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var howMany = 10
var quote = new Array(howMany+1)
quote[0]="In ancient Egypt, bread was a standard form of currency."
quote[1]="According to a superstition, if mercury was placed inside a loaf of bread, that loaf would float over the body of a drowning victim and reveal his or her location."
quote[2]="The Romans used a mechanical mixer to mix dough. It consisted of a large stone basin and a wooden paddle powered by a donkey or horse."
quote[3]="In Wales, it was once customary for a &#147;sin-eater&#148; to eat a loaf of bread over a coffin at a funeral, thereby taking on the sins of the dead."
quote[4]="It was once believed that pumpernickel, a sour rye bread, caused flatulence. The word pumpernickel comes from the German pumper, &#147;to break wind.&#148;"
quote[5]="In 1928, Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented a machine that could both slice and wrap bread, spawning the phrase &#147;the greatest thing since sliced bread.&#148;"
quote[6]="The average American consumes about 50 to 60 pounds of bread per year."
quote[7]="Early Egyptian writings urge mothers to send their children to school with lots of bread and beer."
quote[8]="Superstition suggests that you put a piece of bread in a baby&#146;s cradle to keep the child disease-free."
quote[9]="Scandinavian tradition says that if a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of bread, they&#146;ll fall in love."
quote[10]="During World War II, a double-deck field oven, transported by truck and known as the &#147;Polly Perkins,&#148; was used to bake bread for British troops."

function rndnumber(){
var randscript = -1
while (randscript < 0 || randscript > howMany || isNaN(randscript)){
randscript = parseInt(Math.random()*(howMany+1))
}
return randscript
}
quo = rndnumber()
quox = quote[quo]
document.write(quox)
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