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Justin A
@towjam
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It's not what you say or what you do, it's who you are that matters
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towjam
history
2019-07-30 10:34
History and people are the same...and history shows that to be the case
Credit When I think of some of the things that are believed today, it kind of blows my mind. We live in a time where it takes very little time to get information at our fingertips.....learning has become
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science
2019-07-16 13:52
Argentinian farmer discovers a huge preserved dinosaur shell
It seems that an egg shell of a dinosaur called a Glyptodont was found buried in mud about 40km (25mi) south of Buenos Aires at their farm in Carlos Spegazzini, Argentina. Credit I must admit when I read
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history
2019-07-11 14:05
Princess Anastasia Romanov escaping assassination 101 years ago!!
Anastasia, the Disney movie, highlighted something which was part of most people's historic understanding, that the whole Romanov family was assassinated in Russia, leaving behind their daughter....the
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science
2019-07-09 14:06
LEFT-HANDERS.....are the facts and myths true?
I have to admit, I look at lefties as special. Not the asylum 'shpethal', but people that in my experience have above average talents and abilities. I am not a young whipper snapper (proof enough by using
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fun
2019-07-05 14:49
Weird laws - have a little fun
Seeing kids riding their bikes down the road during the holidays, you're bound to see a few trying their luck out with some wheelies or no hands stunts. It's a normal thing for a kid to do and I love seeing
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history
2019-07-04 12:14
Alexander Graham Bell did NOT invent the telephone?!?!
Come on now!!! Surely this is just a load of nonsense. I mean this is information I have grown up with and accepted as a known and accepted truth. But as so often happens in history, it is written by those
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history
2019-07-01 09:33
The origin of the word "OK"
The word OK happens to be one of the most used words in the English language. We all use it and even though we know what it means, we generally have no idea where the expression comes from or what it actually
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history
2019-06-28 13:18
The Titanic did NOT sink because it hit an iceberg!
My wife and I were talking about this event a little while ago because she is fascinated by them, and loves the historic stories and even tragedies. So if anything it is cool to be writing this for her
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health
2019-06-19 11:20
Cracking knuckles and the consequences of it
Now I'm not here to try cause a stir or make people worry about their health futures, but this is to once and for all find out what if this is indeed bad for you, or just a worry about nothing. I've heard
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health
2019-06-12 11:50
Cold weather and colds
I have had the conversation with quite a few people regarding the correlation between BEING in the cold, and actually GETTING a cold. Credit Most parents around the world have said the words "stay
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information
2019-06-04 16:13
How many words for snow can you have in a single language....more than you think actually
This is a very arbitrary piece of information, but would you believe it when I told you that the Scots were working through the Scottish Thesaurus, they realized there are over 400 words or expressions
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information
2019-05-29 15:22
Lies told to us that we grew up with
Do you remember being told that if you swallowed your gum that it would take 7 years before it would digest? HAHA I remember my aunt and family telling me this stuff and as a kid you eat it up (pun intended).
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nature
2019-05-27 16:09
Microfragmentation: an accidental breakthrough for today's dwindling reefs
Did you know, 25% of all marine life is supported by the world's reefs, while they only cover 1% of the seafloor! 9 million species of animals use the reefs as their home. Credit To mankind the value of
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nature
2019-05-23 13:17
Make your bananas blue....just for fun
OK there are naturally blue bananas that grow in areas like Hawaii, Fiji and the Philippines. They are known as Ice Cream bananas and apparently taste like vanilla ice cream (why have I not had this yet??),
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information
2019-05-22 17:06
Deodorant causes cancer! Um...
This last week the wife asked me to get her some deodorant and as a LOVING, AMAZING and GREAT husband I am (I wish), I went and bought her some. Thing is, I made the same mistake many husbands and boyfriends
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science
2019-05-20 08:05
We only use 10% of our brains
I read an article in the Scientific American where one of the lecturers at the Simon Fraser university in Vancouver discussed the above question, because it is often a question he (Barry L. Beyerstein
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experiment
2019-05-17 16:54
What would happen if you spent a week in Virtual reality? Someone tested it out!
Credit For the non tech people out there, VR is Virtual reality, a headset that has a television of sorts attached directly before the eyes that allows the person to be immersed in a 3D world. Where you
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science
2019-05-16 13:08
Drop a penny from the Empire State building and kill someone!
I don't live in the USA, and even I have heard this one. And in some way it makes sense that something that is able to fall from so high up, must come down with serious force....perhaps even enough to
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science
2019-05-15 13:53
Chameleons DON'T actually change colours to match their surroundings
Credit Perhaps its the bright blue and orange foliage and trees that we are surrounded by that make us think that chameleons use their amazing colour changing ability to blend in?? OK, sarcasm is not a
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science
2019-05-13 21:22
Jurassic park - should likely be Jurassic AVIARY
I enjoyed the Jurassic park movies...except perhaps the little girl that wouldn't stop screaming in the first Jurassic park movie! Jurassic world aviary You remember her? Wouldn't shut up when the rest
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