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5002
Dieting
APPLE TEST
If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry.
Ann, CA
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Astronomy
FOLLOWING THE SUN AND THE MOON
For a given latitude, the path of the full moon across the sky at the summer solstice is approximately the path of the sun at the winter solstice, and vice versa.
Pierce Butler, Natchez, Mississippi
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Birds
WATCHING BIRDS
Among birds of prey, females are about one-third larger than males.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Gambling
PLAYING POKER
An old rule of thumb says that when your turn comes to call, don't do it - raise or fold. Not always, of course, but amateurs will call a lot more often than professionals.
Dale Armstrong, card player
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Movies and Film
SPOTTING A GOOD MOVIE
Never waste your money on any movie that is called "zany" or a "laff riot."
Dan Wagner, San Jose, California
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Insects
FEEDING COCKROACHES
Twelve cockroaches can live on the glue of a postage stamp for a week.
Austin Friedman, entomologist
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1419
Real Estate
SELLING REAL ESTATE
For every two people who make a good living in real estate, a third person falls by the wayside.
Scott Parker, data specialist, Beaumont, Texas
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Fruit
PICKING PLANTAIN
The darker the peel the better.
Anonymous
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Fish
FISHING FOR BLUEFISH
Troll your lure at five times the length of your boat.
Bill Berger, Cincinnati, Ohio
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2187
Stock
THE RULE OF CONTRARY INVESTING
In the stock market--whatever the crowd does, do the opposite.
Lou Aleksich Jr., Billings, Montana
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Video
WATCHING WEIGHT AND TELEVISION
Obesity in 12-to-17-year-olds increases 2 percent for each hour of television watched per day.
William Dietz and Steven Gortaker, Boston researchers, quoted in New Age Journal
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