The 2,000,000th post game

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Tim Holt was in STAGECOACH KID with Jeff Donnell, who was in THE FULLER BRUSH GIRL with Eddie Albert, who was in THE BIG PICTURE with Kevin Bacon.

73 bottles of beer on the wall,
73 bottles of beer.
Take one down, pass it around,
72 bottles of beer on the wall.

TODAY IS

Look man, I’m on your side here, but all I’m saying is…

…unless you have like a Tardis or something…

…a refurbished DeLorean…

…or pull an Ashton Kutcher bathtub thing…

…there is no undoing what you did last night.

Now, get in that classroom and face the music.

And

It can be said that bananas originated in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific around 8,000 to 5,000 BCE. Domesticated banana plants produce microscopic stones, phytoliths, which are used by archaeologists to look for the places where bananas were domesticated. The oldest remains, estimated to be 7000 years old, have been found in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Bananas are also known as plantains. Spaniards, who saw a similarity to their native plane tree, gave the fruit the name platano. This led to the name plantain – a word used to describe the banana genus as well as the banana variety, Plantain, which is typically used for cooking.

Banana peels are totally edible, if prepared correctly. Bananas are known for their high potassium content, with each medium fruit containing a whopping 422 milligrams. The peel contains an additional 78 milligrams of potassium, plus plenty of filling fiber.

Despite their smooth texture, bananas actually do have small seeds inside, but they are commercially propagated through cuttings which means that all bananas are actually clones of each other. Banana fruits are parthenocarpic, which means that they don't need to be pollinated to produce fruits.

From 1870 until the late 1950s the main variety of banana sold in the United States was called Gros Michel. This banana was well loved for its sweet flavor and creamy texture. The artificial banana flavoring used in candies today was even modeled after this flavor. In 1950s the Gros Michel fell victim to an invading soil fungus that causes Panama disease, a form of Fusarium wilt. The few countries that still produce the Gros Michel today mostly do so under another name: Thihmwe in Myanmar, Johnson in Cuba, Pisang Ambon in Malaysia. In Hawai'i, it is commercially grown as Bluefields.