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Old 09-19-22, 07:58 AM   #1951
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Ants have a built-in FitBit.
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Old 09-19-22, 10:18 AM   #1952
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Ants have a built-in FitBit.

Are you confusing the animal with the technology?
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Old 09-19-22, 10:21 AM   #1953
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The longest tape measure in the world is gold plated and was made in 1956 by a surveyor and tape-maker, Justus Roe, and it measures 180 meters (600 feet)
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Old 09-19-22, 10:33 AM   #1954
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Are you confusing the animal with the technology?
https://www.newscientist.com/article...-to-find-home/
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Old 09-19-22, 05:35 PM   #1955
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Quite a stretch to equate this with a "fitbit".
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Old 09-20-22, 06:54 AM   #1956
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Stressed men have altered proclivities.
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The difference between a Ruby and a Sapphire is the color.
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Old 09-21-22, 05:40 AM   #1958
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Crows hold grudges.
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in 1899, Letitia Mumford Geer invented the one-handed syringe, which allowed physicians to complete injections without assistance.
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Old 09-22-22, 06:28 AM   #1960
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Bill Gates has donated nearly half his fortune.
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there's no evidence that antibacterial soaps are any more effective at preventing illness than regular soap and water.
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Old 09-23-22, 04:09 AM   #1962
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You can always "see" your nose.
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Norbert Pearlroth spent 10 hours a day six days a week for 52 years in the New York Library doing research for Ripley's Believe it or not newspaper feature.
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Julia McWilliams joined the OSS in 1942 and assisted in the development of a shark repellant which was supposedly meant to prevent sharks from detonating underwater mines. She later starred in a cooking show The French Chef in 1962 under the name she is most well known by, Julia Child.
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A restaurant in New York employs grandmas as chefs.
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