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August 24, 2007 05:29 PM EDT --   There are so many external and internal stimuli hitting you at once that your brain has learned to filter them out. The first ones that get ignored are ones that you do; which is why you . . . more
September 11, 2006 09:56 PM EDT -- * Hans Christain Andersen, creator of fairy tales, was word-blind. He never learned to spell correctly and his publishers always had the spelling errors corrected. * Peter Falk, who played Columbo, has . . . more
May 21, 2008 11:44 AM EDT -- I hate spiders.  I can't remember any traumatic experiences (though maybe they'be been repressed), I just don't like them.  I came across some interesting trivia about the creepy . . . more
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by Roxanne N.
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March 04, 2007 05:36 PM EST -- Here's some little known facts on just about everything.   $36. 00/ounce, it takes the stamens of approximately 5,000 blossoms to get just one ounce of saffron.   The food and drug administration . . . more
September 04, 2006 11:01 AM EDT -- * The first female guest host of "Saturday Night Live" was Candace Bergen. *The first TV couple to share a bed was on "The Mary Kay and Johnny" show in 1947. It was the first situation . . . more
September 05, 2006 11:32 AM EDT -- *Much of today's formal etiquette originated in the French royal court in the 1600s. Because nobles did not work, they developed elaborate social customs to avoid boredom. *A penny minted in 1727 . . . more
September 04, 2006 11:07 AM EDT -- *Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. *While in Alctraz, Al Capone was inmate #85. *The actor who played Wedge in the original Star Wars triology has a . . . more
August 06, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --   and smile !! more
September 05, 2006 07:27 PM EDT -- The answers to these will be in the next article... 1.) What soap changed its name in 1977 to Forever Fernwood? 2.) What was the first question worth on the $64,000 Question? 3.) Who were the first . . . more
September 05, 2006 07:29 PM EDT -- Here are the answers to the questions in the previous article. How many did you get right? 1.) Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman 2.) $64 3.) Sonny and Cher 4.) One       more
November 22, 2006 12:06 AM EST -- From the Farmers Almanac   A male turkey is called a tom, a female is a hen, and a youngster is a poult. A group of turkeys is called a rafter. The loose skin below a turkey's chin is . . . more
September 30, 2007 10:41 PM EDT -- OKAY.......I'M GOING TO TRY A LITTLE EXPERIMENT HERE........I MAY PULL IT OFF OR I MAY NOT......IF I DON'T, THEN I WILL JUST DELETE THIS WHOLE THING AND WRITE IT OFF AS A TOTAL LOSS............IF . . . more
September 04, 2006 05:40 PM EDT -- Test your television IQ. 1.) Which of the Ingalls went blind? 2.) What bigot's neighbors have included Frank and Irene Lorenzo? 3.) What Dicken's novel was adapted for The Alcoa Hour's The . . . more
September 06, 2006 09:26 PM EDT -- Have you ever stopped to think about how addicting Gather is? I just joined a few days ago, and I find myself logging on every chance I get. Sometimes it's for just a few minutes, sometimes for a couple . . . more
June 25, 2007 10:14 AM EDT -- In as few guesses as possible, and one guess per reply:   Q: What movie has the shortest dialogue script? and if you know that answer, what else can you say about it?  more
January 16, 2007 11:05 AM EST -- "Adcomsubordcomphibspac" is the longest acronym. It is a Navy term standing for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command. "Almost" is the longest . . . more
October 31, 2007 04:36 PM EDT -- You're worth more than you think! A great number of people have spent a great deal of human and financial resources calculating the composition of, prior to the decomposition of, and . . . more
January 16, 2007 11:09 AM EST -- "Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order. "Four" is the only number . . . more
 
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