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The Truth, the HOLE Truth, and Nothing But The Truth!!!

February 15th 2010 22:00

Although doughnuts were reportedly introduced to Americans by the Dutch, they were not the first people to come up with the idea of a hole in the middle.

So is there actually a reason for having the hole in the middle? The answer is yes.

As a sea going mariner, Hanson Gregory of Maine U.S.A. was posed with a dilemma while sailing one night and about to tuck into a delicious doughnut.
A fierce wind had sprung up and both of his hands were required for steering the ship, so what to do with the doughnut? After a quick glance at the ship's wheel, he promptly stuck it onto one of the wheel spokes, thereby punching the centre out.

After getting the ship under control and returning to his snack, he noted that the doughnut tasted much better without the centre portion which he had always found to be a little too undercooked and soggy. He therefore requested the ship's cook to prepare his doughnuts with a hole in the middle. thereby inventing the ring doughnut.

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Are FRENCH FRIES Really FRENCH???

May 5th 2009 10:29

French fries. Are they actually French?

It turns out the answer is actually no.
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IT FELL From The SKY! MEAT!!!

July 3rd 2008 10:15

All sorts of strange and bizarre items have fallen from the sky in the past, but how would you feel if a lump of fresh meat landed in your lap?

In 1851 soldiers at a base out near San Francisco were practising drills when they were hit by blood and pieces of meat, from a cloudless sky.
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From The Harvest Festival To Thanksgiving

October 9th 2007 09:31

As an Australian in the UK my cultural knowledge is ever expanding.

Take for instance my new knowledge of Britain's Harvest Festival, a cultural celebration of which I knew nothing about. I did however know about America and Thanksgiving. It turns out that the two are actually somewhat related.
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McDonalds FIRST Drive Through!

June 2nd 2007 00:30

The first drive through window at a restaurant was at the McDonald's in Sierra Vista, Arizona, opening on the 24th of January, 1975

It was put in so that the soldiers from Fort Huachuca could get their food from there as the military base had a regulation prohibiting anyone in uniform from entering a business establishment.
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