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A ship in distress sends up flares that are visible to two other ships. The Athabasca notes that the flares are at N41degrees E of its position. The Britannia, which is 12.7 nautical miles due to east of the Athabasca sees the flares at a bearing of 310 degrees. Will the Athbasca or the Britannia reach the ship min distress first if they travel at equal speeds? **Please show all work in step forms so I can follow through** moreVoting Question: Physics - Frictional Force on a Car?
When an automobile moves with constant velocity, the power developed is used to overcome the frictional force exerted by the air and the road. If the engine develops 50 hp (1 hp equals 746 W), what total frictional force acts on the car at 55 mph (1 mile equals 1609 m)? Answer needs to be in units of N. If someone could solve this problem step by step so that I can solve problems similar to this in the future I would greatly appreciate it, Thanks!!http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvzXnD.9LwkvybtMEJSNvy7sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090531205334AAQpWEb moreResolved Question: how many steps equal 1 mile?
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I really am having problem with my reveiw and it's extremely important that i get it straight right now. Please solve these and tell me all steps and details on how you did it. *the words are similar to my actual review but the numbers are different. Please go through these step by step and basically teach me how to do them so i can solve the ones on my paper. Thank You So much!! 1. A rental car agency charges $20 per day plus 14 cents per mile to rent a certain car. Another agency charges $22 per day plus 10 cents per mile to rent the same car. How many miles will have to be driven for the cost of a car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car from the second agency? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a mile.) Express the problems as a system of linear equations and solve using the method of your choice. *not sure what methods are available?) 2. A total of $10,000 is invested in two funds paying 5% and 7% annual interest. The combined annual interest is $630. How much of the $10,000 is invested in each fund? ??? moreResolved Question: hOW MANY MILES EQUALS 10,000 STEPS?
I am trying to lose weight by walking. I understand that I need to do at least 10,000 steps per day to see results. Does anyone know how many miles equals 10,000 steps? moreResolved Question: how many steps in walking equal a mile?
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1. Is the following always, sometimes or never true? X + 1 = X + 0 A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never 2. Write an algebraic equation for the following. The sum of twice a and four times y is equal to thirteen. A) a + y = 13 B) 2a - 4y = 13 C) 2a(4y) = 13 D) 2a + 4y = 13 3. Solve -14 + j = 9. A) 23 B) -23 C) 5 D) -5 4. Solve 5 - y = 16. A) 11 B) -11 C) 21 D) -21 5. Solve 7W= -21. A) 147 B) -147 C) 3 D) -3 6. Solve: A) 132 B) 22/6 C) -132 D) -22/6 7. Solve: A) 32.8 B) -32.8 C) 5.125 D) -5.125 8. Solve: -5.6x = -142.8 A) 25.5 B) 799.68 C) -25.5 D) -799.68 9. You get five packages of paper for $3.00. How much are you paying per package? Give your answer to the nearest cent. A) 50 cents B) 55 cents C) 60 cents D) 65 cents 10. Candy made a grade of 90 on this week's math test. This grade was twice last week's grade. What was her test grade last week? A) 40 B) 45 C) 44 D) 48 11. What is the first step in solving the problem, A) Add 8 to both sides. B) Multiply by 12 on both sides. C) Divide by 3 on both sides. D) Subtract 9 on both sides. 12. What is the first step in solving 4(x + 2) = 10 + x? A) Distribute by multiplying 4 by the terms in the parenthesis. B) Multiply by 4 on both sides. C) Subtract 2 on both sides. D) Subtract x on both sides. 13. What is the first step in solving 3x - 19 = 28? A) Divide by 3 on both sides. B) Multiply by 3 on both sides. C) Add 19 on both sides. D) Subtract 28 on both sides. 14. Solve 5n - 8 = 24. A) 3.2 B) -3.2 C) 6.4 D) -6.4 15. Solve 3c + 4 = -4c - 17 A) 3 B) -3 C) 21 D) -21 16. Solve: A) 7/2 B) -7/2 C) 14 D) -14 17. Solve: A) 33 B) 57 C) -33 D) -57 18. Solve 4(c - 3) = 4c + 8. A) c = 11 B) c = 5 C) c = 0 D) No Solution 20. Two consecutive odd integers have a sum of 48. What is the largest of the two integers? A) 23 B) 24 C) 25 D) 26 21. Which ratio is NOT equal to 16/24? A) 4/8 B) 2/3 C) 4/6 D) 12/18 22. Solve: A) 2.75 B) 9 C) 44 D) 18 23. Solve: A) 25 B) 30 C) 29 D) 24 25. A block of ice loses one third of its weight every hour. After 1 hour, the block weighs 60 pounds. How much did the block weigh to begin with? A) 90 lbs B) 120 lbs C) 100 lbs 26. Write as a decimal: 4%. A) 4 B) 0.4 C) 0.40 D) 0.04 27. What is 12% of 55? A) 4.6 B) 6.6 C) 660 D) 66 28. Kim had a meal at the Downtown Diner which cost $14.98. If she tips 15%, how much tip should she leave? Round to the nearest cent. A) $2.25 B) $2.15 C) $2.98 D) $1.50 29. Last year, there were 120 seniors in Limon High School. This year there are 145. What is the percent of increase? Round to the nearest percent. A) 83% B) 17% C) 21% D) 79% 30. Patrick bought a pair of jeans which originally cost $88 at a 25% discount. How much was marked off the original price? A) $22 B) $11 C) $33 D) $25 31. Solve the equation for x: 3x + y = 6. A) x = 2 - 1/3 y B) x = 3y - 6 C) x = 6 - 3y D) x = 3 32. Solve the equation 2x + y = 9 for y. A) y = 1/2 x - 9 B) y = 18 C) y = 9 - 2x D) y = 2x 33. Solve the equation 2a = 3a + 4c for a A) a = -4c B) a = 3 + 4c C) a = 4c - 5 34. A scale drawing of a living room has a scale of 1.75 inches = 1.5 feet. How long is a wall that measures 14 inches in the scale drawing? A) 20 ft B) 12 ft C) 14 ft D) 16 ft 35. A 68 mile trip uses 2 gallons of gas. How many gallons would you use on a 110 mile trip? Round to the nearest tenth of a gallon. A) 1.2 B) 3.2 C) 3.8 D) 4.1 36. Solve |2y - 2| = 15 A) 8.5 B) -13 C) 8.5 and -6.5 D) 17 and -13 37. The formula for the volume of a rectangular box is V = LWH. If V = 200, L= 12.5, and W = 8, find the height of the box, to the nearest whole unit. A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 38. Solve for r: |5r - 18| = 0. A) 3.6 B) {3.6, -3.6} C) No Solution 40. Which equation has a solution of -2? A) 4n + 3 = 11 B) 4(1 + n) = -4 C) 5 = 3n - 1 D) 5(n + 1) = 2 41. Solve the equation 15(x - 3) = 12x - 43. A) 2/3 B) 3/2 C) -40/3 D) 3 42. The commutative property applies to this situation: I went to lunch and then I watched TV. A) True B) False 43. The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2l + 2w. If P = 104 and l = 13, what is the length of w? A) 30 B) 33 C) 36 D) 39 44. Solve for m: |x + 9| = 17 A) {8, 26} B) {8, -26} C) {-8, 26} D) {-8, -26} 45. Solve for n: |3n + 5| = 7. A) {2/3, 4} B) {-2/3, 4} C) {2/3, -4} D) {-2/3, -4} 46. Solve for b. A) 12 B) 10 C) 8 D) 5 47. Mary takes 3 hours to mow the yard. It takes Sally 5 hours. How long would it take with them mowing it together? Give the exact decimal answer. A) 3.4 hours B) 2.725 hours C) 1.875 hours D) 2.225 hours 48. How fast must you drive to cover 340 miles in 6 hours? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. A) 55 mph B) 58 mph C) 60 mph D) 57 mph moreResolved Question: PLEASE HELP, multiple choice review, if i fail, i get an f, pass, a C, ANSWER THE BEST YOU CAN?
