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Post by Terryfic on Sept 10, 2006 16:45:06 GMT -5
One of the things that first drew me to LG’s videos was the fun tidbits of knowledge that she would share with us. The members of this forum seem like a really clever bunch and I am sure we all know some interesting or comical facts; I think we should share them. I’ll get the ball rolling, and I’ll even try to phrase mine like I think Bree would in one of her videos.
Did you know that Box turtles can actually eat too much and no longer be able to fit inside their shells? That’s gotta be embarrassing. I hope the other turtles don’t pick on them. Box turtles are also able to consume a number of mushrooms that are poisonous to humans and in several cases people have been poisoned by eating their flesh. That is sort of a sweet revenge. People should really know better than to eat anything as adorable as a turtle.
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Post by wixy15 on Sept 11, 2006 2:50:53 GMT -5
Where did you get that from Tel? I heard about that recently.
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Post by londongal on Sept 11, 2006 8:18:18 GMT -5
The month of January is named after the Roman god Janus. Janus was a temple god who could look forward and backward at the same time.
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Post by wixy15 on Sept 18, 2006 7:00:59 GMT -5
Did you know that when you have a hangover your brain shrinks, due to the lack of water available. The brain then pulls the inner-lining of your skull away from the bone, thus causing a head ache.
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Post by BaileysMom on Oct 8, 2006 22:14:35 GMT -5
I am including this blurb on the Trail of Tears - I grew up along the landroute used to move Cherokhee Indians from their homes in the Southeast to the reservations in Oklahoma. I did not know then that my great-great Grandmother was one of the Native Americans to survive their removal from Tribal lands.
The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation in 1838 of the Cherokee Native American tribe to the Western United States, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000 Cherokees. In the Cherokee language, the event is called Nunna daul Isunyi—"the Trail Where We Cried." The Cherokees were not the only Native Americans forced to emigrate during this era, and so the phrase "Trail of Tears" is sometimes used to refer to similar events endured by other Indian peoples, especially among the "Five Civilized Tribes." The phrase may have originated as a description of the earlier emigration of the Choctaw nation. See Indian Removal for more details.
The Cherokee Trail of Tears resulted from the enforcement of the Treaty of New Echota, an agreement signed under the provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which exchanged Native American land in the East for lands west of the Mississippi River, but which was never accepted by the elected tribal leadership or a majority of the Cherokee people. Nevertheless, the treaty was enforced by President Martin Van Buren, who sent federal troops to round up about 17,000 Cherokees in camps before being sent to the West. Most of the deaths occurred from disease in these camps. After the initial roundup, the U.S. military played a limited role in the journey itself, with the Cherokee Nation taking over supervision of most of the emigration.
Okay - so this is not a "comical" fact but I was working on my family tree over the weekend and this was on my mind. Promise to post a light-hearted tidbit later.
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Post by drquest on Oct 9, 2006 11:09:23 GMT -5
Hey I had a cousin that worked over at Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville thats where I learned about the Trail of Tears
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