Did you know

[SandyDown]

That the original Coca Cola (in the 1800s) contained cocaine. Their "original formula" still contains coca leaves that have had the cocaine removed. That's where that bitter taste comes from.

There is ONE company that has permission to process the leaves. They basically have 2 monopolies-they decocainize the leaves and sell them to Coca-Cola, then they sell the cocaine they extracted to pharm. companies to be used as local anesthetic. I believe it is mainly used for ear/eye surgeries.

[DimPrawn]

I knew that.

Did you know, Pre-Columbian Islamic contact theories are theories which contend that medieval Muslim explorers (from Islamic Spain, Africa or China) may have reached the Americas (and possibly made contact with the indigenous peoples of the Americas) at some point before Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas in 1492.

Proponents of these theories cite as evidence reports of expeditions and voyages conducted by Muslim navigators and adventurers who allegedly reached the Americas from the late 9th century onwards.

[Diver]

Then they really own America!

There goes the neighborhood

[NotAllThere]

That the original Coca Cola (in the 1800s) contained cocaine.

When did you find out this piece of earth-shattering news? You'll be telling us next that radioactivity was once considered good for our health. Or that thalidomide was originally developed to help prevent morning sickness.

[Churchill]

Or that thalidomide was originally developed to help prevent morning sickness.

I thought it was used to make more compact babies, for ease of handling etc.

[TheFaQQer]

That the original Coca Cola (in the 1800s) contained cocaine. Their "original formula" still contains coca leaves that have had the cocaine removed. That's where that bitter taste comes from.

There is ONE company that has permission to process the leaves. They basically have 2 monopolies-they decocainize the leaves and sell them to Coca-Cola, then they sell the cocaine they extracted to pharm. companies to be used as local anesthetic. I believe it is mainly used for ear/eye surgeries.

Yes.

[KathyWoolfe]

There was a headline in a paper this morning "Binge drinking is good for pregnant women"

Probably published by the Licensed Victuallers Association

[SandyDown]

When did you find out this piece of earth-shattering news? You'll be telling us next that radioactivity was once considered good for our health. Or that thalidomide was originally developed to help prevent morning sickness.

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

[KathyWoolfe]

You'll be telling us next that radioactivity was once considered good for our health. Or that thalidomide was originally developed to help prevent morning sickness.

yes.... and yes

[SallyAnne]

Did you know that people who buy bananas are more likely to buy peppers?