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Interesting fact? This man has never been seen again.....one way or the other if you know what I mean. ;):D

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I twiyed swaying dat, now I hab to unthy my thounge!:r

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Oh Thno, Noth aginth!:r

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I didn't punch no doggies. :r

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9 Lives cat food and Starkist tuna are processed in the same factory in Kankakee, IL.

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No matter how large or small it is, the commerical chicken you buy in the supermarket was 44 days old when it was butchered. The chicken companies manipulate how fast the chickens grow by the amount of feed and "daylight" that the chickens receive, but they are always 44 days old when they're butchered.


The turkey you buy in the supermarket for your Thanksgiving dinner may have been butchered as early as April. The farmers cannot grow, and the processing plants cannot process, enough turkeys in a shorter amount of time for hundreds of millions of people to consume in one day.

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Them are broilers, Warren. The seven poundish chickens you buy. We used to grow them. They grow so fast that you have to dress them at six weeks, otherwise they "flip" on you. That means their little hearts explode in their chest and when they die, they flip over on their back.
If you're real careful and adjust their diet, you can keep some of them alive a little longer and they'll get huge. Turkey huge.
On the turkeys...
Commercial birds are broad breasted whites. They're all born via artificial insemination because the size of the birds makes mating impossible. They're not so dainty as broilers, you can raise them out till they dress out at 40 pounds or more. You literally can't fit one in the oven, you have to quarter them. That's some big turkey. :)

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If you spell illuminati backwards and add .com it takes you to the NSA's website.

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Farts have a taste... :)

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I don't even wanna know how you know that Ron....

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If you remember this discussion from several years ago...

Traditionally eaten at Christmas in the UK, Mince Pies contain no meat. While the spicy dried fruit filling is called mincemeat, commercially produced pies have 0% meat content. However, as the name implies, originally chunks or minced cuts of lamb, or other meats, and the ingredients were based on Arab foods and spices brought back to Britain by 13th Century Crusaders.

During the English Civil War, to the Puritan authorities, the mince pie was seen as being associated the Catholic Idolatry, and subsequently it was illegal to eat them.

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Michigan is the only state to have a road named after it in all 50 states.

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Celine Dion used to sleep in a dresser drawer.

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Swans mate for life...

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2nd is the most common street name in the country. Most 1st Streets are renamed for a famous resident or historical figure. :tu

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Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds.

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His Grandson, Tyler, plays for the Las Vegas Wranglers.

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I haven't pooped right for a month.

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It said "interesting", Scott.



;) :r

Hope you start crapping right and left soon, Brother.

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If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

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Your "wingspan" (fingertip to fingertip across your shoulders) is the same as your height.

Your foot is as long as the distance along your forearm from your wrist to your inner elbow.

On average, women say 7,000 words per day. Men, just over 2000. :D

Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.

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Now THAT made me laugh!

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Interesting & true fact: The vocalizations of some parrots can be heard for up to 1 mile.





Or, in the case of the internet, much farther. :D

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RI's offical name is "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"

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In 1963, the MVP's of both Major League Baseball leagues, the NFL, and the NBA all wore the same uniform number - #32 (Sandy Koufax, Elston Howard, Jim Brown and Elgin Baylor)

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Fernando Tatis of the St. Louis Cardinals is the only player to hit two grand slams in one inning. He hit them in '98 against Chan Ho Park of the Dodgers.

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In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry said, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Apollo 11 landed on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first home run.

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There was a ballot vote to change it this past election.

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Awesome. :tu

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Ditto. I remember Gaylord Perry. :tu

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Lucozade (A British energy drink, first made in the early 20th Century) was prohibited to Muslims until 2004, as it contained 0.01% alcohol. In 2004 The Muslim Council of Great Britain deemed the alcohol (ethanol) would not constitute a Religious Crime if anyone drank it.

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The state of Michigan has banned all "alcoholic energy" drinks across the board.

Apparently it is still legal to buy RedBull and Vodka separately. Not sure if they intent to make it illegal to mix them.

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The phrase "more bang for the buck" was used to describe the United States' New Look policy of depending on nuclear weapons, rather than a large regular army, to keep the Soviet Union in check.

