There once were two cats who lived across the road from the school in a small town near you. One of them, named Fluff, lived in a nice house and her best friend, Kat, lived next door in a rather old and ugly house. The owners of the cats were best friends too. One year both cats had kittens at the same time. The first kitten born to Fluff was pretty little white cat. She was bigger than her brothers and sisters and her owners named her Beauty. Everyone who saw her felt that her name fit her perfectly. Just a few hours later Kat had her kittens. But because…
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In 1958, a mummy was found in the Acacus Mountains, southwest of Libya, about 5,600 years old.
In 1958, a mummy was found in the Acacus Mountains, southwest of Libya, about 5,600 years old. 2- This discovery aroused the interest of the world, given that the history of the mummy predates by about 1500 years the time of mummification recorded in the ancient Egyptian civilization, which dates back to (2250-2750) BC, which prompted scientists to reconsider the belief that prevailed that mummification in the African continent It began in Egypt, and pushed a new hypothesis that its source is likely to be one of the unknown previous civilizations that arose in the area now known as Libya over a period of 20,000 years. 3- The mummy’s name…
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Patrick Swayze With Beloved Dogs
Patrick Swayze was a huge animal lover and kept a menagerie of pets with his wife Lisa – which included farm animals, horses and dogs – at his ranch in the San Gabriel Mountains. Animals were such a part of his life that Swayze once said, “I don’t keep track of time… The segments of my life are in movies or animal generations.” In 1995, while filming Three Wishes, Swayze had to grapple with the death of his beloved dog Cody. In an interview that year, he said, “Cody – my guardian, my conscience, my friend, my son, my bodyguard for years – this 115-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback, who truly…
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Genes reveal how the seahorse got its snout and why males get pregnant
Seahorses remain an enigma. These mysterious-looking creatures appear to float around coastal seas with a grace and level of perfection that sucks in observers and admirers from all quarters of society. In ancient Greek and Roman times, seahorses were revered. They were once seen as symbols of power and of authority. Even the Latin taxonomic family name stirs the imagination, as Hippocampus translates as the “horse sea monster”. The reality is that seahorses are part of the teleost group – the most common type of fish – and so are far more closely related to an Atlantic cod than to any horses, monsters or imaginary creatures. But seahorses also have…
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KitKat History
In the 1930s, British confectionery company Rowntree’s founded KitKat in the United Kingdom. The vision was to create a chocolate bar that could be consumed on-the-go without creating a mess, which lead to the birth of KitKat. In 1935, a heartwarming treat named “Rowntree’s Chocolate Crisp” hit the shelves in stores around the United Kingdom. This delectable snack consisted of layers of wafer cake, covered in creamy milk chocolate. Fast forward to now, and we all know and love it as Nestle KitKat. This somewhat simple name was derived from the Kit Kat Club, an exclusive 18th-century club for the elite in London. The name was chosen to add a…
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Keanu Reeves
He was abandoned by his father at 3 years old and grew up with 3 different stepfathers. He is dyslexic. His dream of becoming a hockey player was shattered by a serious accident. His daughter died at birth. His wife died in a car accident. His best friend, River Phoenix, died of an overdose. His sister has leukemia.And with everything that has happened, Keanu Reeves never misses an opportunity to help people in need. When he was filming the movie “The Lake House,” he overheard the conversation of two costume assistants; One cried because he would lose his house if he did not pay $20,000 and on the same day…
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Praise Pours In For Dairy Queen Manager Who Helped A Blind Man
Joey Prusak of Minnesota went viral after helping a blind man Dairy Queen has officially crowned a King of Kindness. Joey Prusak, the 19-year-old manager of a D.Q. in Hopkins, Minn., became an inspiration when he proved that people are willing to do the right thing…even if they think no one is watching. Last week, Prusak was working the counter at the ice cream shop during lunch when a blind man dropped $20. He told Minnesota’s local CBS 4, “The lady behind him picked it up really quickly. I had no time to say, ‘Sir, you dropped that.'” He said that he expected the woman, who was in her 50s…
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Slugs & Snails
SnailsThere are around 120 species of snail in the UK. These range from 1mm Dot snails (punctum pygmaeum) to the Roman Snail (Helix pomatia) which has a 5cm shell and is good with garlic butter. Some of these species are specific to geographical areas so not all will turn up on your plot. The main one we are interested in is the European Brown Garden Snail (Helix aspersa) – a terrestrial gastropod mollusc. These Gardens Snails have a life span of 2 to 6 year. They can produce up to six batches of eggs in a single year, and each newborn will take one to two years to mature. SlugsSnail_slug_on_broom_handleSlugs…
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Janis Joplin story
American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin (born January 19, 1943, Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.—died October 4, 1970, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, the premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s, who dazzled listeners with her fierce and uninhibited musical style. After an unhappy childhood in a middle-class family in southeastern Texas, Joplin attended Lamar State College of Technology and the University of Texas at Austin before dropping out in 1963 to sing folk songs and especially the blues in Texas clubs. After a long sojourn in San Francisco (during which she abused alcohol and amphetamines), she went back to Texas, only to return to San Francisco in 1966 to…
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Today is a day I’ll not soon forget..
Today is a day I’ll not soon forget.. As I was combining today, I was unloading into the auger cart and I saw a vehicle go by a couple times slowly and then pull over and stop. I had a minor repair to make and the vehicle stayed… I was a little concerned until I happened to catch 3 little sets of eyes looking out windows. I went over and they rolled down the window and I asked if they needed anything and the lady explained their grandchildren were visiting from Florida and had never seen “farmer stuff” up close. There were 2 boys and a little girl.. I’d assume…
