interesting facts...........

guidosp1


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22/07/2009 09:06

Did you know that the average chocolate bar in the U.S. contains at least 8 pieces of an insect in it? Harvesting of the cacao beans occurs in the tropical countries of South America with low sanitation levels. Cacao tree beans are cut and piled in the farmer's field where they ferment for 6 days. During this process, children and adults walk over the piles; insects, rodents, small animals and other living things that make their nests in the piles. Actually the The U. S. Department of Health publishes a book entitled "The Food Defect Action Levels" in which they list unavoidable defects in food (insect, rodents etc.) all allowed by FDA.

so any time you fancy a bar of chocolate check where it's comming from

guido

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 09:15

So, 'A Mars a day keeps the rodent away!'



Richard

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 09:56

Contrary to popular lore, Escargot did not originate with the highest paid feudal serf-chef in 146 B.C. France, but rather with a simple, poor, French country housewife whose husband was a Roman soldier. He came home from fighting the Anglo-Saxons’ barbarian ancestors several weeks earlier than she expected, starving from his long journey. Having not enough bread or cheese to satisfy his hunger and no chickens to prepare, she resorted to rummaging through the newly planted garden for some tender zucchini or young carrots. Finding nothing, she began to weep. While watching her tears fall to the ground, she caught sight of a snail and immediately remembered her mother saying that anything sliced and cooked in butter tasted wonderful, so she began collecting snails.

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 09:57

When she placed the meal before her husband glowing with pride at her resourcefulness, he immediately snubbed it, so she convinced him the Anglo-Saxons had invented Escargot, and it was what all the English women were preparing their husbands, and snails were why Englishmen were so strong and valiant in battle. Believing her tale, the husband wolfed down the Escargot, and when he and his troops defeated the Anglo-Saxons the next day, he taunted the captured soldiers with the fact that he had used their own defenses against them. Not wanting to take credit for such a disgusting meal, but afraid to contradict their captors, the Anglo-Saxons went along with it.

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 09:57

After the French monarchy was established, Charles II, who’s favorite meal was Escargot, was jealous of the delicacy’s supposed origin and decided to credit the French, deeming one of his predecessor’s serf’s had clearly come up with Escargot since it was cooked in butter, and only the French cook with butter. The English, finally relieved of the wretched mistake, but unwilling to relinquish anything to the French, declared war on France. Although they were defeated, the English fought bravely, so they felt they had done their duty and let the matter drop.

elko2



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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 10:23

So now we know why the chocolate bars taste so deliciously.

ismet

Lilli



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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 10:31

bill, if that it's true it is a very interesting fact (or fairy tale) If you ever swim in the Amazon and Oranoco Rivers of South America please think twice before urinating in the water. Fish called Candiru or Carnero is attracted by urine smell (urea and ammonia) and it can insert it self into the penis or vagina while urinating. Then penis fish lodges itself somewhere in the urinary tract with its spines and it uses its mouth for feeding by sucking the blood. It is almost impossible for fish to survive inside of the human body. Removal of the fish is extremely hard due to the spines and if problem is not treated it can result in removal of the genitals.hoops!!!

guido

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 10:38

Lilli. Thanks for letting me know. Next time I'm up the Amazon I'll remember not to p*** in the river. )

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 10:43

Did you know:

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death

The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 10:47

I think I'll reincarnate as a lion!



Richard

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 10:47

Did you know:

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

guidosp1


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 10:54

bill, this is start to be an interesting post, so,If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 time per day

guido

smithy


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 11:01

Well this has cheered me up, after all this I am ready to hang myself. No chocolate for me from now on

) )

sheila

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 11:11

Did you know:



Earwigs are small bugs that got their name from the myth that they climb into people's ears and therein lay their eggs or tunnel into the brain. Earwigs also have two penises! Both are larger than it's body and if it needs the second one just in case one of them snaps off!

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 11:12

Foreign bodies in the rectum are a common occurrence and most of the cases are treated with anesthesia before removing objects. Patients have usually made multiple attempts to remove the object themselves before consulting the professional. Common objects inserted are fruits, balls, bottles, vibrators, vegetables, and balls. However, interesting fact is that professors D. Busch and J. Starling; Madison, Wisconsin in 1986 did research and study report on strange rectal foreign bodies. Some of the unusual objects found in the anus and rectum include: magazine, beer glass, seven light bulbs, two flashlights, knife sharpener, frozen pigs tail, wire spring and tobacco pouch.

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 11:13

India resident Sanju Bhagat always had bit larger stomach, but he got extremely worried when it suddenly started growing bigger and bigger. Thirty year old Sanju Bhagat was rushed to hospital and his stomach condition was diagnosed as an stomach tumor. To a doctor's surprise it was something extremely different and very unusual. From the birth Sanju had his twin brother living inside of him like a parasite. This phenomenon is extremely rare since parasite twin brother has to survive by leaching on its brother’s blood supply. This bizarre medical conditions is called fetus in fetu and it occurs when a fetus gets trapped inside of its twin. Doctor Mehta who was operating Sanju Bhagat said: "First, one limb came out, then another limb came out. Then some part of genitalia, then some part of hair, some limbs, jaws, limbs, hair

No1Doyen


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22/07/2009 11:14

Johnny Cash (1932-2003) was an influential country song writer and singer from Kingsland, Arkansas, who sang to himself while picking cotton in the fields. His song "Ring of Fire" was refused by his family to be in a hemorrhoid-relief commercial. "The song is about the trans formative power of love, "said Cash's daughter, Rosanne. "Love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring bound by wild desire," the song goes.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 11:16

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are witren, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Brinsley


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 11:24

Bill



The sun and heat getting to you? Where on earth do you get all these 'facts' from?



Richard

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 11:41

Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn, Germany. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

daisy dukes


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 12:33

Have you ever wondered why sambucca is served with 3 coffee beans and is set alight? In bars today it is done for show...but originally....sambucca was made in large troughs in barns where lots of small animals and birds would fall in and also defacate in there...when it was time to bottle this delicious nectare, the makers would set it alight to burn of all the dead stuff in there...(eewww) then they would add the 3 coffee beans as a tribute to The Father The Son and The Holy Ghost...or for more commonly thought of now as Health Happiness and Prosperity...



DD

griffin9870


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Message Posted:
22/07/2009 14:18

My grandad used to like wierd facts, here are a few:



A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.



Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.



Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.



The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.



China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.



The Amayra guides of Bolivia are said to be able to keep pace with a trotting horse for a distance of 100 kilometres.



Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912.