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From: Daily Breeze | Date: July 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

[] What the Aztecs really liked was roast turkey with chocolate gravy.

[] In the matter of children with crayons: Nobody yet has explained, exactly, why boys tend to draw boats and flags while girls are more apt to draw cats and houses.

[] "Gumbo" was the French dialect of Louisiana slaves. "Gumbo" was their okra. "Gumbo" was their stew. They picked it, cooked it and talked it.

[] Numerous people show their tongues when they talk. Scholars at the University of Pennsylvania dug deeply into that phenomenon in a five-year study. And concluded: "Unconscious display of the tongue is a universal ...

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