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Graham Ritchie
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posted July 25, 2012 04:50 PM

Google put this up to commemorate aviation pioner Amelia Earhart, who was to disappear over the Pacific in 1937.

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Bryan Chernick
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posted July 25, 2012 05:42 PM

A group just completed an expedition to Nikumaroro island using sonar to try to locate evidence of her plane. It sounds like they didn't find anything but they still have a lot of data to look at when they get back to Hawaii. Here's and article about it: No wreckage found in expedition to solve fate of Amelia Earhart

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Osi Osgood
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posted July 26, 2012 12:57 PM

What's fascinating about that Island, is that they did find a goodly number of artifacts from that very era, womens stuff as well as other stuff in and around the Island. One of the great mysteries.

But this is the greatest mystery ...

Why are there 10 hot dogs per package, but no more than 8 hot dog buns per package? (grrr!)

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Steve Klare
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posted July 26, 2012 01:22 PM

I just visited Germany and they package their eggs in Tens!

(-Must be some Metric Thing!)

I wonder if people would remember Amelia Earhart today had the mystery been solved decades ago.

Let's face it: had Titanic docked successfully in New York that April she'd just be another entry in a list of ships names now.

[ July 26, 2012, 02:41 PM: Message edited by: Steve Klare ]

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Bryan Chernick
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posted July 26, 2012 04:30 PM

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Why are there 10 hot dogs per package, but no more than 8 hot dog buns per package? (grrr!)

That way when you use up your buns you have to run out and get another pack so you can eat the last two hot dogs. But then you have six buns left so you have to run out and get more hot dogs. It's a vicious circle, the hot dog makers are conspiring with bun bakeries. Mystery solved!

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Mark L Barton
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posted July 27, 2012 07:02 AM

Why are Eggs white in America but brown in England?? Riddle me that

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Bryan Chernick
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posted July 27, 2012 11:34 AM

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Why are Eggs white in America but brown in England?? Riddle me that

The color of the egg depends on the breed of the chicken. In the US they probably discovered that people had a preference for white eggs and have been breeding chickens to produce bigger and better white eggs ever since. other than that there is not much difference between a white egg and a brown egg. My neighbors used to give us fresh eggs from their chickens and they had all different colors.

Henderson's Handy-Dandy Chicken Chart

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Osi Osgood
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posted July 27, 2012 01:03 PM

" The color of the egg depends on the breed of the chicken. In the US they probably discovered that people had a preference for white eggs and have been breeding chickens to produce bigger and better white eggs ever since. other than that there is not much difference between a white egg and a brown egg. My neighbors used to give us fresh eggs from their chickens and they had all different colors. "

Gee, I thought it was due to heartburn! [Big Grin]

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