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  1. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    The Yanomami tribe, who inhabit the jungles of Brazil and Venezuela, eat the ashes of their own dead.
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    Speaking of baseball, more Americans buy Frisbees than baseballs, footballs and basketballs combined.
     
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    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    If you own more than $77,000 in assets, congratulations; you are among the top 10% of wealthiest people in the world.
     
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    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Does that include a house?
     
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    Not sure; the factoid simply said 77k
     
  6. Bengal B

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    The Masai tribe, inhabiting parts of Tanzania and Kenya, greet each other on religious holidays by spitting on each other.
     
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    Tong Zi Dan, a spring delicacy in Dongyang, China, consists of eggs boiled in young schoolboy's urine.
     
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    Frisbees make fantastic rolling trays. Just a thought.
     
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    I don't think that is little known.
     
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    The capitol of Texas was once located in Louisiana. From 1721 to 1770 the capitol of Spanish Texas was in the town of Los Adaes near the present town of Robeline in Natchitoches Parish between Many and Natchitoches.
     

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