- lethaldonut
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- Honorable Member
Xmas" is not a secular plan to "take the Christ out of Christmas." "The usual suggestion is that 'Xmas' is ... an attempt by the ungodly to x-out Jesus and banish religion from the holiday. However, X stands for the Greek letter Chi, the starting letter of Christ in Greek. The use of the word "Xmas" can be traced to the year 1021 when "monks in Great Britain...used the X while transcribing classical manuscripts into Old English" in place of "Christ".The Oxford English Dictionary's "first recorded use of 'Xmas' for 'Christmas' dates back to 1551.
George Washington did not have wooden teeth. He had four different sets of dentures: gold, hippopotamus ivory, lead, and human and animal teeth. Eww.
The Twinkie does not have an infinite shelf life. It has a listed shelf life of approximately 25 days and generally remains on a store shelf for only 7 to 10 days.
Daddy long legs are not very venomous at all, and are perfectly capable of biting you.
Most diamonds are not formed from highly-compressed coal. Most diamonds that have been dated are older than the first land plants, and are therefore older than coal.
Human blood in veins is not blue. In fact, blood is always red due to hemoglobin.
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