1. Is the following always, sometimes or never true? X + 1 = X + 0 A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never 2. Write an algebraic equation for the following. The sum of twice a and four times y is equal to thirteen. A) a + y = 13 B) 2a - 4y = 13 C) 2a(4y) = 13 D) 2a + 4y = 13 3. Solve -14 + j = 9. A) 23 B) -23 C) 5 D) -5 4. Solve 5 - y = 16. A) 11 B) -11 C) 21 D) -21 5. Solve 7W= -21. A) 147 B) -147 C) 3 D) -3 6. Solve: A) 132 B) 22/6 C) -132 D) -22/6 7. Solve: A) 32.8 B) -32.8 C) 5.125 D) -5.125 8. Solve: -5.6x = -142.8 A) 25.5 B) 799.68 C) -25.5 D) -799.68 9. You get five packages of paper for $3.00. How much are you paying per package? Give your answer to the nearest cent. A) 50 cents B) 55 cents C) 60 cents D) 65 cents 10. Candy made a grade of 90 on this week's math test. This grade was twice last week's grade. What was her test grade last week? A) 40 B) 45 C) 44 D) 48 11. What is the first step in solving the problem, A) Add 8 to both sides. B) Multiply by 12 on both sides. C) Divide by 3 on both sides. D) Subtract 9 on both sides. 12. What is the first step in solving 4(x + 2) = 10 + x? A) Distribute by multiplying 4 by the terms in the parenthesis. B) Multiply by 4 on both sides. C) Subtract 2 on both sides. D) Subtract x on both sides. 13. What is the first step in solving 3x - 19 = 28? A) Divide by 3 on both sides. B) Multiply by 3 on both sides. C) Add 19 on both sides. D) Subtract 28 on both sides. 14. Solve 5n - 8 = 24. A) 3.2 B) -3.2 C) 6.4 D) -6.4 15. Solve 3c + 4 = -4c - 17 A) 3 B) -3 C) 21 D) -21 16. Solve: A) 7/2 B) -7/2 C) 14 D) -14 17. Solve: A) 33 B) 57 C) -33 D) -57 18. Solve 4(c - 3) = 4c + 8. A) c = 11 B) c = 5 C) c = 0 D) No Solution 20. Two consecutive odd integers have a sum of 48. What is the largest of the two integers? A) 23 B) 24 C) 25 D) 26 21. Which ratio is NOT equal to 16/24? A) 4/8 B) 2/3 C) 4/6 D) 12/18 22. Solve: A) 2.75 B) 9 C) 44 D) 18 23. Solve: A) 25 B) 30 C) 29 D) 24 25. A block of ice loses one third of its weight every hour. After 1 hour, the block weighs 60 pounds. How much did the block weigh to begin with? A) 90 lbs B) 120 lbs C) 100 lbs 26. Write as a decimal: 4%. A) 4 B) 0.4 C) 0.40 D) 0.04 27. What is 12% of 55? A) 4.6 B) 6.6 C) 660 D) 66 28. Kim had a meal at the Downtown Diner which cost $14.98. If she tips 15%, how much tip should she leave? Round to the nearest cent. A) $2.25 B) $2.15 C) $2.98 D) $1.50 29. Last year, there were 120 seniors in Limon High School. This year there are 145. What is the percent of increase? Round to the nearest percent. A) 83% B) 17% C) 21% D) 79% 30. Patrick bought a pair of jeans which originally cost $88 at a 25% discount. How much was marked off the original price? A) $22 B) $11 C) $33 D) $25 31. Solve the equation for x: 3x + y = 6. A) x = 2 - 1/3 y B) x = 3y - 6 C) x = 6 - 3y D) x = 3 32. Solve the equation 2x + y = 9 for y. A) y = 1/2 x - 9 B) y = 18 C) y = 9 - 2x D) y = 2x 33. Solve the equation 2a = 3a + 4c for a A) a = -4c B) a = 3 + 4c C) a = 4c - 5 34. A scale drawing of a living room has a scale of 1.75 inches = 1.5 feet. How long is a wall that measures 14 inches in the scale drawing? A) 20 ft B) 12 ft C) 14 ft D) 16 ft 35. A 68 mile trip uses 2 gallons of gas. How many gallons would you use on a 110 mile trip? Round to the nearest tenth of a gallon. A) 1.2 B) 3.2 C) 3.8 D) 4.1 36. Solve |2y - 2| = 15 A) 8.5 B) -13 C) 8.5 and -6.5 D) 17 and -13 37. The formula for the volume of a rectangular box is V = LWH. If V = 200, L= 12.5, and W = 8, find the height of the box, to the nearest whole unit. A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 38. Solve for r: |5r - 18| = 0. A) 3.6 B) {3.6, -3.6} C) No Solution 40. Which equation has a solution of -2? A) 4n + 3 = 11 B) 4(1 + n) = -4 C) 5 = 3n - 1 D) 5(n + 1) = 2 41. Solve the equation 15(x - 3) = 12x - 43. A) 2/3 B) 3/2 C) -40/3 D) 3 42. The commutative property applies to this situation: I went to lunch and then I watched TV. A) True B) False 43. The formula for the perimeter of a rectangle is P = 2l + 2w. If P = 104 and l = 13, what is the length of w? A) 30 B) 33 C) 36 D) 39 44. Solve for m: |x + 9| = 17 A) {8, 26} B) {8, -26} C) {-8, 26} D) {-8, -26} 45. Solve for n: |3n + 5| = 7. A) {2/3, 4} B) {-2/3, 4} C) {2/3, -4} D) {-2/3, -4} 46. Solve for b. A) 12 B) 10 C) 8 D) 5 47. Mary takes 3 hours to mow the yard. It takes Sally 5 hours. How long would it take with them mowing it together? Give the exact decimal answer. A) 3.4 hours B) 2.725 hours C) 1.875 hours D) 2.225 hours 48. How fast must you drive to cover 340 miles in 6 hours? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. A) 55 mph B) 58 mph C) 60 mph D) 57 mph moreResolved Question: Solve these simple algebra equations(multiple choice)?
this is a LONG assignment, 50 questions, i need at least 3-6 peiople to answer, to compare work to, and submit a writtn assignment on whom answers varied the most and why, please answer CORRECTLY the best you can, please and thanks 1. Is the following always, sometimes or never true? X + 1 = X + 0 A) Always B) Sometimes C) Never 2. Write an algebraic equation for the following. The sum of twice a and four times y is equal to thirteen. A) a + y = 13 B) 2a - 4y = 13 C) 2a(4y) = 13 D) 2a + 4y = 13 3. Solve -14 + j = 9. A) 23 B) -23 C) 5 D) -5 4. Solve 5 - y = 16. A) 11 B) -11 C) 21 D) -21 5. Solve 7W= -21. A) 147 B) -147 C) 3 D) -3 6. Solve: A) 132 B) 22/6 C) -132 D) -22/6 7. Solve: A) 32.8 B) -32.8 C) 5.125 D) -5.125 8. Solve: -5.6x = -142.8 A) 25.5 B) 799.68 C) -25.5 D) -799.68 9. You get five packages of paper for $3.00. How much are you paying per package? Give your answer to the nearest cent. A) 50 cents B) 55 cents C) 60 cents D) 65 cents 10. Candy made a grade of 90 on this week's math test. This grade was twice last week's grade. What was her test grade last week? A) 40 B) 45 C) 44 D) 48 11. What is the first step in solving the problem, A) Add 8 to both sides. B) Multiply by 12 on both sides. C) Divide by 3 on both sides. D) Subtract 9 on both sides. 12. What is the first step in solving 4(x + 2) = 10 + x? A) Distribute by multiplying 4 by the terms in the parenthesis. B) Multiply by 4 on both sides. C) Subtract 2 on both sides. D) Subtract x on both sides. 13. What is the first step in solving 3x - 19 = 28? A) Divide by 3 on both sides. B) Multiply by 3 on both sides. C) Add 19 on both sides. D) Subtract 28 on both sides. 14. Solve 5n - 8 = 24. A) 3.2 B) -3.2 C) 6.4 D) -6.4 15. Solve 3c + 4 = -4c - 17 A) 3 B) -3 C) 21 D) -21 16. Solve: A) 7/2 B) -7/2 C) 14 D) -14 17. Solve: A) 33 B) 57 C) -33 D) -57 18. Solve 4(c - 3) = 4c + 8. A) c = 11 B) c = 5 C) c = 0 D) No Solution 19. Find the value of x in the rectangle. A) 40 B) 20 C) 30 D) 10 20. Two consecutive odd integers have a sum of 48. What is the largest of the two integers? A) 23 B) 24 C) 25 D) 26 21. Which ratio is NOT equal to 16/24? A) 4/8 B) 2/3 C) 4/6 D) 12/18 22. Solve: A) 2.75 B) 9 C) 44 D) 18 23. Solve: A) 25 B) 30 C) 29 D) 24 24. Which proportion best represents the following? John bought apples at a rate of 0.5 lbs for $3.50. At this rate, how much would 2.8 lbs cost? A) B) C) 25. A block of ice loses one third of its weight every hour. After 1 hour, the block weighs 60 pounds. How much did the block weigh to begin with? A) 90 lbs B) 120 lbs C) 100 lbs 26. Write as a decimal: 4%. A) 4 B) 0.4 C) 0.40 D) 0.04 27. What is 12% of 55? A) 4.6 B) 6.6 C) 660 D) 66 28. Kim had a meal at the Downtown Diner which cost $14.98. If she tips 15%, how much tip should she leave? Round to the nearest cent. A) $2.25 B) $2.15 C) $2.98 D) $1.50 29. Last year, there were 120 seniors in Limon High School. This year there are 145. What is the percent of increase? Round to the nearest percent. A) 83% B) 17% C) 21% D) 79% 30. Patrick bought a pair of jeans which originally cost $88 at a 25% discount. How much was marked off the original price? A) $22 B) $11 C) $33 D) $25 31. Solve the equation for x: 3x + y = 6. A) x = 2 - 1/3 y B) x = 3y - 6 C) x = 6 - 3y D) x = 3 32. Solve the equation 2x + y = 9 for y. A) y = 1/2 x - 9 B) y = 18 C) y = 9 - 2x D) y = 2x 33. Solve the equation 2a = 3a + 4c for a A) a = -4c B) a = 3 + 4c C) a = 4c - 5 34. A scale drawing of a living room has a scale of 1.75 inches = 1.5 feet. How long is a wall that measures 14 inches in the scale drawing? A) 20 ft B) 12 ft C) 14 ft D) 16 ft 35. A 68 mile trip uses 2 gallons of gas. How many gallons would you use on a 110 mile trip? Round to the nearest tenth of a gallon. A) 1.2 B) 3.2 C) 3.8 D) 4.1 36. Solve |2y - 2| = 15 A) 8.5 B) -13 C) 8.5 and -6.5 D) 17 and -13 37. The formula for the volume of a rectangular box is V = LWH. If V = 200, L= 12.5, and W = 8, find the height of the box, to the nearest whole unit. A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 38. Solve for r: |5r - 18| = 0. A) 3.6 B) {3.6, -3.6} C) No Solution 39. Joe's Java makes a blend of coffee which uses two coffees priced at $8.40 per pound and $7.28 per pounds respectively. How much of the first should be used to mix with 9 pounds of the second, if the mixture will sell at $7.95 per pound? Which equation best represents the problem? A) 840x + 7.28(9 - x) = 7.95(9) B) 8.40x + 7.28(9) = 7.95(x+9) C) 8.40(9) + 7.28x = 7.95 40. Which equation has a solution of -2? A) 4n + 3 = 11 B) 4(1 + n) = -4 C) 5 = 3n - 1 D) 5(n + 1) = 2 41. Solve the equation 15(x - 3) = 12x - 43. A) 2/3 B) 3/2 C) -40/3 D) 3 42. The commutative property applies to this moreResolved Question: I'm in love but can't tell her how I really feel?
