Q. Why is beef called beef and not cow?

Via Answerbag:

Beef is from the French “boeuf” which means cow, and por from the French “porc”, pig. Likewise mutton is from the French “mouton” sheep. Back in Norman times, these were the main farm animals – turkey, chicken, etc. cam later. The poor farmhands who tended the live animals called them by their Anglos-Saxon names of cow, pig, sheep.

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#trivia humour

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Some interesting toy trivia

• Nearly one billion Barbie® dolls (including friends and family) have sold since 1959. Placed head to toe, the dolls would circle the earth more than three and one-half times.
• Each year, Parker Brothers produces more than twice as much MONOPOLY® money as the US mint does actual money.
• 102,981,500 is how many different ways there are to combine six 8-stud LEGO® bricks

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Easter Eggs

For Mozilla users: The Book of Mozilla, 3:31. more here
Do it in Internet Explorer, and you get a BSOD. Funny!

Some fascinating movie easter eggs:

• ‘The third life-changing choice’, Requiem for a Dream
• ‘Foreshadowing the ending’, Magnolia
• ‘Homage to a deceased

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