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Thursday Quote: "Change is the end result of all learning."
~Leo Buscaglia
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And, usually, not learning... *Rolling*
According to research, only 30-50 percent of people experience an internal dialogue. (seems high, how many are serial killers I wonder?)
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How did the researchers know they were having "internal" dialogue? Don't people have thoughts all the time? I don't think I trust those numbers.
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Schnujo's Giving Away GPs Author Icon - I talk to myself all the time, too. It's when the other three voices have to butt in and give their opinions that things get messy.
Most living people think, so I’m guessing they included dead people in their survey.
FTF The largest musical instrument is the Great Stalacpipe Organ located in Virginia's Lura Caverns. It covers an astonishing 3.5 acres!
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As a proud Virginian (at least for the next 7 days), it's LuraY caverns. As P.T. Barnum said, "Say anything you want about me, as long as you spell my name right." *Laugh*
In the Japanese village of Nagoro, there are more scarecrows than there are people.
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This sounds like a story waiting to be written.
Richard ~ Looking for Luck! Author Icon - Close but, alas, only a snowman. *Laugh*

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As shadows fall across the yard ... A Dark Dreamscapes Entry
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Sunday Word leer (verb) [leer]: to cast a sidelong glance in an unpleasant, malicious or lascivious way.
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Lascivious, definitely lascivious. *Laugh*
Yet another twist to one of Shakespeare's better-known works (and here, we thought he could spell *Shock*).
The same could be said for that manufacturer of high-quality private jets. It may not quite be actual rocket science, but I'd guess good spelling's still a requirement. *Laugh*
Saturday Word insidious (adjective) [ihn-sih-dee-yuhs]: 1. having a gradual effect; subtle. 2. Treacherous; harmful but enticing.
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Kind of like your FTF and words. I read them every day and gradually, I are smarter... *Rolling*
Hence, Darth Sidious, "a long time ago in" the Star Wars "galaxy far, far away."
Louis Armstrong's lips had awful scars-- for a shocking reason. Playing trumpet created calluses which made it difficult to play. To remedy this, he used a razor blade to remove them.
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🌖 HuntersMoon Author Icon - You would too if your lips were always healing.
I started playing trumpet in junior high because of him. Never practiced hard enough to get calloused lips, though.
This is the first time I ever cringed when reading a newsfeed. I can't stop grimmacing.
Thursday Quote: "We don't need extraordinary lives, we simply need to find the extraordinary in our ordinary lives." ~ Emily P. Freeman
In 1908. Eleanor Roosevelt's neighbors threatened to report her to the New Yokr Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toward Children because she left her infant daughter Anna screaming in a cage outside her window for hours. Putting the child in a cage and ignoring her cries was her doctor's idea. This treatment was considered cutting edge medical advice.
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Some of the medical practices of bygone years were very questionable. Glad they have improved.
I had actually read this story a couple times somewhere. Scream therapy was/is sometimes recommended by doctors, psychiatrists, and attacking war parties, but usually for the patient or the combatants rather than their offspring. As always, the times they are a'changing.
Due to the tidal forces, days get 1.4 milliseconds longer every one hundred years. When the dinos roamed the earth, days were only 23 hours long.
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Only if you count one revolution of the earth as a day. I'm pretty sure the dinosaurs didn't care anyway. *Laugh*
Pre-and poly-fluoroakyl substances are known as "forever chemicals" based on their tendency to hang around in the human body. They are often used in oil-resistant coating on non-stick pans.
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Sunday Word accolade (noun) [ah-kuh-leyd]: a mark of praise or recognition; an award.
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You should receive accolades for your consistency in posting! *BigSmile*
Saturday Word: ruminate: think carefully or deeply.
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So, does a rheumatologist think carefully and deeply about arthritis? lol
It comes from the same roots as 'ruminant', an animal that rechews its food. Therefore, to ruminate is to 'chew over' options and past experiences before reaching a decision.

I love these words and factoids you post!
Retail stores have cluttered, crowded aisles to slow you down.(presumably to sell you more.)
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Samantha Author Icon - I've noticed that many retail stores are constantly 'resetting' to "make the layout of this store more like those of the rest of our chain to help our customers find what they're looking for quickly." (Well, ok. I paraphrased.) What I've noticed is that by the time the stores E, F, G, and H are layed out like stores A, B, C, and D, all within 40 miles of each other, the chain starts 'resetting' (scrambling the layout) of stores A, B, C, and D. It seems to me an excellent way to keep people wandering back and forth through the store looking for what they need --- possibly spotting other things they 'need' but had not planned to buy.
Humble Poet PNG and less Author Icon - I'm not referring to any retail chain in particular; just retail chains in general.
Humble Poet PNG and less Author Icon - I agree. I have been noticing a LOT of Dollar Tree locations going through massive resets, all over the Los Angeles area. While their aisles are usually all parallel and facing the same direction, they have continued to flip the layouts. And not simple flips. Like completely moving freezer sections. It can be a little confusing when you haven't been to a certain locations in a bit.
Most aphids are born pregnant.
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Wow!! Just like Tribbles!!
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