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My dad sent me one of those did you know presentations where you have a bunch of interesting facts.
Three that i found interesting and funny.

The word kangaroo comes from kan ghu ru which means we don't understand in aboriginal. This was the answer that the English received when they asked for the name of that animal.

The word [censored] comes from Fornication under the consent of the king (F.U.C.K). Those were the days.

And lastly a ducks quack has no echo, nobody knows why.

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And lastly a ducks quack has no echo, nobody knows why.

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Lies. A duck's quack does echo.

Now go back forwarding this email to 10 people or else you'll die, and keep it out of OOT.

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And lastly a ducks quack has no echo, nobody knows why.

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Lies. A duck's quack does echo.

Now go back forwarding this email to 10 people or else you'll die, and keep it out of OOT.

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[censored] so the quck does [censored] echo? i owe people some money now.

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And lastly a ducks quack has no echo, nobody knows why.

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Lies. A duck's quack does echo.

Now go back forwarding this email to 10 people or else you'll die, and keep it out of OOT.

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[censored] so the quck does [censored] echo? i owe people some money now.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(season_1)

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Does a Duck's Quack Echo?

This myth originated in lists of "Random Facts" distributed over the Internet.
Myth statement Status Notes
A duck's quack does not echo. Busted When examined by an audio-expert, it was found that the echo was "swallowed" by the original quack, due to the very similar acoustic structure between the quack and the echo. Because of this, it may be difficult to tell where the quack ends and the echo begins.

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the f'word 'myth' is also incorrect.

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I'm pretty sure your word origin of [censored] is wrong, too.

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i think the kangaroo one is the only one close to true

then again i heard it years and years ago, i read it in some fact book when i was a kid. and they said it was aboriginal for "i don't know" rather than i don't understand or whatever. so could be true but could be bogus!

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So everything turned out to be false? haha great.

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You forgot the origin of the word Yucatan...

Origin of the name Yucatan

Hernandez de Cordova arrived to the coast of the Yucatan, he asked the inhabitants the name of this land and when they answered him, speaking very rapidly, in their native language "Tetec dtan" "Ma t natic a dtan" which just means "you speak very rapidly; we don't understand your language."

The Spaniards understood the local inhabitants were telling them the name of the land. However, having difficulty pronouncing these words exactly, they ended up calling the place: Yucatan.
Another version that historians tell is that while the conquerors were exploring the coast, when they asked the locals something, they would answer (once again, in Mayan): "Tolo' quin dtan" and point to the place, making them understand "further on I'm telling you, keep going."
A third version explains that when the conquerors arrived the natives had women's necklaces in their hands. While the conquerors were interested in knowing the name of the place and the Indians realized they were being asked a question, they understood they were being asked about the necklaces to which they answered "U Yu c-atan" ("these are the necklaces of our wives.")

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just wow.