The graham cracker is named after it's inventor Rev. Sylvester Graham as a thin digestive biscuit made primarily of a combination of white and coarse wheat flours. It was originally intended as a health food that was prescribed in order to curb ones "carnal urges". You see, Rev. Graham thought that eating bland foods would curb ones sexual appetites. It wasn't until years later that people started added spices to his "Graham Biscuits" in order to make them more palatable, thereby creating the…
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Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on August 5, 2009 at 3:39pm —
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The word 'denim' comes from 'de Nimes', Nimes being the town the fabric was originally produced.
Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on August 3, 2009 at 6:39pm —
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The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.... or at least I like think so...
Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on August 1, 2009 at 1:17pm —
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The average person uses 57 sheets of toilet paper... one wonders how this statistic was achieved...
Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on July 31, 2009 at 2:53pm —
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist... suddenly that root canal just got a whole lot worse.
Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on July 30, 2009 at 8:08pm —
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The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.... which apparently means that my ability to fall asleep almost instantly and virtually anywhere just by tipping my hat makes me, like, superhuman?
Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on July 29, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Started rolling Friday night by going to Grease at the Golden Gate in San Francisco. A good show, but not a great one. I can understand energy being low on closing weekend, or just having an off night. These things happen in theater, but when I go to see a touring company perform something as recognizable as Grease, I hope to be wowed. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad... it just wasn't impressive. And the whole Taylor Hicks thing was kind of ridiculous. He played Teen Angel, and did a decent…
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Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on April 19, 2009 at 3:25pm —
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So, Roxy, Moriyah, and I will be heading down to Anaheim for Roxy's birthday (we're getting there thursday and staying until sunday). But, we'll also be down for the SoCal meet. I had a blast going down there for Burlesque Day, so I'm hella looking forward to getting together with everybody. (And hopefully some folk will join us in the park the next day!)
Just a few days away from taking another hit for my still blossoming Disneyland Addiction!
Catch you on the other…
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Added by That Cat in the Hat {★}Manfriend on January 12, 2009 at 10:19pm —
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