# Did you know.......

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078 "2009-06-26T15:54:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/1 "2009-06-26T15:54:53Z")

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Earwigs are capable of flight but seldom fly.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/2 "2009-06-26T16:11:40Z")

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I will forever be in your debt for providing me with this sacred knowledge.

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**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/3 "2009-06-26T16:30:33Z")

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Thanks for the nightmare fuel, man.

I hate those fracking things.

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**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/4 "2009-06-26T16:35:55Z")

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Despite the popular notion to the contrary, hummingbirds can walk and they can fly up to 60 MPH.

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**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/5 "2009-06-26T16:41:35Z")

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It really turns out that **punk rockers** are **militant orchestral zealots** that have been captured and **rotated 90 degrees through a rogue spacial dimension.**

Oh sure, you laugh NOW.

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/6 "2009-06-26T16:51:14Z")

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> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> Thanks for the nightmare fuel, man.
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> I hate those fracking things.

Be sure to close your bedroom window, you never know when one of of those buggers might just decide to, y’know, FLY.

Just sayin’

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/501078/7 "2009-06-26T16:54:43Z")

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> [@Jragon](#):
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> It really turns out that **punk rockers** are **militant orchestral zealots** that have been captured and **rotated 90 degrees through a rogue spacial dimension.**
> 
> Oh sure, you laugh NOW.

You’ve been hanging out with **SkaldtheRhymer** again, haven’t you?