sneakers' "Random Fact of the Day" thread

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Originally Posted by sneakers

the word lollapalooza was used to root out suspected japanese spies.

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Lima, Peru has 2 million more people living in it than New York City.

The tomato plant is member of the poisonous nightshade family.

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Originally Posted by sneakers

The tomato plant is member of the poisonous nightshade family.

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Fake news. So are potatoes and a number of other foods.

We need to change the title of this thread to "Sneaker's bullshit and lies!!"

Sneakers is a bad man. Random? maybe not. Fact? oh yeah

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress project cost more than the Manhattan Project.

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Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

Fake news. So are potatoes and a number of other foods.

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Speaking of potatoes.....a fact I never of knew of those things.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014...n_7360976.html

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Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis

Fake news. So are potatoes and a number of other foods.

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Not so fast:

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Nightshade Vegetables: So What About The Tomato?

Not all nightshade vegetables were created equal, and many of the harmful properties found in wild members of of the family are absent or greatly reduced in their cultivated counterparts. The edibles we're interested in are members of two genera: Capsicum and Solanum, or the pepper genus and potato/tomato/eggplant genus, respectively.

Before you go uprooting your tomato and pepper plants, keep in mind they have only a tiny fraction of the alkaloid content of the wild-growing deadly nightshades and that glycoalkaloids are reduced during a fruit's ripening process.

Our ancestors weren't stupid, and would have noticed any large-scale problems arising from the introduction of tomatoes, peppers, and other nightshades into their diets. Today, large swaths of humanity eat large amounts of nightshades without apparent negative side effects.

http://www.raw-food-health.net/Night...egetables.html

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Originally Posted by FanInAZ

Not so fast:

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I can tell by your post reflection that you are serious.

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Originally Posted by slim

I can tell by your post reflection that you are serious.

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You better believe I'm serious :mad:

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Originally Posted by FanInAZ

You better believe I'm serious :mad:

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I read your post in a mirror...there is no doubt.

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Originally Posted by slim

I read your post in a mirror...there is no doubt.

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Just remember, its one thing to pick on me. You pick on an Aspie buddy of mine, and you'll feel my wrath you neuroheathens :mad:

P.S. Does anyone know how to trademark a word or term? "Neuroheathen" is definitely the best I've ever invented, especially spur of the moment like I just did :D

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Originally Posted by FanInAZ

Just remember, its one thing to pick on me. You pick on an Aspie buddy of mine, and you'll feel my wrath you neuroheathens :mad:

P.S. Does anyone know how to trademark a word or term? "Neuroheathen" is definitely the best I've ever invented, especially spur of the moment like I just did :D

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Its hard to understand you with the wicked echo

The Union army consisted of 17,000 soldiers at the beginning of the American Civil war. Most of which were stationed west of the Mississippi River.