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I've just given my biscuts to the woman acrossed the hall from me. I don't need them, anymore.

I once stood outside of Target in line for 7 hours in 10 degree weather at night for a Nintendo Wii.

When a cavity comes into contact with longitudinal wave patterns of its natural frequency, it vibrates at maximum amplitude. This is called Resonance.

"CLI" is the assembly keyword that turns on the interrupt system of a MC68HC12 microcontroller.

A four minute mile is the equivalent of 15 m.p.h.

Siamese cats have to think before doing something clumsy.

Roger Bannister and his wife have four children: Erin, Clive, Thurston and Charlotte.

They also have 14 grandchildren.

I'm watching National Lampoon's European Vacation, right now.

It was the custom among men in Rome, when swearing to tell
the truth, to place one's right hand on one's testicles.
The English word "testimony" is related to this custom.

Red or pink grapefruit has more vitamin C than white grapefruit.

mine too, I mentioned that elsewhere... I don't know where elsewhere, but elsewhere...

an oven with a conveyer belt, like that used at "quizno's" is called an impinger

a large blender, the sort used in professional kitchens is known as a vertical combining mixer

the mother sauces are one of the first things a culinary student learns, but a sauce cook\chef is a very high rank in a professional kitchen

the flavour of avacado can be approximated by mixing certain peppers, cucumber, and celery, the texture however is VERY different

the browning of meat is called the maillard effect

sugar will not spoil unless hydrated

cous cous is a pasta <now, I had assumed everyone knew this, but I keep hearing some people think it's a grain, and my own mother thought it was a grain, so there it is>

pork is not graded by the USDA like other meats, it is simply edible, or inedible

any food with sufficient water activity and energy to spoil can spend a maximum of four hours above 41 degrees farenheit cumulative according to the USDA before bacteria levels make it unnacceptable by food safety standards

peanut butter does not have enough water activity to require refrigeration

a Chinois is the finest seive or china cap

hotel pans are a standard size <12x20 inches> and also come in fractions of this size, additionally deeper versions than the typical 2 and 1\2 inches

Noro virus is one of the diseases food workers are required to not work if they have contracted <bad sentence, sorry>



you learn way too much if you have food safety certification

The "yellow" uniforms wore by Captain Kirk, Mr. Sulu, and Mr. Chekov on the original "Star Trek" series were actually green, but appeared yellow as a result of the set lighting.

Two stars of the TV series "Hogan's Heroes," Robert Clary (who played Lebeau) and John Banner (Sgt. Schultz) were actually imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps during WWII.

The flags referred to in the name of the Six Flags amusement parks refers to the six flags that have flown over the state of Texas: France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.

The city of Windsor, Ontario is south of Detroit, Michigan.

I don't take well to bluntness, because it puzzles me.

Half-life is the amount it takes for an atom to decay to half its original value.

I psot.

I've slept for eight hours, last night.

Roger Bannister's middle name is Gilbert.

A female salamander inseminates herself. At mating time,
the male deposits a jellylike substance containing the
sperm. The female draws the jelly into herself, and in
doing so fertilizes her eggs.