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1. Root beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally manufactured using the root of the sassafras tree, or its bark, as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms: alcoholic and soft drink.

2. In geochronology, an epoch is a subdivision of the geologic timescale that is longer than an age and shorter than a period. We are currently living in the Holocene Epoch of the Quaternary Period.

3. Because small bugs and soft plants are not too difficult to chew, armadillos do not have very complicated teeth. They have lost all but their molars over time, and the teeth that remain are peg-shaped. Armadillo teeth do not have the hard white enamel coating that protects the teeth of other mammals.

4. The origin of the term Uncle Sam, though disputed, is usually associated with a businessman from Troy, N.Y., Samuel Wilson, known affectionately as “Uncle Sam” Wilson. The barrels of beef that he supplied the army during the War of 1812 were stamped “U.S.” to indicate government property.

5. While seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution, the women's suffrage movement also waged a state-by-state campaign. The territory of Wyoming was the first to give women the vote in 1869. Other western states and territories followed.

6. When Neptune and Earth line up on the same side of the sun, at their closest, they are only 2.7 billion miles (4.3 billon kilometers) apart. But when the planets are on opposite sides of the sun, they can put as many as 2.9 billion miles (4.7 billion km) between them.

7. Most Caucasian babies are born with dark blue eyes and their true eye color -- be it brown, green, hazel or blue -- may not reveal itself for a few months. The colour of your baby's eyes in the first minutes after birth won't last -- exposure to light changes a baby's initial eye color.

8. Most natural diamonds are formed at high temperature and pressure at depths of 140 to 190 kilometers (87 to 118 mi) in the Earth's mantle. Carbon-containing minerals provide the carbon source, and the growth occurs over periods from 1 billion to 3.3 billion years (25% to 75% of the age of the Earth).

9. Ambidexterity is the state of being equally adept in the use of both left and right appendages (such as the hands). It is one of the most famous varieties of cross-dominance.

10. In bartending, the term straight up (or up) refers to an alcoholic drink that is shaken or stirred with ice and then strained and served without ice in a stemmed glass. This is contrasted with a drink served neat – a single, unmixed liquor served without being chilled and without any water, ice, or other mixer.

11. Australia is the only country that is also a continent. Australia lies between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The name Australia comes from the Latin word australis, meaning southern.

12. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC.

13. The Planck length is the scale at which classical ideas about gravity and space-time cease to be valid, and quantum effects dominate. This is the 'quantum of length', the smallest measurement of length with any meaning. And roughly equal to 1.6 x 10-35 m or about 10-20 times the size of a proton.

14. Mary Todd married Abraham Lincoln on November 4, 1842, at her sister Elizabeth's home in Springfield, Illinois. She was 23 years old and he was 33 years of age.

15. The taiga is the largest continuous biome in the world. This biome is located in the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere and is in North America, Asia, and Europe. It stretches across Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia; spreading through the Northern Hemisphere.

This is very very informative, thank you.

I do have a question tho cause you didn't clarify something. You see I just don't know the meaning or origin of the word cuck. Now mind you I don't think I'm a cuck, so could you please clarify that word for me. Thank you! ^.^

*waits patiently for an answer*

u get those off a snapple bottle cap or somethin'?

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This is very very informative, thank you.

I do have a question tho cause you didn't clarify something. You see I just don't know the meaning or origin of the word cuck. Now mind you I don't think I'm a cuck, so could you please clarify that word for me. Thank you! ^.^

*waits patiently for an answer*

Cuck comes from cuckold, which is a wife that's unfaithful. Although you rarely see people using the correct definition of it nowadays.

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This is very very informative, thank you.

I do have a question tho cause you didn't clarify something. You see I just don't know the meaning or origin of the word cuck. Now mind you I don't think I'm a cuck, so could you please clarify that word for me. Thank you! ^.^

*waits patiently for an answer*

Cuck comes from cuckold, which is a wife that's unfaithful. Although you rarely see people using the correct definition of it nowadays.

Cuckolds are the husband of the unfaithful wife

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This is very very informative, thank you.

I do have a question tho cause you didn't clarify something. You see I just don't know the meaning or origin of the word cuck. Now mind you I don't think I'm a cuck, so could you please clarify that word for me. Thank you! ^.^

*waits patiently for an answer*

Cuck comes from cuckold, which is a wife that's unfaithful. Although you rarely see people using the correct definition of it nowadays.

tfw you finally gather up your spaghetti so you can talk to a qt3.14 but you get cucked by a chad

The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

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u get those off a snapple bottle cap or somethin'?

16. Paris is often referred to as "The City of Light" ("La Ville-Lumière"), both because of its leading role during the Age of Enlightenment, and more literally because Paris was one of the first European cities to adopt gas street lighting.

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The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

17. First, put your two fists together, fingers touching. This is the size of your brain. It weighs about 3 pounds.

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This is very very informative, thank you.

I do have a question tho cause you didn't clarify something. You see I just don't know the meaning or origin of the word cuck. Now mind you I don't think I'm a cuck, so could you please clarify that word for me. Thank you! ^.^

*waits patiently for an answer*

Cuck comes from cuckold, which is a wife that's unfaithful. Although you rarely see people using the correct definition of it nowadays.

Cuckolds are the husband of the unfaithful wife

Oh oops, good to know.

So can women get cucked or is there another term

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So can women get cucked or is there another term

I think there's another term. I've heard another term used but am not completely sure and would rather not look it up while at school. >.>

cuckette

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Quote: Ninpire

So can women get cucked or is there another term

I think there's another term. I've heard another term used but am not completely sure and would rather not look it up while at school. >.>

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Although a female version of the word cuckold exists (it's cuckquean), it's little used, probably because, as far as the larger sense of the word's meaning is concerned, there has been no female equivalent of the cuckold.

Cuckquean

You know stuff, when the fudge did that happen

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So can women get cucked or is there another term

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