I'm in love with a wonderful woman of God but she does not feel the same way, or at least I don't think she does. We are basically best friends. We see each other maybe 4 to 5 days out of a week. We're both in college working on our education for the medical field. Shes attending Nursing school and I'm working on my BS in Psychology and then off to grad school for a Masters in fam/Marriage counseling. We've known each other for about 2 years or so. We met each other through a friend from church. I'm the crazy outgoing type who loves making people laugh while she can be more shy and laid back but still a lot of fun.We have soooo much in common its actually scary and we can both admit that. I think why I get along with her so well is based on that very fact..She pretty much completes me but we still have our issues that need fixed. We both really love the Lord and try to keep our friendship more veered towards him than anything else. We still see movies n such but also read scripture together or just pray. Lately we have been arguing more. Shes so stubborn sometimes but I am too. 2 days ago I went into the emergency room for abdominal pains later finding out I had kidney stones. It was painful and I was tired from being on Morphine and two other pain medications all morning, but shes been asking me if I'm upset a lot and I keep saying no, I'm just tired and out of it...but she doesn't believe me for some reason. I told her I may be a little on edge from the hospital n stuff but I still feel bad because she thinks I'm mad at her or something. I'm not really mad at her tho....I wasn't real impressed tho when she kind of spent most of her time txting some high school girls she met while I was with her the other day. I mean...I'm happy she made some new friends n all...But I didn't drive 65 miles to watch her txt...but anyways...I might have acted the same way had I made some new friends..I dunno...I just feel like I annoy her. I try not too...I'm really good at giving people advice and helping in any way...but with her...it seems I just annoy her when I say anything "positive"...My other problem is that she takes me for granted. I think because we spend so much time together...Shes gotten used to me being around...and so shes forgotten what her life would be like without me. I know I should step back and let her go for a while...But it's just so hard too. I love being around her...Her heart is so amazing and shes so fun to be around. We're best friends and I think it would be hard for anyone to walk away from one. The hardest part of our relationship that I had face thus far was when she told me she liked some guy from New Mexico..I was like..wow..awesome..I didn't show my discomfort and I told her not to fear dating...but that maybe it wasn't a good idea since he wasn't Christian..I think that's when I realized how much I loved her..not "liked" her. We txt each other every night. We say gnight to each other 4 or 5 times and we have even managed to sneak in the "I love you" and "i love you too's" . I'm just not sure our love is equal. I think I'm still at the "friend" stage while I see her as being more. Sometimes I question our friendship...I asked a friend of mine about a week ago what the difference in our relationship would be had we been dating....He didn't know and I simply said...The only difference would maybe be kissing...cuddling...just the intimacy aspect...The emotional side to our relationship seems deeper than just a friendship..but that might be my over analytical personality. Some of her flaws include her misunderstanding of who God is. She thinks that in order to have a good relationship with God, you have to stay single for 4 years. She fears dating...She liked me first..She told me over the phone she did and pretty much asked me out...I said no at the time because I didn't really know her...So my problem is that I am in love with her but can't say anything to her because like most insecure women, she will simply come to the conclusion that I may not "be the one" and because of that...all walls must be thrown up to protect herself and to throw me out on the street fending for myself. She has to stay single because in dating me, that takes too much focus off the Lord (don't know why) and thus, a relationship is not a practical possibility. My question is however; if she doesn't learn how to focus in relationships now, how will do it she when gets in one 4 years from now? I don't think waiting 4 years will do much for her. It may get her closer to God but she'll still have the same immaturity that she had 4 years earlier. I guess my point is that in solving a problem, it must be dealt with head on; should everyone run from their insecurities and fears, nothing would ever be accomplished or learned. I love listening to some people say..."Well the Lord will show you who the one is"...I agree...but in our inability to hear the Lord 100% every time, there still stands that 50/50 chance that this peThus concluding that a risk is still necessary to ensure who God sends you for marriage is the right one for marriage. bottom was cut out..thanks moreVoting Question: Did you know that...?
1. An Elephant craps half its weight within 2 days. 2. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 3. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. 4. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die. 5. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game. 6. Women blink nearly twice as much as men. 7. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower. 8. A mans penis is 3 times the length of his thumb. 9. 2 multiplied by 2 equals 4 10. A woman would have stopped reading this by now, but a man would still be checking the size of his thumbs. moreVoting Question: What am I doing wrong with my diet? 26/f with 100+ to lose?
I am 28/f, 5'7' and tip the scale at 264. This past September I weighed 301. The majority of my weight came off by walking 2 miles a day on a treadmill and watching what I ate (but by no means was I "dieting" in excess). I'd break a sweat with my 2mile walk that took me about 40 mins but never felt the "burn". Now, for the past month and half I do 1 hour aerobic/interval classes 4 times a week. Hi - lo step, floor work, light weights, resistance bands and core work. I am dieting and cutting out the bad...but the scale has not moved! Jeans have gone from size 26 to 20 since September....but I guess I'm stuck on the scale not showing results. Am I not eating enough? example of one days diet Breakfast: 1/2 english muffin 2 tbsp cream cheese banana 3 strawberries Lunch: 2 slice turkey, 2 slice ham, 1 slice cheese, mustard on white bread 100 Calorie pack Cheez it Pickle 6oz orange juice Dinner: 1 1/2 cup B&M baked beans 1 portion of a ham steak 3 strawberries snack: low fat string cheese 1/2 cup Frosted flakes Light Yogurt I drink well over the needed amout of water a day, I average 2 cans of Diet Coke and sometimes an ice coffe with skim/equal. Each day I'm roughly eating 1600 to 1700 calories....why am I not losing? Any suggestions on what I'm missing in my diet...am I eating too few calories? Gladly listen to all..... moreResolved Question: how many steps on a pedometer?
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At 8 a.m. two cars started from the same place, one traveling north at 35 mi/hr and the other traveling south at 40 mi/hr. At the what time were they 300 miles apart? How would i set this up. I have to use the 5 step plan if any of you know it. Step 1 what would x equal as ex.(x= the amount of miles travled or something). Step 2 write an equation. Step 3 find x. Step 4 check the solution. Step 5 write the answer in a sentence. moreResolved Question: simple measurement problem, please show steps?
a horse finished a 3 furlong workout in 50 seconds. if a furlong is equal to 1/8 of a mile, what is the horse's speed in mph? show steps please moreResolved Question: Help with a math problem?
My math class is reviewing for finals and I forgot how to solve this type of problem. I don't necessarily want the answer, but the steps to solving it. Here it is: A rental car agency charges 17 dollars per day plus 7 cents a mile to rent a certain car. Another agency charges 22 dollars per day plus 5 cents per mile. How many miles per day will have to be driven for the cost of a car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car form the second agency. Any help would be much appreciated! moreResolved Question: 10,000 steps a day equals what?
I read that a person needs to walk 10,000 steps a day to be healthy. What does that equal to in distance? 1 mile? 5 miles? moreVoting Question: heart rate is up during and after work out... is this bad?
I am overweight (about 60 pounds). I was exercising today and I walk/jog/ran three-four laps around the gym floor which is equal to a 1/4 mile and then went to do some machine workouts (legs/arms) and then to a stair stepper.... the stair stepper had one of those heart rate monitor... mine was at 147 when i stepped on it... and i wasn't really going very fast actually i was at a slow steady pace.... is that number to high ....? moreResolved Question: What device can I use to tell how far Ive run?
I want to be able to run around my neighborhood and see how far Ive gone. I know there are those little things that count your steps but i want to know how far ive gone in miles or meters or feet. Or do those little things that count your steps (pedometers?) have some sort of conversion methods to see how many steps equal a mile? moreResolved Question: Firefighter question, can you answer it?
A pumper takes nine minutes to reach the scene of a fire located eighteen city blocks away. If one mile equals three city blocks, how fast is the truck travelling? A. 40 miles an hour B. 60 miles an hour C. 50 miles an hour D. 30 miles an hour (Try to provide the steps on how you arrived at your answer) moreResolved Question: can someone solve these math problems for me?
I don't know what I am doing wrong. I got stuck on these questions. Am I not lining them up properly I'm just so confused. If you could walk me through all the steps of solving them I would greatly appreciate it. I have a test tomorrow, and this is really stressing me out. Applying Your Multiplication Skills 1. An airplane flew at an average speed of 386 miles per hour for 2.75 hours. How far did the airplane fly? 2. One pound is equal to 0.45 kilograms. Find the weight in kilograms of a person who weighs 160 pounds. 3. Jane earns $14.90 an hour of overtime work. How much does she earn for 2.3 hours of overtime work? 4. At $13. 40 a meter, how much do 4.25 meters of material cost? 5. What is the cost of 0.85 pound of cheese at $5.90 per pound? Round your answer to the nearest cent. moreResolved Question: Some more useless facts sequelling the 336 before, *Star if you like?
Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. A 2000 year old toilet complete with running water, a stone seat, and an armrest was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Chinese king, of the Western Han Dynasty. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". No president of the United States was an only child. Bulls are color blind. Apples are more effective at keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine. A can of SPAM is opened about every 4 seconds somewhere in the world. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Most lipstick is partailly made of fish scales. Ants never sleep. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest pumpkin weighed 1006 lbs. - **Thank you AL for pointing this correction out! - fp The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Your right lung takes in more air than your left one does. Women blink twice as many times as men do. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave it to Beaver, though only the tank of it was shown. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. The shortest commercial ever was only 4 frames of a second. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. There are 86,400 seconds in day. The hundred billionth Crayola crayon was Perriwinkle Blue. Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" so it rhymed with "rejoice". Babies are born without knee caps. They appear when the child is 2-6 years of age. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bear are called a sleuth. 12 or more cows are called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds. Most cows give more milk when they listen to music. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive for several months that way. Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray. The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. A goldfish has a memory span of about 3 seconds. Pinocchio was made of pine, and the name even means 'pine head' A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button (it was eliminated during surgery). Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge, while a dime has 118. A Susan B Anthony has 133 grooves. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume approx. 1/10 of a calorie. Jewish stamps are certified Kosher. The pound sign (#) is called an octothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore has only one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll. If you eat too many carrots you will turn orange (temporarily). Pluto's orbit crossed Neptune's, occasionally making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun from 1979 until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said 'We are the President'. The reported percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The reported percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. * Don't ask stupid questions how i type this, cause once i too asked this to someone a year back :D moreResolved Question: 10-12 mountain bike miles on technical single track equals how many miles on the road?
Im looking to ride the livestrong challenge this weekend, 10 miles seems to short but I'm not sure if I could make it to the next step up which is 45 miles. If I currently am comfortably riding 10-12 miles a couple times a week of local singletrack on my mountain bike(I could probably ride a few more miles than this but this is the length of my average ride). If I put some commuter road tires on my mountain bike is the 45 miles doable in my current condition? moreResolved Question: Scale maps question urgent!?
If the scale is 1:63,360 (63,360 inches equals 1 mile) how much would 1.75 inches be? how would i solve this, what steps to take? 13 hours ago - 3 days left to answer. moreResolved Question: Solving equations, Help solfe for me ill give you points. ?
