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washingtonpost.com — After World War II, the government had a huge surplus of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient of explosives -- and fertilizer. Since 1945, the food supply has increased faster than America's population. Much of the too-ample flesh of Americans comes from corn, as quarter of the 45,000 items in the average supermarket contain processed corn.More… (Health) | washingtonpost.com — After World War II, the government had a huge surplus of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient of explosives -- and fertilizer. Since 1945, the food supply has increased faster than America's population. Much of the too-ample flesh of Americans comes from corn, as quarter of the 45,000 items in the average supermarket contain processed corn.More… (Health) | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:32, 9 March 2009
[1] washingtonpost.com — After World War II, the government had a huge surplus of ammonium nitrate, an ingredient of explosives -- and fertilizer. Since 1945, the food supply has increased faster than America's population. Much of the too-ample flesh of Americans comes from corn, as quarter of the 45,000 items in the average supermarket contain processed corn.More… (Health)
Excess flesh statistics
- What is the weight of excess flesh in US?
- What is the volume?
