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Four Millennia Old Noodles Found In China
mollten writes "According to BBC News, the world's oldest noodles have been found at the Lajia site in China. Carbon Dating has found the remains to be over 4000 years old." From the article: "Prior to the discovery of noodles at Lajia, the earliest written record of noodles is traced to a book written during the East Han Dynasty sometime between AD 25 and 220, although it remained a subject of debate whether the Chinese, the Italians, or the Arabs invented it first ... Our discovery indicates that noodles were first produced in China."
They should keep digging. I'm betting they've stumbled across an old Lajia University dormitory and discovered students' supplies of Ramen. (Well at least that's what we lived on in college.)
That stuff lasts forever. Bet it was.
Probably still good.
4000 = 2*2*2*2*2*5*5*5
1. heat 1 cup boiling water
2. peel back lid on cup and pour water to line
3. cover for 3 minutes
Wonder what the expiration date was.
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This is irrefutable archeologycal proof of the existance of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
This may have an impact on the holy books, but I'm sure the clergy is already handling the matter.
I can find that at the shop around the corner. It even includes a coupon to go and see where they're building the Egyptian pyramids...
....that we were all created by his noodly appendage .
Hell they should have dug in the back of my refrigerator; I've got noodles WAY older than that back there...
The world's oldest flavor sauce and oil packets were found.
is 58 million Italians crying out in anguish
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Strange, I read the article, and I wanted to read it again twenty minutes later.
What they didn't say is that they also found 30 unopened packets of Duck Sauce...
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...is as old as those noodles!
ha!!
Why stick up for big business?
I bet they're not as tasty as four millenia old twinkies would be.
In other News..
A Malnurished homeless man was caught inside the Institute trying to steal the 4,000 noodles. When caught, the main explained that he only wanted to use them in chow mein to feed his poor family.
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Three scientists are walking across countryside when they see a cow.
"It is a Bos taurus," - says the biologist.
"It is black," - says the physicist.
"It is black on not less than one side," - says the mathematician.
I can assure you, the best way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own.
Okay, how do they date dinosaur remains,
That certainly takes necrophilia to a new low...
-- The Genesis project? What's that?
...some eggs found nearby were considered a delicacy.
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