Answer the following questions below: Distributive Property 1) Use the distributive property to simplify. Not Graded 2) Use the distributive property to simplify. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 3) Use the distributive property to simplify. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 4) Use the distributive property to simplify. Your answer is too long. Not Graded Simplify Expressions 5) Simplify by combining like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 6) Simplify by combining like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 7) Simplify by combining like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 8) Simplify by combining like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 9) Simplify. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 10) Simplify. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 11) Apply the distributive property, and then simplify by collecting like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 12) Apply the distributive property, and then simplify by collecting like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 13) Apply the distributive property, and then simplify by collecting like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 14) Apply the distributive property, and then simplify by collecting like terms. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 15) Help Jenny! Jenny solved the given problem incorrectly. Study Jenny’s solution, explain what she did wrong, and then state the correct answer. Your answer is too long. You may enter up to 4000 characters. characters left Not Graded Using Inverses to Solve Equations 16) Solve for “k”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 17) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 18) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 19) Solve for “y”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 20) Solve for “c”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 21) Solve for “t”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 22) Solve for “b”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 23) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded Solving Multi-step Equations 24) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 25) Solve for “y”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 26) Solve for “p”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 27) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 28) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 29) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 30) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 31) Solve for “x”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 32) Solve for “y”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 33) Solve for “y”. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 34) Help Jeremy! Jeremy solved the given problem incorrectly. Study Jeremy’s solution, explain what he did wrong, and then state the correct answer. Your answer is too long. You may enter up to 4000 characters. characters left Not Graded Problem Solving 35) Write an expression to represent the perimeter of this rectangle. Your answer is too long. Not Graded 36) You and a friend are each driving a car in opposite directions. You both leave your house at the same time. If you are traveling at “x” miles an hour and your friend is traveling at “y” miles an hour, write a formula to show how far apart the two cars will be after 4 hours. (d = rt) Your answer is too long. Not Graded 37) Which equation is equivalent to 7(2x – 14) = 8(x + 12)? a.) 6x = –194 b.) 22x = –2 c.) 6x = 194 d.) 22x = 194 Not Graded 38) Jocylin earns $375 per week plus a 4% expense check for her total weekly expenses. Which expression represents the amount of money Jocylin will earn after 8 weeks? a.) 375 + 0.04T b.) 375(8) + 0.32T c.) 375(8) + 0.04T d.) 8(375 + T) Not Graded 39) Stan paid $68 down on a Christmas layaway that totaled $452. He paid the balance in 5 equal installments. Write an equation, and then solve. (a) State the solution.(b) State the equation that you used to solve the problem. Your answer is too long. You may enter up to 4000 characters. characters left Not Graded Refer to the following scenario to solve the next two problems: Jarrett drove to school and back in 55 minutes. It took him 17 minutes more to drive to school than it did to drive back from school. 40) Answer the following questions: (a) If “t” represents t moreResolved Question: Algebra 1 Anwser what you can Help Please?
1. = –10 (1 point) y = –2 y = –14 y = 40 y = –40 2. x + 5 = 8 (1 point) x = 7 x = 1 x = –7 x = 7 3. 37 – 18 + 8w = 67 (1 point) w = –6 w = 4 w = 7 w = 6 4. 3.4 = –13.6 + (–3.4c) + 1.7c (1 point) c = –8 c = 2 c = –10 c = –4 5. 5x – 5 = 3x – 9 (1 point) x = –2 x = 1 x = –1 x = –3 6. 2 = (1 point) z = –4 z = –16 z = 15 z = –5 7. d + 0.7 = 0.9 (1 point) d = 0.2 d = –1.6 d = –0.2 d = 1.6 8. 6(4.5y – 12) = 9 (1 point) y = 28 y = y = y = 3 9. The triangle below is isoceles with congruent sides and . Find the value of x. (1 point) x = 4.8 x = 12.2 x = 6.2 x = 19.8 10. You are driving to visit a friend in another state who lives 440 miles away. You are driving 55 miles per hour and have already driven 275 miles. Write and solve an equation to find out how much longer in hours you must drive to reach your destination. (1 point) 55h + 275 = 440; h = 3 55h – 275 = 440; h = 13 440h – 275 = 55; h = 110 55h + 275h = 440; h = 11. Which properties of equality justify steps c and f? a. 23 = –11 – 4x b. 23 = –11 + (–4x) c. 23 + 11 = –11 + (–4x) + 11 d. 23 + 11 = –11 + 11 + (–4x) e. 34 = –4x f. g. –8.5 = x (1 point) Subtraction Property of Equality; Multiplication Property of Equality Addition Property of Equality; Division Property of Equality Addition Property of Equality; Subtraction Property of Equality Multiplication Property of Equality; Division Property of Equality 12. Find the value of y. –6y + 14 + 4y = 32 (1 point) y = 18 y = 1.8 y = –9 y = 9 13. Solve the formula for area of a trapezoid for . (1 point) For questions 14–15, solve the equation for the given variable. 14. V = lwh; w (1 point) w = V - lh w = w = w = V(lh) 15. 3.1t – 5.8m = 11; t (1 point) t = t = 5.8m + 11 t = t = 16. Write and solve an equation to find the value of the variable. 104, 137, 154, 131, x; mean = 130 (1 point) x = 124 x = 125 x = 127 x = 122 17. Find the mean and range. 18 23 10 39 22 17 16 15 (1 point) mean = 20; range = 29 mean = 20; range = 32 mean = 21.9; range = 29 mean = 18.1; range = 28 18. Make a stem-and-leaf plot for the following set of data. 1.1, 1.3, 1.8, 2.2, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1, 3.8 (1 point) 19. Two angles are complementary if the sum of their measures is 90°. and are complementary. The measure of is 61°. Write and solve an equation to find the measure of . (1 point) 61° + 90° = Q°; 151° 61° + Q° = 90°; 29° Q° + 90° = 61°; -29° 61° + Q° = 90°; 39° 20. a. Find the value of a. b. Find the value of the marked angles. (1 point) a = 22; 100° a = 19; 88° a = 20; 92° a = 24; 108° 21. A camera manufacturer spends $2,100 each day for overhead expenses plus $9 per camera for labor and materials. The cameras sell for $14 each. a. How many cameras must the company sell in one day to equal its daily costs? b. If the manufacturer can increase production by 50 cameras per day, what would their daily profit be? (1 point) 420 cameras; $250 480 cameras; $550 380 cameras; $50 150 cameras; $1,100 22. Carlos and Maria drove a total of 258 miles in 5 hours. Carlos drove the first part of the trip and averaged 53 miles per hour. Maria drove the remainder of the trip and averaged 51 miles per hour. For approximately how many hours did Maria drive? Round your answer to the nearest tenth if necessary. (1 point) 3.5 hours 2.5 hours 1.8 hours 1.5 hours 23. Runner A crosses the starting line of a marathon and runs at an average pace of 5.6 miles per hour. Half an hour later, Runner B crosses the starting line and runs at an average rate of 6.4 miles per hour. If the length of the marathon is 26.2 miles, which runner will finish ahead of the other? Explain. (1 point) Runner B; Runner B will catch up to Runner A 4 hours after Runner A crosses the starting line. Runner B; Runner B will pass Runner A and finish more than half an hour ahead of Runner A. Runner B; Runner B will catch up to Runner A 3.5 hours after Runner A crosses the starting line. Runner A; Runner B will not be able to catch Runner A in the time it takes Runner A to complete the 26.2 mile course. 24. At 9:00 on Saturday morning, two bicyclists heading in opposite directions pass each other on a bicycle path. The bicyclist heading north is riding 6 km/hour faster than the bicyclist heading south. At 10:15, they are 42.5 km apart. Find the two bicyclists' rates. (1 point) northbound bicyclist = 20 km/h; southbound bicyclist = 14 km/h northbound bicyclist = 23 km/h; southbound bicyclist = 17 km/h northbound bicyclist = 18 km/h; southbound bicyclist = 11 km/h northbound bicyclist = 20 km/h; southbound bicyclist = 13 km/h 25. Angela's average for six mat moreVoting Question: how many steps on a pedometer equal 5 miles ?
?? could you figure out how many steps equal 5 miles on a pedometer ?please help ?im new to using a pedometer... moreResolved Question: 13 year old wants to loose 5 pounds in one week?
im 13 and i want to loose 5 pounds or more in one week. i have gym every other day and we usually go out on the track, i walk 3 or 4 laps equaling a mile and we sometimes do step aerobics. i am 5'4 and a 1/2 and i weight 124 pounds. any weight loss sites? i am mainly looking for good diets/ foods or just a simple guide. moreResolved Question: How do I convert into cheeseburgers?
I am practicing physics problems as a study technique for my physics exam on thursday but I am having difficulty solving this problem. What steps must I take to solve this problem?? A double cheeseburger contains 591 kilocalories of energy. A gallon of gasoline contains 159 MJ of energy. A compact car makes 39.0 miles/gallon on the highway. Assuming that it could run as efficiently on fast food as on gasoline, find the number of cheeseburgers needed to propel the car from New York to Chicago (719 miles). The hint that I'm given is: A kilocalorie is a unit used to measure food energy, and is often called a Calorie, spelled with a capital C. One calorie (small c) is equal to 4.19 J (joules). moreResolved Question: Please add some correction and help me to get my essay better!?
Title: The American Dream Chasing the American dream and obtaining possessions, still is a dream that shatters into millions of particles. Living the American dream is a long lasting journey to a successful life and having the opportunities to achieve goals. Every enchanted fairytales always have a happily every ending, but not the American Dream. The American Dream it’s like a thousand miles of volcanoes ashes rushing down the mountain of raucous corruption. The life of succeeding has started to fading away as economic, technology, and debt begins to maintain a higher financial problem in the United States. Every day in people life struggling through hardship and trying to break the barriers of depression can led to difficulty. The article called Wealth gap swallows up American Dream by Noelle Knox, a man name Ezequiel Quiroz, a twenty-seven year old tow truck driver says “Sometimes it bothers me that a lot of rich people look at you like you're nothing because you're not driving a BMW or expensive car. They make you feel like you're nothing." The inequity experience Quiroz has indicated the American society has been classified through sexism, judgmental, status, and racial discrimination. The reality of living in the American Dream takes big step to achieve every solution. If I want to earn big I have to work hard in what I do. I hate to say the American dream have to do with money. No matter where you go and what you want. Money can only resolve in the American Dream society. People believe fulfilling the American dream concludes with living like royalty. Our society has lost all of its moral values and the American dream has withered away into a greedy self fulfilling prophecy. Therefore in the U.S. Constitution, it says the Americans are entitled to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". I incessantly see people to pursuit of material prosperity than living a simple life. Yet today people tell me the American Dream is gone because of terrorist threats, political party in fighting, lack of health care, the cost of college tuition, the corporation of government, George Bush, investment, and bank scandals. We are rich in things, but poor in happiness. The dream has becoming a nightmare for us to succeed. I think you have to be asleep to believe the American Dream as the ideal lifestyle. In the article called Two Thirds Feel American Dream Harder to Achieve, by Robert Longley. “Two-thirds of the American people say the American Dream is becoming harder to achieve, especially for young families, and they point to financial insecurity and poor quality public education as the most significant barriers.” People today focus too much of striving themselves to fulfills their duties instead they have forgotten the American Dream have started to fade away. Furthermore poverty have a huge significant issues in the American Dream because it harder for those to achieve mobility. Included, workers are not having an average wages to earn above the official poverty line. The growing gap between the society and the American Dream has become separated for people to reach because of the entire tragic economic and the political issues. The vision of the American Dream needs to manage a better view for people to realize a dream takes decades to form an equal positive living. We have not reach the standard of what makes up the American Dream yet, but we hope the American Dream can set a new beginning for people to step up and take the opportunity to accomplish every purpose. In addition, we still dream on for the next generation and hope to prevent outcomes in the United States. Lastly, the American Dream needs to determine the meaning of life and succeeding the dream of stability. moreResolved Question: 8th/9th Grade Algebraic Solution Word Problem? Help!?
