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As I grew into manhood, I realized something about my adventures (or misadventures) with my uncle Al. The more time I spent trying to outwit him, the more I learned about the world we all live in everyday. I sometimes wonder is this what learning is really all about. Is that how I was learning by questioning things or making up stories that attempted to explain simple or complicated occurrences in the world?

 

Astronauts do not eat beans just before or during space travel, passing wind would damage the spacesuit.

 

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Fact - http://www.stunning-stuff.com

 

Starfish do not have brains.

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The female pidgeon cannot lay eggs if she is alone, she must be able to see other pidgeons.

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The Tropicana Casino does not have clocks on its casino floor.

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Eagles mate while airborne.

 

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My Uncle Al once offered to help me with a research report I had to do on the last crew of astronauts. I knew this would end up amounting to a whole lot of work for me. So, I told my uncle that it was already done and I had submitted it. He asked what things did I write about? Oh, I just wrote about their training, preparing their meals, studying about space.......that kind of stuff. He seemed to buy it, but then he asked me more about the meals. "What was their last meal before the liftoff?" Obviously, I didn't know. But, could he know?

 

Back in December, my parents went on vacation to the Bahamas. Uncle Al came over to babysit. I remember ditching school one day and thinking it would be easy to fool uncle Al. When I got home, he asked what I did at school that day? I just made up some stuff. I told him that I worked with some math games, read some greek mythology, dissected starfish and removed their brains, and played volleyball in gym class. He immediately knew something was wrong with my story. Do you?

 

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