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Sunday Word: quire (noun) [kwahyr]: two dozen sheets of paper.
The writer placed a quire into her printer before printing out her work.
Saturday Word: Contronym: a word that can mean one thing or the exact opposite. Example: cleave can mean to adhere or to divide.
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Hmmmm. I wonder if Tarrif is a contronym... *Rolling*
The Great Wall of China didn't actually work. It never effectively kept invaders out of China.
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Neither did the Great Wall of America... *Rolling*
Little known fact: it was observed in the 18th century that the wall was not doing what it was intended to do, so it was renamed The Not-So-Great Wall of China.
         I've read some books about the Great Wall, and Bren & I watch an occasional documentary about it. There are many misconceptions about it. For instance, it is not visible from space and has not been seen by astronauts.
         Even so, it's an amazing series of structures which required uncountable man-hours of (mostly slave) labour to build.
         The Chinese people are well-known for their reverence for their ancestors. The Great Wall is a unique symbol of China, built by those revered ancestors. The Chinese people of today may look to it with pride as an unsurpassed cultural icon.
Thursday Quote: "To settle an arguement, think of what is right, not who is right."
~Author Unknown.
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It's still me. *Bigsmile*
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Measles can cause immune amnesia(the immune system forgets how to fight off infections it fought off before)
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Crohn's is a disease that the immune system keeps fighting bad stuff even after bad stuff is gone. So, if I get measles, will it cause my Crohn's to get Alzheimer's?
FTF: If you are standing still near the equator you're actually moving about 1,000 mph.
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Interesting thought. If I engage my anti-grav boots, my feet will disappear because they get hit with 1000mph winds?
Yes, and if you stand on the north or south pole, you spend really fast.
Dave  Author Icon
Yes. Everything is relative.
In commercials, NUTELLA claims to be a healthy breakfast snack for kids. It is mostly made of sugar and palm oil.
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NOT this: "4. NUTELLA!!! " Open in new Window..

Since I learned this, three years ago, I make my Nutella myself. It‘s only six ingredients (five if you ditch vanilla sugar)… and you don‘t need a doctor in Chemistry to do it / recognize the ingredients.

It‘s not exactly Vegs, but definitely „healthier“ than the… uh, stuff the Industry promotes*Vomit*, and especially when you use organic ingredients.
But it's so addictive!
Sunday Word: gumption (noun) [guhmp-shuhn]: 1. Enterpris; initiative. 2. common sense.
Saturday Word: liminal(adjective) [lih-mih-nuhl] 1. Situated at a sensory threshold. 2. Positioned at or on both sides of a boundary.
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Schnujo's Giving Away GPs Author Icon - Subliminal messages were used by a murderer in an episode of Columbo.
         Add an occasional split-second image of a tall, cold, drink to a film showing regular footage of a hot, parched desert. Give the victim some salty food. Wait in the hall for the victim to leave the auditorium to get a drink from the water fountain. No one else around. Bang!
Humble Poet PNG still humble Author Icon, very impressive, so long as there was no one else in the theater. Otherwise, everyone will be going out to get a drink. But if no one else was in the theater, then why not just do it in there? lol
Schnujo's Giving Away GPs Author Icon - It was special circumstances, but as you say, it was a bit chancy that no one else also went out for a drink.
Most people have 8 great-grandparents. Cleopatra had 2.
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Just like some palm trees, no branches till you get to the top.
Thursday Quote: "Surround yourself with people who make you a better person."
~Author Unknown.
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That's an excelent adjunct to the quote, "Birds of a feather flock together."
FOTD: The name of the popular chocolate,'Hershey's Kisses' has a mysterious origin story. Some sources claim that whenever the machine created the chocolate it would make a sound similar to a "kiss".
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Yeah, I clicked "Liked", but all I can think of is a different sound something shaped like a Hershey's Kiss might make [an emoticon for which is thankfully missing from the extensive list made available to us by that hard-working StoryMaster].
Soldier_Mike Author Icon - And I thought that one was pudding.
FOTD: Ground cinnamon is technically sawdust.
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So, sawdust is an anti-inflammatory? Sawdust with sugar for my morning toast?
In cinnamon's case, it's bark is better than it's bite.
FOTD Alligators can stick their tongues out, but crocodiles can't.
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We will take your word on that.
I always thought the difference was just an alligator would see you later and a crocodile would see you in a while *Confused*
Sunday Word:diaphanous(adjective) [dahy-ah-fuhn-uhs] 1. The quality of being extremely delicate or thin enough to see through. 2. Ethereal 3. Insubstantial.
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