My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
~ Dame Edna Everage ~
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64Barry Manilow Wrote the State Farm and Band-Aid JinglesIn addition to co-writing hits like "Copacabana" and "Mandy," Barry Manilow has authored a number of famous jingles. This includes the iconic "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there" jingle, and the classic, "I am stuck on Band-Aid brand 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me."
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The "ManhattAnt" Is a Species of Ant Unique to New York CityIn 2012, scientists discovered the "ManhattAnt," a previously unknown species of the insect that appears to exclusively live in New York City where Broadway meets 63rd street and also 76th street.
They believe the critter, which is related to the cornfield ant, may have evolved on its own due to its isolation in the city. The ant has adapted to its warmer, drier, concrete-covered environment.
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Mr. Clean's Name Changes Around the GlobeIn Germany, he's Meister Proper, and in Spain, he's Don Limpio.
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Goats Have Unique AccentsTheir voices may sound largely the same to human ears, but goats actually have distinct accents, according to researchers at Queen Mary University.
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The Earth Weighs About 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 PoundsEarth may be too big to pop on a scale, but, according to NASA and the California Institute of Technology's Cool Cosmos, scientists have used their knowledge of the laws of gravity and applied that to some fancy-schmancy mathematical equations to figure out that our planet weighs about 13,170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pounds.
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The World's Oldest Tortoise is Twice as Old as Queen ElizabethJonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise living on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, is thought to be 187 years old. That makes him more than twice as old as Queen Elizabeth!
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Charles Dickens Always Had His Bed Facing NorthCharles Dickens was responsible for writing classic literary works like Great Expectations and Oliver Twist. And while he obviously had a talent for the written word, he was an insomniac who believed that his creativity was dependent on his bed pointing northward. He also insisted on sleeping right in the middle with his arms outstretched and his hands equal distances from the edge.
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One Region in Canada Has Lower Gravity Than Other Parts of the WorldIn Canada, the Hudson Bay region seems to be "missing" gravity. This strange phenomenon was first identified in the 1960s, according to Global News.
Scientists believe that it's caused by "a combination of convection occurring in the Earth's mantle and the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which left an indent on the area after it melted 10,000 years ago." That indent means less mass, which in turn means less gravity.
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350 Slices of Pizza Sell Every Second in AmericaTo keep up with demand, approximately 17 percent of all American restaurants are pizzerias.
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The World's Largest Waterfall Is Underwater in the OceanThe largest waterfall on the planet is underwater beneath the Denmark Strait, an area that separates Iceland and Greenland. At the bottom, there is a series of waterfalls that begin 2,000 feet under the surface and drop nearly two miles down to a depth of 10,000 feet.
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It Only Appears as if Our Hair and Nails Keep Growing After We DieYou may have been told at some point in your life that our hair and nails continue to grow after we die. But that's not quite true. Instead, due to the fact that our skin dries out and therefore pulls back after we pass away, it merely appears as if our nails and hair are getting longer because more of them are exposed.
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Good morning everyboomie.
If it's Tuesday it must mean it's safe to come out of hiding.
I had to fire Alexa. She forgot to mention my Walmart appointment this morning.
So I walked the dogs and went to Walmart, and then this afternoon I took Beau home.
It was a nice day to be outside, but I still managed to get my nap in.
More of the same for Tuesday.
Have a happy day everyone.
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If not, it will be cash gifts or gift cards. We'll spend Christmas Day on our own this year for the first time ever so only two to cook for instead of a houseful.
