【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A new patient settles comfortably onto the couch and the psychiatrist begins his therapy session.

“I’m not aware of your exact problem,” the doctor says, “so perhaps you should start at the very beginning.”

“Of course,” replies the patient. “In the beginning, I created the Heavens and the Earth . . .”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

Mars is the only other planet besides Earth that has polar ice caps. The northern cap is called the Planum Boreum, with Planum Australe in the south. Scientists now believe that oceans' worth of water may remain buried in the crust of Mars, and not lost to space as previously long thought.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Two priests are standing by the side of the road holding up a sign that reads, “The End is Near! Turn yourself around now before it’s too late!” They plan to hold up the sign to each passing car.

“Leave us alone, you religious nuts!” yells the first driver as he speeds by. From around the curve, the priests hear screeching tires and a big splash.

“Do you think,” one priest says to the other, “it would be better to shorten the sign to ‘Bridge Out’ instead?”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

The moon is drifting away from Earth!

Every year the moon is drifting away from Earth by 3.8 cm (1.496 inches.). Scientists do believe that eventually, the Moon will move out of the field of Earth's Gravity. However, this won't happen for the next billions of years to come.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Looking out into the pitch-black night, a sea captain sees a light dead ahead. It’s on a collision course with his ship.

He sends out a light signal: “Change your course ten degrees east.”

The light signals back to the ship, “Change yours ten degrees west.”

Angrily, the captain sends a second signal, stating, “I’m a navy captain! Change your course, sir!”

“I’m a seaman, second class,” comes back in reply. “You change your course, sir.”

The captain is now furious. “I’m a battleship!” he signals. “I’m not changing course for anything.”

He receives one final call, stating, “Well, I’m a lighthouse, so it’s your call.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

The Swastika Was a Sleeve Insignia in the United States Army Until 1939!!!

The 45th Infantry used a swastika as their sleeve insignia to honor their numerous Native American members, for whom it was a symbol of good luck. After the symbol was co-opted by the Nazis, the Infantry abandoned the symbol and settled on using the Thunderbird as their insignia thereafter.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Three vampire bats live in a cave surrounded by three castles. One night, the bats bet on who can drink the most blood. The first bat comes home with blood dripping off his fangs.

He says, “See that castle over there? I drank the blood of three people.”

The second bat returns with blood around his mouth. He says, “See that castle over there? I drank the blood of five people.”

The third bat comes back covered in blood. He says, “See that castle over there?” The other bats nod. “Well,” says the third bat, “I didn’t.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts about Amazon Jungle:

The Amazon Jungle has an incredibly rich ecosystem – there are around 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 430 mammals, and 2.5 million different insects. (including electric eels, flesh-eating piranhas, poison dart frogs, jaguars, and some seriously venomous snakes and insects.)

Amazon region generally remains hot and humid year-round. The average daily high temperature during the dry season (June through October) is around 100º Fahrenheit (37.7°C), with an occasional tropical shower to help cool things down a bit. Average high temperatures are about 12º cooler during the wet season (November through May) when over 60% of the region’s rainfall occurs. But the air still feels extremely muggy thanks to the increased level of humidity in the forest.

Around 400-500 indigenous Amerindian tribes call the Amazon Jungle home. It’s believed that about fifty of these tribes have never had contact with the outside world!

Due to the thickness of the canopy (the top branches and leaves of the trees), the Amazon floor is in permanent darkness. In fact, it’s so thick that when it rains, it takes around ten minutes for the water to reach the ground!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A husband calls for his wife on his deathbed. He tells his wife that after he passes away he doesn’t want her to be alone. “Six months after I pass, I think it would be okay for you to marry Joe.”

“Joe?” his wife asks. “But I thought you hated Joe.”

“I do,” the man answers.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

Mayans built temples over caves or built them to look like caves because they believed that caves were the entrance to the underworld.

The world's three longest known cave systems are:

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA, 651.8 km (405 mi)

Sistema Sac Actun/Sistema Dos Ojos, Mexico, 319 km (198.2 mi)

Jewel Cave, South Dakota, USA, 267.6 km (166.3 mi).