Does anyone know how I can figure this out? (Meaning, the steps I have to take?) Here's the question... Carrie and Crystal live at equal distances from school. Carrie walks to school at an average rate of 3 miles per hour and Crystal rides her bike at an average rate of 9 miles per hour. It takes Carrie 20 minutes longer than Crystal to get to school. How far from school do Crystal and Carrie live? moreVoting Question: How many steps equals two miles ?
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As the earth rotates through one revolution, a person standing on the equator traces out a circular path whose radius is equal to the radius of the earth (6.38 106 m). What is the average speed of this person in meters per second and miles per hour? i need not just the answer but a step by step please? thanksies moreResolved Question: 10,000 steps equals how many miles?
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I wanna be healthier. =] moreResolved Question: 4 questions about calorie and pound burning and a few questions about weight loss? (details)?
I know that if you burn 3500 calories you will lose 1 pound. I am a 12 year old female. I weigh 148 and i am 5ft 4in. So here are the calorie questions i have to ask: 1)How do i know that i burned 3500 calories? 2)How many miles do i have to walk to lose a pound? 3)How many steps do i have to walk to equal 3500 calories? 4)How many miles do i have to run to lose a pound(equal 3500 calories). Here are the weight loss questions: 1)do you have any tips on how to lose ALOT of weight in 3 weeks(like almost 30 pounds). 2)How much is a 12 year old female that is 5ft 4in supposed to weigh?? --when you answer the question PLEASE number them so i know what answer goes to the question-- and --please answer that first 4 questions above before you answer the weight loss questions-- thanks so much!!!, Sadie moreResolved Question: 336 useless fact STAR IF U LIKE?
Useless Facts For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. moreVoting Question: Can visitation be taken away from father for lack of supervision?
My children are 8 and 9. They are spending 5 weeks with their father (1000 miles away from me.) Now that they are older, they are having a rough time. They have been with their father for 1-1/2 weeks and I get 2-3 calls every day because they are upset. Their father works days and they are at the house, unsupervised, while thier step-mother sleeps. Apparently she works til midnight and stays up on the computer til 6-7am and then sleeps to 3pm. She drops the kids off to their grandparents while she and their father work. Having an adult sleeping all day in the same house doesn't equal supervision, does it? The kids are responsible for making their own meals, caring for two dogs, and keeping themselves out of trouble. There are several other concerns that I have from what the children ahve told me, however, this is my main concern. Is there anything I can do to protect my children from this potentially dangerous situation while they visit their father?Last year the kids were with them for 8 weeks...due to baseball, we cut it short to 5 weeks this year. But I didn't hear as many problems last summer as I am now. I gave my daughter a pre-paid cell phone so that she could call me because her father doesn't have a home phone. I'd rather have them here with me and at daycare doing fun activites and being with other children than stuck in this situation. moreResolved Question: 5.14 Honors (algebra | help!) [1]?
I need equations and step by step work shown for the questions below and there are more questions coming. Thanks. Easy 10 points!! :) Sunset rents an SUV at $21.95 plus $0.23 per mile. Sunrise rents the same vehicle for $24.95 plus $0.19 per mile. For what mileage is the cost the same? Hint: Using "m" for miles, write one equation for each rental company. Six pears and three apples cost $3.90. Two pears and five apples cost $3.30. How much does one pear cost? Hint: You have two unknowns (variables), so you need two equations. Two cars leave town going opposite directions. One car is traveling 55 mph, and the other is traveling 65 mph How long will it take before they are 180 miles apart? Hint: The time for both cars is the same and can be represented by "t." The total distance is 180 miles. The distance = (rate)(time). If you add the (rate)(time) of the first vehicle to the (rate)(time) of the second vehicle, that will equal the total distance of 180 miles. moreResolved Question: Did you know...?
For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles moreResolved Question: my pedometer saids i walked 5337 steps and saids 2.046 mi i thought 5280 feet equals a mile how come?
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For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make changea for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million other people in the world. More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes The continents names all end with the same letter with which they start A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles moreResolved Question: math problem?
Can anyone explain how to solve this? Kathy took a taxi to travel around the city. The charge for the taxi was a flat fee of $2.00 plus $.75 for each mile. The table below shows the charges. Let M represent the number of miles and C equal the total cost of the taxi. The chart: M: 1 2 3 4 C: $2.75 $3.50 $4.25 $5.00 Step A: Use the pattern in the table above to determine th total cost for the taxi if Kathy were to travel 13 miles Step B: Use what you know about patterns to justify why your answer in step A is correct. Use words, numbers and/or symbols in your justification. I got $11.75, is that right? Thanks moreResolved Question: please read and review (go easy im 14)?
its for a writing contest Dont steal it i worked hard on it. It just isn't fair! All I want is a friend. Someone who cares about me, and will tell me that everything is all right. It’s too bad a life like that is only good enough for people like my big sister, Nichole. She is everything to my parents. She's smart, pretty, athletic, and everything else a perfect daughter is. She is constantly being complimented on her long, silky blond hair and big, blue eyes. I can't stand it! She gets the royal treatment, and I get to be the little rat that lives in the cramped attic. I can barely fit a bed in my room! I don’t understand what’s wrong with the way I look. I think I’m just a normal girl, but apparently my parent’s opinion is slightly different. From the moment that I was born I have been told by other family members that my resemblance to my aunt, Rebecca, is remarkable. We both have shoulder length, auburn hair, and bright, green eyes. Unfortunately, my mother and father haven’t spoken to her for over 15 years. I suppose that is one of the reasons that they resent me so much. "Dana. Dana! Dana get down here right now!" I groaned inwardly. Why did my mother have to get me up at 4:00 A.M. every morning? I could do my chores when I got home. I mean, it's not like they let me be in any after school activities. "Dana!" my mother screamed again, "You get your butt down here right now or I'll send your father up there to teach you a lesson!" That got me up right away. The only person crueler than my mother was my father. Everything about me disgusted him. He thinks that everyone’s life would be easier if my mother would have gotten an abortion. "Alright, I'm coming" I hollered as I ran down the steps. "Well, it's about time you got down here!" She replied in a cold, cruel voice that could have made a grown man want to run for it. "Alright what are my chores today" I said with little interest. "Well, you can start out by doing everyone's laundry, making breakfast, making your sister’s lunch, fixing the heater in the basement, mopping the kitchen, sweeping the porch, vacuuming the rest of the house, and cleaning your sister’s room after she wakes up. I'll give you the rest of the list later. I'm going back to bed." I sighed and said, "Alright" "Excuse me?" she exclaimed as she looked at me expectantly. I sighed again, "Yes ma'am." As I walked up to my room to get my laundry I heard a faint rustling. I couldn't imagine what it could be. No one, besides my father, had set foot in my room since I had learned how to crawl. I was always expected to take care of myself. So, I figured the sound was just a mouse or something. I would have never guessed that it was actually the best thing that ever happened to me. When I got into my room everything seemed the same. Same cramped room, same low ceiling that leaked when it rained, and same raggedy bed that was almost worse than sleeping on the floor. It never occurred to me that someone else might be in the room. When I reached over my bed to get the little basket of dirty clothes I heard someone sneeze. I immediately froze. I stood there for what seemed like an eternity just waiting to hear another sound. Finally I got fed up with waiting. "I know someone's in here," I said in a panicked voice, "come out now or else." All of a sudden something grabbed my leg from under my bed. I screamed as loud as I could. I didn't care what my parents thought. I was scared to death! "Ssssshhhh…. Be quiet. Do you want to get in trouble?" a mysterious voice whispered from under my bed. "Wh…w...who are you?" I stammered as a boy with short brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes climbed out from under the bed. "Tyler Anderson's my name. I'm your new neighbor. Sorry about sneaking into your room, but when I heard that there was a kid the same age as me in the neighborhood I just had to check it out. What's your name?" "I'm Dana. Are you 13 years old, too?" "Yep, I sure am." "Cool…, but you should probably get out of here." "Why is that?" "If someone sees you talking to me the whole town will shun you." "So, what's your point?" "Don't you want to make friends?" "I want you to be my friend. I don’t care what anyone else thinks." "Ok, but we have to keep it a secret. By the way, how'd you get in here?" "Like this…," Tyler walked over to one of the walls and pressed on it. A small part of the wall lifted up and a small staircase was revealed. I was amazed. It was perfect for sneaking in and out of the house. Then Tyler turned to me and said, "You know what? You're pretty cool." Then he smiled and closed the secret staircase. My face turned beat red. "Uummm…thanks, you too." So we talked for a while. He told me all about himself. He had an older sister, too, but he said that they were treated as equals. How I wish I could live as Nichole's equal. "So what's your life like? How come you don't have any other friends?" I was glad he considered us friends. I told him about the day I was born, and about all of the horrible things I was forced to do in the past. He frowned the whole time. "You deserve better than that Dana. I promise that someday I'm going to get you out of here." It meant a lot to hear him say that. It had only been an hour or two since I met him, and yet it seemed like we had been friends for years. "Thanks Tyler," I whispered, "thanks for everything." He smiled and nodded as he silently entered the secret staircase. I closed the entrance behind him, grabbed my dirty laundry, and went to do my chores. Everyday after that, Tyler came back at 4:15 A.M. There were a few close calls where we had gotten a little too loud, and my father had threatened to come up to my room. One time Tyler asked what would happen if my father did come up there. It was a topic I didn't like to talk about, but I told him anyway. Usually my father yelled at me, backed me into a corner, and then walked away. There had been one time, however, when he had struck me, but my sister said that it had been my fault. Everyday when Tyler left he would whisper "Soon, Dana, I promise." I really hoped that it was true. On my 14th birthday, January 18, 2007, Tyler came into my room with a big grin on his face. "Happy Birthday Dana!" he almost shouted. I giggled slightly, "Thank you, Tyler." He was the only person in the world who could make me laugh. "Guess where I'm going to take you for your birthday." He asked anxiously. "Ok, where?" I responded obviously confused. "I'm taking you over to my house for breakfast!" He exclaimed. He sounded extremely exited. "To…your house?" I asked. I had always wanted to go to Tyler's house, but I was only allowed to leave the house for school, and to get groceries. It was my parents' biggest rule. I couldn't imagine what they would do if they found out I had broken it. "Oh Tyler I would love to but…" He cut me off saying, "But nothing. It's your birthday, and we're going to celebrate it whether your parents like it or not. It's