SteveBrickNJ
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Recent draughts in Europe were the worst in 2,100 years 
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Goofyernmost
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To be fair, paper started out as wood. I used to heat my house with misprinted newsprint paper, Ink and all. Kept the house warm and the chimney clean. Amazingly bundles burnt just as long as logs.
Kleenex tissues were originally intended for gas masks
When there was a cotton shortage during World War I, Kimberly-Clark developed a thin, flat cotton substitute that the army tried to use as a filter in gas masks. The war ended before scientists perfected the material for gas masks, so the company redeveloped it to be smoother and softer, then marketed Kleenex as facial tissue instead.
SteveBrickNJ
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The super popular and tasty M & Ms candy was invented in 1941 exclusively for the military.
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M&Ms were the first candy to go to space.
Astronaut Loren J. Shriver, Mission Commander of STS-46, eats floating M&M's on the flight deck of the shuttle Atlantis during its orbit of the earth in 1992.
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The same qualities that made them durable wartime rations made them perfect for space travel. So on request from the crew aboard NASAās first space shuttle, Columbia, M&Mās became the first candy to rocket into space in 1981. To commemorate NASA's final space shuttle launch in 2011, Mars even made special-edition M&Ms just for the flight, decorated with images of the Atlantis shuttle, the phrase "3, 2, 1...Lift Off!" and date of the launch: July 8, 2011.
SteveBrickNJ
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HOT water FREEZES FASTER than COLD water
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The Tootsie Pop, a hard-candy lollipop filled with chocolate-flavored chewy, was created back in 1931. It became well-known for its very catchy slogan ā āHow many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?ā. Well, according to engineer students at Purdue University who created a ālicking machineā, it takes between 252-364 licks.
MinnieM123
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In MA, itās illegal for anyone not in law enforcement, to practice shooting upon a target shaped like a person.
Goofyernmost
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In Vermont it is illegal to whistle underwater. There haven't been many arrests for it. Another is that women must get permission from their husbands to wear false teeth. Not sure why that is a problem.
John park hopper
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The skippers name on Gilligan's Island was only used once in the pilot episode--- his name was Jonas Grumby.
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Goofyernmost
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Another weird Vermont law that shows that the place was not always liberal... "Delivery men must walk backwards in driveways of homes worth more than $500,000."
BLASPHEMY Against the Capn ARRR this means waaarFroot Loops are only one "flavor" and everything I've ever known has been a lie.
SteveBrickNJ
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McDonald's tried to get America's kids to eat healthier by introducing bubble gum flavored broccoli
It never caught on.....go figure!
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It never caught on.....go figure!
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Goofyernmost
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It is illegal to paint a horse in Vermont.
SteveBrickNJ
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Sea Otters hold hands while they are sleeping.
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I guess that where the phrase fizzle out came from