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The world’s first skyscraper was the Home Insurance building in Chicago. It was 138 feet tall with 10 stories, built in 1885, and demolished in 1931. There are 12 federal reserve banks in the U.S. created under the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. They are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis,…
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Do me a favor. Don’t tell me what to do. -Ray Donovan- Has it been six days already since I’ve posted a blog entry? I guess so. I spent the beginning of the week watching the first of the Presidential debates (half shaking my head and a few times laughing at what was being played…
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Time has a way of making things seem distant in some ways, but in other ways there isn’t that much change. When the Challenger exploded in 1986, I had no idea I’d see a space shuttle much later in life when the Endeavour was retired at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. I’m much…
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Green with envy, I put you there, to defrost and drink you later. I do other things, gobble my time, chomp away. Night falls and it’s morning again, unaware I left you there. I begin my day, hammer away, the weight of my life disappears. Orange with no emergency, I go outside, check on the…
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The most abused drug in the world is caffeine. There’s about 47 mg of caffeine in 8 ounces of black tea and 96 mg of caffeine in 8 ounces of coffee. Green tea has less caffeine at 28 mg and obviously decaf has the least amount of caffeine. Emerson Spartz flew from Chicago to London…
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There lies the problem, and not calling it a problem is the first step, the first step to what makes anyone’s life better. You come from it at a different angle. I’ve been known to complain about not having enough time. I’m sure the naysayers are there actually is enough time if you make the…
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The costliest Apple product is the Mac Pro that can price as high as around 52,000 dollars. There’s a long list of things that can kill or shrink brain cells, but the brain does have the ability to repair itself by growing new cells. It is called neurogenesis. Oklahoma has more manmade lakes than any…
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These kinds of documentaries can either be a hit or a miss, but this one is a complete hit. It deals with the competition of putting together Rubix cubes at record speeds. In 2019 the World Cube Association was held in Melbourne, Australia. The cubing competition was stiff and two of the competitors couldn’t have…
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Due to the recent passing of Ruth Bader-Ginsburg yesterday, I decided to look at all the justices that have served on the U.S. Supreme Court. So far 14 Justices have served 30 plus years with longest length served being 36 years and 221 day with William O. Douglas from 1939 to 1975. There are five…
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