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885 Energy thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
STORING HEAT IN A GREENHOUSE
Containers of water are excellent for storing heat in a solar greenhouse. Start with 1 cubic foot of water for each square foot of greenhouse glass.
Janet Hopper, New York, New York
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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886 Crime thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SOLVING A CRIME
To solve a crime, remember two things: The most obvious solution is probably the correct one; and if you've eliminated all the other possibilities, whatever is left, however improbable, is what happened.
Stephen G. Michaud, quoting F.B.I. agent Howard D. Teten quoting Sherlock Holmes in The New York Times
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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887 Body Rules thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
APPROXIMATING THE SIZE OF YOUR BRAIN
You can approximate the size of your brain by putting your fists together so that your wrists touch and your thumbnails face you side by side.
Dennis Palaganas, Gainesville, Florida
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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888 Groups thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING A COMPLAINER
The more complaining a person does about an organization, the replique Rolex Datejust that person participates in the organization.
Alberta D. Phillips, Little Meadows, Pennsylvania
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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889 Color thumb thumb thumb thumb
SHOPPING FOR A MAN
When buying a gift for a man, anything packaged in yellow will probably please him.
Ann German, East Islip, New York
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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890 Business thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MARKETING A FAD
You have 90 days to make and ship a novelty item and 90 days to sell it out. After that, inventory costs swallow up the profits.
Ellis E. Conklin, UPI feature writer, quoting Fred Reinstein, fad merchant
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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891 Insurance thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CLAIMING YOUR MEDICAL INSURANCE
If you're fully insured, you will spend two full days doing insurance paperwork to cover seven days in the hospital.
John E. Harney, Concord, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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892 Illness thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MINIMIZING THE SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS
Prescribe the smallest dose that will produce the desired result.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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893 Health thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
ANALYZING YOUR DIET
If your turds float, there's too much fat in your diet.
Michael Rider, art director, American Demographics
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 24 reviews
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894 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING PEPPERS
When the crocuses bloom, plant peppers and eggplant indoors.
Vivian Brubaker, Bettendorf, Iowa
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Current Rating: 4.9 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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895 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SHIVERING
Shivering produces as much heat as running at a slow pace or roughly the amount of heat generated from eating two medium-sized chocolate bars per hour.
Peggy Kerber, editor, Mountaineering
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Current Rating: 5.5 out of 10 based on 29 reviews
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