, called “Don’t go breaking my heart” and they have never sung it live together. Elton and Kiki recorded their separate parts and it was stitched together by their record company and released. Subsequently the pair met up at a BBC studio and mimed to a playback so that this video could be played on TotP.
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RBshorty
11:14 Mon Nov 27
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Jamie Redknapp has a Uncle and Cousin both named Frank.!
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dealcanvey
11:11 Mon Nov 27
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Even if humans could live forever it would actually be impossible. Atoms are timeless with all different timelines. it would only be a matter of time until one day the atoms that make up Earth are no more.
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twoleftfeet
11:11 Mon Nov 27
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“ all ginger cats are male “
Nope.
I had 3 ginger cats and they were all female as confirmed by a vet 😁
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geoffpikey
11:04 Mon Nov 27
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Exeter City FC, the first team to play the Brazil national team, changed their kit from green to red/white stripes in 1910 to play West Ham United. Green was proving "unlucky". West Ham game was 0-0. They've played in red/white ever since. Btw: no knowledge is "useless".
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Far Cough
10:58 Mon Nov 27
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The octopus may not have a backbone but when kept in captivity it is clever enough to devise ways of escaping from a fish tank. It is so intelligent that it is the only invertebrate to be given special protection under the UK law governing the licensing of animal experiments.
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Far Cough
10:57 Mon Nov 27
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Octopus because of their intelligence, have been given vertebrate status
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gph
9:58 Mon Nov 27
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Squid sex is bizarre (although I've known this for ages).
In at least one species, the male drills a vagina into the female with his penis and deposits his sperm, which then work their way through her flesh to the ovaries.
As revenge, she then eats his penis if he doesn't make a quick enough get away.
It grows back, though.
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Aalborg Hammer
9:56 Mon Nov 27
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A duckbilled platypus is a monotreme,producing it's own eggs and milk.It the only mammal in the world that can make it's own pancakes
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BubblesCyprus
8:49 Mon Nov 27
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Raquel Welch is 75 this year and I still would given the opportunity.
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charleyfarley
8:21 Mon Nov 27
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Octopuses have three hearts also when stressed they eat their own arms
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Coffee
8:18 Mon Nov 27
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3 inch archerfish eat 0.5 inch amano shrimp.
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Hammer and Pickle
7:56 Mon Nov 27
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3 inch archerfish eat 0.5 inch amano shrimp.
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Nutsin
7:30 Mon Nov 27
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Got this nugget a few years ago from a black cab driver in London.
Lord Nelson’s Column has him peering down over admiralty Arch and up the Mall, which leads to Buckingham Palace.
If you walk thru Admiralty arch you’ll see ships sculptured atop lampposts either side of the mall. These ships are modeled after Nelson’s fleet.
According to the Cabbie Nelson is surveying his fleet as it sails into battle at the battle of Trafalgar to protect the kingdom.
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gph
2:15 Mon Nov 27
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Not only have they decided that,
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151021-galapagos-tortoise-new-species-animals-science/
but they also believe that they can resurrect old species from hybrids
https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2017-09-13/scientists-hope-to-restore-extinct-galapagos-turtle-species
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gph
2:10 Mon Nov 27
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Pretty sure there is more than one species of giant tortoise, and they've recently decided that they need one more to more rationally divide up the varieties.
I'll check.
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gph
2:05 Mon Nov 27
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"Efficiency".
Each of the letter combinations had its own main sorting office, so "efficiency" probably means the E main sorting office could do the work of the NE one too, and they abolished the latter to save money.
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y2smif
2:04 Mon Nov 27
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The giant tortoise didn't get a scientific name for over 300 years because whenever they were being brought back to Europe from the Galapogas for study, they'd end up getting eaten by the sailors. Apparently they are much tastier than any other meat.
My 8 year old told me that so don't quote me
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arsene york-hunt
1:47 Mon Nov 27
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The fastest animal in the world is the peregrine falcon which when diving can reach 240 miles an hour.
The fastest land animal is the cheetah which can exceed 70 mph
The fastest sea creature is the sailfish which can go about 68 mph
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PlaistowIron
1:43 Mon Nov 27
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Can you tell us why it was abolished?
Always found it odd that we have NW, SW and SE but no NE.
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gph
1:24 Mon Nov 27
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There are still street signs in London with now non-existent postcodes on them.
Victoria Park Road London E9 has (or had, as recently as 2011) a sign with NE on it, although the London NE postal area was abolished in 1868.
(I learnt this a few weeks ago, although I'd already forgotten it)
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