Uncertain Facts

i.

When tornadoes pass over the sea,

It rains fish.

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ii.

A herring shortage in the Skegerrak

Brought down the Hanseatic League.

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iii.

The time and distance between lighting and

Thunder means something, which it behooves you to know,

In case you need to take cover.

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iv.

Goats noshed seedlings in Trinidad

Until the forests collapsed. In another island,

It was rabbits rats people too.

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v.

Tuna comes from the Greek thuno, meaning to dart.

Which they did, from the Mediterranean

Via the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico, like torpedoes

Weighing half a ton.

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vi.

Thun sits on the Northwest corner of the Thunersee,

About halfway from Bern to Interlaken.

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vii.

The plip of oil bubbles to the surface is the telltale

Sign of Bluefin noshing on a school of menhaden.

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viii.

Thun is the sound when the train hits each

Track up the mountain.

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ix.

If you want to cut down the mightiest

Tree in the forest, you might want certain tools.

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x.

The European coastline is roughly equal

To the circumference of Earth.

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xi.

Gannets fly clockwise. They look like albatross.

Dolphins swim counter-clockwise. Neither one is a fish.

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xii.

Thun is the sound a raw tuna steak makes when it lands

On the terrazzo.