Yes it really happened

[Khun Paul]

If no-one else says it, thanks Doodoo, for your daily does of facts useless or otherwise that you seem to religiously post, over the last 12 months have learnt a lot about many things, some very interesting.
Keep up the good self4 imposed workload in 2022.

[Doodoo]

Thanks KP BUT others have also joined in and hopefully will continue This alone is not my site

Enjoy

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WAGES USA (They keep saying the economy under Joe is in rough shape. BUT have a look)
Heavy Haul Truck Driver:
"I haul wind turbines, aircraft wings, engines. I made $847,689.23 so far this year. After taxes, fuel permits, and escorts, this year I take home $326,000 more or less."

Clinical Counselor at an Immigration Shelter:
"I'm making about $57,000 a year, but currently have hazard pay, so I'm at 67,000 at the moment."

Registered Nurse in Trauma Operating Room:
"We get all the car accident, gun shot, and stab wounds. I make $110,000 a year. It can be a little hectic but i love helping others, and it’s fascinating watching/assisting a surgeon save someone’s life!"

Art Designer:
"I went to art school, and my whole family was like, 'What are you gonna do with that degree?' I’m a designer for a top media company and make $120,000 a year, full benefits, a ton of paid time off, and a plethora of perks. Support your artist family members!"

Medical Assistant:
"Worked as an MA for a family practice in Utah. After tax and benefits, I made just over $20,000 a year. I left for a call center and make almost $37,000 a year. My degree and student loans are worthless."

Public Relations Advisor for Oil and Gas Industry:
"Gross $81,000/year, plus about $12,000 in annual bonus, full benefits, and 401k match."

[Doodoo]

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Christmas pudding is a traditional British dessert popular during the holiday season.
A Christmas pudding is a dense fruit cake often made weeks or even months in advance. This time allows the dried fruit to soak up alcohol that's regularly poured onto the cake in the weeks before it's consumed.

On Christmas, the cake is set alight and then topped with a sauce of brandy butter or rum butter, cream, lemon cream, ice cream, custard, or sweetened béchamel. It is also sometimes sprinkled with caster or powdered sugar.

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Boxing Day falls the day after Christmas. Boxing Day also has a rich cultural history in Great Britain. Originating in the mid-1600s, the day was traditionally a day off for servants. On this day, servants would receive a "Christmas Box," or gift, from their master. The servants would then return home on Boxing Day to give "Christmas Boxes" to their families.

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Eggnog
Eggnog is a drink comprised of eggs, sugar, cream, and nog, a rare East Anglian spice that blooms once a year near the dairy aisle and is believed to increase arterial plaque by 8,000%. History reveals that eggnog used to be a popular Christmas drink amongst 18th-century aristocrats, suggesting a causal link to the era’s heavy mortality rate, as 100% of 18th-century British aristocrats are now dead.

[Doodoo]

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More Pizza Facts

1 MOZZARELLA CHEESE ACCOUNTS FOR NEARLY 80 PERCENT OF ITALIAN CHEESE PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

2 THE WORD “PIZZA” DATES BACK OVER A THOUSAND YEARS—IT WAS FIRST MENTIONED IN A LATIN TEXT WRITTEN IN SOUTHERN ITALY IN 997 CE.

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LIBERATOR

THE B-24 HAD POOR FLYING CHARACTERISTICS AND WAS VERY HARD TO MANEUVER. MANY PILOTS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO KEEP FLYING FORMATIONS INTACT. DUE TO THIS, LIBERATORS BECAME THE PREFERRED TARGETS OF GERMAN FIGHTERS. FORTUNATELY, ESCORT FIGHTERS WERE LATER INTRODUCED TO PROTECT THE SLOWER HEAVY BOMBERS FROM ENEMY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.

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AMERICA'S FINAL BILL FOR THE FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC AND EUROPE WAS MASSIVE. IN TODAY'S DOLLARS, WORLD WAR II COST $4.1 TRILLION, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE.

[Earnest]

Christmas pudding is a traditional British dessert popular during the holiday season.
A Christmas pudding is a dense fruit cake often made weeks or even months in advance. This time allows the dried fruit to soak up alcohol that's regularly poured onto the cake in the weeks before it's consumed.

On Christmas, the cake is set alight and then topped with a sauce of brandy butter or rum butter, cream, lemon cream, ice cream, custard, or sweetened béchamel. It is also sometimes sprinkled with caster or powdered sugar.

My Nanna used to put Shillings in our Christmas pudding, I'm not sure whether she was intent on choking us or not. We certainly never set it alight, I'm sure my Grandad would've had something to say about that. Why would you want to burn your Christmas pudding? Insane.

[stattointhailand]

I suppose the creme Brulee desert was equally boring in your grans house?

