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BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:37 am

When subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat's tail always points toward the north.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:24 am

Including unfunded promises made for Medicare,Social Security,and federal retirement programs,U.S. taxpayers now have a total debt of $59 trillion. That's $516,000 for every U.S. Household

USA Today

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:16 am

New Hampshire legislators, two week ago, rejected a measure to make the use of seat belts mandatory,leaving the feisty New England state--whose motto is "Live Free or Die'--as the only one in the union that does not require adults to buckle up.If you want to risk your life by not wearing one,said State Sen. Robert Clegg, its not the government's responsibility to force you.

The Hartford Courant

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:40 am

Thirty-two percent od Americans who died in 2005 were cremated-up from just 21 percent in 1996.

Associated Press

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:29 am

Only 26 percent of adult Americans get eight hours of sleep a night,down from 38 percent in 2001.

The Wall Street Journal

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:35 pm

A severe drought in south Florida has left the water level in Lake Okeechobee at a record low.more than 4 feet below its usual average depth.The massive lake supplies water to 5 million Florida residents,who are now on stringent restrictions.

Associated Press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:39 am

America's newest tall ship is ten stories high and 139 feet long. The recreation is the Kalmar Nyckel that landed on the Christina River in 1638.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:38 am

Free pornographic photos and videos are now so easy to find on the Internet that it's hurting the X-rated film industry.Sales and rentals of pornographic videos dropped from $4.28 billion in 2005 to $ 3.62 billion last year--the first decline in decades.People are making movies in their houses and uploading them to free Web sites,complained former professional pornographer Harvey Kaplan.It's killing the marketplace.

The New York Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:14 am

Although West Haven is Connecticut's youngest city, being incorporated in 1972, it is a community that dates back over 360 years, making it one of the oldest settlements in the country.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:28 pm

About one in three soldiers returning from Iraq seeks mental health counseling in his first year home.But vets are finding it more difficult to get treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapists.

The Boston Globe

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:11 am

The first expert in the treatment of Asiatic cholera was Dr. Henry Bronson in 1832. He was a professor at Yale Medical School.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:53 am

Barratt's Chapel is known as the Cradle of Methodism. It was built in 1780 and is the oldest surviving church built by and for Methodists in the United States.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:43 am

Named in 1724 for the stony character of the hilly countryside, North Stonington, Ct. was incorporated in 1807.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 1:28 pm

The first human inhabitants of present-day Burlington were members of the Tunxis Tribe, who belonged to a confederation of Algonquian Indians. Legend holds they used the area as a hunting ground.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:52 pm

Fred Thompson isn't the only Republican presidetial hopeful with acting credentials. Rudy Giuliani has had cameos in more than a dozen films and TV shows,including The Out-of-Towners, Anger management,and a classic Seinfeld episode in which he vows to investigate whether nonfat yogart on sale in New York City is,in fact,fattening.

Newsweek

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:15 pm

Greenland is feeling the effects of global warming more quickly than any other part of the globe.Average winter temperatures rose 11 degrees from 1991 to 2003. Many of the 56,000 residents of the ice-covered country welcome the warmth. "it's good for me" said sheep farmer Ernst Lund "The sheep get fatter."

The Washington Post

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:28 am

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe.

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:38 am

Due to a widespread shortage of police officers,many cities are relaxing standards for new recuits.Boston is now taking recuits up to age 40,several cities have relaxed fitness and weight requirements,and Oakland no longer disqualifies applicants for past drug convictions or gang membership.

Associated Press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:08 am

Thousand Acre Marsh is the largest freshwater tidal wetland in northern Delaware. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canals border the marsh

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:18 am

Of the $440,000 the average American spends on health care in his lifetime,$280,000 is spent after age 65.

Fortune