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1006 Crime thumb thumb thumb thumb
MAKING CRIME PAY
Commit a federal crime rather than a state crime. Federal judges are worldly and less likely to send you to jail, or give you as long a sentence. Also, federal prisons are nicer places to stay.
Stephen Gillers, journalist
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1007 Equivalents thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MEASURING SNOW
One inch of rain would make ten inches of snow.
Amy Lippmann, Haifa, Israel
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Current Rating: 5.2 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1008 Groups thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANNING A COOPERATIVE HOUSEHOLD
Unless you are forming some sort of intentional or spiritual community, four people is the best number for an adult cooperative household. It provides good levels of intimacy and manageability.
Geanne Toma, massage therapist, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 5.0 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1009 Design thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
JUDGING DESIGN
If you wonder how you're going to remember the explanation, the design has failed.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.3 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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1010 Business thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
MANUFACTURING
The materials for a mass-produced electronic device should cost about 10 percent of the retail price of the finished product.
Ray Bruman, Berkeley, California
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1011 Insurance thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
BUYING INSURANCE FOR YOUR SON
The monthly cost of car insurance for a teenage boy is roughly five times the amount they could earn by doing every conceivable chore around the house.
Warren Harris, Sacramento, California
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1012 Illness thumb thumb thumb thumb
CATCHING A COLD
You will catch a cold within two weeks of starting a new job.
Beth Blinick, sales promotion and marketing, Skokie, Illinois
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Current Rating: 3.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1013 Health thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVOIDING A FATAL SHOCK
A current of 0.1 amps through the heart kills.
Norman Brenner, Fleetwood, New York
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1014 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
IDENTIFYING A SEDGE
Sedges have edges (round rushes have none).
Scott M. Kruse, biogeographer, Fresno, California
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1015 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
USING A HEAT GUN
If you place your palm in front of a heat gun and it feels like a hairdryer, it's about 200 degrees F. If it's so hot you have to yank your hand away, then it's about 300 degree F.
Dean Sheridan, electronics technician and deaf actor, Torrance, California
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1016 Climbing thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CLIMBING WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTARY OXYGEN
I need one week to acclimate my body for climbing a 5,000-meter mountain without oxygen, two weeks for a 6,000-meter mountain, three for 7,000 meters, and at least four weeks for an 8,000-meter mountain.
Reinhold Messner, mountaineer, via Henning Pape, West Berlin, Germany
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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