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How long before your teen calms down?
Teenagers often have episodes of anger and negativity in which they slam doors and scream tirades. According to experts, most puberty-driven "snit fits" last an average of 15 minutes.
What makes Australia unique?
Australia is the smallest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent in the world. It is the only country which is also a whole continent - 18.6 million people live here.
Can a redwood catch fire?
The bark of the redwood tree is fireproof. Fires in redwood forests take place inside the trees.
Does anyone watch French television?
In 1978, a poll showed that one French television program broadcast on August 14 was watched by no viewers at all. The show was an in-depth interview with an Armenian woman on her fortieth birthday. It covered how she met her husband, her illnesses, and her joy of living. According to the TV survey, 67 percent of viewers had watched a Napoleonic...Read more
What sort of tattoos doesn't the Navy care for?
According to the Recruitment Code of the U.S. Navy, anyone "bearing an obscene and indecent" tattoo will be rejected.
What was Mr. Ed's real name?
Television's Mr. Ed was played by a horse named Bamboo Harvester. The voice was supplied by Allan Lane.
Are Americans energy hogs?
The average American uses eight times as much fuel energy as an average person anywhere else in the world.
How commonplace is cat's cradle?
Cat's cradle is one of the most universal games in the world. Played in almost every culture, what is a puzzle to ethnologists is that widely scattered peoples -- Maoris of New Zealand, North American Indians, Arctic Eskimos, and Africans, for instance -- make figures of string between their
Did Rip Van Winkle have a dog?
He certainly did -- Wolf was the name of the dog that was with Rip Van Winkle when he fell asleep for 20 years.
Are women's chests getting bigger?
The average bra size sold at Frederick's of Hollywood in 1966 was a 34B. Today, it's a 36C.
Which was the shortest American war?
The war with Spain was the shortest war in American history. It lasted five months: April 1898 to August 1898. ----------- headline:How many women were in the Girl Scouts?
Over 40 percent of the women in the U.S. were in the Girl Scouts organization. Two-thirds of the women listed in "Who's Who
Is alchemy a real science?
Alchemy refers to both an early protoscience and an early philosophical discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Islamic ...Read more
How many verses does the Bible have?
The King James version of the Bible has 50 authors, 66 books, 1,189 chapters, and 31,173 verses. The shortest verse in the Bible consists of two words: "Jesus wept" (John 11:35).
Is wearing Birkenstocks a political statement?
In the United States, Birkenstocks were first popular among young adults, a group traditionally associated with American liberalism; in the early 1990s "Birks" enjoyed a surge of popularity among college-aged Generation Xers. During the 2004 U.S. presidential primary, some conservatives derided Howard Dean's supporters as "Birkenstock liberals."...Read more
What does 'fully interlocking' mean with regards to a jigsaw puzzle?
Many puzzles are termed "fully interlocking". This means that adjacent pieces are connecting such that if you move one piece horizontally you move all, preserving the connection. Sometimes the connection is tight enough to pick up a solved part holding one piece. Some fully interlocking puzzles have pieces all of a similar shape, with rounded ...Read more
Which militant woman, a graduate of Vassar College, spent more time in prison, in the cause of women's right to vote, than any other American suffragette?
Lucy Burns. Lucy Burns was an active militant suffragist in both the United States and Great Britain. According the {book;} 'Notable American Women' by Sidney R. Bland, Lucy Burns spent more time in prison than any other suffragist.
Do you use hazardous waste on your fingers?
Fingernail polish often contains four or five chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency calls potentially harmful. If a person bought fingernail polish in a 55-gallon drum, the empty drum could not be legally thrown into a landfill. It would have to be transported to the nearest state-regulated commercial hazardous-waste disposal facility. ...Read more
How many vocal chords do you have?
A normal person has two true vocal chords. We also have two false vocal chords which have no direct role in producing sound.
How hot is a neutron star?
The surface temperature of a neutron star is about 1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit.