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Surprisingly Eloquent

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Kuba
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“Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical.”

- George W. Bush

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Facts of the Moment

Octopuses have three hearts.(1)

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(1) http://animal.discovery.com/invertebrates/octopus/

(2) http://news.discovery.com/human/dnews-nuggets-120417.html
Female kangaroos' vaginas consist of one opening with three branches. The question of 'what denotes a vagina' is still argued late into the night by The QI Elves.

(3) The New Yorker, 31 July 2006

(4) http://www.authorama.com/three-men-in-a-boat-1.html
The fourth character in Three Men in a Boat is, of course, Montmorency the dog.

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