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2785 Fish thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FEEDING YOUR FISH
If your fish do not consume their food within five minutes, you have fed them too much.
Rick Broadhead, Aquarium Hobbyist, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Current Rating: 8.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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2787 Scuba Diving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SCUBA DIVING
After completing a no-decompression SCUBA dive, 2 hours later you can do half of that time at the same depth.
Peter M. Donahue, Electrician, Falmouth, MA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.7 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2788 House and Home thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FREEZING TONIC WATER
When freezing a 2 liter bottle of tonic (soda) first empty the bottle to the top of the label. Subsequent expansion will not explode the bottle.
Peter M. Donahue, Electrician, Falmouth, MA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2789 Music thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
TUNING FLUTES
Cold flutes are flat.
Mandy Reinert, Student, LaCrosse, WI, USA
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Current Rating: 7 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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2790 Music thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FINDING WHERE TO PUT YOUR MOUTH ON A CLARINET
To find the correct place to put your mouth on a clarinet reed, put a piece of paper between the reed and the mouthpiece. Where the paper stops is the correct place for your mouth.
Mandy Reinert, Student, LaCrosse, WI, USA
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Current Rating: 6.5 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2791 Exercise thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DETERMINING YOUR RATE OF EXERCISE
If you can talk, you are exercising at the correct level.
Mandy Reinert, Student, LaCrosse, WI, USA
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Current Rating: 7.8 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2792 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
EFFECT OF MAKING A STREET ONE WAY
You don't double a street's capacity by making it one way. You triple, even quadruple it.
Kevin Kelly, Whole Earth, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.4 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2793 Sports thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPEED OF TENNIS SERVE
Most non-professional tennis players will serve their second serve with 10 to 20 MPH less speed than their first serve.
Bill Gerk, Burlingame, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.8 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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2794 Bicycles thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
UNICYCLE SEAT POSITION
The unicycle seat post should go into the stem at least two and a half times its diameter.
Glen Swan, Bicyclist, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Current Rating: 5.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2796 Music thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHOOSING A CONDUCTOR'S BATON
You should be able to balance a good conductor's baton one and one quarter inch up the shaft from the handle. If it balances any further up the shaft than that, you will find yourself holding the baton incorrectly to compensate. Your arm will get tired.
Wendy Ksiow, Senior Legal Processing Bank Clerk, Photographer and Seamstress, Garden Grove, CA, USA
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Current Rating: 6.6 out of 10 based on 14 reviews
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2797 Weapons thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WHERE NOT TO KEEP YOUR CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT
Never keep your concealed weapon permit next to your driver's license. On a routine traffic check the police officer will detain and question you about ten minutes longer.
Terry Kranning, Professional Knife Maker, Pocatello, ID, USA
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Current Rating: 7.0 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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