Re: OT Hulour: Bet ya didn't know....
> 5 Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
Unknown, no records to prove this.
http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/donkey.htm
> 15 A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.
False
http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm
Quick check of Snopes.
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- Re: Optimizing Powerpoint 2000
... Echo [MS PPT MVP] ... > Most unknown, the presentations may have been created by multiple people ...
(microsoft.public.powerpoint) - Re: big fannys
... They tested the theory that a duck's quack doesn't echo on Brainiacs and apparently it does echo. ... Something about the sound wave of a quack having a similar structure throughout so that the returning echo merges with the source sound and it is difficult to separate the two. ... I also saw Bill Oddie try something on those lines, but the ruddy duck wouldn't quack. ...
(uk.singles) - Re: Todays Useless fact 6.18
... So a duck's quack certainly echoes around our reverberation chamber, ... why did the myth arise? ... The quack does echo, but it is usually too quiet to hear. ... Maybe ducks don't hang around reflecting surfaces. ...
(alt.support.stop-smoking) - Re: wildcard as a parameter to a script
... On 2007-07-06, Glenn Jackman wrote: ... Is it due to portability? ... When the argument to echo is unknown, ...
(comp.unix.shell) - Re: big fannys
... They tested the theory that a duck's quack doesn't echo on Brainiacs and apparently it does echo. ... I know coz we watched it;o) OK I'll not let the door hit me on the way out... ... Something about the sound wave of a quack having a similar structure throughout so that the returning echo merges with the source sound and it is difficult to separate the two. ...
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