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I wonder why Uncle John threw, “Each year, rice blast fungus destroys enough rice to feed 60 million people”, in a paragraph about spiders having 8 legs?
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Uncle John throws in random facts in the printed books. I have to delete many of them when I transcribe them to html. I missed that one, but thanks for finding it -fixed now!
ReplyDeleteReally? That would be the "irresistible bits of trivia and
ReplyDeleteobscure yet fascinating facts" part of Uncle John?
I think it's cool and that you should leave them in. . . .
RE Uncle John's ants: I wonder about Boric Acid powder. It works great for Roaches (RoachPrufe)
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