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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    I make my maths:
    ...you make booboo...

    -population of Ethiopia: 109 million people

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    -3,5 million people, each plants 100 trees a day?
    ...speculation...why not 500 or a thousand trees per day?

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    and that all beside their fight with hunger and with Tigrays?
    ...government programs, not individual efforts...Folks in Tigre are probably taking a break from tree planting during hostilities...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    I make my maths:
    . . . incorrectly. Try again, moron.

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    and that all beside their fight with hunger and with Tigrays?
    Imagine if they whined as much as you - they'd never plant one tree.




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    A man in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had been shot in the head & released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home & was sleeping on his porch. For 20 yrs Pocho became part of the man's family.


    That's a heck of a guard-dog substitute

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    Originally Posted by tomcat (Strange and Unusual Facts)
    350 million trees in one day.
    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...you make booboo...

    -population of Ethiopia: 109 million people

    ...speculation...why not 500 or a thousand trees per day?

    ...government programs, not individual efforts...Folks in Tigre are probably taking a break from tree planting during hostilities...

    So, why not to count 109 mil. x 3.5 tree = 350 mil. trees per day (and few more...)

    But 500 trees a day? Did you ever try 100 trees a day? Or perhaps the Ethiopians have suitable machinery for help and are much more effective... Also in warring.



    Here some relaxing after achieving their million:
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    After all, their PM was recently honoured by Nobel Peace Prize, it reminds me somebody who also had loved the peace-making so much after getting such medal...

    They Once Ruled Ethiopia. Now They Are Fighting Its Government. - The New York Times

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    Perhaps they were a bit Lulu-ish, and by planting trees, they mean throwing seeds on the ground. And by day, they mean a Venusian day, which is nearly 6,000 hours.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    But 500 trees a day? Did you ever try 100 trees a day?
    I've planted 2,500 trees in a day when I was a treeplanter. The company record was over 10,000. It's sticking a seedling in the ground, not gardening.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
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    A man in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had been shot in the head & released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home & was sleeping on his porch. For 20 yrs Pocho became part of the man's family.
    There was a documentary on this that I saw recently. The (17 foot) crocodile eventually died of natural causes and is now stuffed in the town museum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    So, why not to count
    Because they're not fuckwits like you . . . easy answer, whiny little bitch tovarish




    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    There was a documentary on this that I saw recently. The (17 foot) crocodile eventually died of natural causes and is now stuffed in the town museum.
    Still . . . crocodile? Nothing warm and fluffy about them

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    Ah, but Pocho was. His owner tried to find another crocodile to kiss and cuddle after Pocho's death, but with, err, less success. He hasn't been eaten yet though so hope springs eternal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    His owner tried to find another crocodile to kiss and cuddle after Pocho's death, but with, err, less success.
    'less success' would mean limb-less?

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    Armadillo girdled lizards are unique heavily-armored reptiles native to South Africa.

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    Nearly 1.5M balloons were released for “Balloonfest ‘86”, a fundraising publicity stunt for United Way of Cleveland. The stunt resulted in multiple lawsuits, injuries, and 2 deaths.







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    Beautiful photo of Saturn taken by the Cassini probe during an eclipse.







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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
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    Armadillo girdled lizards are unique heavily-armored reptiles native to South Africa.
    We've all tried it.

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    Honey-Pot Ants workers can eat so much food that their abdomen swells like this. Other ants will then extract it from their bodies.

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    During the 1930s many parents installed baby cages on their windows to give their babies fresh air.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    reminder: Strange and Unusual Facts
    7 months since my sign up and they still won't fix the photo issue.

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    In 2017, German Police in Frankfurt found a car belonging to a 76-year-old man who had forgotten where he parked it, 20 years earlier.







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    New species found: Madagascar, Southeast Africa Monkey

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
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    In 2017, German Police in Frankfurt found a car belonging to a 76-year-old man who had forgotten where he parked it, 20 years earlier.


    and the tires are still fully inflated?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai View Post
    and the tires are still fully inflated?
    . . . and the gutters are clean, no infringement notices . . . and not towed for being unregistered. Oh, and none of the cars have German license plates, including the white one.


    Methinks this is *snoped* TD-style.

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