FACT or CRAP?
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Originally Posted by PeaceLove&S2K' timestamp='1438616988' post='23702069
I'm going to say crap.
Given that refrigeration is a relatively new invention, it sounds about right. Though I'm probably going to be right again. :bandhead:
Given that refrigeration is a relatively new invention, it sounds about right. Though I'm probably going to be right again. :bandhead:
There is NO changing my mind option in here.
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Originally Posted by vtecmom' timestamp='1438614383' post='23701983
Iced tea was first created during the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT
A heat wave hit the 1904 World's Fair making it impossible for a tea merchant to give away free samples of his hot tea. In desperation he poured his tea over ice, served it to the overheated crowd, and turned his unwanted hot tea into a cool new product.
Making something popular and inventing it are not the same thing; then again I should know by now that the people who wrote this don't actually research anything.
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Originally Posted by vtecmom' timestamp='1438700297' post='23703444
[quote name='vtecmom' timestamp='1438614383' post='23701983']
Iced tea was first created during the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
FACT or CRAP ?
Iced tea was first created during the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT
A heat wave hit the 1904 World's Fair making it impossible for a tea merchant to give away free samples of his hot tea. In desperation he poured his tea over ice, served it to the overheated crowd, and turned his unwanted hot tea into a cool new product.
Making something popular and inventing it are not the same thing; then again I should know by now that the people who wrote this don't actually research anything.
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I think I realized the problem... this calendar was either:
A) Written in the 1960s before the internet existed, and you could effectively research most things in about 15 seconds.
B) Written by people who don't realize the internet exists
C) Written by someone from Snopes as a way to drive traffic to their site
Seriously...
http://quezi.com/4963
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Originally Posted by vtecmom' timestamp='1438614383' post='23701983
Iced tea was first created during the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT
A heat wave hit the 1904 World's Fair making it impossible for a tea merchant to give away free samples of his hot tea. In desperation he poured his tea over ice, served it to the overheated crowd, and turned his unwanted hot tea into a cool new product.
http://www.revolutiontea.com/tea-art...-iced-tea.html Seems like it was made popular, but not first created. 
but I see Sir CP and I are on the same page with the iced tea thing. 
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Originally Posted by vtecmom' timestamp='1438614383' post='23701983
Iced tea was first created during the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT
A heat wave hit the 1904 World's Fair making it impossible for a tea merchant to give away free samples of his hot tea. In desperation he poured his tea over ice, served it to the overheated crowd, and turned his unwanted hot tea into a cool new product.
