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July 23, 2008
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sb
January 24, 2008

1. Someone in this world loves you, in some way.

 

2. A smile from you, can bring happiness to anyone, even if they  don't like you.

 

3. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

 

4. You mean the world to someone.

 

5. Without you, someone may not be living.

 

6. You are special and unique, in your own way.

 

7. Someone that you don't know even exists loves you.

 

8. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.

 

9. When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take a look, you most likely turned your back on the world.

 

10. When you think you have no chance at getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you believe in yourself, you probably sooner or later will get it.

 

11. Always remember complements you received, forget about the rude remarks.

 

12. Always tell someone how you feel about them, you will feel much better when it! Hey know.

 

13. If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great. If you choose, send this letter to as many people as you care about, you’ll brighten up someone's day, and might change their perspective on life, for the better!

 

sb
January 23, 2008
  • A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years.

 

  • 1 out of every 4 kids in the USA is overweight.

 

  • 41% of women apply body or hand moisturizer a minimum three times a day.

 

  • 75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.

 

  • A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax. 

 

  • A blink lasts approximately 0.3 seconds. 

 

  • An ear trumpet was used before people who had difficulty hearing invented the hearing aid.

 

  • A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.

 

  • A fetus starts to develop fingerprints at the age of eight weeks.

 

  • A fetus that is four months old, will becomes startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother's stomach.

 

  • Eating 20 tart cherries can reduce a headache and inflammatory pain.

 

  • A human embryo is smaller than a grain of rice at four weeks old. 
  • A kiss for one minute can burn 26.

 

  • A little under one quarter of the people in the world are vegetarians.

 

  • A person infected with the SARS virus, has a 95-98% chance of recovery.

 

  • A person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day will on average lose two teeth every ten years.

 

  • A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

 

  • A sneeze can travel as fast as one hundred miles per hour.

 

  • A study concludes that kids who snore do poorly in school.

 

  • A study indicates that smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers.

 

  • A woman from Berlin Germany has had 3,110 gallstones taken out of her gall bladder.

 

  • A world record 328-pound ovarian cyst was removed from a woman in Galveston, Texas, in 1905.

 

  • A yawn usually lasts for approximately six seconds.

 

  • About twenty-five percent of the population sneezes when they are exposed to light.

 

  • According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year.

 

  • After twenty-seven years, Betty Rubble made her debut as a Flintstones Vitamin in 1996.

 

  • Air is passed through the nose at a speed of 100 miles per hour when a person sneezes.

 

  • Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

 

  • An adult esophagus can range from 10 to 14 inches in length and is one inch in diameter.

 

  • An average adult produces about half a litre of flatulent gas per day, resulting in an average of about fourteen occurrences of flatulence a day.

 

  • Approximately 1-2 calorie are burned a minute while watching T.V.

 

  • Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.

 

  • Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen. 
  • At least 7% of all health care costs in the United States are attributed to smoking.

 

  • At one time it was thought that the heart controlled a person's emotions, Babies that are exposed to cats and dogs in their first year of life have a lower chance of developing allergies when they grow older.

 

 

 

  • Babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.

 

  • Being lactose intolerant can cause chronic flatulence.

 

  • Between 12%-15% of the population is left-handed.

 

  • Between 1997-2002, there was an increase of 228% in cosmetic procedures in the United States.

 

  • Bile produced by the liver is responsible for making your feces a brownish, green color.

 

  • Brain damage will only occur if a fever goes above 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

  • By walking an extra 20 minutes every day, an average person will burn off seven pounds of body fat in an year.

 

  • Carbon monoxide can kill a person in less than 15 minutes.

 

  • Children grow faster in the springtime than any other season during the year.
sb
December 06, 2007
Want to test your Christmas knowledge? Here is a quiz to test your knowledge of Christmas traditions, popular culture, the Bible, and other aspects of the holiday with these simple questions. So put on your thinking cap and take a tour. Enjoy yourself! Quiz your friends & family!

 

 

1. How many reindeer does Santa Have?

 

2. In Frosty the Snowman, who brought Frosty back to life?

 

3. Who lost $8,000 in It's a Wonderful Life?

 

4. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what biological shortcoming made the Grinch so mean?

 

5. Who tells you she's in town by tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane?

 

6. What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time?

 

7. What was Scrooge's first name?

 

8. What was the name of Rudolph's dog sled driving friend?

 

9. Who said "God Bless Us, Every One!”

 

10. What carol contains the line "O tidings of comfort and joy"?

 

Please Post Answer on the Comment Box:

 

sb
November 29, 2007
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