Trivia O' the Day

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  1. CentralTexHemi

    CentralTexHemi PUNISHER

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    In 1894 John Kellogg invented corn flakes, WHY?:secret:
     
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    Django Glib, but Sincere

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    Something having to do with his wackiassed ideas about proper colonic well being or something......? Just a guess....

    Kellogg was a real nutter in his ideas about nutrition and health...

    He probably found corn flakes by accident and improvized....

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    In 1894 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was superintendent of a famous hospital and health spa in Battle Creek, Michigan. His younger brother, Will Keith Kellogg, was the business manager. The hospital stressed healthful living and kept its patients on a diet that eliminated caffeine, meat, alcohol, and tobacco.
    The brothers invented many foods that were made from grains, including a coffee substitute and a type of granola, which they forced through rollers and rolled into long sheets of dough. One day, after cooking some wheat, the men were called away. When they finally returned, the wheat had become stale. They decided to force the tempered grain through the rollers anyway.

    Surprisingly, the grain did not come out in long sheets of dough. Instead each wheat berry was flattened and came out as a thin flake. The brothers baked the flakes and were delighted with their new invention. They realized they had discovered a new and delicious cereal, but they had no way of knowing they had accidentally invented a whole new industry. Will Keith Kellogg eventually opened his own cereal business, and its most famous product is still sold today:
    It wasn’t until 1906 that Kellogg’s® Corn Flakes were made available to the general public. In 1909, the very first cereal premium was offered: The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Booklet available with the purchase of 2 packages. The offer was available for twenty-three years!
     
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    Django Glib, but Sincere

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    Ah, the internet...... Makes trivia masters of us all.............:good:

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    John Harvey Kellogg was not right! He campaigned anti-sex & anti-masturbation. He worked on rehabiliated masturbators. He believed to remedy for masturbation was to perform the circumsicion without administering an anesthetic, as the brief pain felt during the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind, especially if it be connected with the idea of punishment. He was married for 40 years and never had sex with his wife - in fact they slept in separate bedrooms.
     
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    ...Yup!!
     
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    YOU ARE CORRECT!!!!!:phone: Although the others are correct in their comments about the corn flake and Mr. Kellogg he only kept the "Mistake" around and fed it to his uhhhh experimental clients as it was thought by him that cold cereal would eliviate the urge to "SPANK THE MONKEY" or "RUB THE BEARDED CLAM". So next time you feel the urge to reach for your cock, grab the other cock on a box
     
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    I shall never buy that brand again. Anyone against ...........................well, you get my point.