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

After a preacher died and went to heaven, he noticed a New York cab driver had been awarded a higher place than he. “I don’t understand,” he complained to God. “I devoted my entire life to my congregation.”

God explained to him, “Our policy here in heaven is to reward results. Now, was your congregation well attuned to you whenever you gave a sermon?”

“Well,” the minister had to admit, “some in the congregation fell asleep from time to time.”

“Exactly,” said God, “and when people rode in this man’s taxi, they not only stayed awake, they prayed with their whole hearts.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

The legend of the vampire has been around for centuries within a myriad of cultures. One of the earliest accounts of vampires is found in ancient Sumerian and Babylonian myths, dating to 4,000 B.C.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A burglar breaks into a house late at night. He’s going through all of the family’s belongings when he hears a voice say, “Jesus is watching you.”

He looks around and sees no one, and thinks he’s imagining things. He goes back to what he’s doing and again hears a voice say, “Jesus is watching you.”

He shines his flashlight on a parrot in a cage across the room. “Are you the one saying ‘Jesus is watching me?” he asks the parrot.

“Yes,” the parrot replies.

“What’s your name?” the burglar asks.

“My name is Clarence.”

“Clarence?” the burglar laughs. “That’s a dumb name for a parrot. What idiot named you Clarence?”

The parrot answers, “The same idiot who named his pit bull Jesus.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

European colonization of the Americas killed 10 % of the world's population!

The best estimate is a death toll of 56 million by the beginning of the 1600s, which was 90 % of the pre-Columbian Indigenous population and around 10 % of the global population at the time. This makes it the largest human mortality event in proportion to the global population!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

I noticed a Spider on the living room wall, my wife told me to take the spider out instead of killing it. We had some drinks; cool guy, wants to be a web developer.

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1.5 acres of the Amazon Rainforest vanish every single second due to deforestation, and with it, an average of 137 species become extinct each day. Deforestation in the Amazon alone accounts for 30% of global carbon emissions, and if things continue the way they are, there won’t be anything left in 40 years.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A new business is opening and one of the owner’s friends wants to send him flowers for the occasion. They arrive at the new business site and the owner reads the card: “Rest in Peace.” Understandably the owner is angry and calls the florist to complain.

After he tells the florist of the obvious mistake and how angry he is, the florist replied, “Sir, I’m really sorry for the mistake, but rather than getting angry, you should imagine this. Somewhere there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers with a note saying, ‘Congratulations on your new location.’”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

For every pound of fat gained, you add seven miles of new blood vessels.

New tissue needs blood supply, so your vascular system expands to accommodate it. This also means your heart must work harder to pump blood through the new network, which may reduce oxygenation and nutrient replenishment in other tissues. Lose a pound? Your body will break down and reabsorb the unneeded blood vessels from the previous tissue.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A guy is calling his girlfriend late at night. "Baby, tell me what you are wearing?"

"It is really hot, so I have only blue panties on me," she mischievously replies.

"Can you be more specific?" he asked her, very excited.

" Well... they are 90% cotton and 10% spandex, baby."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

Email facts:

- Almost 2,8 million emails are sent every second.

- Only 10% of the emails a person receives every day are considered important.

- More than 50% of the world’s email is spam.

- People own about 1.8 accounts per user.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Two guys are walking through a game park & they come across a lion that has not eaten for days. The lion starts chasing the two men. They run as fast as they can and the one guy starts getting tired and decides to say a prayer, "Please turn this lion into a Christian, Lord." He looks to see if the lion is still chasing and he sees the lion on its knees. Happy to see his prayer answered, he turns around and heads towards the lion. As he comes closer to the lion, he hears it saying a prayer: "Thank you Lord for the food I am about to receive."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

Beer is the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage. In fact, the world’s first document was an Ancient Sumerian tablet depicting a recipe for beer!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

The wife phones her husband. "Hi! Did you clean the house?" "Uhh...YUP!" "OK, I'm coming home. Need anything?" "Yes... about 2 hours."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts about alcohol:

-The amount of pure alcohol in a typical can of beer, glass of wine, or shot of spirits is the same.

