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1085 Health thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
SPOTTING HIGH CHOLESTEROL
Look at the tendons on the back of your hand as you wiggle your fingers. If you see lumps of fat on those tendons, you probably have high cholesterol.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1086 Gardening thumb thumb thumb thumb
PLANTING SHRUBBERY
Never plant more than three of the same shrub in a row. Always offset.
Steven M. Keisman, New York City high school resource coordinator
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 17 reviews
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1087 Temperature thumb thumb thumb thumb
FORECASTING THE WEATHER
If the temperature is warmer than normal, the weather is likely to change - perhaps violently.
Anonymous
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Current Rating: 4.1 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1088 Survival thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HIDING SOMETHING
To hide outdoors at night, pick a place that's darker than the immediate surroundings of your pursuers. Also, pick as noisy an area as possible.
Jeff Brown, astronomer, Bloomington, Indiana
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Current Rating: 5.6 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1089 Driving thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
DRIVING SAFELY
The more transient the population, the more dangerous the driving.
Thomas W. Neumann, anthropological archaeologist, wildlife ecologist, and field crew crisis manager
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Current Rating: 5.7 out of 10 based on 20 reviews
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1090 Romance thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
RULES OF ROMANCE
You can have a hot job, a hot lover, or a hot apartment. But you can't have all three at the same time.
Armistead Maupin
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 33 reviews
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1091 Insects thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
KEEPING BEES
A skilled beekeeper can get as much as 100 pounds of honey per hive per year.
Dave Peyton, Gannett News Service
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1092 Building thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
WORKING WITH PRESSURE
Ten feet of elevation gives four pounds of pressure in a water pipe.
Peter Reimuller, Point Arena, California
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Current Rating: 5.8 out of 10 based on 19 reviews
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1094 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb
LEARNING NEW THINGS
Humans cannot learn more than seven new concepts at a time.
David Kumaki, physician, Shelburne, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 18 reviews
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1095 Children thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
HIRING BOYS
One boy's a boy; two boys are half a boy; three boys are no boy at all.
Margaret "Granny" Cochron, 102 years old
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 23 reviews
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1096 Joker thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
GETTING GOOD ADVICE
Avoid career counselors. If they knew how to get a good job, they'd have one.
Pierre F. Angier, Jersey City, New Jersey
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Current Rating: 6.1 out of 10 based on 26 reviews
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