Whoever heard of christmas pud that wasnt set fire too PS my gran used silver threepenny bits which were about 1/4 the size of a shilling and much easier to swallow

[Doodoo]

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THE FIRST PIZZA PLACE IN AMERICA WAS LOMBARDI’S IN NEW YORK CITY—ORIGINALLY A GROCERY STORE, LOMBARDI’S STARTED SELLING PIZZA IN 1905.

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How long does the average shopper spend in the grocery store? According to the Time Use Institute, the average shopping trip takes 41 minutes. If you multiply that by the 1.5-trip per week average, that's over 53 hours per year you're spending in the grocery store.

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Meals in Ancient Roman times
Eggs with honey
Two common breakfast foods that aren’t commonly used together nowadays were all the rage back in ancient Rome. Known as Ova Spongia ex Lacte, it’s considered by many people to be the world’s first version of an omelette. Topped with spices that may include pepper, cinnamon, or nutmeg, the dish was both savoury and sweet.

Braised flamingo
Much like the dolphins, this is another animal Romans loved to eat that you won’t find on any modern menus. Braised flamingo was a delicacy, with the flamingo tongue especially being something that only royalty typically consumed. Seeing as how flamingos are native to Africa, having one on the table was a status symbol and it was more about showing off you could afford the bird rather than the meal itself being a filling one.

[Earnest]

I suppose the creme Brulee desert was equally boring in your grans house?

Wot's that?

Talking of boring, I came over here this afternoon after DooDoo told me to ignore Dan and Desmond but the OP hasn't said a dickie bird yet. I think I might saunter back over to see what Dan is up to.

[rick]

Christmas pudding is a traditional British dessert popular during the holiday season.
A Christmas pudding is a dense fruit cake often made weeks or even months in advance. This time allows the dried fruit to soak up alcohol that's regularly poured onto the cake in the weeks before it's consumed.

On Christmas, the cake is set alight and then topped with a sauce of brandy butter or rum butter, cream, lemon cream, ice cream, custard, or sweetened béchamel. It is also sometimes sprinkled with caster or powdered sugar.

My Nanna used to put Shillings in our Christmas pudding, I'm not sure whether she was intent on choking us or not. We certainly never set it alight, I'm sure my Grandad would've had something to say about that. Why would you want to burn your Christmas pudding? Insane.

We used to light up the Xmas pudding, quite spectacular if you turn down the lighting. I even did it one year in Thailand to amuse the family here. The pudding doesn't actually burn - just the brandy you pour over it (pudding has to be hot to work).

[Earnest]

I don't doubt it, Rick, I saw the same done with a glass of Sambuca in the Thai restaurant a couple of nights back.

[Doodoo]

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THE FIRST FROZEN PIZZA HIT THE MARKET IN 1962. IT MOSTLY TASTED LIKE CARDBOARD UNTIL THE GENIUS FOOD INVENTOR ROSE TOTINO GOT HER HANDS ON IT.

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Ancient Meals

Olive relish
With olive trees native to the Mediterranean, it’s no surprise that they were available in abundance for Roman chefs. Olive relish was one of the many results, made by mixing together various types of olives with vinegar, olive oil, coriander and other available spices. This condiment was a popular way to add something extra to breads, meats, and other dishes.

Spiced wine
Anyone who has ever had an Italian dinner should know how integral wine is to their food, and spiced wine was a creation of theirs that was beloved amongst commoners and the upper-class alike. Still popular to this day, spiced wine is typically served around the holidays, especially winter holidays where the blend of alcohol and spice is sure to warm anyone up. With ingredients such as pepper, saffron, honey, and cinnamon boiled over an open flame, the aromatics from this dish will be almost as good as the taste.


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SHOPPING
What day of the week is the most popular for grocery shopping? Saturdays are prime time for grocery shoppers. Approximately 41 million Americans choose this day to do their weekly shopping.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

That shopping information might be true for the U.S.A., but is it true in Tonga, Cambodia, India, Bhutan or Peru?

Hope this helps

[Stantheman]

That shopping information might be true for the U.S.A., but is it true in Tonga, Cambodia, India, Bhutan or Peru?

Hope this helps

Nope, no help

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Yeah, you're right

[Doodoo]

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PIZZA

Pizza is one of the most popular food options for Americans, with 350 slices eaten by the second. To put that in perspective, about 21,000 slices are eaten nationally in just one minute.

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Food in the future
Insects
Insects have been recognized as one of the best solutions for fighting world hunger for decades. While educational and marketing efforts take time, products are starting to pop up in our local grocery stores. Iron, zinc, vitamin B12... The nutritional benefits of insects have already been established, despite some promises falling through. Plus, producing insects for food slashes water and energy consumption. So, how will you eat your bugs? Powdered? In an energy bar? Covered in chocolate? Added to a smoothie?

