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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.

North Carolina was also showered with blood, brains, pieces of meat and liver during the same year.

In 1876 a woman from Kentucky was in her garden when fresh meat began to shower her in snowflake like sizes from the again cloudless sky.
Two nearby men tasted it (why does that not surprise me!) and thought it tasted like either venison or mutton. Scientists later tested it to find it was a random selection of lung tissue and muscle fibres. The explanation given was that a flock of buzzards had most likely regurgitated the matter while flying overhead.

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Calling All Chocoholics

June 27th 2008 12:15

Especially for lovers of chocolate bars!

How well can you tell one chocolate bar from another once the packaging has been removed?
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Brain Tacos & Other Weird Foods.

June 24th 2008 12:15

Ever experienced the tantalising sensation of Brain Tacos on your tongue?

Why ever not, begs the question?
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The Additional Chocolate Rules

March 23rd 2008 01:45

If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?

Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal.
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Easter At The Whitehouse

March 22nd 2008 01:45

OK, so every year in the US the President, his wife and their cohorts have what's known as the annual Easter Egg Roll on the lawns of the Whitehouse.

But to see one with an added twist, you should check out this one....Easter under the Bush Administration!
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World's Largest Easter Egg

March 20th 2008 11:34

Ever wondered about the size of the World's largest Easter egg?

Belgian chocolate company Guylian, known best for their seashell designed chocolates won themselves a place in the Guinness Book of Worlds records during Easter of 2005 with an egg composed of over 50,000 bars , the equivalent of or 1,950 kilograms (4,300 pounds in weight) of chocolate.
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EXPLODING COWS!!!

March 17th 2008 07:00

There is an urban myth that if a cow isn't milked it will explode. If this were true we would have all heard many reports of cows exploding in this way. However the milk load carried by a cow can be quite painful if it is not milked on a regular basis.

Dairy cows make milk for their calves and will keep on supplying milk until the need has run out. As milking on a regular basis makes the cow produce a steady stream of milk, she will keep on doing so until she is allowed to 'dry out' gradually before possibly beginning the calving season again.
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UnRhymable Words

February 25th 2008 10:37

There are some words in the English language for which there is absolutely no rhyming counterpart. you might think that I'm talking about some obscure word in the dictionary like agathokakological. But no, I'm actually talking about common, every day, garden variety, words.

Try as you might, there is not a single word that rhymes with either:
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WHY DO ONIONS Make You CRY???

February 21st 2008 22:40

A very old question indeed!

Exactly why is it that chopping and peeling onions makes our eyes water furiously???
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Definitely A Spicy Theft

February 20th 2008 22:24

In the latest news from the 'Inland Valley Daily Bulletin' in the US, an armed robber snuck up behind a bicyclist in order to mug him.

However this incident was a little unusual considering how the standard US mugging goes.
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Christmas Turkeys & Christmas Dinners

December 14th 2007 00:05

In both the United Kingdom and the United States of America, turkeys are the currently the main choice for Christmas dinner.

In fact, before turkeys became popular in the UK, it was the custom to eat goose. Then during one particular Christmas, British monarch Henry VIII decided to try a turkey dinner.
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CASHEWS! NUTS OR NOT REALLY!!!

December 11th 2007 00:05

With Christmas approaching, I know many of you will go more than a little nuts in a variety of ways.

One way of course, is in the simple pleasure of consuming nuts. Usually during the silly season a wide variety are readily on offer, but why is is that one of our most popular nuts , the humble cashew, doesn't have a shell?
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Christmas SPENDING HABITS Of The UK 2007!!!

December 10th 2007 00:05

Professionals at Deloitte have compiled the results of their annual survey, showing that the wet weather has dampened some of the expected results of Christmas shopping for 2007 in the UK, but overall British consumers are quite willing to fork out this Christmas, whilst also being very ‘canny’ about the items they spend their money on.

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SQUIRRELLY Interesting Squirrel Facts!!

November 16th 2007 09:16

Grey squirrels have been known to build nests in many unusual places, such as in cars, chimney's, barbecue grills and under porches rather than in the more cosy household attic.

A squirrel's brain is about the size of a walnut.
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