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some tidbitsIf the world were a single town with a population of 100, one of those 100 people would have a college education, 30 would be able to read and write, 15 would live in adequate housing (the rest would live in huts) and 50 would be hungry most of the time. Six of the 100 would control almost half the wealth of the town, and of these six, three would be Americans.
Ninety percent of all teenagers suffer from some form of acne.
Teenagers are 50 percent more susceptible to colds than people over 50.
The San Blas Indian women of Panama consider giant noses a mark of great beauty. They paint black lines down the center of their noses to make them appear longer. Among San Blas men, an enormous nose is the mark of a great leader.
In 18th-century England, women's wigs were sometimes 4 feet high. These remarkable headdresses were dusted with flour and decorated with stuffed birds, replicas of gardens, plates of fruit or even model ships.
In 1500 B.C. in Egypt, a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.
There really are such things as "cooties." Though most people believe that "cooties" is just a nonsense word used by children to describe unpleasant insects, cooties are in fact a kind of body lice. The word is from the Malay kutu, meaning louse.
Part of Lewis Carroll's classic "Through the Looking Glass" was omitted from the original publication and was only made known to the general public after 107 years of obscurity. The section, which featured a giant wasp wearing a wig, was left out because Carroll's illustrator, John Tenniel, refused to illustrate it. "A wasp wearing a wig," said Tenniel, "is altogether beyond the appliance of art."
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H U M A N B O D Y
The average human brain has about 100 billion nerve cells.
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H U M A N B O D Y
Nerve impulses to and from the brain travel as fast as 170 miles (274 km) per hour.
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H U M A N B O D Y
Human blood travels 60,000 miles (96,540 km) per day on its journey through the body.
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HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY
If you are between 20 and 65 and reasonably healthy, this test provides a life-insurance-company's-eye view of the future.
(1) Start with 72.
(2) Gender. If you are male, subtract 3.
If you are female, add 4.
That's right, there's a 7-year spread between the sexes.
(3) Life-style. (a) If you live in an urban area with a population over 2,000,000, subtract 2.
If you live in a town under 10,000, or on a farm, add 2.
City life means pollution, tension.
(b) If you work behind a desk, subtract 3.
If your work requires regular, heavy physical labor, add 3.
(c) If you exercise strenuously (tennis, running, swimming, etc.) 5 times a week for at least a half-hour, add 2.
(d) If you live with a spouse or friend, add 5. If not, subtract 1 for every 10 years alone since age 25. People together eat better, take care of each other, are less depressed.
(4) Psyche. (a) Sleep more than 10 hours each night? Subtract 4.
Excessive sleep is a sign of depression, circulatory diseases.
(b) Are you intense, aggressive, easily angered? Subtract 3.
Are you easygoing, relaxed, a follower? Add 3.
(c) Are you happy? Add 1. Unhappy? Subtract 2.
(d) Have you had a speeding ticket in the last year? Subtract 1.
Accidents are the fourth-largest cause of death; first, in young adults.
(5) Success. (a) Earn over $50,000 a year? Subtract 2.
Wealth breeds high living, tension.
(b) If you finished college, add 1.
If you have a graduate or professional degree, add 2 more.
Education seems to lead to moderation; at least that's the theory.
(c) If you are 65 or over and still working, add 3. Retirement kills.
(6) Heredity. (a) If any grandparent lived to 85, add 2.
If all 4 grandparents lived to 80, add 6.
(b) If either parent died of a stroke or heart attack before the age of 50, subtract 4.
(c) If any parent, brother, or sister under 50 has (or had) cancer or a heart condition, or has had diabetes since childhood, subtract 3.
(7) Health. (a) Smoke more than two packs a day? Subtract 8. One to two packs a day? Subtract 6. One half to one? Subtract 3.
(b) Drink the equivalent of a quarter-bottle of liquor a day? Subtract 1.
(c) Overweight by 50 lb. or more? Subtract 8. By 30 to 50 lb.? Subtract 4. By 10 to 30 lb.? Subtract 2.
(d) Men over 40, if you have annual checkups, add 2. Women, if you see a gynecologist once a year, add 2.
( Age Adjustment. Between 30 and 40? Add 2.
Between 40 and 50? Add 3.
Between 50 and 70? Add 4.
Over 70? Add 5.
It's no fun playing the game unless you know how well you've done. The table below tells what percentage of the population you will outlive, providing you make it to the specified age.
Age 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Men 26% 36% 48% 61% 75% 87% 96% 99% 99.9%
Women 15% 20% 30% 39% 53% 70% 88% 97% 99.6%
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