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Old 01-03-21, 08:52 PM   #61
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The peanut is neither a pea or a nut.
It is a bean.

(clearing my throat in that oh so annoying manner of mine)


Peanuts are legumes as are beans, but peanuts are not beans.


Peanuts are classified as a grain legume of the family Leguminosae, also known as Pulses.


How's THAT for useless trivia?
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Old 01-03-21, 09:10 PM   #62
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So...... peanut butter is not suitable for vegans, because it has a pulse.


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Old 01-04-21, 07:20 AM   #63
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The longest word in the English language that has only one vowel is "Strengths"
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Old 01-04-21, 09:37 AM   #64
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"Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends with "mt."
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Old 01-04-21, 10:29 AM   #65
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The longest word in the English language that does not repeat a letter is "Subdermatoglypic"






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Old 01-04-21, 10:31 AM   #66
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A Greek-Canadian man invented the "Hawaiian" pizza.
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Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a Hospital
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Old 01-04-21, 12:27 PM   #68
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Cats can't taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.
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Old 01-04-21, 12:45 PM   #69
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63 Earths can fit in Uranus


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Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
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There are 119 ridges on a US quarter
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Canis Majoris is an extreme oxygen-rich 'red hypergiant'. It takes a long time to leave the 'circumstellar envelope'.
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The StarShip Enterprise is NOT the only thing to circle Uranus and wipe out Klingons.
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(clearing my throat in that oh so annoying manner of mine)
Oh, sure. You've only been waiting 25 years to correct me in public.

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A Greek-Canadian man invented the "Hawaiian" pizza.

The Caesar salad was invented in Mexico ... by an Italian, of course.
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