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It failed.

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The intent was to stop the sale of drinks such as Four Loko, a malt alcohol drink with added caffeine. The FDA ruled caffeine an unsafe additive in alcoholic beverages. It supposedly stemmed from a WA college party where some underage students abused alcohol and then fell ill, imagine that. Apparently the caffeine masks the effects of the alcohol and allows people to become more intoxicated than they feel. I'm sure if the nannies can find a way to prohibit the mix of energy drinks and liquor they will. Its not my cup of tea but I still have a problem with the authorities telling me what I can and can't ingest. What could really suck is if the law translate to no more coffee stouts :eek:

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How are the Irish supposed to drink their coffee?

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I drank a can of four loko a couple nights ago to see what the fuss was about. I guess it's nickname is "blackout in a can". It contains 12% alcohol, and is a 24 oz can. Almost equivalent to drinking a whole bottle of wine. Tastes like a bad wine cooler. I got a HUGE buzz from it, and a tinge of a stomach ache (malt liquor and me don't mix).

Won't buy that again.

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Fixed. Mmm Jameson and coffee.

I've yet to try those four loco things but I heard they taste like crap so I had no interest. But I wouldn't like anyone telling me what to drink either.

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I like turtles.

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Chocolate + caramel + pecans = :dr :tu

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President Andrew Jackson is the only president in United States history to have paid off the national debt.

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Just bought some new boat shoes.

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The state of Michigan banned it. FDA was looking into extending it nationally, but I don't think that has happened yet.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dl...0_337774_7.pdf

It specifically lists the State of Utah's ban, many universities' ban, and a sexual assault on a local 14 year old as part of the justification for the ban.

I'm trying not to get on a soap box and preach, but I'll put it this way: I do not agree with the ban. I understand the intent, but I disagree with their method of "fixing" the problem.


Not to leave this post without a random interesting fact:

Michigan's football program is the winningest in college football history. The Wolverines have won a record 884 games and have an all-time winning percentage of .737, also the best in college football history.

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I'm fairly certain this could be used to justify a general ban on alcohol, no? I would wager several young teenage girls are assaulted by drunk men, with no caffeine involved, every year. I'd also say I'm pretty certain it wasn't the caffeine added to alcohol that caused the assault on the teenage girl in question either. Caffeine doesn't turn me into a paedophile. Well, I don't think it does :hn

Edit: I am assuming it was on a 14yo girl.

Random Fact:

Northern Ireland is experiencing, as a whole coutry, it's worst snow in 25 years. Belfast, which had localised snow storms far worse in 2005, is the only place where this is not the worst snow in 25 years.

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Yes, that is the end result of their logic. The actions the perp took were already illegal. To assume that perp would not have commited such an act without said substance removes accountability. Perp decided to take whatever substance, then decided to commit a crime.

By similar logic, automobile accidents kill more people every year than any disease. Doctor's mistakes kill more people each year in the USA than guns do. Perhaps we should ban cars and doctors?


Random fact: It is impossible to lick your own elbow, but it is fun to watch people try.

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That was my point, exactly. I should maybe have pointed out that alcohol doesn't cause paedophilia either.


Interesting fact: It is legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow from the walls of Chester, at 2am. It is also, technically, still a legal requirement for all Men over the age of 12 to practice archery at their local (itchy?) butts on a Sunday, all over the UK.

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What about at 1:59 or 2:01? Never know when those sneaky Welsh will attack....

Hmm...could this be extrapolated/extended to include rifle practice? :D

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On the time: I'm not entirely sure. To be honest, as much as I'd like to, I don't intend to see what would happen, should I decide to stick an arrow through a Welshman at 2am, short of a signed affidavit from the Prime Minister that it would be entirely legal. I could pose the 1:59am question to him when he gives that to me.

On Rifle Practice: No, I believe the law specifcally says with a bow and arrow.

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In the Middle Ages, Britain had a legal compensation system for murder, and stolen or killed livestock. The lowest compensation in the system was for the murder of a Welshman.

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US nuclear aircraft carriers can operate continuously for 20 years before refueling.