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A crack team of international researchers have revealed the freshly sequenced genome of the coffee plant and, as a result, unearthed interesting findings about the kick ass chemical caffeine. Scientists found that coffee developed caffeine-linked genes independently of any common ancestor, such as chocolate and tea. The …

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  1. i like crisps
    FAIL

    Did you know....

    ...Drinking too much coffee can cause a latte of problems?

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    1. Mark 85
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      Re: Did you know....

      I think you're just frothing a bit....

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      1. i like crisps
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        Re: Did you know....

        Its because my boss keeps poo pooing my ideas, in fact you could say he keeps putting the 'mocha's' on them.

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    2. dotdavid
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      Re: Did you know....

      We don't mocha big deal out of it.

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  2. DarrDarr

    WTF are "boffins"?

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    1. stucs201
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      You're new here aren't you? Or at least don't visit much.

      Boffin is el Reg's prefered term for proper scientists.

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    2. i like crisps
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      Re: WTF are "Boffins"?

      They're the inhabitants of 'Boffin Island'.....lovely people....for Canadians.

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    3. Corinne
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      It slightly worries me that someone who reads El Reg doesn't seem capable of using a search engine to look up the definition of a word they don't know!

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      1. Anonymous Coward
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        Stupidity being contagious?

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    4. Adam 1
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      >You're new here aren't you? Or at least don't visit much.

      No, it appears that the poor chap kept a backup of his passwords in a photo in his iCloud account.

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      1. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
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        Basically, it's Dr. Isaac Kleiner.

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  3. i like crisps
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    What's a 'Native Americans' favourite form of footware?....

    ....Mochasons.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    That's confusing....

    "2.25 billion cups of the stuff are said to be consumed daily "

    Can we have that in elephants per second, the correct standard in this case?

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: That's confusing....

      African elephants or Indian elephants?

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      1. Richard Taylor 2
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        Re: That's confusing....

        To eerly in the debate to make a decision

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      2. Adam 1
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        Re: That's confusing....

        >African elephants or Indian elephants

        Kenyan, I believe.

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      3. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: That's confusing....

        > African elephants or Indian elephants?

        Dunno - can't see the coconuts from her.

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      4. Fungus Bob
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        Boffin

        Re: African elephants or Indian elephants

        Neither. The Metric Elephant should be used.

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  5. Neil Barnes Silver badge
    Boffin

    All that information, and yet strangely,

    They never mentioned that you can also use caffiene to develop silver nitrate photography!

    (Search 'caffenol').

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  6. Denarius
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    so its genes are simpler, not being simplexed

    that explains the hipster addiction to the brew. Coats the one with brown stains on front

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