a Saturday, Dana, we don't have school, so you have all day to do your chores. You can spare an hour or so." "Well…I don't know…isn't it kind of early to be eating breakfast? It's only 4:30." I responded. "That's why I'm going to come and get you later on. You said that the rest of your family goes out for breakfast on Saturdays around 8:00 A.M. I'll come and get you at 8:10, Ok?" "Tyler…" "Don't worry, Dana. It's going to be ok. I'll see you in a few hours," and with that he climbed into the secret staircase and went home. I closed the staircase behind him and sighed. "I hope you’re right, Tyler," I whispered to myself as I went downstairs to start my chores. I had just started doing the laundry when Nichole came and told me that our father wanted to talk to me. "Why? What does Father want with me?" Father never wanted to talk to me. The only times I even existed in his eyes was when I was doing something wrong, and then he just yelled up the stairs for me to stop. "I don't know," She replied with a smug smile on her face, "but it can't be good for you. Daddy better tell me what you did because if you did anything to any of my stuff you're going to be hearing from me, too." "Yeah, yeah I always do" I murmured quietly as I turned and walked to my father's office. He was a very successful lawyer. The only person he wasn't usually too busy for was Nichole. Even mother got pushed aside, sometimes. I knocked on the door of father's office and said, "Father, It's me, Dana. Nichole said that you would like to speak with me." "Hurry up and get in here. I want to get this over with as soon as possible." He said in a gruff, manly voice. I silently walked into the room and stood in front of his desk. Once when I was little I had sat down in one of the chairs, and he had started yelling at me. He said that those chairs were for clients only, and that I should know better. I don't even dare to touch the chairs now. "If you can't even do simple chores correctly, then I don't see the point of us housing and feeding you anymore!" he said abruptly. "I don't understand father" I whispered. "Yesterday you were told to make us lunches." "I did make the…" "Silence!" he yelled, "I know that you made the lunches. I'm not as stupid as you are. The problem is that you put peanut butter on my sandwich. I'm allergic to peanut butter!" "I…you…you never told me that," I stammered as he glared at me. "I shouldn't have to tell you things like that. You are responsible for figuring it out on your own. Now, if anything like this ever happens again you are going to wish that you were never born. Do I make myself clear?" "Yes, sir" I said mumbled quietly. "Now get out of my sight. I can't stand to look at you," he said with harsh voice. I walked out of the office quietly. I saw Nichole peek her head out of her room. She had a big grin on her face. I assumed that she was eavesdropping on the lecture I had just been given. I glanced at the large silver clock hanging in the hallway. It was 6:10. It would be another 2 hours before Tyler got here. I couldn't wait. It seemed like 8:10 would never come, but it finally did. Nichole, Mother, and Father all left the house for breakfast at 8:00 A.M. sharp. As always they told me that they would be back at 10:00, and that if they found anything damaged or missing when they got home I would be severely punished. As soon as they pulled out of the driveway, I ran up to my room to brush my hair and wait for Tyler. At last Tyler arrived. I was so happy to see him. I was still a little upset about my talk with Father. It seemed like he was always in a bad mood on my birthday, but he had never threatened me like that. "What's up, Dana? Are you ok? You look a bit shaken." Tyler asked after he had gotten out of the secret stair case. "It's nothing, Tyler. Don't worry about it." I replied. He had a doubtful look on his face, but he just nodded. "You ready to go?" he asked after a minute. "Are you sure this is a good idea Tyler?" "Come on Dana, what could possibly go wrong? As long as you're back before 10:00, your parents will never know that you left" "Ok, I guess you’re right. Let's get going," and with that we both entered the secret staircase. As I walked into Tyler's house, I noticed that it was very different from mine. While my house looked boring and stiff, his looked fun and energetic. The walls were all painted bright colors, and there were several interesting paintings hung around the house. "Did I ever tell you that my mom is an artist, Dana?" He asked as we walked through the living room. I simply shook my head no. "You must be Dana!" I heard someone say with excitement as I rounded the corner into the kitchen. I looked up to see a woman that appeared to be in her late thirties. She had brown eyes like Tyler, and black hair. I assumed that she was his mother. "Welcome to our home." She said as she smiled at me. "Uummm, you must be Tyler's mother. It's nice to meet you Mrs. Anderson." "You can call me Sherry, dear." She replied "Yes ma'am." I whispered. "Loosen up dear, I won't bite." Sherry said with an amused smile on her face. Tyler gave his mother a warning glance. I decided that it was time to change the subject. "You have a beautiful home Mrs. Ander….I mean, Sherry." "Thank you! Well, we should probably go get some food. You look starving." I smiled. I was quite hungry. On school days I ate right before I walked out the door, but on weekends I had to squeeze meals in when I was doing something like a load of laundry. There had been days when I didn't eat until that night after all my chores were done. As they all sat down at the table, Sherry asked, "So Dana, How has your birthday been so far?" I didn't know what to say. Had Tyler told her about where he went every morning? I was thankful when I heard Tyler say, "Uummm Mom, shouldn't you go wake sis up?" "Oh yes, Julie will want to meet you too. We can talk more in a little bit Dana," and with that she walked out of the kitchen. "Sorry about that," Tyler whispered. "It's no problem. I just didn't know if you had told your mom that you come over every morning." "She knows that we meet every morning, but she thinks that we go on a walk together before school. I haven't told her about how your family treats you because I didn't know if you would want her to know." "It's not that I don't want her to know. I'm just afraid that she will either say something to my parents, or she won't want you to come and see me anymore." I didn't want to have to say goodbye to my only friend. "My mom wouldn't tell us to stop hanging out. In fact she would probably try to encourage you to come over as much as you can, but for now well just keep it a secret." I nodded and smiled. Turning to my plate of food I began to eat hungrily. A few minutes later Tyler's sister came into the room along with Sherry. "How is your breakfast Dana? Do you need anything?" Sherry asked me with a smile. "It's delicious! Thank you for inviting me." I replied "Well when Tyler told me that you weren't going to celebrate your birthday I just had to do something." Sherry and Julie sat down at the table and began eating. Julie was a beautiful girl. She looked about 17 years old, the same age as my sister. She had beautiful shoulder length brown hair, and sapphire blue eyes. "So…why weren't your parents throwing you party?" Julie asked as she took a drink of orange juice. "Uummm…Well… I've never really celebrated my birthday." "Is it something with your religion dear? If it is we don't have to make this a birthday party. It can just be a normal breakfast," Sherry questioned with a look of concern on her face. "No it's not that. It's just…Until now I've never had any friends to invite to a party, so I never really saw the point of having one." "Well from now you will be celebrating holidays with us," Sherry said with a grin. I smiled back at her and glanced over at Tyler. He had a smile on his face too. For the first time in my life I felt at home. After breakfast, we all went into the living room. I was shocked when Julie placed a present in front of me. "What's this?" I asked as I picked up the small, rectangular box. "Open it and you'll find out" Tyler said excitedly. I slowly began to rip the pink rapping paper off. Under it was a velvet box. When I opened the box I gasped. Inside was a necklace. It was a very simple necklace, but I still thought it was gorgeous. The necklace was a golden heart with a small ruby diamond in the middle that hung from a golden chain. I was speechless. "Tyler picked it out himself," Sherry said with a smile on her face. "I had some help from Julie." Tyler said as he blushed crimson red. "Thank you so much everyone," I whispered, "This means a lot to me." We all talked for a while longer. Julie had seemed very quiet at first, but as we started talking I really began to like her. While Tyler was talking to Sherry I quietly asked Julie where her father was. A sad expression crossed her face. "Our Father died not too long before we moved here." She whispered. "Oh…I'm so sorry." I whispered back. The last thing I wanted to do was upset them. They had been so kind to me. "Don't worry about it," Julie said as a smile replaced the frown. I was about to ask her another question when I spotted the baby blue clock hanging above the doorway going into the kitchen. It was 9:56. I turned to Tyler, "Tyler I think its time for me to go." I say to him as I stood up. He nodded, but Sherry said, "There's no need to rush off, Dana, why don't you hang around a little longer. I'm sure your parents wont mind." "I would love to Sherry, but I have to be home by 10:00, so I better go." I said as I headed for the door. "I'll walk you home," Tyler said walking right behind me. I nodded, "Thank you for having me over," I say as I walk out the door. "You come back soon, dear. You are always welcome here." I heard Sherry say as Tyler closed the door behind us. As I turned around to head home, I looked down the street only to see my family driving down the road. I grabbed Tyler's arm and yanked him behind the bushes in front of his house. My heart was beating a mile a minute. We sat there silently until my Mother, Father, and Nichole entered the house. Then we sprinted across the street and over to the entrance of the secret staircase. "I can go the rest of the way by myself," I say breathlessly as I enter the secret staircase. "Good luck," I hear him whisper as he closes the entrance behind me. I scrambled up the staircase as I heard my father yelling for me to come downstairs or he was coming up. As I climbed out of the staircase and closed the entrance in my room, I heard my father start climbing the stairs to get to my room. I swung my bedroom door open right as he got to the top of the stairs. "I'm sorry for not responding father, I was just…" He cut me off by yelling, "How dare you disobey me! When I call for you, I expect you to come no matter what you're doing." "Please forgive me father I…," he held his hand up to silence me. "I am so close to just…," He stopped suddenly, "Never mind… you are nothing but a burden! Now go do your chores." "Yes sir," I whisper as I quickly walk down the stairs to begin dusting the house and scrubbing the floors. The next day Tyler hurried into my room. He looked incredibly relieved to see me. "You're wearing it!" He whispered with a smile. I followed his gaze to my neck. Around it was the necklace that he and his family had given me the day before. "Yep, I am, but I have to take it off when I'm not up here alone. If my parents see it they are going to know that I broke one of their rules." "Did you get caught, yesterday? He asked as a concerned looked appeared on his face. "They didn't find out that I left, but I did get a stern yelling from my father for not responding when he called me." "Next time we'll just have to make sure you leave my house at least 15 minutes before your parents get home. "Next time?" I asked obviously shocked. Did he really think that I was going to risk getting caught again? "Yeah my mom said that you can come over anytime you want to." He said as he grinned at me. "We'll see," I said. We talked for a while, and then he went home. After closing the entrance to the secret staircase I headed downstairs to see what mother wanted me to do. For the next couple months I went to Tyler's house every Saturday for breakfast. It was so much fun! We played games, and told each other stories. Once I got to help Julie pick the fabric that she was going to make a dress out of. She was going to a big party soon. I had never seen so many sublime fabrics. Sherry said that fabrics were like people. Each one was unique. She said that our personality and the choices we make determine what fabric we are. I wonder if that applies