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[colonelangus]

UF was originally East Florida Seminary and was in Ocala. During the Civil War it was closed because apparently all the male faculty and students were off fighting for the good ole' south. When it opened again it was in Gainesville. Weird.

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[theufsniper]

There were open hostilities between native Americans and the Dutch in 1626. Because of this, the red people from Manhattan island crossed onto the mainland, where a treaty was made with the Dutch, and the place was therefore called the Pipe Of Peace--Hoboken in their language. But soon after that, the Dutch governor, Kieft, sent his men out there one night and massacred the entire population. Few of them escaped, but they spread the story of what had been done, and this did much to antagonize all the remaining tribes against all the white settlers. Shortly after, Nieuw Amsterdam erected a double palisade for defense against its now enraged red neighbors, and this remained for some time the northern limit of the Dutch city. The space between the former walls is now called Wall Street, and its spirit is still that of a bulwark against the people.

[erratic_revel]

when the muslim turks (the ottoman empire) took over greece in around 1400, they enslaved the greeks and would not allow them to practice any semblance of their religion (Orthodox Christianity). for 400 years the Greeks persevered and created secret schools in which they would learn about their religion and worship God. some, however, were so distraught by the oppression delivered by the turks that they would dance what is now known as the "greek dance" - a kind of line dance - only they would do this dance and finish it up by dancing right off a cliff to their death, because they would rather die than be oppressed by the turks. why are we sharing random tidbits of history? it's kinda fun.

[crazytime]

Three wars back we called Sauerkraut "liberty cabbage" and we called liberty cabbage "super slaw" and back then a suitcase was known as a "Swedish lunch box." Of course, nobody knew that but me.

kelloggs battle in battle creek

[cubana_sucia]

dr. john harvey kellogg (1852-1943), the cofounder of the kelloggs empire, was obsessed with his bowels and with everyone else's. this white-suited icon of victorian health hoped through diet, natural medication, and enemas to encourage as many as four bowel movements a day.

he manipulated his colon as few men have; he also manipulated his younger brother. when will keith (1860-1951) finally started to rebel in his early forties, around the turn of the century, he helped launch america's first modern breakfast cereals and the multinational kellogg corporation, which now has revenues topping $7 billion a year.

if you guys want to hear more, just let me know.

that manipulative bastard...

[erratic_revel]

i want to know more... i'm so intrigued. all this talk of manipulating colons really piqued my interest! (i think i'm being sarcaious... but i don't know if i'm using that word right... or... spelling it right, for that matter.)

you're only using that word because I used it

[cubana_sucia]

you used "sarcaious" correctly. i don't know how much more i should tell you. i'll give you some, and you can ask for more if you're still interested:

the company's origins are a bit bizarre.

dr. john harvey kellogg, health guru to the celeberities of his day, ran the seventh day adventist sanitarium at battle creek, michigan, a kind of betty ford clinic for rejuvenation.

dr. kellogg, so highminded that he could at times be downright unscrupulous, was searching for an alternative to dry breakfast toast or cracker. he knew of the 1860s invention of one fanatical vegetarian hydrotherapist, dr. james caleb jackson, who took twice-baked whole wheat graham dough and crumbled the results into pebble-size clusters, called "granula."

still interested?

Re: you're only using that word because I used it

[erratic_revel]

what is this, some kind of kellogg's history teaser? is your next entry going to include some kind of virtual feather that pops out and tickles my nipples? bring on the good stuff! i want it all!

granula is delicious! and so is his older brother, granola.

and... if i "used" any of those words _at all_, it was because they conveyed *precisely* what i wanted to say. but "used" is a bit harsh, don't you think? i believe "employed" says it with finesse.