The Real Reason Your Beer Costs More Than It Should

Imagine a store where most of the products are kept in the back. You order from the cashier. The products can't be sold below a legislated minimum price. And the overwhelming majority are made by one of three large companies, which also own the store. Surprisingly, few consumers know this is the set-up.

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Africa and Coca-Cola: Index of Happiness?

AFRICANS buy 36 billion bottles of Coke a year. Because the price is set so low—around 20-30 American cents, less than the price of the average newspaper—and because sales are so minutely analysed by Coca-Cola, the Coke bottle may be one of the continent’s best trackers of stability and prosperity.

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Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Contest

Joey Chestnut has reclaimed the top spot as winner of the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island after first tying with archrival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off.The men tied at 59 frankfurters in 10 minutes, before being made to gobble another five dogs in a last-minute tiebreaker.

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FDA Adds Cilantro And Peppers To Salmonella Watch List

Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears no closer to finding the source of a mysterious salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 900 people nationwide.

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8 Ways to Win (or Avoid) a Bar Fight With Limbs Intact

At some point in your life you are likely to find yourself a participant in a bar fight. These altercations occur for various reasons, but can usually be attributed to some drunken chump who couldn't keep his mouth shut, or couldn't handle the fact you just snatched up his lady's digits while he was peter-gazing in the urinal.

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34 Extraordinary Uses for Lemons

#19) 'Remove unsightly underarm stains' -- Avoid expensive dry-cleaning bills. You can remove unsightly underarm stains from shirts and blouses simply by scrubbing them with a mixture of equal parts lemon juice (or white vinegar) and water.

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The Best, Worst & Dirtiest Dive Bars In The United States

We have all have a strange attraction and loyalty to our local dive bar. The strong, cheap drinks and smell of vomit bring us back night after night. Our feelings of simultaneous disgust and comfort are the common denominator in this filthy genre of establishments. Whether you love them, hate them or both, the crowd and character of your neighborho

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The 21st century tomato >> 'tomato fruit development'

Using systems biology to model the metabolic networks in tomato fruit development When tomatoes ripen in our gardens, we watch them turn gradually from hard, green globules to brightly colored, aromatic, and tasty fruits. This familiar and seemingly commonplace transformation masks a seething mass of components interacting in a well-regulated albei

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NEW Starbucks Opens in the Restroom of an Existing Starbucks

Starbucks, the nation's largest coffee-shop chain, continued its rapid expansion Tuesday, opening its newest location in the men's room of an existing Starbucks. - You Gotta Love The Onion News Network

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Wakozi.com Brings New Yorkers Booze and Munchies Delivery

"The home delivery service has been designed with people of leisure in mind, linking up New Yorkers with local eateries and convenience stores that get solid and liquid nutritional goodness to their doors within the hour."

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Burger King To Offer Huge Burger Meant To Feed 6 People

The 6 Pack, which costs £4.49 on its own or £5.69 as part of a meal, comprises one big Aberdeen Angus patty inside six rolls, stuck together to allow consumers to tear off portions. In one pair of rolls the burger is topped with ketchup, the second has a cheese topping, and the third bacon and cheese.

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7 Strange and Different Restaurants (+PICS)

Opening a new restaurant is risky. 60% of new restaurants close or change ownership within three years. One way to make a restaurant stand out from the crowd is to have a theme, and the wackier the better. It may be as simple as putting costumes on the waiters and decorating the walls, or it may be an entirely new concept...

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5 Drinking Games to Break the Ice

"We all know that to throw a fantastic party you need more than just a few kegs of beer and some attractive ladies. With a few choice drinking games you can transform what started out as a social gathering into a wild (and crazy) night of debauchery and shenanigans."

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Shepherd’s Pie - How to Make the Best Damn Meal Ever

So I know the food & drink category is mostly about the drinking side of things... but every guy should know how to make this meal. Mashed Potatoes = Good. Meat = Real Good. Peas = Good... Shepherd’s Pie = Soo Good.

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Yikes, the fanciest sushi in NY loaded with mercury.

When even one of the Nobu restaurants is caught up in a New York Times study of mercury in tuna in sushi, you just know that there will be freak-outs all over Manhattan today. But even for us regular peeps in other cities, what exactly is in that sushi we think is so healthy?

