gph 12:07 Mon Nov 27
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Carbonados, or black diamonds, are the only found in Brazil and the Central African Rebublic.
Unlike other diamonds, they contain no minerals characteristic of the Earth's mantle, where it is believed those other diamonds formed. Their origin is disputed, with an extraterrestrial location being as likely as anywhere.
Result of a "WTF are they?" in a crossword a couple minutes ago, and a subsequent Wiki perusal.
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Buster
12:09 Mon Nov 27
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David Moyes is a great manager.
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On The Ball
12:16 Mon Nov 27
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A crossword? Are you 94?
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joe royal
12:21 Mon Nov 27
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You have to piss on jellyfish stings.
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claret on my shirt
12:23 Mon Nov 27
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All tabby cats have a "M" on the forehead
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joe royal
12:28 Mon Nov 27
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All ginger cats are male.
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Geoffrey Pike
12:49 Mon Nov 27
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You can’t polish a turd.
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gph
12:58 Mon Nov 27
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On the contrary, Geoff
https://mikeshouts.com/backed-by-geometric-principles-this-shit-is-literally-golden/
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Hasans Fish Bar RIP
1:06 Mon Nov 27
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That apart from the 1's, London postcodes go up in numbers according to the alphabet. Always thought it weird that despite being miles from town that chingford was E4 and Abbey wood was SE2, well now I know
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Geoffrey Pike
1:07 Mon Nov 27
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Well polish my turd.
You learn something new every day
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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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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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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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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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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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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
2:15 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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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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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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Coffee
8:18 Mon Nov 27
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3 inch archerfish eat 0.5 inch amano shrimp.
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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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