Fun Facts Thread

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Fun Facts Thread

Fun Facts Thread

~Did you know that opossums and possums are not the same thing? Possums and opossums are in different families! The word 'opossum' is used to describe the Virginia opossum (the only marsupial in North America), and the word 'possum' describes the possums that live in Australia. (I just learned this today; I thought it was really neat.)

~Chickens find it easier to perch on square roost over a round roost!

~SPECULATION: If Cricket opened on July 29th, 2008, but there are posts from June 18th, then how did they get there? Perhaps they were test posts, created by the webmaster or admins? Any thoughts?

Yes, the site was tested for several months before it went live. But I also know that dates may be inaccurate. A while ago there were some with the year 1968! Cricket wasn't founded until 1973.

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submitted by Micearenice
(September 6, 2016 - 2:40 pm)

Neat! As for the mysterious dates...That's so weird; I wonder why sudden date errors just occur at random? Cricket must've invaded the code! :D

submitted by Micearenice
(September 7, 2016 - 5:40 pm)

Chip says, "Habm!" I think Chip wants to talk to you, HAB.

submitted by Topsarenice
(September 7, 2016 - 7:22 pm)

Yeah, I saw that possum thing in a science book a while back.  My family still doesn't believe it.  :)

~Guinea pigs got their name from the pig like squeals they make, sailors from the old world bought guinea pigs from south america for a Guinea.  

~almost half the pigs in the world are kept by farmers in China

~there is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas

~in Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they're moose hunting

~a tarantula can survive nearly 2 yrs. without food

~ants never sleep, neither do they have lungs

~a butterfly in Africa has enough poison to kill 6 cats 

 

submitted by Windswift
(September 7, 2016 - 8:49 pm)

A butterfly?! No way! That's cool. And scary. But mostly cool! 

submitted by Daisy
(September 8, 2016 - 2:36 pm)

If you drove a car at 300mph, you eventually create enough lift to get off the ground! so you would be flying... dor the last few seconds of you very short life.

submitted by B. Dino, age Immortal, CBer Heaven
(September 13, 2016 - 11:01 am)