-6 mins – is how long it takes for the brain to start to react to alcohol.

-Milkshakes originally contained alcohol.

-You will need around 600 grapes to make a bottle of red wine.

-Vodka is the world’s most popular alcohol with approx. 5 billion liters are consumed per year.

-No alcoholic beverage can be over about 190% proof (or 95% alcohol). At a higher proof, the beverage self-dilutes by drawing moisture from the air.

-One of the currencies in early colonial Australia was Rum. New South Wales Corps officers bought up all the imported rum and established a monopoly on its trade. When Governor William Bligh attempted to shut it down, he was deposed in Australia’s first and only military coup. It would later be called The Rum Rebellion.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

One day, a young boy finds a magical lamp. He rubs the lamp, and a genie appears and says, “What is your first wish?” The boy says, “I wish I were rich.” The genie replies, “It’s done. What is your second wish, Rich?”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

why most residential buildings in the US are built out of wood while in Europe they mostly use brick or concrete?

Material availability and Economy - In the United States, there are large forests where tree cutting takes place. For this reason, it is very easy to find this material. Wood is also easy to work with, repair, and locate. And the great abundance of wood allows the prices to be significantly less than the material used in other continents.

Mobility - You can actually move a wooden house from one place to another, which is not the case with brick and cement ones.

Reduced taxes - Depending on the state in which the house is built, taxes on wooden houses can be much lower than taxes on houses built with cement and brick.

Tradition - At the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, Europeans, especially the British, arrived in North America, which led to the need to build many houses in a very short time. Using wood was ideal because it allowed house construction to be faster than using cement and brick. Wooden houses began as a need to build houses quickly but ended up becoming an identity hallmark for the US.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Hillary Clinton goes in for her annual gynecological exam. The doctor tells her she’s pregnant. Hillary storms out of the office and calls Bill.

“You got me pregnant! How could you be so careless?”

After a moment of stunned silence, Bill asks, “Who is this?”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The world’s richest 1% have more than twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people!

(The very top of the economic pyramid sees trillions of dollars of wealth in the hands of a very small group of people, predominantly men, whose fortune and power grow exponentially. Billionaires have now more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population.)

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A parishioner who only attends church on holidays is leaving the church after Easter mass. The preacher is standing at the door to shake hands. He grabs the parishioner by the hand and pulls him aside. “You need to join the Army of the Lord!” the pastor tells the parishioner.

The parishioner replies, “I’m already in the Army of the Lord, pastor.”

The pastor questions, “Then how come I don’t see you in the church except at Christmas and Easter?”

The parishioner whispers, “I’m in the secret service.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Using satellite imagery to peer through the rainforest, archaeologists found evidence of ancient human settlements buried in the Amazon Basin. The findings in a few sites they visited were dated to 1500 A.D, but it is believed that some of them are much older than that. People arrived in the Amazon at least 10,000 years ago, and that is plenty of time for civilizations to rise and fall, then be completely obscured by the Jungle.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A very elderly couple is celebrating their seventy-fifth wedding anniversary. The man says to his wife, “Dear, there is something that I must ask you. It has always bothered me that our tenth child never looked quite like the rest. Now, I want to assure you that these seventy-five years have been the most wonderful experience I could have ever hoped for, and your answer could not take all of that away. But, I must know, did he have a different father?”

The wife drops her head, unable to look her husband in the eye, and then confesses. “Yes, he did.”

The old man is very shaken, the reality hitting him harder than he expected. With a tear in his eye, he asks, “Who? Who was he? Who was the father?”

Again the woman drops her head, saying nothing at first as she tries to muster the courage to tell the truth. Then, finally, she says to her husband, “You.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Art theft is a big business. Several thousand pieces of art are stolen on an annual basis, amounting to losses between $4 and $6 billion!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A woman walks into a pet store and sees a handsome bright red parrot. She asks the cashier how much the parrot is. The cashier says, “I’ll sell it, but I should warn you, it was donated by a brothel, so it might have picked up some colorful language.”

The woman says, “Oh, that’s okay.” She buys the parrot and takes it home.

