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In 1943, the US banned the production of sliced bread as a wartime cost-cutting measure. Its disappearance from shelves did not go over well with Americans, who were already used to the convenience of pre-sliced loaves. After two months of public ire, the ban was lifted, with the New York Times announcing, "Sliced Bread Put Back on Sale; Housewives' Thumbs Safe Again." |
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Despite its name, white chocolate doesn't actually contain any real chocolate components. According to Bon Appetit, the item is made up of a blend of sugar, milk products, vanilla, lecithin, and cocoa butter - no chocolate solids. |
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In the last 3,500 years in the civilized world, there has been more time collectively that civilizations have been at war than civilizations have had peace time. It was recently calculated that in the last 3,500 years, there has only be a total of 230 years of peace. |
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Retired basketball sensation Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. |
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The Olympic flag's colors are always red, black, blue, green, and yellow rings on a field of white. This is because at least one of those colors appears on the flag of every nation on the planet. |
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All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job in case their pants split. |
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In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained. |
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At any given time, there are 1,800 thunderstorms in progress over the earth's atmosphere. |
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Crocodiles and alligators are surprisingly fast on land. Although they are rapid, they are not agile, so if you ever find yourself chased by one, run in a zigzag line. You'll lose him or her every time. |
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The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards." |
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The largest ocean liners pay a $250,000 toll for each trip through the Panama Canal. The canal generates fully one-third of Panama's entire economy. |
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Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp). |
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i was Iowa last week..and the leavers are turning...where did summer go????
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The Chinese invented the first sunglasses for judges. The dark lenses were designed to hide the judge’s emotions during courtroom proceedings. |
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There’s a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s nickname? You guessed it: “the highest court in the land.” |
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