The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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Pumpkin pie and eggnog are made all the more delicious because of a flavourful spice – nutmeg! However, two to three teaspoons of raw nutmeg can cause serious medical problems that can last several days, including paranoia and hallucinations. So go easy on the spice and remember that sometimes less is more.
It might take some time to find lost things again. An Austrian fisherman dropped his wallet in a lake. 20 years later, he found it in his fishnet. And weirdly, there is a comparatively large number of people who found their long-lost wedding rings in the carrot bed...
Research from Britain has shown that the most commonly lost items are keys, phones, pens and glasses. That’s hardly surprising. What comes as a bit of a shock, though, is that the average person loses a staggering 3,000 possessions over the course of their lifetime, including 64 umbrellas!
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Pumpkin pie and eggnog are made all the more delicious because of a flavourful spice – nutmeg! However, two to three teaspoons of raw nutmeg can cause serious medical problems that can last several days, including paranoia and hallucinations. So go easy on the spice and remember that sometimes less is more.
It might take some time to find lost things again. An Austrian fisherman dropped his wallet in a lake. 20 years later, he found it in his fishnet. And weirdly, there is a comparatively large number of people who found their long-lost wedding rings in the carrot bed...
Research from Britain has shown that the most commonly lost items are keys, phones, pens and glasses. That’s hardly surprising. What comes as a bit of a shock, though, is that the average person loses a staggering 3,000 possessions over the course of their lifetime, including 64 umbrellas!
If your children are gamers, then you should probably know that studies have shown that children who spend more than two hours a day playing computer and video games score 9.4 percent lower on school exams than students who don’t play computer games.
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