When she takes the towel off its cage, the parrot looks at her and says, “Awk. New madam. Hello madam.”

A few hours later, the woman’s two teenage daughters come home from school. The parrot looks at them and says, “Awk. New girls. Hello girls.”

A couple of hours after that, the woman’s husband Phil comes home from work. The parrot looks at him and says, “Awk. Hi Phil.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Electricity travels at the speed of light!!

It means if you travel as fast as electricity travels, you could go around the world 8 times in the time it takes to turn on a light switch.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Admiring the Christmas trees displayed in his neighbors’ windows, a child asks his father, “Daddy, can we have a Hanukkah tree?”

“What? No, of course not,” says his father.

“Why not?” asks the child again.

Bewildered, his father replies, “Because the last time we had dealings with a lighted bush we spent forty years wandering the desert.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

According to a new analysis of data released by the National Gang Intelligence Center, there are as many as 50,000+ gang members in New York.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A man hates his wife’s cat with a passion and decides to get rid of it once and for all. He drives twenty blocks away from home and drops the cat there. The cat is already walking up the driveway as the man approaches his house. The next day, he decides to drop the cat forty blocks away, but the same thing happens. He keeps on increasing the number of blocks, but the cat keeps on coming home before him.

At last, he decides to drive a few miles away, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then right again, and another right, and so on until he reaches what he thinks is a perfect spot and drops the cat there. Hours later, the man calls his wife at home and asks her, “Jen, is the cat there?”

“Yes, why do you ask?” answers the wife.

Frustrated, the man says, “Put that cat on the phone. I’m lost and I need directions.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

There's now only one country in the world that doesn't use the metric system!

For simplicity's sake, most of the more than 200 countries in the world use the metric system. It's more than 95% of the human population on this planet. However, there were recently three countries that stood out: Liberia, Myanmar, and the United States.

Recently, Liberia's commerce and industry minister said their country plans to adopt the metric system in order to promote accountability and transparency in trade. Myanmar made a similar commitment, which leaves the U.S. as the lone holdout.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

My wife just stopped and said, “You weren’t even listening were you !!!??”

I thought that’s a strange way to start a conversation.

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I went to see my doctor this morning. “Someone decided to graffiti my house last night!” I raged.

“So why are you telling me?” the doctor asked.

“I can’t understand the writing,” I replied. “Was it you?”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Venice is built on logs!

Venice is built on millions of petrified logs that have been driven into the ground. These logs were mainly from Alder trees (known for their water resistance). These were transported to Venice by boat from other countries such as Slovenia and Croatia. Approximately 10 million of them!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

On a visit to see his grandmother, a teen boy listens as she goes on and on about the cost of living. “When I was a young girl,” she moans, “you could go to the store with a dollar and come home with enough food to feed your family for weeks!”

“Well, Grandma,” the boy replies, “We learned about that in school recently, and that’s called inflation.”

“Inflation nothing!” the grandmother answered. “It’s all these darn security cameras they’ve got today!”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

While tips for waiters and waitresses in the USA are an important complement to their wages. in China, it is very uncommon and for decades it was actually prohibited and considered a bribe. For another example, In Japan, it can actually make the receiver feel belittled, if not insulted. The philosophy is that good service should be expected in the first place. Even on rare occasions where tips are expected, it follows a protocol that includes handing the money in special envelopes as a sign of gratitude and respect.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

An Amish boy and his father are visiting a nearby mall. They are amazed by almost everything they see, but especially by two shiny silver walls that move apart and back together again by themselves.

The lad asks, “What is this, father?”

The father, having never seen an elevator, responds, “I have no idea what it is.”

While the boy and his father are watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheelchair rolls up to the moving walls and presses a button. The walls open and the lady rolls between them into a small room. The walls close and the boy and his father watch as small circles light up above the walls. The walls open up again and a beautiful twenty-four-year-old woman steps out. The father looks at his son excitedly and says, “Go get your mother.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The human nose consists of approximately 50 million olfactory receptor cells and can detect more than one trillion different smells!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A little girl asks her mother, “How did the human race appear?” The mother answers, “Well, God made Adam and Eve, and then they had kids. So all mankind was made.” Two days later the little girl asks her father the exact same question. The father answers, “Many years ago, there were monkeys from which the entire human race evolved.” The confused little girl returns to her mother and says, “Mom, you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said man developed from monkeys. Why do you have different stories?” The mother answers, “Well, I was referring to my side of the family and your dad was talking about his side.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Wireless internet was founded in September 1990!

