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Real Name: Francis Albert SinatraBirthday: 12/12/1915Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, USAOccupation: SingerSign: SagittariusDeath date: 05/14/1998Death reason: heart & kidney disease; bladder cancer; senilityWhether he was called "The Voice," "Ol' Blue Eyes," or "The Chairman of the Board," Frank Sinatra's nicknames all conveyed the adulation and respect reserved for a man who was commonly thought of as the best American popular singer of the 20th century. Sinatra's voice, whether manifested
May 25, 2010
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In 1921, Walter A. Anderson (a short-order cook) and E.W. Ingram (an insurance executive) founded White Castle in Wichita, Kansas. It is the oldest hamburger chain. They served steam-fried hamburgers, 18 per pound of fresh ground beef, cooked on a bed of chopped onions, for a nickel.The Big Mac was introduced in 1968. The price was 49 cents.In 1999 there were more than 25,000 McDonald's in 115 countries.Hamburgers and Cheeseburgers comprise 71% of the beef servings in commercial restaurants. (20
May 23, 2010
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Black holes are mysterious areas of nothingness in our universe. They have holes which have no bottoms. Nothing, not even light, can escape their wrath. Black holes have always been a matter of great curiosity and intrigue for astronomers.
1. How are black holes formed?
You see, stars (like everything else) have to die at some point. Most stars end up as white dwarfs. Black holes are the last evolutionary stage in the lifetimes of enormous stars that had been at least 10 times as massive
May 22, 2010
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Today's facts came about because this morning, I had a kidney stent removed. Second stent in the same tube, from the left kidney to the bladder. Only took from check-in time at the hospital to check-out, 31 minutes. Thus it was a fast pull out. And tell you, I felt it coming out and when I saw the size and length of the stent, I was like wow! That was there all this time? All is well now.A ureteric stent (commonly referred to as kidney stent) is a specially designed hollow tube, made of a flexib
May 21, 2010
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Though there are various schools of thought, the version that is accepted by most as the forefather of chess is the 6th century Indian game of chaturanga (Sanskrit for "four divisions of military"). The name came from the battle formation of an army platoon: infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots - represented in the chess pieces of pawn, knight, bishop, and rook.The game came to Persia in the 7th century and was renamed chatrang then shatranj. There, players started calling "Shah!" (Persian
May 20, 2010
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