to me as well. "Ready to go, Dana?" Tyler asked me as he opened the secret staircase. I finished tying my right shoe as I said, "Yep, I'm all set. Let's go!" We walked across the street to Tyler's house just like we did every Saturday morning. As I entered his house, I was greeted by the sweet smell of pancakes and sausages just like always. Julie and Sherry came out of the kitchen to greet us as we walked into the living room. "You're right on time, Dana." Sherry said smiling, "We just put the food on the table." "It's your turn to pick the game that we play, Dana." Julie said happily. "I think I'll choose…"I froze instantly. This couldn't be happening. As I looked through the big window in the living room I saw the one thing I had feared over the past couple months. My parents' car was in the driveway and the lights in the house had been turned on. "This is bad," I whispered as to myself. Unfortunately Sherry heard me. "What's wrong, Dana?" She asked in a concerned voice. "I…I'm sorry…I have to go," I was petrified! Had father noticed that I wasn't there? What would happen if he did? This was bad, very bad! "Dana what's…Oh no!" Tyler said as he dashed into the living room and glanced through the window. "Ok what is going on?" Julie demanded. The whole situation was clearly confusing and worrying her. "Uummm…well…I…" I stammered. "Whatever it is dear, I'm sure it's not that bad. You can tell us," Sherry said soothingly. I hesitated but finally said, "My parents don't know that I've been coming here every Saturday. They take my sister out for breakfast every Saturday morning. They get home at 10:00 exactly. That's why I always have to be home by then, but…but…they came home early. Who knows what they'll do when they find out." I shuddered just thinking of all the possibilities. "Now, now I'm sure your parents will understand." Julie said coming over beside me. Tears stung my eyes as I hear Tyler say, "That's the problem. They won't understand. The only time Dana is allowed to leave the house is when she is going to school, or getting groceries." Tyler's eyes held the same fear and panic that I knew mine did. I looked up suddenly and said, "Maybe they haven't noticed that I'm missing yet. If I hurry I might make it in time." I doubted that was true, but I hoped that it would convince them. This was my problem. I am the one who decided to sneak out of the house. I could see no reason to get them involved. They all looked skeptical, but Sherry replied, "It's worth a shot." I nodded silently and with that I was off. I bolted across the street and up the secret staircase. While closing it I heard my father yelling downstairs. "Where is that incompetent brat? She has crossed the line this time." I quickly picked up some dirty laundry on the floor and scurried down the steps. "Mother, Father, is that you?" I called as I entered the living room. "You!" They both screamed in unison "How dare you leave this house! I warned you not to disobey us! Now you're going to be sorry," Father roared. "Wait Father I..," I tried to say, but the look on his face showed the cold, hard truth of the situation. There was no getting out of this. "I have fed you, given you a place to live, and even let you go to school! All I ever asked of you was for you to stay in the house, and do some simple chores. Instead you deliberately break all of my rules, and then try to get out of it with those little whimpering, whiney excuses of yours." Father spat out. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my mother scurrying out of the room. Nichole followed her with a smug look on her face. "Father, I'm begging you. Please for…" I suddenly felt myself being shoved against the wall. Father had one hand on each of my shoulders. His eyes were filled with such hatred, and disgust. The thing that I hated the most was the fact that all of that hatred was aimed directly at me. I shuddered as Father's grip on me tightened. In the next instant I felt myself being thrown to the ground. A sharp, throbbing pain engulfed my lower arm as I hit the hard, wooden floor. Struggling to my feet I tried to figure out what I should do. My mind was telling me to scream at the top of my lungs and pray that someone heard it, but my mouth wouldn't obey. The only thing I could do was slowly creep backwards as Father inched closer to me. "I knew you were trouble. I could feel it the moment you were conceived, and that feeling has done nothing but grown as you got older! You are no better than that disgusting aunt of yours." Father mumbled before lunging at me. I was tackled to the ground with such a great force that the wind was knocked out of me for a moment. Kicking and thrashing was all that I could do while Father tried to strangle me. My thoughts were slurred and mixed together. The only thought in my head that was clear was that this was the end. Father was finally going to do it. He was going to get rid of me once and for all. All of a sudden I heard footsteps on the stairs. Had mother or Nichole snuck up there to watch? I watched Father raise his hand to strike me when another pair of hands grasped onto his. I was dumbfounded! Who could it be? In the distance I heard police sirens. Could it be? Had someone heard the commotion, and decided to call the cops? Sitting up, I glanced at the face of my rescuer. I was shocked to find that the person holding my fathers arm back was Tyler! "You ok, Dana?" Tyler asked. I simply nodded. I was too tired and confused to speak. A moment later the police barged into the house. By then both Mother and Nichole had joined us in the living room. Both of them had ghostly white faces. Father had sunk down on the floor. The police had taken over by then, so Tyler was able to release Father’s hand. A look of shame and defeat had crept onto his face. The rest of the afternoon was mostly a blur. Apparently Tyler had decided to sneak into the house and make sure I was ok. When he heard the racket downstairs he had used his cell phone to call the police and Sherry. When he talked to Sherry, she had told him to stay put until the police arrived, but when he saw what Father was doing he couldn't just sit there. The police interviewed each of us and then they took Mother, Father, and Nichole downtown for further questioning. After a medic looked at me, and said I just had a sprained wrist from being shoved around so much, I went over to Tyler's house to spend the night. One of the officers, Officer Groundling, said that he would stop by with a full report tomorrow afternoon. Getting into the bed that had been prepared for me, I said goodnight to everyone. I thanked them all before they walked into their own bedrooms. Gently, I lie down, and let myself be consumed by sleep. "Dana, it's time to get up dear," Sherry whispered startling me out of a dreamless sleep. "Just let her sleep, Mom," I heard Tyler say in the background, "She had a rough day yesterday." "It's ok, I'm awake," I said groggily while sitting up. "I've got breakfast ready if you're hungry. Nothing is better than a good breakfast." Sherry said while walking towards the door. "Ok thanks!" I said. I stood up, stretched for a minute, got dressed, and went into the kitchen. The breakfast was marvelous! We had scrambled eggs, biscuits, toast, bacon, and apple juice. We all laughed and joked through the whole meal, but I couldn't get my family out of my head. What if there wasn't enough evidence? What if I had to go back and live with them? What would they do to me? "Dana, are you ok? Do you need anything?" Julie asked with a distressed look on her face. "No, I'm fine," I said with a smile. We finished our meal around 10:30, so we all gathered around in the living room to play monopoly. About 15 minutes later Officer Groundling knocked on the door. "Well, I've got good news and bad news. The good news is not only is your father, Mr. Collins going to jail for child abuse, but they are both losing custody of you. That means you don't have to live with them anymore," Officer Groundling announced. I know I had a huge grin on my face. "What's the bad news?" Tyler asked. "Since we don't have any foster homes in the area you are going to have to live in the orphanage about 2 hours from here until someone agrees to take care of you. It's not the prettiest place on the planet, but it's better than the attic that you were living in." I couldn't believe it. 2 hours away! Were they really going to take me away from Tyler, Sherry, and Julie? "We better get going," Officer Groundling said. In his eyes I could see that he didn't want to take me away from them either. It was clear that he had no choice. I went and got my things from both houses. Before I left I turned to the 3 people who had been so kind and friendly to me. They all had depressed looks on their faces. "Well, I guess this is goodbye," I said as I turned to leave. "Dana, wait," Tyler said as he grabbed my arm. "Tyler…" I began, but he cut me off. "This isn't goodbye. I'll see you again soon, I promise." I smiled at him, but said nothing. Quickly I turned and followed Officer Groundling out to his car. I didn't want Tyler, or the rest of his family, to see the tears that were about to fall from my eyes. It was a long 2 hour drive to the orphanage. When we got there, the first thing I noticed was how melancholic it looked. The grey, brick walls of the building looked as if they could collapse at any time. The hinges on the scratched up, wooden door looked rusted and ancient. A few children were sitting on the steps that led up to the door. They were wearing ragged clothes that looked like they had never been washed. Officer Groundling led the way into the run-down orphanage with a scowl on his face. "I really hate to leave you here, but I don't have much of a choice," Officer Groundling said when he was about to leave, "I can assure you that Ms. Summerland will take good care of you." I glanced over at the woman that he was gesturing to. She looked as old and run down as the building was, but her eyes held kindness and compassion. Maybe she was alright after all. I spent the rest of the afternoon learning the rules, being introduced to all the other children, and doing simple chores. I had to admit it wasn't nearly as bad as living with Mother and Father had been, but I still missed Tyler, Sherry, and Julie. The next day I was called to Ms. Summerland's office after breakfast. I wondered what I had done wrong. Memories of the day that Father had called me to his office flashed through my head. Had I done a chore wrong were they kicking me out on the street? "Ms. Summerland? It's Dana Collins. You asked to speak with me." I whispered after knocking on the door. I waited for her to yell at me and tell me to get my butt in there, but she simply said to please come in. "Uummm did I do something wrong ma'am?" I asked. I could feel my hands trembling. "Of course not, why would you think that? I just wanted to tell you that your new family will be here to pick you up in 1 hour." She responded with a gentle smile on her face. "What do you mean my new family? Officer Groundling said that they didn't have anyone for me to go and live with." "They didn't, but last night not long after your arrival we got a call from a family that said they would love to adopt you. You're going to have 1 brother that's about your age, a 17 year old sister, and a mother that's in her late thirties." I was so excited! I was going to have a real family. The best part of it was that they had called specifically for me! I instantly ran into the girl's quarters to pack up my belongings. About an hour later Ms. Summerland escorted me outside. I was about to meet my new family. The bright sunlight outside temporarily blinded me, but when I was able to see again I could scarcely believe my eyes. There standing in front of me was Sherry, Julie, and Tyler with big grins on their faces. "But how…," was all that I could say. "I told you that this wouldn't be the last time we see each other," Tyler said with a mischievous grin on his face. "It only took us about 15 seconds to realize that none of us wanted you to leave," Julie stated. "So we decided that the simplest solution was for you to join our family," Sherry finished as they all walked up to me. Tears stung my eyes as I hugged them all one by one. "Thank you," I whispered as we all got into the car and drove home. I became part of the family. I was given my own room, Sherry bought me a whole new wardrobe, and I lived at their house permanently. The thing that made me the happiest, though, was the fact that I wasn't Dana Maria Collins anymore. I was Dana Maria Anderson. I finally had a family. For the first in my life I knew I was where I belonged. moreResolved Question: 7000 steps. by walking.?
