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    Concerning this fact: Children in Peru chew Bubble Gum with a mouth full of water to prevent loud smacking noises

    It might have been true for a specific group of Peruvian people, but it is not widely seen within ALL Peruvian people. I am Peruvian myself and it is the first time I ever heard of this. Just make sure this fact isn't seen as a generalization of all Peruvian people.
    Thanks!

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    Dearest Friend and Gullible.info readers:

    Thank you so much for bringing this matter to our attention. The one thing we constantly strive for here at Gullible.info is to be constantly striving for one thing: Q. U. A. L. I. T. Y.

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    The factoid has been updated as per your suggestion and can be seen here: http://www.gullible.info/archive.php?id=743

    • The ball of pus in a zit is called the pistipule.

    • On any given weekday, nearly 16 percent of the crowd outside the Today Show has been convicted of at least one misdemeanor. Only 3.5 percent have been convicted of at least one felony.

    • Children in Peru chew their bubble gum with a mouthful of water to eliminate any loud smacking noises. This should be seen as a generalization of all Peruvian people.

    • The average adult kidney can process up to three gallons of liquid in a two-hour period.

    • For eight years following the American Revolutionary War, it was illegal to produce or sell an atlas in England that did not show the (much smaller) USA as a British Colony.

    Thank you again,
    -The hardworking team at Gullible.info

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2008
     

    Hmm... I guess my "Nobody in Peru can speak English" fact wasn't as true as I thought it was.

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      CommentAuthormargaret
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2008
     

    No, no, Udo. Your fact still holds water, much like the children of Peru when they chew their bubble gum. Just b/c our friend here is Peruvian does not mean she's currently in] Peru. Possibly just from there. :bigsmile:

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeMar 10th 2008 edited
     

    My brother married a gal from Peru while in the US Army. They live state-side now. A few years ago she was at our house trying to teach her children just that very thing! They were chewing gum and she was putting water from a cup into their mouths. We didn't know what the hell (pardon the french) she was trying to do, but she insisted it was how she was taught to chew gum, and that that's how people from her country chewed gum. Such a random thing, it's really odd to see the factoid pop up here, but yes - I can attest to it based on my experiences.

    Ed: To clarify, my brother was in the US Army, not the Peruvian gal.

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2008
     

    Tad, the word "hell" is not French, you lying liar. How dare you try to spread misinformation <interrobang>

    "Fuc," however, is. It means "seal" as in the animal. That's where "pardon my French" comes from, if I'm not mistaken.

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeMar 14th 2008
     

    If you'll note, I said "pardon the french", and not "pardon my French". (note the capitalization differences as well)

    I was just referring to their behavior in general, and how we should handle it - it really had nothing to do with the rest of the sentence.

    Had I said "pardon my french", then yes, I would have been lying in a very liar-like way by implying that hell was a french word.

    Thank you for pointing that out, sealer.

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    I refuse to pardon the French. I will be eating Freedom Fries, Freedom Toast, and thanking the nation for the Statue of Liberty only to be polite. I am throwing out all of my garlic, Galoises, and Vespas, and I am purchasing a razor. Veev lays Amerikens.

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeMar 17th 2008
     

    Keep the garlic, else you'll have Vampires to worry about, and that's almost as bad as the french.

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 17th 2008
     

    Ever heard of the garlic and dill pickle diet?

    It may not make you lose weight, but your friends might think so from a distance.

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      CommentAuthorkeir
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2008
     

    after having spent a month in peru i have never seen this but it is customery to chew coca leaves with fat so perhaps a rather sizable misunderstanding? and can i also ask if all discusions seem to kind of biodegrade as they get on

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    They don't biodegrade as much as they evolve. A discussion may start with a specific intention, not realizing its full potential at first. But as it progresses, it takes on new forms, always keeping pieces of its earlier state but now encompassing a great deal more. Some discussions change so greatly that many can no longer recognize it as a descendant of its original anscestor. But to the trained eye, the resemblances are indeed still there.

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008 edited
     

    Indeed, 17, and it's funny that this has come up. I've recently began charting the seemingly random meandering each thread takes through a variety of topics by categorizing each comment into one of 147 somewhat generic "categories", or topics. The odd trend I'm noticing - and it's too early to call it a pattern, no matter how badly I want to - is this: No matter what the original topic is, each thread travels a surprisingly common course, post by post. In fact, some threads have as much as an 82% overlap in the order of the generic categories they evolve through.

    I'm really excited about what I'm discovering, and I hope to post my findings soon.

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    Wow, the evolutionary map of a thread...=P. The ideas of how such a tool could be used...for instance, being able to predict where a thread might lead based on its original form. Could this lead to creating threads with the specific intent to reach a desired form, or conversation topic? Sort of like evolutionary predestination of threads. A practical use could be to find a way to get around to discussing something you're really interested without having to reveal your interest. Like talking about obsessions. Or passing gas.

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      CommentAuthorAthene
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    Tad, you've just skewed your research base by encouraging that. You have to let these things evolve naturally, as the rate of spontaneous evolution is as important as the stages in said evolution.

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      CommentAuthorTadGhostal
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008 edited
     
    Posted By: Athene

    Tad, you've just skewed your research base by encouraging that. You have to let these things evolve naturally, as the rate of spontaneous evolution is as important as the stages in said evolution.

    You are all too correct. I've edited my post accordingly.

    Posted By: NI17EG

    Wow, the evolutionary map of a thread...=P. The ideas of how such a tool could be used...for instance, being able to predict where a thread might lead based on its original form. Could this lead to creating threads with the specific intent to reach a desired form, or conversation topic? Sort of like evolutionary predestination of threads. A practical use could be to find a way to get around to discussing something you're really interested without having to reveal your interest. Like talking about obsessions. Or passing gas.

    17, Now you're seeing why I've been so excited lately. The possibilities truly are staggering.

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    And I really want to talk about passing gas. Without having to mention my interest. Please keep me informed as to your progress.

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      CommentAuthorkeir
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    i would also like to bring up the subject of passing gas as my dog has just done so i would also like to point out that my point about threads biodegrading did infact cause the thread yet again to evolve as later coments where on that topic

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    I'm not sure why threads biodegrade and not just degrade or evolve. Could somebody explain please?

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      CommentAuthorNI17EG
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    I'm also not certain as to how keir suggests biodegradation and evolution can be considered similar or synonymous processes.

    Biodegradation implies the forces of biological agents in the process of degrading. Degrading is simply to become worn out. As an example, some plastics are said to be immune to biodegradation, while more environmentalistic companies will make products that biodegrade, so as to allow them to be broken down by nature.

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      CommentAuthorkeir
    • CommentTimeMar 25th 2008
     

    i was not intending to show evolution and biodegradation are the same or similar although the process occuring on these threads is open to interpretation as either

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     

    Hmm.. so there's not a computer bacterium, as there is a computer virus? I wonder when computers will evolve to the point that their parasites will evolve with them?

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      CommentAuthorkeir
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     

    im guessing you mean automaticaly as new computer viruses are made all the time to infect better more secure computers

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      CommentAuthorUdoboy
    • CommentTimeMar 28th 2008
     

    Ugh. This very website has mentioned that there have been no new computer viruses in years. All these things out now are worms and trojans.

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