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    In flight, the fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift of Siberia which can reach speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, but the fastest bird in the water is the Gentoo penguin, which swims at about 22 mph.


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    Has the peregrine falcon become extinct?
     
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    No.

    Many people think that the fastest bird is the Peregrine Falcon, which is the true if you are looking at gravity aided flight while diving. When in its hunting dive, the stoop, the Peregrine Falcon is not only the fastest moving bird, it is the fastest animal on the planet. It first soars to a great height, then dives steeply at speeds of over 200 mph.

    The Spine-tailed swift has allegedly the fastest travelling speed when measured in level flying. The maximum recorded is 171 km/h (106mph).
     
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      When I was a lad and lived in a five storey terraced house in London the people who lived in the top flat had a nutcase cat (they named it after me! :th scifD36:) that spent most of its time prowling the rooftops of the street. Occasionally he would decide to jump off :scratch: :rolleyespink: and I'd seen him do it a couple of times (other people had witnessed it as well). He must have been the fastest cat in existence :dbgrtmb:
       
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          Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
           
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            Well, I wouldn't have a problem with that phobia as I don't go to bed. :blue thumb:
             
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            You must have a nice comfy chair though? :)
             
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              Yes :hapydancsmil:
               
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                If you type "do a barrell roll" into google it will do one. (You can tell I'm bored!).
                 
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                  • Some of the earliest known gardens were strictly practical and were used to grow food and medicinal herbs.
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                  The Garden, fresco from Nebamun tomb, originally in Thebes, Egypt (18th Dynasty) is now in the British Museum, London, U.K. It's a painting on plaster, 72 x 62 cm. It shows a rectangular fishpond with ducks and lotus planted round with date palms and fruit trees.
                   
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                    Today is officially "Men Make Dinner Day" :huh:

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                    Guys get your chefs hats on then :biggrin:
                     
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                      I do that every day! :pathd:
                       
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