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WEANING A BABY
Wean your baby from breast-feeding when it gets its first tooth.
Anonymous
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WAITING FOR SNOW
T'won't snow 'till the brooks flow.
Clem Braczyk, quoting George, an old woodcutter, Webster, Massachusetts
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ESTIMATING YOUR ADULT HEIGHT
Your adult height will be twice your height at the age of 22 months.
Steve Parker, aerospace engineer, Princeton, New Jersey
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LEARNING TO READ
You can teach your children how to find books at their own reading level. Tell your child to open a book near the middle and read from the top of any full page. If there are five words the child doesn't know before getting to the end of the page, the book is too hard.
Eliza Brownrigg Graue, Is Your Child Gifted?
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1303 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TESTING FREEZER TEMPERATURE
A spoon will ring when rapped on a carton of ice cream if your freezer temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit or colder.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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DEALING WITH GUILT
Catholics feel guilty for what they weren't supposed to do, and did. Jews feel guilty for what they were supposed to do, and didn't.
Michael Rider, art director, American Demographics,
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COLLEGE TEACHING
In any introductory-level college course, the poorest students are the elementary education majors.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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2071 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
WATCHING BIRDS
If you see birds rotating way up - turning small, tight circles and not clapping their wings - you're going to get a blow.
Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, quoting Raymond Duarte, Provincetown, Massachusets
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STORING IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Every ten degrees you lower the temperature of stored documents will double their life.
Jan Rich, journalist, Austin, Texas
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2583 Tests thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TAKING A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
Don't change your first guess on a multiple choice question when checking over your answers. The first guess is always the best.
William H. Smith, Cincinnati, Ohio
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2839 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING A PARKING SPACE
Unless the entrance is physically blocked, a parking ramp flashing it's "full" sign, isn't.
Owen T. Anderson, Magician, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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