Previous names for wireless Internet were WaveLAN, FlankSpeed, DragonFly, WECA, and IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence, before the more consumer-friendly name of Wi-Fi was adopted. Interbrand invented the term “Wi-Fi” as a play on words of the term “Hi-Fi” or “High Fidelity”. However, Wi-Fi doesn’t actually stand for anything. What added to the confusion was the Wi-Fi Alliance’s use of a nonsense advertising slogan, “The Standard for Wireless Fidelity,” which lead many people to think that Wi-Fi was an abbreviation of “Wireless Fidelity”.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A man pulls over to the side of the road after a police cruiser flashes him to do so. “How long have you been riding around without a taillight?” asked the officer. “Oh, no!” screamed the man, jumping out of the car. “Wait ’til my family finds out! I knew I forgot something.”

“Where’s your family?” the officer confusingly asked.

“They’re in the trailer that I was supposed to hitch to the car!”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Japan has one of the world’s lowest crime rates!

Which makes it one of the safest countries in the world. The most common crimes here include stealing a bicycle or umbrellas left outside the convenience store. At the metro and trains, you can see locals who take a nap while having their phones in their hands or clearly visible. It’s also not uncommon to see people walking around with their backpacks and bags open. Another thing, people don’t even lock their homes all the time or their bicycles!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Sarah watches as her mother tries on an expensive fur coat in a high-end department store. “Do you realize,” Sarah says, “that some poor, dumb animal had to suffer just for you to wear that coat?” Sarah’s mother turns to her and snaps, “Think about how much I’ve suffered! And don’t call your father an animal.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

As nobility, the members of the samurai class had more responsibilities than fighting. The majority of samurai were very well-educated, literacy was extremely high and they were highly skilled mathematicians – all this at a time when very few Europeans could read. Bushido dictated that a samurai should strive to better himself in multiple ways, hence the samurai participated in poetry, rock gardens, ink paintings, calligraphy, literature, flower arranging, and the tea ceremony.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A young man hired by a supermarket reported for his first day of work. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom, and said, “Your first job will be to sweep the store.”

“But I’m a college graduate!” the young man replied.

“Oh, I’m sorry about the misunderstanding,” said the manager. “Here, give me the broom — I’ll show you how.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Idle power consumes more electricity than all the solar panels in America produce. For instance, in the average home, 75 percent of the electricity used to power electronics is consumed while the products are turned off! The average desktop computer idles at 80 watts, while the average laptop idles at 20 watts. A Sony PlayStation 3, for example, used about 200 watts, both when active and idle.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A woman and her husband stop at a dentist’s office. “I need a tooth pulled right away,” she says. “Don’t bother with the Novocain; we’re in a hurry.”

“Which tooth do you want pulled?” asks the dentist.

The woman shoves her husband toward the dentist. “Go ahead, dear. Show him your tooth.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Tardigrade - the most resilient animal in the world!

Tardigrades (also called “water bears or moss piglets) are tiny (about 0.5 mm/0.02 in long when fully grown) micro-animals. They are short and plump, with four pairs of legs, each ending in claws (usually four to eight) or suction disks.

They are also virtually indestructible. The microscopic animals are able to survive in a pot of boiling water, at the bottom of a deep-sea trench, or even in the cold, dark vacuum of space. Tested temperatures survivability ranging from 151 °C (304 °F) to −272 °C (−458 °F)

When short on water, they may curl up in a ball, entering the “tun” state, and slows their metabolism to 0.01 percent of the usual rate; a tardigrade could potentially survive for centuries like this. Japanese researchers froze tardigrades for 30 years before reviving them and watching them reproduce.