Milk without cows
Milk means cows, right? Not necessarily. For several years now, producers like Perfect Day in California have been creating milk from fermented bovine proteins with no cows in sight. Today, this protein-rich liquid, made without laying a finger on the animal, is sold to major manufacturers that transform it into protein bars, cookies, mayonnaise, baby food, etc.

Edible water bottles
Bottled water is a veritable plague on the environment. One hundred million bottles are thrown out every day, and each one will take at least 700 years to decompose! A London company aims to produce bottles made of completely edible algae rather than plastic. Will all packaging follow suit? Let’s hope so. Algae bottles cost less to produce, require much fewer resources, and don’t pollute.

[Earnest]

What?

I always drop by for crispy insects when I'm at the market by the Satani Rot Fai, there's nuffink futuristic about it.

It's one of the highlights of my occasional visits.

[Laan Yaa Mo]

What?

I always drop by for crispy insects when I'm at the market by the Satani Rot Fai, there's nuffink futuristic about it.

It's one of the highlights of my occasional visits.

I agree. There's nothing better than a crunchy cricket, a bitter-sweet silkworm, a plate of fried locusts and uncooked beef. Oh, hold on Nellie, the latter is not an insect. From Chiang Mai in the early 80s, to Khon Kaen and Viang Chan, I've tried these delicacies and they are pretty good. The uncooked beef was really tasty, but the severe gout attack a few hours later was not so nice.

However, I balked at eating spiders just outside of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and dog in Sakon Nakhon.

[Doodoo]

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IN 2001, PIZZA HUT DELIVERED A SIX-INCH SALAMI PIZZA TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION—THE FIRST PIZZA DELIVERED TO OUTER SPACE.
THE U.S. MILITARY LAB RECENTLY INVENTED A READY-TO-EAT PIZZA THAT CAN LAST FOR UP TO THREE YEARS. THE PIZZA IS INTENDED FOR SOLDIERS ABROAD WHO ARE CRAVING A SLICE… AND ALSO PRESUMABLY FOR ANYONE PREPARING FOR A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.
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A punt gun is a type of extremely large shotgun used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for shooting large numbers of waterfowl for commercial harvesting operations. These weapons are characteristically too large for an individual to fire from the shoulder or often carry alone, but unlike artillery pieces, punt guns are able to be aimed and fired by a single person from a mount. In this case, the mount is typically a small watercraft. Many early models appear similar to over-sized versions of shoulder weapons of the time with full-length wooden stocks with a normal-sized shoulder stock. Most later variations do away with the full-length stock — especially more modern models — and have mounting hardware fixed to the gun to allow them to be fitted to a pintle.

[Doodoo]

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What percentage of shoppers take a written list to the grocery store? Going to the grocery store without a list is a guaranteed way to forget something or spend more than you planned. Sixty-nine percent of women say they make a list before going shopping compared to 52% of men.

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How much of household income goes towards grocery purchases? Just 5.6% of total disposable income pays for grocery purchases these days. By comparison, Americans spend 4.3% of their disposable income on dining out.

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Make your bed every day
Grandma always told us you should make your bed as soon as you rise to get a jump on the day, and we now know this to be true. But did you know that turning down your blankets to air the sheets reduces bacteria in the bed? Also, open your bedroom windows at least once a week; it really does help clean out dust and germs.

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Clean an iron with salt
Want to renew the steel soleplate on your iron? Sarah Saucedo of Thrifty Decor Chick told Home Depot how to do it. "Put a white piece of paper on the ironing board and sprinkle salt over it liberally. Heat your iron to the cotton setting and iron over the salt – there's no need to use the steam. The salt helps to remove any (grime) stains on the iron plate, with no scrubbing needed!"

[Doodoo]

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30,000,000 Xmas trees cut and sold each year. Some end up back as land reclaim such as used in the New Orleans area on their 25, 000 acres reclaim

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JOBS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED

Breaker boy
Before child labour laws existed, coal companies in the U.S. hired breaker boys to separate impurities from coal. Boys between the ages of 8 and 12 broke apart coal and separated it from rocks, clay, and soil until the early 1920s when coal separation technology improved.


Knocker upper
Before the invention of alarm clocks, people hired a knocker upper to come and rap on their bedroom windows to get them up for the day. Knocker uppers used long poles or shot peas at the windows. It was one alarm, without a “snooze” button.

Gandy dancer
Nope, not a term for a different type of swing dance! This slang referred to railroad workers who maintained the tracks before machines took over. They’d work in crews to keep trains running. You can still find a few old-timers in some rail yards!