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155263. Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:32 am |
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Statue of Charles La Trobe after whom a university in melbourne is named.
(temporary statue removed in 2006) |
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Molly Cule
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155328. Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:06 am |
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what's all that about then? Student practical joke? In Edinburgh last weekend there was a traffic cone on the statue of Hume's head. |
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160726. Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:07 am |
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The world's tallest wooden house
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"First I added three floors but then the house looked ungainly, like a mushroom,"
"So I added another and it still didn't look right so I kept going. What you see today is a happy accident." |
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Jenny
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160875. Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:53 pm |
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I'm not entirely sure that 'happy' is the mot juste there. |
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MatC
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160883. Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:28 pm |
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You couldn't argue with "accident," though, could you? |
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181985. Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:26 am |
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A possible explanation for Sea Serpent stories.
Quote: | Many of the large baleen whales have long, snake-like penises. If the animal did indeed fall on its back then its ventral surface would have been uppermost and, if the whale was aroused, the usually retracted penis would have been visible. The penises of the North Atlantic right whale and (Pacific) grey whale can be at least 1.8 metres long, and 1.7 metres long respectively, and could be taken by a naive witness for a tail. |
From the society for the history of natural history |
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