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2958
Business
SALARY IN CENTS PER MINUTE
An employee's salary in thousands of dollars per year is roughly equal to their salary in cents per minute (subtracting holidays and vacations).
Frederick Heald, Software Engineer, Carlsbad, CA, USA
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3214
Sports
RUNNING BACK SKILL
A good running back will average more than 4 yards per carry.
Rob, student, Stony Brook, NY
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3726
Health
SEVERITY OF EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS
People seen in rural hospital emergency departments are much sicker than those seen in inner city hospital emergency facilities. The rural folk are too busy with work and life to seek a physician for minor problems.
Gerry M. Flick, MD, JC, BCLM, Ship's Surgeon, Tacoma, WA, USA
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4238
Uncategorized
YOU MUST BE INTERESTED
If you are not interested in your topic, your audience won't be either.
Tom Thoeni, Plant City, FL, USA
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4750
Mail
POST OFFICE PROCESSES
No matter how many people are waiting for service, a United States Postal Service counter clerk can be counted on to perform duties at the same, slow, regulated pace.
Wankel, Computer analyst
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Joker
WAVING TO PEOPLE
If you're standing on an overpass, you can count on five out of ten drivers on the highway below returning a wave.
Carolyn Lloyd, 15-year-old student, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Children
FEEDING CHILDREN
Finicky eaters will eat only half the amount of food they ask for.
L. Musselman, office manager and mother of young children
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Precipitation
PREDICTING RAIN
If the barometric pressure is falling rapidly, a ring around the moon means rain in 18 to 24 hours, about 75 percent of the time.
Paul E. Lehr, meteorologist
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Joker
VERIFYING A SCALP
To tell a real human scalp from a fake, look for a tiny bald spot in back of the crown from which the hair radiates.
Kate Gladstone, Brooklyn, New York
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1167
Children
RAISING CHILDREN
The well-adjusted child may complain, but will accept fair punishment as due. If the child balks, there's a problem with the child or the punishment.
Cookie Ohlson, teacher, Prospect Park Middle School, Pennsylvania
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1423
Temperature
CHECKING THE TEMPERATURE
One way to check the temperature when you're outdoors is to inhale rapidly. If you feel the moisture in your nostrils begin to freeze, it is 10 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
Truman Plant, expressman
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