We’ve all got that one annoying friend…
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I’m sure you know someone that loves throwing out sports statistics or fun facts. Somebody that loves trivia. A friend that starts sentences with “did you know…” Or the family member that everyone just humors with forced smiles and confused looks when they start reciting movie lines. Yep, me.
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Fun Fact of the Week
The Campbell’s Soup Company estimates that 40% of their Cream of Mushroom Soup is bought just to make Green Bean Casserole.
Bonus Fun Fact
Popcorn is not an expensive food. Unless of course you are buying it popped and covered in butter at a movie theater. The price markup is more than 1000% and ounce per ounce coasts more than filet mignon.
Previous Week’s Fun Fact
Adding salt to your pasta water to make it boil faster is a myth. While higher salinity water does boil faster, it would take a lot, like almost 4 cups of salt per gallon of water, to see a result. Pasta recipes that call for adding salt to the water are to add some flavor to the pasta as it cooks.
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise?
I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful that the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
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