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If you’re like most people you love getting phone calls from your special friends and family members on your birthday.
After all, it’s a very special day that only comes around once a year.
But guess what? You shouldn’t wait for your mom to call you on your birthday. If you’re lucky enough to still have her around you should call her instead.
Why? Because your birthday is just as special and important to your mom as it is to you!
Think about it for a moment…
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As you might imagine, every state in the USA has a highest point. And yes, that even includes the “flat” states.
Can you name the highest point in every state?
How about the highest point in your own state?
Most of the states with the highest points lie relatively close to either the east or west coast thanks to the Appalachian and Rocky Mountain ranges, but there are a few states in the “flat” center that might surprise you. [Read more…]
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the most popular and most highly paid comedians of their era (the 1940s and early 1950s).
Like many other comedians of that time they specialized in taking ordinary everyday situations and turning them into masterpieces of comedy.
And absolutely no-one did it better.
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Some of the most crucial (and most difficult) computations in the field of space travel are used to determine the trajectories and orbits of rockets and various types of space vehicles.
One simple mistake can cause a spacecraft to miss a planned rendezvous with another vehicle or even miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit and explore a comet or some other heavenly body that’s hurtling through space.
And in some situations a mistake in these calculations can even cost the crew members their lives.
Back when space pioneers like Alan Shepard and John Glenn were gearing up for their historic flights, they depended on an amazing lady named Katherine Johnson to calculate the trajectories and orbits of their crafts – and she made those calculations by hand!
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Have you ever driven past an auto accident and wondered if the people involved were seriously injured, perhaps even fatally?
If so, chances are seeing that “wreck” prompted you to start driving a little slower than usual (at least for a while) due to the fear of being caught up in a crash yourself.
Well here’s something to consider…