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Human Body Parts:Number of hairs shed in a year: 30,000 Brain's average weight: 3 lb Hardest substance: Tooth enamel Amount of dead skin shed in a year: 9lb Number of times heart beats per year: 36.5 million Time it takes blood to circulate: 23 seconds Average stomach capacity: 2-21/2 pints Length fingernails grow in a year: 2 in Biggest muscle: Gluteus maximus Smallest cell: Sperm Largest cell: Ovum Water as percentage of body weight: 50-60% Number of sweat glands: 2.5 million Biggest bone: Thigh bone Smallest bone: Stapes Number of bones in each foot: 26 |
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Words of Wisdom Mothers: The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. -Calvin Trillin What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. -Nora Ephron My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping. -Rita Rudner Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstriped suit -Dianne Feinstein
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Words of Wisdom Such A Smart Kid : Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress. -Maimonides Experience becomes possible because of language. -Noam Chomsky The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -George Jessel As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. -Benjamin Disraeli History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives -Abba Eban Some scholars are like donkeys: they merely carry a lot of books. -Unknown
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OUCH:Earle Dickson's great invention might not have happened had he not married Josephine Fancis Knight on December 6, 1917. Because she kept cutting herself in the kitchen, he created special bandages for her that she could use herself. His employer - Johnson & Johnson - likes his idea. By the time of his death, J & J was selling over $30,000,000 worth of Band-Aids each year!
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Daddy how was I born?For those of you with youngins', an alternative response to answering that dreaded "birds and the bees" question that is bound to be asked.... "Your Mom and me got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail within a hour Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to do a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and it was too late to hit the delete button. Nine months later a blessed little Pop-up appeared and said: "You've got male!"" |
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Grammar Rules: Noun- the name of a person, place or thing Verb- an action word Adjective- describes a noun or pronoun Adverb- describes a verb, adjective or another adverb Pronoun- substitutes for a noun Preposition- connects a noun to another part of the sentence Conjunction- connects words or ideas Interjections- an exclamation |
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Olive Oil Grading's: Olive Oil is graded on its level of acidity:
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Historical Facts:
When and where was toilet paper first invented? *China…AD 1391 - The Bureau of Imperial Supplies began producing 720,000 sheets of toilet paper a year, each sheet measuring two feet by three feet. For use by the Emperors. |
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Corn Poppin' Facts: • Popcorn pops because water is stored in a small circle of soft starch in each kernel. As the kernel is heated, the water heats, the droplet of moister turns to steam and the steam builds up pressure until the kernel finally explodes to many times its original volume. • Americans today consume 17.3 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year! The average American eats about 68 quarts! • While the first breakfast cereal was made by adding sugar and milk to popped popcorn, a shortage of baking flours after World War II forced breadmakers to substitute up to 25% of wheat flour with ground popped popcorn. Over the years, popcorn also has been used as an ingredient in pudding, candy, soup, salad and entrees. • Popcorn’s nutritional value comes from the fact that, like other cereal grains, its primary function is to provide the body with heat and energy. • Microwave popcorn is the same as other popcorn except the kernels are usually larger and the packaging is designed for maximum popability. |
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A Comma is used to indicate a pause within a sentence, and to group words that belong together. |
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President James A. Garfield (1881) Could President Garfield write with both hands? Yes----at the same time! He could even write in a different language with each hand. To amuse guests, he wrote in Greek with one hand and Latin with the other. President Garfield was shot less than four months after taking office and died eleven weeks later. -Source: Don't know Much About The Presidents by K.Davis |
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Fun Invention Facts:
