Did You Know-Part 4

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*The first MTV video was "Video Killed the Radio Star," by the Buggles.

*Only male turkey's gobble.

*Strawberries contain more vitamin c than oranges.

*Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. Celery has about 6 calories per 8-inch stalk

*Thieves are getting smarter... Cars have been stolen by thieves who wrote down VINs and used them to obtain duplicate keys through auto dealerships.

*A few Wisconsin quarters contain a printing error that makes them especially valuable. Among the 453 million Wisconsin quarters minted over a two-week period near the end of 2004, a few thousand bearing a cornstalk peculiarity have surfaced. On some of the variant coins, an extra leaf on the ear is turned up; on others, the leaf is noticeably fatter than its siblings and points downward. This altered artwork appears to have been a deliberate act
on the part of an unknown employee of the U.S. Mint.
(Please send all unwanted Wisconsin quarters to me)

*The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters in it.

*The Caspian Sea is actually a lake.

*Giraffes have no vocal cords.

*Richard Joshua Reynolds-One of the fathers of the cigarette industry- hated cigarettes. He preferred chewing tobacco and would not allow smokes in his house.

*Wouldn't matter now, but if you were a tobacco farmer in the 30's and 40's, you wouldn't have had to fight in WW II. President Roosevelt declared tobacco "an essential crop" at the outbreak of the war- exempting tobacco growers from the draft.

*Old Joe, a camel in Barnum and Bailey's circus. R.J. Reynolds had his personal secretary photograph him in 1913. The package is an exact copy of the photo.

*In 1989, Reynolds introduced Uptown, a menthol brand designed specifically for blacks. Within days of its introduction, civil rights groups and anti-smoking organizations lit into Reynolds. Two months later, Uptown was dumped.

Nina

Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz)
Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance

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*Old Joe, a camel in Barnum and Bailey's circus. R.J. Reynolds had his personal secretary photograph him in 1913. The package is an exact copy of the photo.

As in Camels cigs?

You DO realize that its not a camel on the package right?

Remster

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You DO realize that its not a camel on the package right?

Don't smoke...so I have no clue. I just pass on the trivia tidbits that I get. So what is it, if it isn't a camel?

Nina

Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz)
Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance

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In french, a dromadaire... probably a similar critter name in English... its the 2 vs 1 hump thing.

Remster

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a dromadaire

But isn't that still in the camel family?

Nina

Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz)
Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance

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Do I look like a zoologist?
In french, a camel is a camel, and a dromadaire is a dromadaire. They are both probably mamals but thats as far as I'm 100% sure

Remster

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Do I look like a zoologist?
In french, a camel is a camel, and a dromadaire is a dromadaire. They are both probably mamals but thats as far as I'm 100% sure

From the Columbia encyclopedia:

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The two species of true camel are the single-humped Arabian camel, or dromedary, Camelus dromedarius, a domesticated animal used in Arabia and North Africa, and the two-humped Bactrian camel (C. bactrianus) of central Asia.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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There is in France a type of donut called the "pette du non." According to legend, a nun was cooking and let out a fart. She was so embarrassed that she droppped some batter into some hot oil Thus, the "Fart Donut" was born.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

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Do I look like a zoologist?

No, not necessarily, belong in a zoo, maybe. Smell like a zoo, probably. I got it, Karen must be the zoologist.

Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you.