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What Are World's Strangest Beauty Pageants?
5 months ago - 1 answer
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or so they say. If that is true, then these contests indicate that some peoples’ eye for beauty is nearsighted and cross-eyed. Be warned, some of these may cause an overwhelming desire to pluck out your eyes and run them through the sanitize cycle on your dishwasher.
World’s Most Beautiful Transexual
Their parents and their plastic surgeons are so very, very proud of them.
If you are ever in Las Vegas in July, and for some inexplicable reason have free time not being taken up with drinking, gambling and partaking of the other deadly sins, then you can make your way down to the Riviera Hotel. Once there you can check out what might be the most flamboyant pageant in the world. This is the home of the first World’s Most Beautiful Transsexual Contest, read more...
World’s Most Beautiful Transexual
Their parents and their plastic surgeons are so very, very proud of them.
If you are ever in Las Vegas in July, and for some inexplicable reason have free time not being taken up with drinking, gambling and partaking of the other deadly sins, then you can make your way down to the Riviera Hotel. Once there you can check out what might be the most flamboyant pageant in the world. This is the home of the first World’s Most Beautiful Transsexual Contest, read more...
answer by Susan_h 5 months ago
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What Are The Greatest Bacon-Related Things People Have Created?
5 months ago - 1 answer
Bacon. It is the food of the Gods. It may have taken sometime, but the internet finally caught on to this wondrous pig product. This once very basic breakfast food has now achieved the legendary status it so rightfully deserves.
Of all the things in our modern world that get unnecessarily hyped to the point of inevitable let down, bacon stands tall as perhaps the only thing that will always satisfy, if not completely surpass your expectations for how good it is. The faceless peoples of the internet recognized this and have honored bacon in the only way they know how: Making it even better through the showcasing of ridiculous bacon-related products and truly epic uses for this porky treat.
The Glorious Bacon Man
This three foot tall bacon effigy was created by a girl named Amy that also read more...
Of all the things in our modern world that get unnecessarily hyped to the point of inevitable let down, bacon stands tall as perhaps the only thing that will always satisfy, if not completely surpass your expectations for how good it is. The faceless peoples of the internet recognized this and have honored bacon in the only way they know how: Making it even better through the showcasing of ridiculous bacon-related products and truly epic uses for this porky treat.
The Glorious Bacon Man
This three foot tall bacon effigy was created by a girl named Amy that also read more...
answer by Limpl0uie 5 months ago
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What Were Some Of The Features Of Gangster Life During The Prohibition Years In America?
3 years ago - 1 answer
Every city in the US had gangsters. These were people who 'manufactured, sold or/and carried alcohol liquors for beverage purposes' which was illegal during Prohibition.
Tommy Gun
The main weapon of the gangsters was the Tommy Gun. It was an early sub-machine gun made by General Thompson in 1920.
Frank Vincent with a Tommy gun in “Chicago Overcoat”.
Speakeasies
Gangsters ran and drank in speakeasies, which were illegal bars that fed the demand for alcohol. Most had a pass word so people could get in. New York had 30,000 speakeasies by 1926.
Cadillac
Gangster cars were based on World War I vehicles. Al Capone had a V8 Cadillac weighing seven tons. Gangsters could fix or bribe various officials who might stand in their way. Big Bill Thomson, the mayor of Chicago, was bribed a lot by read more...
Tommy Gun
The main weapon of the gangsters was the Tommy Gun. It was an early sub-machine gun made by General Thompson in 1920.
Frank Vincent with a Tommy gun in “Chicago Overcoat”.
Speakeasies
Gangsters ran and drank in speakeasies, which were illegal bars that fed the demand for alcohol. Most had a pass word so people could get in. New York had 30,000 speakeasies by 1926.
Cadillac
Gangster cars were based on World War I vehicles. Al Capone had a V8 Cadillac weighing seven tons. Gangsters could fix or bribe various officials who might stand in their way. Big Bill Thomson, the mayor of Chicago, was bribed a lot by read more...
answer by Marsy 3 years ago
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What Are The Worlds Craziest Religions?
5 months ago - 10 answers
Religion is like politics, one of those topics that should generally be left out of polite conversation; unless of course you’re hoping to incite a brawl at your next family gathering. If that’s your goal, then these might just help you get the ball rolling and the fists flying.
The Jedi Church or Jediism
If they start handing out light sabres with conversion, I'm in.
Yes, you read that right, Jedi. Light sabers, robes and The Force. Those Jedi. They exist, though if they have light sabers, they’re not admitting to it.
Their doctrine is simple, and will sound hauntingly familiar to anyone who has watched the Star War’s movies or dated a nerd. “There is one all powerful force that binds the entire universe together. It is an energy field created by all living things. read more...
The Jedi Church or Jediism
If they start handing out light sabres with conversion, I'm in.
Yes, you read that right, Jedi. Light sabers, robes and The Force. Those Jedi. They exist, though if they have light sabers, they’re not admitting to it.
Their doctrine is simple, and will sound hauntingly familiar to anyone who has watched the Star War’s movies or dated a nerd. “There is one all powerful force that binds the entire universe together. It is an energy field created by all living things. read more...
answer by Susan_h 5 months ago
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When Was Instant Coffee First Invented?
3 years ago - 1 answer
Instant coffee was first invented by a japanese chemist called Satori Kato in 1901. However, although it was coffee and although it was 'instant' it was apparently not very nice, which was something of a stumbling block to its success.
For the next thirty years, various processes were tried to re-invent instant coffee. It was not until 1st April 1938 that real, palatable instant coffee was invented and it was Nescafe!
Nescafe is produced by Nestle and the word Nescafe is actually derived from Nestle and Cafe. Nestle started to produce coffee because the Brazilian Government had approached it in 1930, asking them to produce a high quality coffee from their beans.
As coffee production grew, Nestle grew ever more impatient in its quest to produce instant coffee, but it took a further eight read more...
For the next thirty years, various processes were tried to re-invent instant coffee. It was not until 1st April 1938 that real, palatable instant coffee was invented and it was Nescafe!
Nescafe is produced by Nestle and the word Nescafe is actually derived from Nestle and Cafe. Nestle started to produce coffee because the Brazilian Government had approached it in 1930, asking them to produce a high quality coffee from their beans.
As coffee production grew, Nestle grew ever more impatient in its quest to produce instant coffee, but it took a further eight read more...
answer by Hedgehog 3 years ago
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