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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*!!!!
This is inaccurate. The national anthem of Greece (and Cyprus too) is the first 2 verses of a poem. The poem is 158 verses long, not the anthem. The poem is called "Hymn to Freedom". Trust me, I'm Greek.
But do they sing them all, every time? Or do like, the first few, and save the full one for very special occasions?
The melodized part is the 8 first verses of the poem "Hymn for Liberty." .( 158 stanzas of 4 verses .632 verses total)
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Actually only the first two verses are played in any official or unofficial event
Only the first two is our national anthem. Thats why we only sing those 2.
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Only the first 2 are our national anthem. Thats why we only "say" those
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I know you by the dreadful edge of the sword, I know you by the gaze that measures the land with force. Born from the sacred bones of the Greeks and brave as in the old times Hail, oh hail, Liberty! And brave as in the old times Hail, oh hail, Liberty! And brave as in the old times Hail, oh hail, Liberty!
It is about 12 minutes long too. We only play about 2 minutes of their approved condensed version on our military base.
My school just cut the second half out because no one wants to sing the whole thing ( and too lazy )
Ονλυ the first 2 verses of Solomos's poem constitute our national anthem. Not the whole poem. So there is no laziness just some ignorance on your national anthem on your behalf
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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
