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	<title>Mental Floss: Fact of the Day</title>
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		<title>R.I.P. Fact of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1871</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How did “six feet under” become the standard burial depth? Actually, it never did. The laws vary from state to state (and country to country). Many states mandate that there be a minimum of 18 inches of dirt on top of the casket or burial vault. When figuring in the height of a coffin, plus the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too many cooks spoil the Fact&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1869</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Daily Fact</category>
	<category>Food &#038; Drink</category>
	<category>Term Origins &#038; Words</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s the difference between a chef and a cook?
In a professional kitchen, the type found in an upscale restaurant, hotel, or catering company, the Executive Chef is the head honcho. Even though an E.C. has superior cooking skills (and usually a degree or certificate from a culinary school), a large part of his or her duties are administrative. An E.C. has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coopers (barrel makers) have a busy sideline business in New York City.</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1867</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Big Apple’s skyline is dotted with what appear to be miniature grain silos on stilts. Other metropolitan areas tend to rely on electric pumps to supply water to their skyscrapers, but New York City is not any other metro area. It started its phenomenal growth shortly after the Civil War, and with limited land area, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s the ol’ put-the-credit-card-in-a-plastic-bag-before-swiping trick.</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1865</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had trouble swiping your older, more-used credit cards through a card reader? Has the cashier sighed heavily and cast an annoyed glance in your direction as he or she finally gives up and types in the number manually? Next time, try the handy plastic bag solution.
There are tiny particles embedded in that magnetic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just where are the Comedy Police when you need them?</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1863</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Daily Fact</category>
	<category>Law / Crime</category>
	<category>Entertainment</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you copyright a joke? Probably not. A schtick, maybe – let’s face it, if you or I got onstage at open mike night and doused the audience with confetti, they’d immediately peg us as a Rip Taylor-wannabe and boo us off the stage. But jokes and funny stories are a different animal, altogether. (“But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Foulis, I say, Robert Foulis may be unknown to the general public, but mariners owe him a debt of gratitude.</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1861</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Daily Fact</category>
	<category>Weather</category>
	<category>Transportation</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Pay attention when I’m talking to you, son.&#8221; If you recognize our poor attempt at voice characterization, you&#8217;ll know we&#8217;re trying to mimic Warner Brothers cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. And, yes, there&#8217;s a reason for that.
Lighthouses were certainly an important aid to ships back in the day. There were no Lorans or Global Positioning Devices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aw, that poor pill has no parents&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1860</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mental_floss</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Daily Fact</category>
	<category>Medicine &#038; Health</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, no, that’s not what is meant by an “orphan drug.” Orphan drugs are used to treat orphan diseases (ones that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the United States). Orphan diseases - usually genetic in origin and often chronically debilitating - are so rare that a typical general practitioner in a busy urban area would see only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hooray for Everything!</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1852</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up with People is the butt of many jokes and spoofs in the media, but what do we really know about the organization?
It all started with a group called Moral Re-Armament, a Christian movement founded in 1938. The organization was formed as a reaction to the re-militarization of Germany after World War I. As time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ladybug, ladybug, fly away &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1849</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Daily Fact</category>
	<category>Animals &#038; Plants</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The insect known as a ladybug is something of a study in contrasts. They were called “ladybirds” in England long before LBJ’s wife made the name famous. They&#8217;re beetles, yet folks don’t cringe and squeal when one lands on them as they might do if a Junebug or boll weevil did. No, ladybugs are harmless little Volkswagen-shaped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognize this voice?</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/trivia/facts/archives/1847</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Television</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many A-list (well, and B and C-list) celebrities shill for products behind the scenes without recognition. Why? Like most things in Hollywood, it’s all about the Benjamins.
Appearing on-camera for a commercial is more of an ordeal for an actor &#8230; hair, makeup, wardrobe, and often multiple re-takes. A 60-second spot can take up to 12 [...]]]></description>
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