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USING A MICROWAVE
You can cook more dishes in a microwave oven that's deep and low than in one that's shallow and tall.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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CHECKING URINE
As a rough estimate of how well hydrated a person is, or as one indicator of high sugar level in a diabetic, look at his or her urine. The darker the color, the higher the specific gravity, the greater the concentration of solutes, and the less hydrated the person is.
Scott M. Kruse, biogeographer and Martha Betcher, medical technologist, Fresno, California
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MAKING YOUR HAIR SHINE
To add shine to your hair, rinse it with cold water.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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DESIGNING A COMPUTER SYSTEM
For every two days spent designing a computer system, figure one day for coding or writing the programs and three days testing them.
John M. Howe, (quoting Edward Brooks), North Quincy, Massachusetts
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SAVING LIVES
You have one hour to get trauma patients to a hospital.
Anonymous doctor
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PERFORMING BLUEGRASS
In bluegrass music, the most tasteless licks, especially on the banjo, get the best response.
Ellen Klaver, musician, Boulder, Colorado
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LOCATING WILDERNESS
In the western United States, any area that has more than 1 mile of road per 1,000 acres will have a tough time gaining Congressional protection as a wilderness area.
Henning Pape-Santos, linguist, Ithaca, New York
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LOSING WEIGHT
A woman should not diet below an intake of 1,200 calories a day; a man, below 1,600 calories.
Jean Mayer, nutritionist, and Jean Goldberg, journalist
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WATCHING YOUR WOODSTOVE
When your woodstove is going full bore, you should be able to hold your hand firmly pressed on any nearby combustible surface. If you can't, you need to increase the clearance between the surface and the stove, or install a heat shield.
Peter R. Lammert, in Country Journal, Thomaston, Maine
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SNOWMOBILING ALONE
When snowmobiling alone do not travel further into the woods than you can walk out.
Kurt Twardzik, Deceased, Copper Harbor, MI, USA
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AMUSEMENT PARKS
Wen entering an amusement park in the USA, always head to the left and work your way clock-wise through the park. Most people will go to the right and so the lines will be longer.
Waldo Weyeris, Engineer, Boulder, CO, USA
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