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Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 06:46 AM

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Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' spelled backwards is 'naive'.

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 06:49 AM

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McDonald's salads contain up to 60% more fat than their burgers!

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 06:56 AM

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Cap'n Crunch is not, in fact, a captain. The three stripes on his uniform clearly reveal him to be a Navy commander, not a captain (a captain has 4 stripes).

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:09 AM

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There are trees that can grow more than one kind of fruit, and they're called fruit salad trees.

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:13 AM

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Miami is noted as "the only major city in the United States conceived by a woman, Julia Tuttle", a local citrus grower and a wealthy Cleveland native.

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:17 AM

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In the USA, there are more Chinese restaurants than all the McDonald’s, KFCs, Burger Kings and Wendy’s put together.

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:21 AM

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NYC's Central Park's lampposts contain a set of four numbers that can help you navigate. The first two tell you the nearest street, and the next two tell you whether you're closer to the east or west side of the park (even numbers signal east, odd signals west).

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:24 AM

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Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be Boston, Oregon.

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:29 AM

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Fried chicken was brought to America by Scottish immigrants.

Lee Stewart 12-05-2018 07:31 AM

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Peter Durand patented the tin can in 1810. Ezra Warner patented a can opener in 1858. In between, people used chisels and hammers.


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