They can also withstand 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, doses of 5,000 Gy of gamma rays and 6,200 Gy of heavy ions (5 to 10 Gy could be fatal to a human). One factor for this is their efficient ability to repair damage to their DNA resulting from that exposure.

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【ツ】 (Naughty) Joke of the day:

It’s been 365 days since I’ve been with a girl... I had to go jogging in flip-flops yesterday to at least remind myself of the sound…

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Tokelau (a group of remote islands that are a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean) relies solely on renewable sources of energy in the production and consumption of electricity. Three solar power stations provide 100% of the current electrical demand from photovoltaics, with battery backup. In total, 4,032 solar panels are used and 1,344 batteries weighing 250 kilograms (550 lb) each.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Dave went to the store for a box of mothballs. His closet was infested with moths and he needed a solution. The next day, Dave returned to buy five more boxes.

“Weren’t you just here yesterday to buy a box of mothballs?” the store clerk asked.

“Yes, but I used up that box already. Those suckers are hard to hit when they start moving!”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

It’s a myth that you only use 10 percent of your brain. You actually use all of it. (Yes, even when you are sleeping.) Neurologists confirm that your brain is always active.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A statue of a man and a statue of a woman stood looking at each other for hundreds of years out in a park. One day a wizard, feeling sorry for the statues, brought them to life for 30 minutes. Right away, the two of them ran into some nearby bushes and you could hear all kinds of strange sounds and moans from there. After a while they came back out, giggling. The wizard told them "You have another 15 minutes left, if you want to have another go." The statues looked at each other and the male statue answered "Fine, but this time you hold the pigeon and I'll crap on it."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The Matrix code comes from sushi recipes!

Simon Whiteley, a production and concept designer who made "digital rain” (vertical lines of code streaming down the screen to represent the virtual environment,) said:

“I like to tell everybody that The Matrix’s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes,” explaining that he scanned the characters from Japanese cookbooks owned by his wife. “Without that code, there is no Matrix.”

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A rough and tough cowboy finishes his drink at a bar and gets up to leave. A minute later, he comes back in saying with a mean look in his eye "I'm going to sit down and have one more drink, and if my horse isn't back where I left it, I'm gonna have to do what I done in Texas, And I really don't wanna have to do what I done back in Texas!"

True to his word, he sits down, orders another drink, sits in the [silent] bar, and finishes his drink. He then gets up and walks outside and sure enough, his horse is back tied up where he left it. As he's just about to ride off, one of the other patrons timidly asks, "mister? What was it you had to do in Texas?" The cowboy gets a far-off look in his eyes and says sadly, "I had to walk home."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

An adult person performs more than 20,000 inhalations and exhalations a day.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

When I see lovers' names carved in a tree, I don't think it's sweet. I just think it's quite alarming how many people bring a knife on a date.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Christopher Columbus was the first European slave trader in the Americas. He sent more slaves across the Atlantic Ocean than any individual of his time.

In 1496, Columbus jubilantly wrote Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella: “In the name of the Holy Trinity, we can send from here all the slaves and brazil-​wood which could be sold.”

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A housewife comes running from the kitchen and grabs her husband.

"We have to make love right this moment," she declares, pulling his clothes off.

Not one to waste an opportunity, the man stands at attention and gets to work.

After the deed is done, the man says, "That was pretty good. But why all of a sudden?."

"Oh," the wife replies, "my egg timer is broken."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

US super-rich 'pay almost no income tax!

A ProPublica investigation found that the 25 richest Americans usually pay little to no income taxes. Amazon's Jeff Bezos, paid no tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla's Mr. Musk paid nothing in 2018. This isn’t illegal, since the wealthiest Americans routinely use loopholes in the system to avoid paying their taxes.

One example of how this is done is that US billionaires buy an asset, build one or inherit a fortune, and then borrow against their wealth. Because they don't realize any gains or sell any stock, they're not taking any income, which could be taxed. They then borrow from a bank at a relatively low interest rate, live off that, and can use the interest expenses as deductions on their income.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A Schoolteacher sends home a note with a student. The note reads, ”Your son is an obedient and bright student, but spends too much time talking to girls.”

