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August 25th, 2010
An anonymous Bachur had asked the OU (Orthodox Union) if the Gatorade in Canada is Kosher (as the OU places a Hechsher on most US-based Gatorade products), and where to find them. This was their answer:
“Dear (Ploni Almoni),
Thank you for checking with the OU regarding your Kashruth question.
Grape flavored and powdered Gatorade can only be [...]
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August 8th, 2010
As an alumnus of Touro College‘s Lander College for Men in Queens, I was always fascinated when people didn’t initially believe me stating something peculiar about the Bais Medrash. That strange fact is, there’s a (terminated) wired connection INSIDE the Aron HaKodesh (Holy Closet that stores a Sefer Torah). Hard to believe, but it’s true.
A [...]
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July 22nd, 2010
1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. He who laughs last, thinks slowest.
3. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
4. Those who live by the sword, get shot by those who don’t.
5. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
6. The 50-50-90 rule: [...]
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July 17th, 2010
Supposedly, these photos are real and haven’t been photoshopped.
This reminds me of an old joke: A Chinese person and a Jew start chatting. The Chinese guy says (mind the “l” and “r” interchange), “our rerigion is the ordest, as it is over foal [four] thousand yeals ord.” The Jew replies, “our religion is even [...]
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July 14th, 2010
The answer to the age old question of “which came first, the chicken or the egg” seems to finally be answered scientifically, according to Time.com. Apparently, research from British scientists in Sheffield and Warwick revealed that the chicken had to come first. The rationale was that one protein—ovocledidin-17 (OC-17)—is only found inside a chicken’s ovaries, [...]
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