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2610
Sports
MAKING THE COVER OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
Two to ten weeks after athletes appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated their career begins to decline.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Driving
DRIVING IN FLORIDA
When driving in Florida, never get behind a car unless you can actually see the driver's head above the steering wheel.
jr, ponderer, Olympia, WA, USA
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House and Home
GETTING A LASTING PAINT JOB
Spraying is fast but is the least durable, rolling on paint is better but, if you want the job to last, the best is the good old paint brush
Dick Gehring, Consultant, NY
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Carpentry
WORK RATING
You can have it cheap, fast, or good. Pick any two.
Don Quaintance, Acupuncturist, Danbury, CT, USA
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Cooking
POUND FOR POUND
When canning pickles, one pound of pickling cucumbers will fill one quart jar.
Teresa Sorenson, mother, Ellensburg, WA, USA
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Gambling
SPOTTING A RIGGED GAME
If heads come up more than five times in a row, the game is rigged.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Electricity
ESTIMATING THE LIFE OF A LIGHT BULB
If you increase the voltage of an incandescent light bulb by 10 percent, its light output increases by 40 percent, but its life expectancy falls by a factor of three. Decreasing the voltage has the opposite effect.
R.A. Heindl, design engineer, Euclid, Ohio
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Animals
MEASURING AN ELEPHANT
The circumference of an elephant's front foot is equal to the height of its shoulder from the ground.
David Kumaki, physician, Shelburne, New Hampshire
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Joker
ENTERING A CONTEST
If a contest calls for "25 words or less," try to use as close to 25 words as possible. Never use less than 15 words.
Allen Glasser, contest expert
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Movies and Film
FIGURING OUT A MOVIE
In a thriller, you can be certain that any road detour is just a trick to kidnap the occupants of the car.
Paul A. Delaney, meteorologist, Beltsville, Maryland
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Insects
SWARMING BEES
Honeybees will start to congregate in a horseshoe-shaped pattern on the front of the hive three days before they start to swarm.
Anthony Sykes, orchard worker
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