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Who Sent The First Message in a Bottle?

It is certainly not the most precise of communication tools. In fact, a messenger or carrier pigeon is a more exact means of communication when compared to a message in a bottle. It can take years floating and bobbing in the sea for a message in a bottle to make landfall or be discovered, if […]

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Filed Under: Offbeat, Outdoors Tagged With: Booze, Communication, History

Do You Really Have To Wash Behind Your Ears?

Among all the motherly and parental advice, to wash behind your ears is but one. But is this  an affectionate saying, an admonishment, or the result of some other cultural or religious notion? Or, is the phrase so pervasive because you should, in fact, wash behind your ears? Wash Behind Your Ears: Literal Meaning Many […]

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Who Invented Sausage?

Oh, the sausage. Whether it is bratwurst, Slim Jim, hot dog, salami, or kielbasa, there is no questioning the unadulterated love the world has for sausage. Have you ever pondered why sausages are around every corner and in nearly every ethnic dish? Sausage is found across many cultures, but who invented sausage to start this craze? […]

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How Much is a Buttload?

You hear it tossed around casually – a buttload of this, a buttload of that. It might be coming from your twelve-year-old brother or just another juvenile acquaintance, but more than likely the speaker doesn’t know that their silly word might actually carry some historic meaning. Could they really have a buttload of stuff? They […]

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What is Twerking?

According to Oxford Dictionaries (Think Oxford University Press, publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s legit.), to twerk is to “dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.” It’s a booty dance, and a fairy improper one at that. Yet we have middle school girls getting […]

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What Was Oprah Winfrey’s Early Life Like?

Curious about OprahWinfrey’s early life? The Mississippi-born media superstar, talk show personality, actress, and philanthropist was born on January 29, 1954 to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey. It was just the beginning. Oprah was born into poverty to a then teenage single mother (Vernita). Before her award winning show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was […]

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Filed Under: Offbeat Tagged With: African American, TV, Wealth

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