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Some poor sucker reviews Cheeseburger-In-A-Can (+PICS)

"As I am in Germany I just checked if there is a store carrying these products, and there really is a store just 5 minutes away.So, in my lunchbreak I'll check if they have the canned cheesburger, buy it and open it (and if they don't have them then I will order one).Then I alone will know the secrets what really is in there"

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Snack to the Future: Col-Pop, an All-in-One Food / Drink Cup

Proving yet again that South Korea is light years ahead of everyone else in fast-food technology is the Col-Pop. A new era of snack portability is among us with this mashup of drink cup and food container that holds popcorn chicken up top and a cold drink in the bottom. In S. Korea, it's sold w/ spaghetti, french fries, and fried mozzarella balls.

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9 Underrated Sandwiches

With the Super Bowl offering opportunities to indulge in mass quantities of meat, cheese, and bread, we believe that some attention should be paid to some of the lesser-known sandwiches. They may not be on the menu at Subway or Quiznos, but these sandwiches should still be considered for consumption.

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Poison Pet Food Exec Sold Half Of Shares 3 Weeks Before Recall

"The chief financial officer of Menu Foods sold about half his shares in the company just three weeks before a massive recall of its pet food products, Canadian insider trading reports show..."

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[Video] McDonald’s Now Does Subliminal Advertising…

Hey, I’ll be the first to admit that I love Mickey D’s, in fact, probably 20% of my body mass is a direct result of the dietary intake I get from the golden arches. However, I didn’t know that those cravings I got were as a result of subliminal advertising on McDonald’s part, as was caught during a Food Network broadcast. Here is the “Inside Editio

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Omega-3 fatty acids are the current super power.

Omega-3 fatty acids can help to lower triglyceride levels, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, and can reduce inflammation in the body. They lessen the risk of blood clots, and are now being praised for their influence on the brain.They have positive affects on mood and mental conditions, helping with depression and anxiety

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12 Widespread Drink Myths Demystified

To get noticed, many advertisers chance upon these powerful one-liners to grab the attention of gullible customers. Well it is about time we shook things up a little for them

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The 5 Best Foods That Will Kill You

To honor the surplus of soon to be vanquished New Year’s resolutions, I cheerfully present the top 5 delicious meals that will ensure you die a slow and painful death.

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HOWTO: Turn A Trash Can Into A Meat Smoker

"Smoking is cooking meat by the indirect application of heat with wood at low temperatures. Low temperatures are considered around 225°. The smoke of the burning wood adds significant flavor to the meat."

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The Invisible Ingredient in Every Kitchen

OF all the ingredients in the kitchen, the most common is also the most mysterious. It’s hard to measure and hard to control. It’s not a material like water or flour, to be added by the cup. In fact, it’s invisible.It’s heat.

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Farmer grows 11 kinds of fruit on a single tree

71-year-old Manabu Fukushima of Onga, Japan, has coaxed his 30-year-old Lemon tree into bearing 11 kinds of fruit through skillful grafting and a lot of TLC.

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Oh Yeah Baby... The Best Movie Drinking Games of 2007

Throughout the year, our own Kevin Carr has been dedicated to one thing: drunkenness. He has been slowly turning each and every one of our readers into a stumbling drunk fool with each week of movie releases. And as we close out our coverage of movies in 2007, we take a look back at some of his most ridiculous drinking games — some of which

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A Coder’s Guide to Coffee

Coffee is an important technology for boosting mental acuity and maintaining peak on-the-job performance........

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How to Drink Absinthe

"Absinthe is a formerly banned spirit drink that is made with Artemisia absinthium (wormwood) and other herbs. Also known as la fée verte (the green fairy), absinthe was originally formulated during the 18th century by the French-born Dr. Pierre Ordinaire in Switzerland as a digestive tonic."

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The 10 Most Dangerous Foods

Although there are very few foods that cause instant death, there are some well known, and not so well known, dangerous foods that we should all be aware of.

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Can You Eat Your Way Out Of This?

Below are a few places where you can get your meal for free – if you’re up to the challenge of horking down ten percent of your body weight in half an hour.

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What Makes A Good Beer?

How does one properly review a beer? What else is involved besides mindlessly sitting chugging the bottle or pint which sweats and warms on the cardboard coaster? For the average beer lover or beer novice, here are necessary guidelines for one to begin to formulate opinions on brew and also sound intelligent enough to discuss those views.

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