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Keanu Reeves’ First Name is Pronounced “Kay-ah-noo” Not “Key-ah-Noo”
Keanu Reeves’ first name is pronounced “Kay-ah-noo”, but is commonly mispronounced “Key-ah-Noo”. That isn’t the only misconception surrounding his name though. The name itself means “the coolness”, but is often incorrectly said to mean
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Alcohol Doesn’t Really “Cook Out” of Food in Most Cases
Alcohol does not “cook out” of food in most cases. The myth that alcohol does all cook out stems from the fact that alcohol has a much lower boiling point temperature (173° F /
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Twinkies Go Bad After 25 Days
The popular notion that Twinkies “last forever” or for some ridiculously large amount of time is false; they actually only have a shelf life of about 25 days. Here are some other popular myths
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Jelly and Jam Aren’t the Same Thing
The difference between jelly and jam is that jelly is made strictly from the juice of fruit while jam is made from crushed fruit. Specifically, jelly is made by crushing fruit, then straining out
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Jesus Wasn’t a Carpenter
Jesus wasn’t really a carpenter, at least not as we understand the profession. Now obviously, eventually Jesus’s chosen profession was of a “Rabbi” or teacher; so in that sense he wasn’t a carpenter regardless
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