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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*!!!!
♫ There are no moles in Ireland, there are no snakes in Ireland... They have good beer in Ireland - Let's all now drink to Ireland! ♫♫
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I get why they'd chase the snekks off, but which saint had a beef with moles?
LOL! This is the best comment I've read today. I'm picturing Saint Patrick's younger, less successful sibling gathering up a sack of moles.
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Or new zealand. Isolated places get random introductions historically from ships, and I can't imagine a mole wanting to be in a ship. Obviously all UK is islands and they are in England etc, just saying :)
Is that because they used to run their little heads into potatoes and died off. ha ha
The large island of Great Britain was once connected to mainland Europe, as recently as 7,000 years ago. Ireland has been isolated a much longer time.
But the idiots at B&Q had Mole scarers on the shelves for 6 months before someone pointed this out
My grandad spent his life battling moles, he loved his lawn and they would ruin it. He would wait with a spade like a real life game of whack a mole, i didn't agree with his ways but old men love their gardens.
While in Golden Gate Park, I once saw a Great Blue Heron snag a mole tail as it was tunneling into its hole, toss it into the air, and then swallow it whole. The GGPark groundskeepers love GBHs.
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Looks like they have to be careful about hitting the reset button.
🎶 No moles in Ireland be, like the snakes got kicked into the sea! 🎶
I'm sure plenty of Irish people have ugly growths that are called moles. Be more freaking specific!
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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
