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According to Archives of General Medicine, coffee drinkers have sex more frequently and enjoy it more than non-coffee drinkers.
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07-12-2003, 02:19 PM
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Originally, coffee beans were used as a food and not as a beverage. East African tribes would grind the coffee cherries together, mix it into a paste with animal fat, then roll it into little balls. The mixture was said to give warriors much-needed energy for battle.
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07-12-2003, 02:20 PM
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Finland consumes the most coffee per capita at 12.82 kg.
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07-12-2003, 02:20 PM
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How much do you NEED that cup of coffee? In 1683 William Penn spent $4.68 on a pound of coffee in New York. (That amount translates to $108.11 in 2001!)
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07-12-2003, 02:20 PM
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07-12-2003, 02:21 PM
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With more than 25 million people employed in the industry, coffee is second only to oil in world trade.
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07-12-2003, 02:21 PM
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According to the National Safety Council, coffee is not successful at sobering up a drunk person, and in many cases it may actually increase the adverse effects of alcohol.
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07-12-2003, 02:22 PM
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The darker the coffee bean, then the less caffeine. The longer the bean is roasted, the more the caffeine gets cooked away.
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07-12-2003, 02:23 PM
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Did you know that on average, a coffee tree produces 1-2 lbs. of coffee beans per year?
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07-12-2003, 02:23 PM
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2.4 billion pounds of coffee are sold per year in the United States.
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(that's a heck of a lot of trees needed to grow that much coffee!!!!)
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07-12-2003, 02:24 PM
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In plants, caffeine acts as a natural bug repellent.
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07-12-2003, 02:25 PM
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The vast majority of coffee is harvested by hand.
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07-12-2003, 02:25 PM
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Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
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07-12-2003, 02:26 PM
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The heavy tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773, which caused the "Boston Tea Party," resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. Drinking coffee was an expression of freedom.
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(I am pretty sure that the "Boston Tea Party" was a little more than just about tea taxes, but the factoid is amusing none the less)
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07-12-2003, 02:27 PM
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A survey of Americans showed that coffee was the most memorable smell followed by peanut butter and Vick's Vaporub.
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(what! how come crayons did not make the list?!?)
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