Mother sends a note back the following day, ”Please advise a solution. Father has the same problem.”

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James Cameron sold movie rights for The Terminator for a dollar. At the time, he was just an unknown filmmaker, so he handed over the rights to the script for $1 on the terms that he would be allowed to direct the movie. (The franchise earned over $2 billion!)

Cameron later said, "I wish I hadn't sold the rights for one dollar. If I had a little time machine and I could only send back something the length of a tweet, it'd be—Don't sell!"

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Great news, Mr. Bradley,” the psychiatrist reported. “After eighteen months of therapy, I can pronounce you finally and completely cured of your kleptomania. You’ll never be trapped by the desire to steal again.”

“Gee, that’s great, Doc,” the patient replied.

“And just to prove it, I want you to stop by the mall on the way home and walk the length of the stores. You’ll see that you’ll feel no temptation to shoplift whatsoever.”

“Oh, Doctor, what can I do to thank you?”

“Well,” suggested the psychiatrist, “if you DO have a relapse, I could use a new TV.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Human babies cannot taste salt until they are 4 months old.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A Philosophical Question:

If the woman is always right, and a man is always wrong. Then, if a man tells a woman that she's right.

Is the man right or wrong?"

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Beer was considered a soft drink in Russia until 2011!

Beer was legally classified as an alcoholic drink in Russia in 2011 after former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the bill. Until then, anything containing less than 10% alcohol was considered foodstuff in Russia.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A man asks a farmer near a field, “Sorry sir, would you mind if I crossed your field instead of going around it? You see, I have to catch the 4:23 train.”

The farmer says, “Sure, go right ahead. And if my bull sees you, you’ll even catch the 4:11 one.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Horses have a nearly 360-degree field of vision!

This is due to the positioning of their eyes on the sides of their head. However, they have two blind spots – one directly behind them, and the other just in-front and below their nose. This means that they cannot see the grass they are grazing on, or the carrot you are sticking out to them! Instead, they use their mobile and sensitive lips, whiskers, and sense of smell to know what is in front of them and decide if they want to eat it.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

"Your Honor," the hunter said, "I had no idea that it was illegal to kill and eat a bald eagle. If you let me go, I'll never do it again."

"You've committed a very serious crime," the judge replies. "But you clearly weren't aware of the law, so I'm willing to overlook it this one time. However, before I let you go, I'm going to ask you to do one thing."

"Anything, Your Honor," the hunter replies. "What is it?"

The judge says, "It's been illegal to kill a protected species for many years, so very few people have ever eaten a bald eagle. For the record, can you please tell everyone what a bald eagle tastes like?"

The hunter thinks for a moment and then replies, "It tastes pretty good. Kind of like a cross between a spotted owl and a condor."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

An endangered species is one whose numbers are so small that it is at risk of extinction. 99% of currently threatened species are at risk from human activities, primarily those driving habitat loss, the introduction of exotic species, and global warming.

Scientists predict that as many as 30 to 50% of all species on the planet are possibly heading toward extinction by mid-century.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A friend hosted a dinner party for people from work and everyone was encouraged to bring their children. All during the sit-down dinner, one co-worker’s three-year-old girl stared at the man sitting across from her. The girl could hardly eat her food from staring.

The man checked his tie, felt his face for food, patted his hair in place, but nothing stopped her from staring at him. He tried his best to just ignore her but finally, it was too much for him. He asked her, “Excuse me little girl, but why do you keep staring at me?”

Everyone at the table had noticed her behavior, and the table went quiet for her response. The little girl said, “I just want to see how you drink like a fish.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Your funny bone is actually a nerve.

The name "funny bone" comes from the humerus bone, which connects the shoulder to the elbow. However, that's not the source of the tingling sensation you feel when you bump your elbow just right. It's actually the result of the humerus bone coming into contact with the ulnar nerve, which is responsible for telling the brain about feelings in the ring and pinky fingers.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

An older, white-haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young woman at his side. He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend.

The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring.

The old man said, “No, I’d like to see something more special.”

At that statement, the jeweler went to his special stock and brought out another ring.

