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A Shoutout to All my Peeps

Posted by michael on from the nice-title dept.

cpfeifer writes "The Washington Post bring us this fluffy piece the details the history of the sickeningly sweet marshmallow peep and marshmallow in general. The fact that these things have tons of little air bubbles in them explains why they are so entertaining when you microwave them."

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  1. Peep research by meridoc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Check out an experiment (originally through Emory University) here.

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  2. Peep show.... by Blob+Pet · · Score: 2, Funny

    and he talks about watching the marshmallow through the small window of your microwave....what a perv.

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  3. Lucky Charms by DA-MAN · · Score: 2, Funny

    These experiments don't work quite the same with those things they call Marshmallows in Lucky Charms....what's up with that????

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  4. He didnt mention, by Veramocor · · Score: 2, Funny

    He didn't mention the effect of shooting unlicensed particle accelerators (Proton Pack) at a giant walking marshmallow man sent to destory humanity.

    Remember crossing the beams, is bad, except in this one case.

    Veramocor

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