After sifting through the memes and themes of our daily electronic spewage, I have learned the house sparrow's fastest speed is 33 miles per hour. I also learned why, since ancient times, sparrows have always been found in and near human settlements, and why in recent times sparrows have been raiding other birds nests.
http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/society/birds99_00/200003/
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/tbh2.html
* The MS word editor insisted I end this sentence with a preposition.
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