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For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world's most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h). If you stretched all the nerves in the body from end to end, they would be about 47 miles long. Humans have more than 600 muscles in their bodies. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. There are more chickens than people in the world. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. Almonds are a member of the peach family. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. The largest cabbage weighed 144 lbs. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula" - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: "L.A." A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. Tigers have striped skin, not just stripped fur. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life." A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home!) The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. Many hamsters blink one eye at a time. The inventor of the flushing toilet was Thomas Crapper. The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites. Plastic lawn flamingos outnumber real flamingos in the U.S.A. Whitby, Ontario has more donut stores per capita than any other place in the world. Starfish have no brain. Dolphins sleep with one eye open. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel with over 50,000 words, none of which containing the letter "E". Bulls are color blind. A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds. "Babe" was played by over 48 pigs. Mosquitoes have 47 teeth. Lip stick contains fish scales. The Poison Arrow frog has enough poison to kill 2200 people. The largest known kidney stone weighed 1.36 kilograms. Kidney stones come in any color from yellow to brown. Women blink twice as many times as men do. The McDonalds at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario is the only one in the world that sells hot dogs. A bowling pin only has to tilt 7.5 degrees in order to fall down. The first episode of Leave It To Beaver aired on October 4, 1957. Beaver Cleaver's locker number is 9. The first flushing toilet seen on TV was on Leave It To Beaver. Jerry Seinfeld's apartment number (on the show) is 5A. In the old episodes it was 3A. The life span of a taste bud is ten days. Pi has been calculated to 2,260,321,363 digits. The billionth digit in Pi is 9. The first 100 numbers of Pi are: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884... 58209749445923078164062862089986280348... Click HERE for 99,999 digits of pi! A stretched out Slinky is 87 feet long. An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes. Emus can't walk backwards. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. A group of kangaroos is called a mob. A group of whales is called a pod. A group of geese is called a gaggle. A group of owls is called a parliament. A group of ravens is called a murder. A group of bears is called a sleuth. 12 or more cows is called a flink. A baby oyster is called a spat. Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down. In the October 22, 1945 edition of Life magazine there was a picture of a chicken with its head cut off. It was alive too! The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head. Pinocchio was made of pine. The largest pumpkin weighed 377 lbs. A mule won't sink in quicksand but a donkey will. More people are killed annually by donkeys than in airplane crashes. Alfred Hitchcock had no belly button for it was eliminated during surgery. There are 22 stars in the Paramount logo. The average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. A quarter has 119 grooves around the edge. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Cranberry Jell-0 is the only kind that contains real fruit. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. Every time you lick a stamp you consume 1/10 of a calorie. The pound sign # is called anoctothorpe. Maine is the toothpick capital of the world. New Jersey has a spoon museum with over 5,400 spoons from almost all the states. There was once a town in West Virginia called "6". Singapore only has one train station. The parking meter was invented in North Dakota. Napolean made his battle plans in a sandbox. Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator. The green stuff on the occasional freak potatoe chip is chlorophyll. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange. Pluto's orbit crosses Neptune's making Pluto the eighth planet from the sun. It has been that way since 1979 and will remain that way until 1999. The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons. The force of 1 billion people jumping at the same time is equal to 500 tons of TNT. Popeye was 5'6". Howdy Doody had 48 freckles. The first word spoken on the moon was "Okay". Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first. The average speed of Heinz ketchup leaving the bottle is 25 miles per year. Hilary Clinton once said We are the President. The percent of women who wash their hands after leaving a restroom is 80%. The percent of men who wash their hands after using a restroom is 55%. There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll. The Eifel Tower has 2,500,000 rivets in it. "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles. The average American eats 2 donuts a day. The longest word in the Old Testament is Malhershalahashbaz. The longest time a person has been in a coma is 37 years. Every minute in the U.S 6 people turn 17. It takes the Where's Waldo artist one month to complete a drawing. 2500 lefties die each year using products designed for righties. A baby is born every 7 seconds. 10 tons of space dust fall on the Earth everyday. On average, a 4 year old child asks 437 questions a day. Blue and white are the most common school colors. Swimming pools in Phoenix, Arizona, pick up 20 pounds of dust a year. The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: What hath God wrought?. The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: Watson, please come here. I want you. The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: Mary had a little lamb The three words in the English language with the letters uu are: vacuum, residuum and continuum. A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestd... His middle name is George James. It is illegal to ride a street car on Sunday if have been eating garlic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In a normal life time an American will eat 200 pounds of peanuts and 10,000 pounds of meat. A new book is published every 13 minutes in America. America's best selling ice-cream flavour is vanilla. American's eat 18 billion hot dogs a year. American's eat 134 pounds of sugar a year. Every year the sun loses 360 million tons. Because of Animal Crackers, many kids until they reach the age of ten, believe a bear is as tall as a giraffe. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000 000 000 000 071 ounce of its spray. Animal breeders in Russia once claimed to have bred sheep with blue wool. Penguins are the only bird that can leap into the air like porpoises. India has 50 million monkeys. By some unknown means, an iguana can end its own life. Americans spend around $3 billion for cat and dog food a year. Pigs can cover a mile in 7.5 minutes when running at top speed. You breathe about 10 million times a year. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream. The first non-human to win an Oscar was Mickey Mouse. Lee Harvey Oswald was booked with mugshot number 54018. The Gulf Stream could carry a message in a bottle at an average of 4 miles per hour. The bullseye on a dartboard must be 5 feet 8 inches off the ground. The foot is the most common body part bitten by insects. The most common time for a wake up call is 7am. The doorbell was invented in 1831. The are 255 squares on a Scrabble board. The electric shaver was patented on November 6, 1928. There are 500 sheets of paper in a ream. The monkey wrench was invented by Charles Moncke. Japan is the largest exporter of frog's legs. There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown. There are approx. 550 hairs in the eyebrow. The most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay. The shell constitutes 12 percent of an egg's weight. A squid has 10 tentacles. A snail's reproductive organs are in its head. A cow's only sweat glands are in its nose. The word "AND" appears 46,277 times in the Bible. The first word played in the Scrabble rules demonstration game is "horn". The telephone's U.S. patent number is 174,465. The typical person goes to the bathroom 6 times a day. There are 17 steps leading up to Sherlock Holme's apartment. When a horned toad is angry, it squirts blood from it's eyes. Napoleon was terrified of cats. The first Lifesaver flavor was peppermint. The typical American eats 263 eggs a year. The ballpoint pen was invented in 1938 by Laszlo and Georg Biro. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger. The parking meter was invented by C.C. Magee in 1935. In 1961, an IBM 7090 computer calculated Pi to 100 265 digits. The human body weighs forty times more than the brain. After eating too much, your hearing is less sharp. A person swallows approximately 295 times while eating dinner. The oldest known vegetable is the pea. Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. The avocado has the most calories of any fruit. The first zoo in the USA was in Philadelphia. The letter N ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel. France has the highest per capita consumption of cheese. The hardest bone in the human body is the jawbone. 4000 people are injured by teapots each year. The typical American consumes 27 pounds of cheese each year. The shortest English word that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F is feedback. The ostrich has a 46 foot long small intestine. The state of California raises the most turkeys out of all of the states. The most sensitive finger on the human hand is the index finger. George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. The typical hen lays 19 dozen eggs a year. Stainless stell was invented by Harry Brearley in 1913. A scallop has 35 blue eyes. The left leg of a chicken in more tender than the right one. The only dog that doesn't have a pink tongue is the chow. Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935. The giraffe has the highest blood pressure of any animal. The dumbest domesticated animal is the turkey. Russia has the most movie theaters in the world. Albert Blake Dick invented the mimeograph machine. The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue. The most fatal car accidents occur on Saturday. An Oscar weighs seven pounds. It takes the typical person seven minutes to fall asleep. Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the mercury thermometer. The Eiffel Tower has 1792 steps. The mongoose was barred live entry into the U.S. in 1902. Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 600 m.p.h. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet. Owls are the only birds who can see the color blue. A jellyfish is 95 percent water. The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly. America once issued a 5-cent bill. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails. You blink about 84,000,000 times a year. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth. A hummingbird weighs less than a penny. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right of left handed... or is that pawed? The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lighting than women. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again! When someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles to frown, but it only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and whack them in the head. Coca-Cola was originally green. Hong Kong has the most Rolls Royce's per capita. Alaska is the state with highest percent of people who walk to work. 28 percent of Africa is wilderness. 38 percent of America is wilderness. A duck's quack does not echo and no one knows why. It costs $6400 to raise a medium size dog to age of 11. Average number of people airborne over the U.S. during any given hour: 61,000. 70 percent of Americans who visited Disneyland/World. Intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair. The youngest pope was 11 years old. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other country. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet and was developed by Western Union to test telex/twx communications. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. The San Francisco Cable cars are the only "mobile" National Monuments. The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter "uncopyrightable." Did you know that there are coffee flavored PEZ? The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and learned how to walk up standard staircases. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because, when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people (without killing them) used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know his voice was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel fuel that it burns. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-star Game. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined. Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. On average people fear spiders more than they do death. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked every hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. Butterflies taste with their feet. A cat's urine glows under a blacklight. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca Cola was originally green. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words. There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than on any other day. Every day more money is printed for monopoly than the US Treasury. Men can read smaller print than women, women can hear better than men. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. The world's youngest parents were 8 & 9 and lived in China in 1910. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. The youngest Pope was 11 years old. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the bubonic plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores (Ring around the Rosey...). These sores would smell very bad so people would hide flowers on their bodies in an attempt to mask the smell ("pocket full of posies..."). People who died from the plague would be burned to reduce the spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. American car horns beep in the tone of F. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." 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