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The first known dinosaurs appeared about 230-225 million
years ago, in the Triassic Period.
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One of the smallest dinosaurs (Compsognathus) was about
3 feet long and weighed about 6 pounds.
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The Pleurocoelus is the official state dinosaur of Texas.
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Tyrannosaurus rex was the largest meat-eating dinosaur
ever to live in North America. Fossils found during the
last 20 years show that some dinosaurs were covered with
feathers.
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Although dinosaurs' fossils have been known since 1818,
the term dinosaur (deinos = terrifying; sauros = lizard)
was coined by the English anatomist Sir Richard Owen in
1842. The only three dinosaurs known at the time were
Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and Hylaeosaurus, very large
dinosaurs.
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Diplodocus was an enormous dinosaur that grew as long
as 100 feet. But most of this length was taken up by
its incredibly long neck and even longer tail. Diplodocus'
body accounted for only about 13 feet of its entire
length, while its tiny head measured a relatively small
two feet.
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James Buchanan was the only bachelor president.
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William Taft was the largest president at 6 feet 2 inches
tall and 326 pounds.
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James Madison was the shortest president at 5 feet 4 inches.
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Andrew Johnson #17
He was the first president to be visited by a queen. Queen
Emma of the Sandwich Islands came to America on August 14,
1866. Johnson was buried beneath a willow he had planted
himself with a shoot taken from a tree at Napolean's tomb.
His head was rested on a copy of the Constitution.
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Woodrow Wilson #28
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 for his efforts in
seeking peace after World War I and supporting the League
of Nations. A flock of sheep was raised on the White House
lawn during Wilson's term. The wool was used to raise
money for the Red Cross during World War I.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower #34
Eisenhower was the first president of all 50 states and the
first president to appear on color television. He was also
responsible for putting 'under God' into the Pledge of
Alliegence.
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Worldwide, 20,000 brands of beer are brewed in 180 styles,
from ales, lagers, pilsner and stouts to bitters, cream
ales and iced beers.
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A few years ago, the New Castle Brewery in England brewed
1,000 bottles Tutankhamun Ale from a 3,200-year old recipe
found in the sun temple of Queen Nefertiti.
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Getting dry grain ready for fermentation is called malting.
The grain is steeped in water until it sprouts. The sprout-
ing or germination is not allowed to end naturally but is
interrupted either by drying or roasting in kilns.
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The best taste usually is acquired at an alcohol contents
of 4.7% ethanol per volume. Less than that results in a
beer with a bland taste. More than that and the higher
alcohols (butanol, pentanol etc) become overpowering and
spoils the taste.
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Barley
Barley has been a grain of choice for thousands of
years. The longer the roasting of the malted barley, the
darker the beer. Barley, or wheat beers have a sweet taste.
***
Hops
Hops are herbaceous climbing vines and look like a cross
between pine cores and artichokes. The bitter, dry flavour
of hops counterbalance the sweetness of malt.
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Approximately 90 percent of all headaches are classified
as tension-type headache.
***
There are an estimated one million cluster headache
sufferers in the United States, of whom 10 percent are
afflicted with chronic cluster.
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a migraine is a legitimate biological disease affecting
28 million Americans, equivalent to 13 percent of the
population, and one in every four United States households
has a migraine sufferer. Migraine is more common than
asthma, diabetes and coronary heart disease combined.
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Facts about headaches in children:
* Forty percent (or more) of all children have had
a headache by the age of 7.
* Among 7-year-olds, approximately 4 percent have
frequent headaches.
* By the age of 15, 75 percent of children have had
a headache.
* Only one child in 40,000 is found to have a brain
tumor causing the headache.
* About 2 to 10 percent of headaches are due to an
underlying brain abnormality.
* Five to 29 percent of children complain of
headaches.
* Three percent of children suffer from migraine
headaches.
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Why do women get more headaches than men?
Probably because they make the hormone estrogen and
experience shifts in estrogen levels during every
menstrual cycle, while they're on birth control pills,
and as they're approaching menopause. It isn't clear
why estrogen may trigger headaches, but since 70% of
women suffer from menstrual migraines, it's certain
that it has some effect on the brain.
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Not all headaches require medical attention. Some result
from missed meals or occasional muscle tension and are
easily remedied. But some types of headache are signals
of more serious disorders, and call for prompt medical
care. These include:
* Sudden, severe headache
* Sudden, severe headache associated with a stiff neck
* Headache associated with fever
* Headache associated with convulsions
* Headache accompanied by confusion or loss of
consciousness
* Headache following a blow on the head
* Headache associated with pain in the eye or ear
* Persistent headache in a person who was previously
headache free
* Recurring headache in children
* Headache that interfere with normal life
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Psycho was the first Hollywood film that showed a toilet
flushing-thereby generating many complaints.
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American civil servants paychecks are recycled to make
toilet rolls.
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In 1993, Juan Bernaus was sentenced to a three-year jail
term in Argentina for switching the "Ladies" and "Gents"
signs around on public toilets.
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Your child better be potty trained for this one...
An American jeweler has built the world's most expensive
toilet, made of gold, diamonds, rubies and emeralds, with
a mink seat-it costs $175,000.
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Hopefully they didn't get many slivers...
In Victorian times, toilet seats were always made of wood;
the well-to-do sat on mahogany or walnut, while the poor
put up with untreated white pine.
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Boys and Girls
The town council of Cheltenham Spa once voted to replace
the words Men and Women on their public toilets with Ladies
and Gentlemen in order to "attract a better class of person."
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