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Tapped Four

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Parties, game nights and even dinners become so boring at times but one good game can bring back all the excitement. Tapped four is...
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Heroin Was Initially Marketed As A Cough Suppressant By Bayer AG

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From 1898-1910, the German drug company Bayer marketed diacetylmorphine as an over the counter drug under their trademark name Heroin.  The name was derived from the Greek...
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Exploding Everlasting Gobstopper

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Gobstoppers, (aka Jawbreakers in Canada and the US), are a type of hard candy made up of a number of layers, each layer dissolving...
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Syndromes: Foreign Accent Synrome

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Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is speech disorder that causes a sudden change to speech so that a person speaks with a “foreign” accent.  The...
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Important Facts and Information about Coronavirus

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Coronavirus is a family of different viruses that can trigger someone to suffer from a common cold or other severe ailments such as SARS...
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United States v. Susan B. Anthony

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On June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was found guilty of Unlawful Voting in the United States  presidential election of November 5, 1872. Casting her ballot...
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The Original 7Up Contained Lithium

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7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg, who launched his St. Louis-based company The Howdy Corporation in 1920. Grigg came up with the formula for...
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Picasso: Nude, Green Leaves and Bust: Highest Selling Painting at Auction

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In 2010, Picasso’s, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sold for $106.5 million US to an anonymous buyer,  setting a record for the sale of...
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Pablo Picasso’s Full Name

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Pablo Picasso’s full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito...
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Myths: It Is Impossible to Sneeze With Your Eyes Open

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To say that it’s impossible to sneeze with your eyes open isn’t entirely correct. The process that produces a sneeze affects many parts of...
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World’s Tallest Man: Robert Wadlow

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Born and raised in Alton, Illinois, Robert Pershing Wadlow was the tallest person in history reaching a height of 8ft 11.1 inches (2.720 metres) and weighing...
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Exploding Everlasting Gobstopper

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Gobstoppers, (aka Jawbreakers in Canada and the US), are a type of hard candy made up of a number of layers, each layer dissolving...
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Tongue Twisters: She Sells Sea Shells…

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She sells seashells on the seashore The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure So if she sells seashells on the seashore Then I’m sure she sells...
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Why Do Wolves Howl?

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When next month’s full moon unveils its luminescent splendor, and you feel the call of the wild to start howling, the ancient stirrings have...
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Pareidolia: Faces in Clouds

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Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing...
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Anatomy of a Cat Whisker

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Cats have dozens of movable vibrissae (whiskers) over their body, especially their face. Vibrissae are usually thicker and stiffer than other types of hair but consist...
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Politics & War: Doomsday Clock

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The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock face, maintained since 1947 by the board of directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago....
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Superstitions: Black Cats

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Superstitions and stories around black cats vary from culture to culture. In Great Britain, Ireland, and Japan, black cats are actually a symbol of...
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Brain: The First Computer Virus

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Considered to be the first computer virus, Brain was released in its first form in January 1986.  The virus affected the IBM PC by...
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John Lennon – Annie Leibovitz Photo

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Born in 1949 in Connecticut, USA Leibovitz studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute. She became interested in photography  when she lived in...
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Hyperrealism

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Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high resolution photograph. It is a fully-recognized school of art and is considered to be...
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Van Gogh’s Ear: What Really Happened?

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There are two schools of thought about how Vincent van Gogh lost part of his left ear on December 23, 1888. Some believe that Paul Gauguin...
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Pablo Picasso’s Full Name

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Pablo Picasso’s full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito...
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Picasso vs. Braque: Who Can Tell the Difference?

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From 1909 – 1914, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso worked closely together daily to develop Cubism. Both artists produced paintings of monochromatic color and...
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Ron Sveden: Pea Plant Grows in Man’s Lung

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In May 2009, retired teacher Ron Sveden,  who had been fighting emphysema for months was shocked when doctors told him there was a PEA...
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Acryonyms: Ichthys – Jesus Fish

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Ichthys, sometimes spelled Ichthus, or Ikhthus, from Koine Greek: ΙΧΘΥΣ or ΙΧΘΥϹ is the ancient and classical Greek word for “fish.” In English it...
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The First Sculpture: The Venus of Willendorf

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The Venus of Willendorf is one of the earliest images of the body made by humankind and is in the collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum...
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