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	<title>Coaching for a better life, better business, better you! &#187; curious facts</title>
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		<title>Did You Know…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where Did Aspirin Come From? Copyright © http://www.coolquiz.com Download the print version of this article: [download id="40"]  (Please make sure you have the most current version of Adobe Reader to view it.) Got a headache? Read this article and give thanks. Aspirin’s history is a lengthy one, from its discovery in the fifth century BC, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which is correct:12 Midnight A.M. or 12 Midnight P.M.?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neither! Twelve midnight A.M. and twelve midnight P.M., or 00:00 A.M. and 00:00 P.M., mean nothing at all. They are simply the midpoints that divide the day into two equal halves. Each and every day begins exactly at midnight, and each A.M. begins precisely thereafter. Similarly, each P.M. begins immediately after noon. No meaning can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we laugh?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reasons we laugh, including &#8220;contagious&#8221; laughter, may be products of evolution. Natural laughter is a two-part, spontaneous, response to humor, that has physiological, psychological, and physical benefits. Most agree that we laugh when we find something to be humorous, yet different reasons exist for what we find to be humorous. Additionally, different things are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who invented matches?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Copyright © http://www.coolquiz.com The quest for ways to ignite a fire began about 1.5 million years ago, when the caveman discovered that he could start a fire by rubbing two sticks together, and ended with the successful invention of the non-toxic matches we use today. Today, approximately 500 billion matches are used each year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why doesn&#039;t an igloo melt inside?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Copyright © http://www.coolquiz.comThe igloo, a temporary winter hunting shelter to the Alaskan Eskimo does, in fact, melt inside, but not to a great extent. The snowflakes falling outside of the igloo, in the harsh Alaskan winter, quickly melt when they land on its roof, and provide a replacement layer of insulation for the igloo. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How did coins get their names?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Copyright © http://www.coolquiz.comOne can bank on the fact that most coins derive from Latin words, and are named after people, places, or things. Even the word coin, translates from the Latin &#8220;cuneus,&#8221; meaning wedge, and was thusly named because early coins ressembled the wedges the dies used to coin coins. Our cent, from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If nothing sticks to Teflon &#8211; how does Teflon stick to the pan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teflon, the non-stick coating used on pots and pans, holds the title in the Guiness Book of World Records as being the slipperiest substance on earth. Scientifically speaking, Teflon will not chemically bond to anything, but can be forced mechanically into small nooks and crannies. This slippery substance adheres to their surfaces once manufacturers sandblast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Vietnam Veterans Memorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress authorized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be constructed in the Constitution Gardens of Washington, D.C., on July 1, 1980. That fall a contest, open to United States citizens over eighteen, was announced to find a design for the memorial. A jury of eight anonymous artists voted on the 1,421 entries submitted. The winner was, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emoticons and E-mail Shorthand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emoticons and E-mail Shorthand Smileys are tiny pictures made from ordinary ASCII characters that are meant to be looked at with the head tilted to the left. Smileys came about when e-mail correspondents felt the need to convey emotional content such as sarcasm, laughter and other feelings as part of their messages. Without smileys, simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are most Glow-in-the-Dark items are green, and why do they glow?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tj Helm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A phenomenon named phosphorescence is responsible for the light most Glow-in-the-Dark items emit. Phosphorescence occurs when light absorbed by an object is slowly released and can be observed even after the light is removed. If not tampered with, the light the object emits is dim, and is always pale blue in color. Chemists had a [...]]]></description>
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