Why did frogs fall from the sky in Magnolia?
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It was a biblical pestilence.  If you watch the film carefully, there is a biblical chapter and verse (Exodus 20:5 I think)played in the background in several scenes in the film - inculding a bus stop lighted billboard in the frog scence.  The verse is something about the sins of the fathers being brought upon their sons.\n\nAs a matter of trivia, there are also magnolias in the background scenery throughout the movie - like pictures framed on walls etc.
280238
Are you seriously asking that?  Frogs jump the same way people jump. The muscles in their legs expand and contract. And yes frogs reproduce. Where do you think they come from???
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Because as he is hanging he looks down and sees a beautiful mermaid and changes his mind about the suicide, so he fires the pistol at the rope looped around the tree branch. The bullet snaps the rope and he falls to the ground. As a reflex to the attempted hanging he starts gagging and throws up the poison.
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It doesn't.  That's why most boys in Tennessee use a rock hanging from a string to emulate a complete weather station.  If the rock is swinging, the wind is blowing.  If the rock is wet, it's raining.  If the rock is gone, it's a tornado.
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I filled the hollowed-out eye of a newt with the hemlock, that was not quite enough to make a strong enough spell to get the neighbor to move away, but it WAS strong enough that whenever he sees me now, he moves as far away from me on the sidewalk as he can.\n\nCome to think of it, I stopped using deoderant at about the same time, so that might actually be the cause of his moving farther away. *shrug*\n\nFood for thought, anyway...good luck!
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The three-legged frog is believed to be conducive to great wealth, often depicted with a Chinese coin in its mouth and resting atop of more coins. In Chinese mythology, it is the frog that lives in the moon. Each of its legs represents the three lunar phases, and a lunar eclipse occurs when the frog swallows the moon. Regarded as a trickster and a magician, the frog also knows the secret of immortality. Ancient folklores involve a three-legged frog named Chan Chu who reveals the secret to a man called Liu Hai in exchange for his friendship. It is usually placed near cash registers or in a wealth corner (the furthest back left corner of a room or building). Also, placing him inside your front door facing inwards symbolizes money coming in to your home or business. Resin.
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Well...\n\nThe "sun is out" whenever there is a break in the clouds that can let the sunlight in.  You can still have clouds overhead providing precipitation.\n\nAlso, in rare cases, the clouds can drop precipitation and quickly leave while it is still falling to the earth, even though it is not hitting the ground yet.  Remember that precipitation takes a few minutes to travel from the clouds to the ground.\n\nPEACE IS COMMING SOON!
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It is a fable. Realism is not required in fables.\n\nBut, for the sake of the discussion, had enough water fell from the sky to cover the highest point on Earth in 40 days, or if features such as the Grand Canyon were carved by the turbulence as is claimed by religious zealots, Noah would have been sitting on a mass of very turbulent thin mud similar to surfing on a mudslide.\n\nIntersting how Creation "Scientists" never try to determine the amount of water needed or the thermal and kenetic effects of the impact of that many raindrops.
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its just an urban myth. some people say that someone in the crew hung themselves from a tree during one of the scenes in the dwarf village, but its really just a bird taking flight. sorry if i ruined it for you.
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The blue frog  is a poison arrow frog. These frogs are found in Central and South America and, as their name suggests, may be used to produce poison arrows. The frogs secrete toxins from their skin which can kill predators. They are brightly coloured to warn predators to stay away.
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Red-eyed tree frogs are prey on by snakes, large birds, and even bats.  Birds are its major predator which spurred the developement of the frogs bright red eyes.  The red eyes of the frog act as a defense mechanism. Birds can see color and the bright flash of the red eyes popping open is enough to stun potential predators.  All the frog needs to do is stall the predator for less than a second to make its escape.
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There was a large bird said to travel along the front edge of storms.  The Mississippi people told tales that came down thur other tribes.  Also there were early white settlers that told of a large bird that would carry away sheep and other livestock.  A southern tribe tells a story of large birds that would carry children off and how the warriors went and killed them all to protect their families
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I am not sure what you are referring to but if is the leaves falling from trees, Cover the pond.\n    I have a medium size pond I put under a large magnolia tree. I like the looks and waterfall sounds of running water as well as the smell of the tree flowers.\n\n     I built a frame out of PVC piping. Covered the top with a silver tarp. I then got very heavy duty black screen (the kind that is dog scratch proof) and attached to the sides to hang bout half way down. I even layed a screen cover across the pond for the birds.\n    That way, the leaves don't get in, the water don't evaporate so fast from the sun, the algae don't grow, the birds can drink/swim without drowning and I still can get a full view.\n     If you don't want to build a frame (like a gazebo) then take the heavy duty screen, anker it on the sides with heavy rocks. Then when the leaves collect, remove the rocks from 3 sides and just pull the screen to the ankered side and the leaves fall out on the ground.
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..because someone Toad him to\n\n..because he was a Horny toad and wanted to check out some frog legs.\n\n..because he wasn't Hoppy
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I just tested that theory. I put my two parakeets in a pop tart box and threw a big stone at it. It works!!!!! They are both dead. Now I'm sorry I did it. They were nice birds and I miss them. Especially Jake. He could recite the Gettysburg address.
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I'll tell you why. Because if it were falling in a direction away from Earth, it wouldn't actually be falling at all, now would it?\n\nSee here's the process for rain. Heat causes water to evaporate into the atmosphere. When enough water accumulates together, it starts to look like clouds. And then, when it really starts accumulating, it begins to become too heavy to stay up there, so it falls back down to Earth.. Right, due to the Earth's gravitational pull.
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i always thought it was because there was no humidity in the air...probably wrong, anyway. or maybe its because the warm climate doesnt allow the moisture to turn back into water. who knows? prob a weatherman.