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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 7, 2008 22:29:25 GMT
My youngest daughter (forever the avid talker she is) excitedly told us over dinner a lesson she learned from her teacher yesterday: The Rebirth of an Eagle. According to the teacher, when an eagle's beak and/or talons (she calls them claws) get dull, the eagle will retreat to her nest and tear out these dull implements and proceed to grow a new set. This exercise purportedly gives the eagle several more years of life. I told her that it's all hogwash (I may have used a stronger expression) and that her teacher was probably misinformed. Just this morning, I googled and found this: www.snopes.com/critters/wild/eaglerebirth.aspGood ol' snopes. Just wish teachers would check out facts before reciting googled or wikipedia-ed information. I will probably send the teacher a note. Now, the interesting fact I do know is that eagles (Bald Eagles, I think) mate in the air as they fall freely. I guess, if they enjoy it too much, it would be a most pleasureable death. But that is probably not a fact I'm prepared to share with my youngest daughter for, at least, a few more years.
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Post by tina mallari on Feb 7, 2008 23:18:17 GMT
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Post by Bobby Kintanar on Feb 8, 2008 1:02:43 GMT
Thanks for the link Ding. It's a new site for me - I find it quite interesting. :-)
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Post by Neon Rosell II on Feb 8, 2008 1:20:12 GMT
This is a cool site Ding!! Thanks for the link
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Post by Ding Carpio on Feb 8, 2008 2:04:52 GMT
Been using snopes for some time now. In the office, I get lots of forwarded email from over-enthusiastic users who mean well but are misinformed. Always check out these "discoveries" and trivia (from stolen kidneys to exploding gas stations with cellphones) and reply to the sender that the information is false. Amusingly, some people challenge my debunking and still choose to believe absurd falsity. Ahh, sometimes pride is stronger than truth.
So, does The Lion King really have a "SEX" scene? Does Hotel California pertain to Satanism? Was Walt Disney an illegitimate child? Was the New Coke fiasco actually a clever marketing ploy? Does Ixi really have a tatooed back?
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Post by Eric Patdu on Feb 8, 2008 7:39:54 GMT
Yup! Snopes has always been my refuge whenever I want to verify the veracity of forwarded emails I receive.
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