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5210
Miscellaneous
OPTIONS MAKE FREEDOM
When options are reduced, so is freedom.
C, Trussville, AL
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91
Astronomy
WATCHING THE SUNSET
It takes two minutes for the sun to drop out of sight once it touches the horizon.
Emmon Bodfish, Oakland, California
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Birds
SHOOTING AT DUCKS
For every 1,000 ducks shot at with lead shot, 155 will be bagged and 46 wounded. For every 1,000 shot at with steel shot, 114 will be bagged and 51 wounded. At ranges greater than 35 yards, lead shot cripples more ducks than steel shot.
Jack Mosher, wildlife biologist, South Berne, New York
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Gambling
PLAYING POKER
After the deal, a player who stays in the game and plays out more than one hand in five is overstraining the law of averages and is on his way to the poorhouse.
Dale Armstrong, card player
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859
Movies and Film
SPOTTING A HIT MOVIE
Any war movie with the word "force" in the title is a bomb.
Liz Stone, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, New York
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Insects
PRODUCING SILK
It takes 110 cocoons to make a tie, 630 to make a blouse. A heavy silk kimono might equal the work of 3,000 silkworms, and they will have eaten 135 pounds of mulberry leaves.
Nina Hyde, writer, National Geographic magazine
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Real Estate
INVESTING IN RETIREMENT HOUSING
Invest in an area that has at least 20 times more elderly households than retirement units.
Anonymous
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Fruit
TRAVELING TIPS
In the tropics, don't eat fruit you can't peel.
Francine Green, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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Dogs
WINNING THE IDITAROD
The first musher to reach the town of Iditarod - the halfway point - in the Alaska Iditarod sled dog race will not win the race.
Russ Wilmot, Iditarod race volunteer, Eagle River, Alaska
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Stock
INVESTING IN MUTUAL FUNDS
In most cases, mutual fund managers and their funds will out-perform your own portfolio.
Phil Smith, Alameda, California
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2395
Video
TELEVISION GUIDELINES
You're watching too much television if you can sing the commercials word for word.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
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