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29 Oct 2018, 12:44 pm

Something I learned today is that, according to this song, "black and white is always gray."......



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29 Oct 2018, 7:21 pm

I learnt today that there is a place in Canada called Flin Flon, and on the 31st of October the last Greyhound bus will run from Winnipeg to Flin Flon.



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30 Oct 2018, 9:24 am

I learned today that unless your alert, you can be easily fleeced of money or other related items


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01 Nov 2018, 7:25 pm

Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.


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01 Nov 2018, 8:02 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.


Please tell me that you're joking.



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02 Nov 2018, 12:36 am

Not to have anybody over when I'm winding down for the evening. It causes me unnecessary stress to do so.


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02 Nov 2018, 11:00 am

That unless you strategically state, you have social communication difficulties you'll wind up being placed in an employment scenario where you have to deal with people on a daily basis be it in person or over the phone.


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02 Nov 2018, 11:15 am

The ceo of Walmart made 22.8 million dollars in the 2018 fiscal year. That’s 1.9 million dollars a month. :lol:



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02 Nov 2018, 12:38 pm

hobojungle wrote:
The ceo of Walmart made 22.8 million dollars in the 2018 fiscal year. That’s 1.9 million dollars a month. :lol:



And at the same time Walmart employees nationwide are living near or below the poverty line


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02 Nov 2018, 4:10 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.


Please tell me that you're joking.


No, I am not.


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02 Nov 2018, 5:57 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
naturalplastic wrote:
AnonymousAnonymous wrote:
Canada has a strategic maple syrup reserve to ensure global supply in case of emergency.


Please tell me that you're joking.


No, I am not.


Thank goodness SOMEONE is taking care of the important things in life. :D


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02 Nov 2018, 11:42 pm

I can dance in my wheelchair to lose weight :heart:



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03 Nov 2018, 1:24 am

Sylvester the Cat's original name was Thomas.



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03 Nov 2018, 9:19 am

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Sylvester the Cat's original name was Thomas.


That's interesting by all accounts


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03 Nov 2018, 9:36 am

The Siamese cat who played Tao in the Incredible Journey and D.C. in That Darn Cat was named Syn-Cat because Walt Disney said he synchronized perfectly (PURR-fectly) with everything.



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03 Nov 2018, 11:05 pm

Ostriches and zebras often live together to protect each other from predators. The ostrich can see better and the zebra can hear or smell danger better.


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