Trivia

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In 1904, there was a cereal named Elijah's Manna. It was renamed to Post Toasties because of protests from the clergy.

 

People who think there is something they refer to as god don't ask enough questions.

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Rofl. What exactly does

Rofl. What exactly does Elijah's Manna mean anyway? 

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 Manna is the bread from

 

Manna is the bread from heaven, according to the Bible and was eaten by the Israelites during their travels in the desert.

 

People who think there is something they refer to as god don't ask enough questions.

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And thus I learn the

And thus I learn the derivative for the use of Mana in Magic: The Gathering....

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Hey! Breakfast cereal

Hey! Breakfast cereal trivia. I can do this.

 

Did you know that colonel Kellogg was a eugenicist and that he was instrumental in convincing the American millionaires Dupont (chemicals) and Morgan (petroleum) that they should fund a eugenics institute in Germany during the run-up to WW2?

 

On a related note, the concept of mass gas chambers to kill undesirable people was developed in Virginia. Also, the very liberal People's Republick of Kalifornia is second only to Nazi Germany in removing undesirable people from the gene pool?

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