Archive for February, 2010
How about some Dumb/Stupid laws in our states? Start off with Iowa and Maine.Iowa Dumb/Stupid Laws:It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp.A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.Kisses may last for no more than five minutes.One-armed piano players must perform for free.Maine Dumb/Stupid Laws:Shotguns are required to be taken to church in the event of a Native American attack.You may n
February 28, 2010
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Steve Irwin's body was fed to crocodiles at his request. In Mississippi, legislators tried to pass a bill to let restaurants prohibit obese people from dining. The odds are 1 in 10 (10%) that you are allergic to dust mites. There can be 19,000 dust mites in one gram of household dust. The odds are 1 in 6 (16%) that you suffer from an allergy-related ailment. The odds are 1 in 25 (4%) that you have symptoms that warrant an ADHD diagnosis if you're between ages 18 and 44. The odds are 1 in 2 (44%)
February 27, 2010
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"Unlike a computer's hard drive, our brains have no known limits for memory storage." —Gene D. Cohen, The Mature Mind, 2005, p. 106."It's a little-known fact that America's first millionaire [and later first multimillionaire] was a real estate investor. A German immigrant and the son of a butcher, he was named John Jacob Astor." — Gary Keller, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, 2005, p. 123."The U.S. Congress has the authority to order the U.S. military to shoot the President's plane out
February 26, 2010
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"Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters. A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.Tiger shark embroyos fight each other in their mother's womb. The survivor is born.About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday.It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.Children between ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine's cards with teachers, classmates, and family
February 25, 2010
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The odds are 1 in 33 (3%) that you have been a target of sexual advances by a priest, minister, rabbi or other religious leader (if you're a woman).22,000 Americans die annually because they lack health insurance.Chinese officials have smeared butter along a 1,000-foot-long steel bridge to prevent people from jumping off it. The United States is the only developed nation where medical bankruptcies occur. The Ellen DeGeneres Show is being sued by four of the world's biggest record companies, accu
February 24, 2010
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