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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 17, 2015 5:54:49 GMT
Why is it bad luck to walk under a ladder?
An open ladder forms a triangle, and triangles were once considered a symbol of life, so walking through that shape was considered tempting your fate. It is also thought that because it has three sides, the triangle symbolizes the Holy Trinity, and “breaking” it by entering the triangle is bad luck.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 19, 2015 6:30:24 GMT
Do starfish have a brain?
The nervous system of the starfish is very simple...there is no brain and there are not even any ganglia to coordinate movement. The nervous system is characterized by a nerve ring that surrounds the mouth. A radial nerve branches off of the nerve ring and extends to each arm.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 21, 2015 5:44:37 GMT
Where did the word colonel come from?
Colonel came into English, according to The Oxford English Dictionary, in the mid-16th century from Middle French, and there were two forms of the word then, coronel (or coronelle, akin to Spanish coronel) and colonel, the latter form more clearly reflecting its Old Italian antecedent, colonello ("column of soldiers," ...
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 26, 2015 8:32:54 GMT
Who is Rudolph's mom and dad?
In GoodTimes's retelling, Rudolph's father is Blitzen and his mother is named Mitzi, 3 of Santa's reindeer (Dasher, Comet and Cupid) were his uncles and he has a cousin Arrow (who is Cupid's son) who also serves as his rival.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 27, 2015 14:10:56 GMT
How high are the clouds?
Low-level clouds lie below 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). Meteorologists refer to them as stratus clouds. They're often dense, dark, and rainy (or snowy) though they can also be cottony white clumps interspersed with blue sky. The most dramatic types of clouds are cumulus and cumulonimbus, or thunderheads.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 28, 2015 5:43:11 GMT
Is espresso stronger than regular coffee?
"It's an extremely intense way to experience coffee, and is unlike drip in that you're consuming it over a short period of time in a small volume," he said. It's stronger than coffee by volume, but a shot of espresso has much less caffeine than a small (8 oz.) cup of coffee.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 29, 2015 8:51:59 GMT
What grain is used in bourbon?
The typical grain mixture for bourbon, known as the mash bill, is a minimum of 51% corn, with the remainder being wheat, rye, and/or malted barley. A mash bill that contains wheat instead of rye produces what is known as a wheated bourbon.
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Post by Lynnrose on Oct 31, 2015 6:55:51 GMT
Because the movie Halloween (1978) was on such a tight budget, they had to use the cheapest mask they could find for the character Michael Meyers, which turned out to be a William Shatner Star Trek mask. Shatner initially didn’t know the mask was in his likeness, but when he found out years later, he said he was honored.
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Post by Lynnrose on Nov 1, 2015 7:05:56 GMT
When can you adopt a puppy?
A puppy usually goes into a new home at seven to nine weeks of age. She is ready to transfer to her “human” pack at this age. If you are adopting an older puppy (over 12 weeks) and she has had limited socialization, you may have to work harder at first.
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