About: World Wide Web -- that the inventor of the World Wide Web, British-born Tim Berners-Lee, never made money on his invention, which revolutionized the computer world? In 1989 he envisioned a way to link documents on the Internet using "hypertext" so "surfers" could jump from one document to another through highlighted words. Berners-Lee decided not to patent his technology since he feared that, if he did patent it, use of the Web would be too expensive and would therefore not become used worldwide. He therefore passed up a fortune so the world could learn and communicate. -- that Galileo invented the thermometer in 1593? -- that the telescope was accidentally discovered in 1698 when Dutch eye glass maker Hans Lippershey looked through two lenses - one held in front of the other - and realized that the image was magnified? -- that the formulas for Cola-Cola and Silly Putty have never been patented? These trade secrets are shared only with selected trustworthy company employees, and while there have been many attempts to duplicate these products, so far, no one has been successful. -- that Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals because he hated wearing two pairs of glasses? -- that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet! -- that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it! -- that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets. -- that the trademarked name "Baby Ruth" was inspired by President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth, and not by Babe Ruth? -- that the first Apple computer was born in Steve Jobs' parents' garage? College students Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak worked furiously in that garage assembling computers for fellow students and were totally unprepared for their first commercial order for 50 computers. To raise the needed $1300 for parts, Jobs sold his old VW bus and Wozniak sold his Hewlett Packard calculator. The next year - 1977 - Apple sales hit $800,000 and went on to become a Fortune 500 company in a record five years! -- that "patent leather" got its name because the process of applying the polished black finish to leather was once patented? -Source: www.inventorsdigest.com |
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Fast Facts about New Jersey Largest Towns: Business: Education: General: |
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Maximun Recorded Lifespan of 13 Animals:
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14 Commercial Film Titles That Might as Well Be Porno Titles
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| More New Jersey Trivia: 1. New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average. 2. New Jersey has the highest percent urban population in the U.S. with about 90% of the people living in an urban area. 3. New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as metropolitan areas. 4. North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together. 5. New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S. 6. New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world. 7. North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius. 8. Passaic river was the site to the first submarine ride by inventor John P. Holland. 9. New Jersey is a major seaport state with the largest seaport in the U.S. located in Elizabeth.. 10. The light bulb, phonograph, motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory. 11. Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game monopoly 12. Fort Dix is named for Major General John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. 13. Atlantic City has the longest boardwalk in the world. 14. New Jersey has the largest petroleum containment area outside of the Middle East countries. 15. New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world. 16. The first baseball game was played in Hoboken. 17. The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, in 1869. Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won. 18. The first Drive-In Movie theatre was opened in Camden. 19. New Jersey has 108 toxic waste dumps. Which is the most in any one state in the nation. 20. New Jersey has a spoon museum featuring over 5,400 spoons from every state and almost every country. 21. Origin of name: From the Channel Isle of Jersey. 22. Tourism is the second-largest industry in New Jersey. 23. State motto is liberty and prosperity. 24. The honeybee, apis mellifera, is the New Jersey state bug. 25. Parsippany has been named Tree City USA for 24 consecutive years. Source: http://www.50states.com/facts/newjerse.htm |
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| Corporate Terminology: COMPETITIVE SALARY: We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors. JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY: We have no time to train you. CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE: We don't pay you enough to expect that you'll dress nicely. MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED: You'll be six months behind schedule on your first day. MUST BE FLEXIBLE: On many occasions, you'll be asked to bend over and grab your ankles. SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED: Some time each night and some time each weekend. DUTIES WILL VARY: Anyone in the office can boss you around. MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL: We have no quality control. CAREER-MINDED: Female employees must be childless (and remain that way). APPLY IN PERSON: If you're old, fat or ugly you'll be told the position has been filled. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE: We've filled the job; our call for resumes is just a legal formality. SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE: You'll need it to replace the three people who just left. PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST: You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos. REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS: You'll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect. GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS: Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want and do it. -Author(s) unknown
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| Ten If's You Need to Know to Get Along at Work: 1. If it rings, put it on hold. 2. If it clunks, call the repairman. 3. If it whistles, ignore it. 4. If it's a friend, stop work and chat. 5. If it's the Boss, look busy. 6. If it talks, take notes. 7. If it's handwritten, type it. 8. If it's typed, copy it. 9. If it's copied, file it. 10. If it's Friday, FORGET IT!!! |