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POPSJust the Facts Mam… Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
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POPSStamp Increases From 41 To 42 cents On May 12* *unless you buy the "forever stamp" News of a postage increase is not good news for snail mail spammers, nor is it for businesses who mail documents and letters as a course of normal business. In our business offline we’ve tried to transition to email for as many correspondences as we can, but ink signatures are still required for many documents.
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POPSMan's Best Bud Deserves Beer Kwispelbier currently retails at 7.35 Euros ($9.60) for four bottles plus postage on www.dogbeer.eu. This makes it an expensive tipple when compared to Holland's better-known beer brands which, as yet, have not unveiled plans to move into the pet market. Cats too will soon be able to get their whiskers into something stronger than the usual saucer of milk. Berendsen is planning to launch an as-yet-unnamed beer for felines in 2008. Meow!
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POPSThe Serapis Flag Serapis is a name given to an unconventional, early United States ensign flown from the captured British frigate 'Serapis'.
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POPSChina Raises 800 year old ship I was wondering how it had held together after 800 years, but apparently they managed to lift it - Very slowly and carefully. They plan to store it in a tank with the same temperature and pressure as the ocean floor, that kept it waiting for 800 years, with windows so it can be seen by the public. They're selling the porcelain on Ebay with a reserve of 1c ($20,000 postage)
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POPSTardis 4 port USB hub and sonic screwdriver The sonic screwdriver is said to write in invisible ink, that can be seen with UV Light. I was going to get more RAM, but now my USB port is looking relatively old. I'm sure the postage will be cheap. (I wonder if the TARDIS, has a Carbon footprint.) The Daleks? They are remote control, but I'm sure Davros thought the same thing.
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POPSMost ridiculous British laws 10. In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (2 per cent)