Brazil nuts are full of selenium.
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Have you been watching series four of House?Originally posted by Pogle View PostBrazil nuts are full of selenium. -
Is that good for you? I seem to recall that some supermarkets banned the sale of Brazil nuts in their shells a few years ago owing to them containing some carcinogenic compound - though last Christmas they made a reappearance. Just not the same IMO when they're not in their shells.Originally posted by Pogle View PostBrazil nuts are full of selenium.
And just one more Brazil nut fact: ironically, in Brazil they are called Castanhas de Peru (Peru Nuts).Comment
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8 litres of Salvator (7.5% ale) is not good for remembering the street that you live when getting a taxi homeThe proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek PointsComment
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From my own pov, I learnt that something I've been plugging away at for two years might (repeat: might) be about to find a commercial application
and (double bananas) have someone who could be interested in utilising it 
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I've got soul but....I'm not a soldierWho has time? Who has time? But then if we do not ever take time, how can we ever have time?Comment
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Killers or Polyphonic Spree?Originally posted by stingman123 View PostI've got soul but....I'm not a soldierI'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
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If you're unsure as to whether its just wind or perhaps something more, best not to find out when sat at your desk
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. "
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You've been watching the talking Toby Jug full of piss showOriginally posted by Pogle View PostBrazil nuts are full of selenium.The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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