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They benefit from high altitude, a culture which values good runners and an unusually high percentage of their muscle mass is posture muscle (endurance) rather than twitch (strength). Funnily on the west coast of Africa (the ultimate origin of many Jamaicans) the twitch/posture ratio is reversed, which makes for very good sprinters and other sports requiring explosive power.
Australia's diameter is 600km wider than the moon's. The moon sits at 3400km in diameter, while Australia's diameter from east to west is almost 4000km.
I once saw a document about sloths. One of them fell in the water, where an aligator was. But He manage to swim away *mindblow*!!!!
If Prince the artist had been made a prince in a tribe, would his title then be “Prince Prince”?
f**k him. He was an actual child rapist, not that anyone seems to remember
I remember, I remember when the allegations initially came out and his lame excuses/reasons. Stopped liking him that very day. I remember being annoyed when he died because people didn't care about anything other than his musical talent. He was a great musician but there are more important things.
Load More Replies...Michael Jackson was not only NOT a child rapist, he never paid a single dollar to anyone. It was insurance paid out via his record company who saw the allegations as hindering what was a lucrative tour. They did not care that HE wanted to fight the claims back in 1993. The most recent allegations by Wade Robson - one of whom I know - are based purely on greed and nothing else. Wade himself has even said he was inviting his alleged abuser to BBQs the year MJ died. Robson expected that the estate would hire him to choreograph the Vegas One show but they declined him after Wade had already gone on tv saying he got the gig. When he was shown up by the estate, he sued for $1.5bn. He also owes the estate $60k.
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Load More Replies...Oh I think the Roman days one is gone. Or maybe I didn't look properly lol now I'm gna check again :D
In other words, unlike modern times where one day is 24 hours, a winter day would require fewer hours from beginning to end than a summer day. This is because a day started at dawn and ended at dusk
Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
Load More Replies...Thank you for your feedback - we take fact checking very seriously but due to the amount of user submissions, we cannot guarantee they're error-free. This post was created by a community member “the book of everyone” and it seems they got a couple of things wrong. One incorrect fact was removed from the list and another was clarified with additional information. If you notice anything more, let us know - we will update the post.
Load More Replies...Oh I think the Roman days one is gone. Or maybe I didn't look properly lol now I'm gna check again :D
In other words, unlike modern times where one day is 24 hours, a winter day would require fewer hours from beginning to end than a summer day. This is because a day started at dawn and ended at dusk