Franz Schubert
"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife."
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"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife."
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Stephen Hawking's favorite song is the Rod Stewart love ballad "Have I Told You Lately."
John Lennon was the only Beatle who didn't become a full-time vegetarian.
There are now more guns than people in the United States.
Octopuses have copper-based blood instead of iron-based blood, which is why their blood is blue rather than red.
Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" is the first song to ever reach 500 million streams on Spotify.
"Orangutan" means "forest person."
Clocks run clockwise because that's the way shadows move on sundials in the northern hemisphere.
Mycobacterium vaccae, a bacteria commonly found in soil, acts as a natural antidepressant—which is why being in nature can be so soothing.
The only countries that are double-landlocked—landlocked by countries that also landlocked—are Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein.
A video game developer snuck a proposal into a game, but his girlfriend refused to play it for years, delaying their eventual marriage.
Human touch can detect something just 13 nanometers in size.
Rabies accounts for nearly all vampiric behaviors, including sensitivity to garlic and light, nocturnal habits, and fatal bites.
According to a study, people who play Tetris 30 minutes a day develop thicker brain cortexes than those who don't.
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John Lennon was the only Beatle who didn't become a full-time vegetarian.
There are now more guns than people in the United States.
Octopuses have copper-based blood instead of iron-based blood, which is why their blood is blue rather than red.
Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" is the first song to ever reach 500 million streams on Spotify.
"Orangutan" means "forest person."
Clocks run clockwise because that's the way shadows move on sundials in the northern hemisphere.
Mycobacterium vaccae, a bacteria commonly found in soil, acts as a natural antidepressant—which is why being in nature can be so soothing.
The only countries that are double-landlocked—landlocked by countries that also landlocked—are Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein.
A video game developer snuck a proposal into a game, but his girlfriend refused to play it for years, delaying their eventual marriage.
Human touch can detect something just 13 nanometers in size.
Rabies accounts for nearly all vampiric behaviors, including sensitivity to garlic and light, nocturnal habits, and fatal bites.
According to a study, people who play Tetris 30 minutes a day develop thicker brain cortexes than those who don't.
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Source Vs Resource
When we speak about a
'source', our focus is on where we obtain something. What can be obtained from that source can be good or bad. When we speak of something being a 'resource', implicit in our use of the word is that what we obtain from that 'source/resource' is something good, or at least what we consider to be good and of value.
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When we speak about a
'source', our focus is on where we obtain something. What can be obtained from that source can be good or bad. When we speak of something being a 'resource', implicit in our use of the word is that what we obtain from that 'source/resource' is something good, or at least what we consider to be good and of value.
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The average citizen of Liechtenstein doesn't lock their door because country's crime is so low. The last murder was 10yrs ago, as of 2007
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The QWERTY
1. Christopher Latham Sholes invented the Qwerty layout used for the keyboards.
2. The layout is designed to "slow down" typers. Which ensured that old typewriters did not get jammed up.
3. Qwerty manages to slow down typing by placing the most common letters on the left hand side. The letters E T and A (the most common characters in English) are all on the left hand side.
4. To be specific, the vertical columns TGB and YHN are considered the central columns.
5. Small bumps can be felt on F and J keys. They mark the left and right sides respectively.
6. 400+ English words can be typed from the left hand alone, with only about 100 coming from the right hand. Therefore, Qwerty wouldn't actually slow down lefties or ambies.
7. The diagonally arranged vertical columns also help in slowing down.
8. Dvorak is the second most commonly used keyboard layout.
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1. Christopher Latham Sholes invented the Qwerty layout used for the keyboards.
2. The layout is designed to "slow down" typers. Which ensured that old typewriters did not get jammed up.
3. Qwerty manages to slow down typing by placing the most common letters on the left hand side. The letters E T and A (the most common characters in English) are all on the left hand side.
4. To be specific, the vertical columns TGB and YHN are considered the central columns.
5. Small bumps can be felt on F and J keys. They mark the left and right sides respectively.
6. 400+ English words can be typed from the left hand alone, with only about 100 coming from the right hand. Therefore, Qwerty wouldn't actually slow down lefties or ambies.
7. The diagonally arranged vertical columns also help in slowing down.
8. Dvorak is the second most commonly used keyboard layout.
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You can see the light from the led infront of your remote control through a camera.
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