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Reaganite Republican ^ | March 24, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[djf]

Given that, then what is the first food ever INTENTIONALLY cooked in a microwave?

[Outlaw Woman]

lol! This is great! Thanks for the break rr

[1raider1]

No WORD in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

It is impossible for any word to rhyme with any four words that don't also rhyme with each other.

[AnAmericanMother]

The very first item is completely untrue.

Churchill's mother was at a house party at Blenheim Palace, the principal seat of the dukes of Marlborough, and went into labor during a ball. He was born in a bedroom near the ballroom. The 'ladies room' story apparently started because the bedroom had been used by the ladies for their wraps and jackets, which had to be taken off the bed.

Blenheim Palace is hardly a 'dance hall'!

[muir_redwoods]

Not to nitpick but a lunation is the time between full moons. It is a bit more than 29-1/2 days. Since February is 28 or 29 days long it is possible to have a February with no full moon but this must happen more often than once in all of recorded history. I would hazard a guess that it must happen at least once every 400 years.

The rest are pretty cool though

[Tax-chick]

the principal seat of the dukes of Marlborough ... that is to say, his own grandfather.

[Reaganite Republican]

I dunno, but my personal MW first was a soybean burger at the bowling ally in 1972 lol

[Reaganite Republican]

Much obliged, OW~

[Reaganite Republican]

Excellent to know, I’ll correct it on my site- thx!

[Larry Lucido]

Interesting list, but I wonder how much of it has been fact-checked?

BTW kudos for posting the entire article. It was fun to read.

[Larry Lucido]

So instead of going over the falls in a barrel, you'd go over in a taboggan?

[mad_as_he$$]

Popcorn.

[GreenAccord]

Yep, you’re instincts are right. (Why is it always the calendar/celestial “facts” in lists like these that belie common sense, and in the end, undermine the veracity of the entire list?

According to http://lunaf.com/english/moon-phases/lunar-calendar-2018/, February 2018 won’t have a full moon either, meaning, there will be two blue moons (January & March 2018) in that year.

As a matter of statistics, this should occur once every 29 to 30 years, not taking into account the effect leap years have on it.

[hattend]

If the entire population of China walked past you -8 abreast, PLA-style- , the procession of humanity would never end because of the rate of reproduction (!)

Nonsense...if they were all walking by me, they wouldn't be procreating.

[RandallFlagg]

Good list.
There's some similar on this YouTube channel:
HotFactsGirls

[thackney]

month, orange, silver, or purple

The word OR is different than the word AND.

[Sherman Logan]

Umm, I can think of possible methods. Awkward but feasible, particularly with a large man and a small woman.

[flintsilver7]

The Queen Elizabeth 2 can get anywhere from 40 feet to 125 feet per gallon of fuel.

http://www.roblightbody.com/liners/qe-2/QE2_fuel_economy.htm

[Lee'sGhost]

That was my first thought. If it wasn’t the first, it should have been.