Sometimes I think war is God’s way of teaching us geography.

~Comedian Paul Rodriguez~
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Incredibly Interesting Stuff


62. When Vin Diesel was 7, he broke into a theater with his friends, intending to vandalize it. They were stopped by a woman who, instead of calling the cops, gave them each a role and 20 USD on condition they come for rehearsals after school. That was the unusual start to Vin’s successful acting career.

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63. If you don’t stand up in a Thai cinema when the national anthem is being played, it is considered a criminal offense.

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64. So many people love the statue of Liberty. If you wanted to take your admiration to the gifts stage, her shoe size is 879 (25 ft in length, or 7.6 meters). Her dress size is better kept hushed, but it is approximated that the dress she is wearing would use around 4,000 square yards (3,344 m2) of fabric.

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65. President Calvin Coolidge was a great lover of animals – he kept a pet raccoon called Rebecca and numerous cats, canaries, mockingbirds and wombats in the White House.

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66. Every year, Americans create around 1/5 of the world’s trash.

We don't mind sharing though.

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67. Meet Neil Harbisson – cyborg artist. He had a special antenna implanted in his head which allows him to hear color and see sound, connect to the internet, Bluetooth and nearby electronic devices.

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68. When you’re French-kissing, it’s not just you finding a soul-mate – your mouth bacteria are expanding their social circle quite dramatically, too. A 10-second French kiss spreads around 80 million bacteria between the two kissers.

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69. If you stretched out all the DNA helixes in the cells of your body – there are about 10 trillion cells on average so you might need a while – you’d get a string 744 million miles long, meaning it would reach to the Moon and back nearly 1500 times – or 4 times to the Sun and back again.

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70. The most successful university in the production of billionaires is the University of Pennsylvania – 25 billionaire alumni.

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72. Traveling decreases risk of heart attack and depression and supports brain health.

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73. Mark Spitz a.k.a. Mark the Shark, Olympic champion swimmer, was famed for his large mustache in an era when every swimmer was shaving everything to become more hydrodynamic. He once jokingly said to the Russian team coach that his mustache helps him swim faster by deflecting water from his mouth and making him more bullet-shaped. The following year, a mustache was worn by every member of the (male) Russian team.

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74. In 1997, Steve Jobs managed to persuade the board of directors of Apple to fire previous CEO Gil Amelio and appoint Jobs the new CEO as a consequence of Apple’s very bad results. These bad results were partially caused by an anonymous sale of 1,5 million shares. It was later revealed that the anonymous seller was Jobs himself.

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75. Between 1974-1978, Gombe, Tanzania, saw a violent, four-year-long conflict between two chimpanzee clans involving disputes, numerous deaths and kidnapping. The conflict is known as the Gombe Chimpanzee War.

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76. Women have twice as many nerve receptors as men and so they feel pain more intensely, but they also have a higher tolerance for it.

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77. Japan keeps a train station in operation in a small village to enable a single small girl to commute to school. The train goes only twice a day, when she goes to school and when she returns.

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78. Norway has a town called “Hell”. It freezes over quite regularly.

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79. The average person spends only 10 minutes a day speaking.

Does that include talking to yourself?

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80. France is proposing that all new rooftops must be covered either with solar panels or plants.

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Good morning everyboomie!


Welcome to the weekend!


This morning, with the rain going and nothing in particular to do, I decided to get on the treadmill and run. I'm ashamed to say that I haven't done any running in a month and a half.


I'm not ashamed that I didn't do it. I'm ashamed that I had to say it.


I've been focused on doing other exercise programs.


Did you know that the slower you run, the longer you have to feel the pain?


You know that phrase that fitness coaches are so fond of, "FEEL THE BURN!"?


The burn is not pleasant! In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the absolute worst way to die is to burn alive.


Actually I ran for half the time, and then I crawled for the last half.


You wanna know something else? It's much harder, and more painful to crawl on a treadmill, let me tell you, and duck walking(?).......well........forget THAT !!!


I have skid marks on my heals, my palms, AND my rump.


I started out running at 5mph, then after about 10 seconds I went to 4mph, and then for the last 5 minutes I went back to 5mph.


I have to keep up appearances. My neighbors mas look in my window.


Have a happy day everyone.


joe

nothing.

Joe, that's a great pace to run! Faster than me!

family, hope you find something fun to do!

Sadly, I had to put Shadow down yesterday. He is happily running with Merlin again. My heart is broken but happy he is at peace.

James is here for the weekend. We will take him ice skating today.

Have a great day all!

Ana

Joe, that sounds like an excellent strategy to me.

Great post, family.

It's Friday night, and I'm off to sleep. I got lucky today, as the store that had the reset never received the display that needed to be built. So, I got out of doing that project today, which is good, as this cold has been knocking me out all day. I only had two other stores to go to, and they were easy enough. Tomorrow, I'll probably rest most of the day. I'll try to play a game if I feel up to it. If not, I'll just pet cats.

Have a great Saturday, everyone.

EDIT: Ana, I'm so sorry to hear about Shadow. Having just lost Jupiter, I know how hard it is. Hope spending time with James will help.

Good Morning Joe, Ana, family, venus and everyone. Ana I'm so sorry about Shadow. He had a happy home with you and now he is with Merlin. Take comfort in that. Sending hugs and love to help you!
Joe keep moving and you'll stay healthy. Family, okay nothing?? Venus I hope you feel better. Pats for the kitties will help!
Coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready.
Wishing everyone a peaceful day!

Good morning everyone, have a Super Saturday. Ana, I'm so sorry for your lose of your fur baby. It's my turn to make the dinner for the Eagles tonight, Swedish Meatballs. I will also be serving and cleaning up. Danish, Eggs, Hash Browns, Bacon, and BB Pancakes in the NC.

Good night, everyone.