Strange But True
By Samantha Weaver

 Those who study such things say that the average lifespan of a computer is two years.

 Sea anemones have stingers covering their tentacles, and when a potential source of food comes into reach, those stingers shoot out to incapacitate the prey. Of course, fish are pretty fast, so the stingers have to be faster - and they are. Much faster.

In fact, those stingers go from zero to 80 m.p.h. in 700 nanoseconds, demonstrating one of the fastest accelerations found in nature.

 Have you ever noticed that when you give yourself a minor cut with a razor, it doesn't hurt as much as when you get a similar cut from a piece of paper?

It seems counterintuitive, but there's a reason: When a piece of paper cuts you, it leaves fibers and other particles behind in the wound.

 Pound for pound, a hamburger costs  If you've got a more than a new car.

 In this time of highly charged partisan rhetoric, you might want to keep in mind the following sage observation made by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan: "Every American is entitled to his own opinion, but no American is entitled to his own facts."

 Are you pardalina? Unless you're a large predatory feline, probably not. "Pardalina" means "spotted like a leopard."

leaky faucet that's driving you nuts with the constant drip, drip, drip, preserving your sanity isn't the only reason to get it fixed.

One faucet leaking one drop per second can waste 165 gallons every month. Put another way, that's as much water as one person needs for two weeks.

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Thought for the Day: "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark Twain

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