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November 8, 2006
This burger is not for the weak of hearts. Literally. The Heart Attack Grill located in Tempe, Arizona has introduced an 8,000-calorie burger it named "The Quadruple Bypass Burger. "
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September 19, 2006
Topics people, cheese, kids, book, web, children, sad, email, funny, e-mail, legs, leaves, private, post, hand, drivers, restaurant, death, couple, reuters, world and woman
British writer Lynne Truss has set up a Web site featuring a collection of funny examples of misplaced punctuation. The author of the popular 2003 book "Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance to Punctuation" delights in grammatical errors that completely change the intended meaning of written communication. For example, Truss publishes an item on a restaurant menu gone wrong. What was supposed to be "Goat Cheese Salad . . . tomato, onions, goat cheese" turned into something else entirely with a couple of extra s's and an erroneous additional comma: "Goats Cheese Salad . . . tomatoes, onions, goats, cheese. "
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September 10, 2006
Topics cheese, mice, sugar, mouse, university, cartoon, diet, fruit, natural, real, animals and food
A study made by the Manchester Metropolitan University has found that mice really don't like cheese, debunking the myth that was popularized in the cartoon show "Tom and Jerry. " Dr. David Holmes of the university said studies found that mice prefer foods with lots of sugar like chocolates and cheese does not fit that.
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August 11, 2006
A Mexican smuggler is arrested with 88 pounds of cheese hidden in a secret compartment in his truck. The Chevy truck was stopped for a routine secondary examination when officers using an X-ray machine saw the outline of 16 packages hidden behind the seat. At first, they thought illegal drugs were in the bulky packages.
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July 30, 2006
Topics cheese, money, people, france, milk, skin, french, lost, food, help, police and magic
Chilean authorities are asking French police for help in apprehending con artists who costs thousands of people their money in a cheese selling scam. People were persuaded to buy a powder which they were told would turn into a cheese once it was mixed with milk. It was said to make skin look younger and be very valuable, costing about $500, and was all the craze in France. It turned out to be a food supplement that sold for about $4.
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