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2318 Eggs thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EATING EGGS
Seven quail eggs equal one chicken egg.
Terry Hayward, medical technician
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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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2319 Handwriting thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING A LEFT-HANDER
If you can spot even one right-to-left stroke in a handwriting sample, it was almost certainly written with the left hand. This does not apply to writing that reads right-to-left, such as Hebrew.
Kate Gladstone, Brooklyn, New York
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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2320 Trees thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LOOKING AT LEAVES
Leaves appear light if you face them with the wind at your back, and dark if you face them from downwind.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2321 Military thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ESTIMATING DISTANCE TO GUNFIRE
As soon as you see the flash of a gunshot, count rapidly from one to ten - repeating the count if necessary - until you hear the report. Each number you count represents 100 yards.
Frank Turley, director, Turley Forge Blacksmithing School, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2322 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DRESSING FOR A SKI
When cross-country skiing, if you are warm when you first walk outside, you're wearing too much.
Jeremy Bishop, windsurfing expert, Hood River, Oregon
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2323 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHERISHING YOUR MEMORIES
Snapshots encourage memories, videos replace them. After watching a video of your vacation, your memory of the vacation will be the video.
Cheryl A. Russell, demographer, mother, editor-in-chief, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2324 Restaurants thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PRICING A NIGHT CLUB
In a bar or night club, when the lights go down, the prices go up.
Lori Edwards, Frederick, Maryland
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Current Rating: 4.6 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2325 Running thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING RUNNING SHOES
To decide how many dollars you should spend on a pair of running shoes, take the number of miles you run each week and multiply it by four.
Diane Gerhart, accountant
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2326 Telephones thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING THE TELEPHONE
When ordering something over the phone, ask for the order-taker's full name. Then he or she won't make a mistake with your order.
Jennifer Evans, writer, Austin, Texas
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2327 Storage thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
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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Current Rating: 4.7 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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2328 Wastes thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CLEANING UP LITTER
When a state passes a bottle bill, paper and plastic litter disappears from roadsides and parks in the same proportion that beverage bottles and cans do - which is almost totally.
Isabel T. Coburn, authority at large, Pemaquid Beach, Maine
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