“Here’s a stunning ring at only $40,000″ the jeweler said. The young lady’s eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement.

The old man, seeing this, said, “We’ll take it.”

The jeweler asked how payment would be made and the old man said, “By check, but I know you need to make sure my check is good, so I’ll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds. I’ll pick the ring up Monday afternoon.” he said.

Monday morning, the jeweler phoned the old man. “There’s no money in that account.”

“I know,” said the old man, “But let me tell you about my weekend!!”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn. Pepper dates back to the 4th century BC! For more than 4,000 years, humans have been using peppercorns to spice up their favorite food dishes!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

After the North American Beer Festival, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer. The guy from Corona sits down and says, ‘Hey Senor, I would like the world’s best beer, a Corona .’ The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.

The guy from Budweiser says, ‘I’d like the best beer in the world, give me ‘The King Of Beers’, a Budweiser.’ The bartender gives him one.

The guy from Coors says, ‘I’d like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors.’ He gets it.

The guy from Molson Canadian sits down and says, ‘Give me a Coke.’ The bartender is a little taken aback but gives him what he ordered. The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask, ‘Why aren’t you drinking a Molson’s?’

The Molson Canadian president replies, ‘Well, I figured if you guys aren’t drinking beer, neither would I.’

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Marriages in the West were originally contracts between the families of two partners, with the Catholic Church and the state staying out of it. In 1215, the Catholic Church decreed that partners had to publicly post banns, or notices of an impending marriage in a local parish, to cut down on the frequency of invalid marriages (the Church eliminated that requirement in the 1980s). Still, until the 1500s, the Church accepted a couple's word that they had exchanged marriage vows, with no witnesses or corroborating evidence needed.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

An expectant mother was being rushed to the hospital but didn’t quite make it. She gave birth to her baby on the hospital lawn.

Later, the father received a bill, listing “Delivery Room Fee: $500”

He wrote back to the hospital and reminded them the baby was born on the front lawn.

A week passed, and a corrected bill arrived: “Greens Fee: $700.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Camels originated in North America but became extinct on the continent 10,000 years ago.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A six-year-old boy called his mother from his friend Charlie’s house and confessed he had broken a lamp when he threw a football in their living room.

“But, Mom,” It’s OK ….. he said, “you don’t have to worry about buying another one. Charlie’s mother said it was irreplaceable.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The belief that breaking a mirror will bring you seven years of bad luck origins from Roman times when the Romans believed that by breaking an old mirror you also break your soul. Today, this is still a common belief among most individuals.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

I called an old high school classmate and asked what he was doing.

He replied that he was working on “Aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminum, and steel under a constrained environment.”

I was impressed…

Upon further inquiring, I learned that he was washing dishes with hot water under his wife’s supervision.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Do You Have an Inner Monologue? Not Everyone Does!

Some people have an internal narrative and some don't. As in, some people's thoughts are like sentences they “hear”, and some people just have abstract non-verbal thoughts, and have to consciously verbalize them. Most people aren't aware that the other type of person exists.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A pregnant woman goes into a coma moments after she gives birth to twins, one boy, and one girl. When she awakens, several days later, she cries out frantically to see her children. The doctors come to her, and the first thing she asks is "How are my children?" "Fine," says the doctor, your brother named them. She thinks to herself, Oh no, my brother's an idiot. "What did he name them?" she asks the doctor. "He named the girl Denise," said the doctor. Well, maybe I misjudged my brother, Denise isn't such a bad name, she realizes. "What did he name the boy?" Replies the doctor "Denephew."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Once a wolf has found a mate, they tend to stay together for better or worse, through sickness and health, often until death due them part. In addition to a trend toward monogamy, wolves develop such strong social bonds for their family and other loved ones, they have been known to sacrifice themselves for the survival of the pack/family unit.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Dear John,

I have been unable to sleep since I broke off our engagement. Won’t you forgive and forget? Your absence is breaking my heart. I was a fool for thinking he was better than you, nobody can take your place.

All my love,

Belinda.

Hugs and Kisses xoxoxox

P.S. Congratulations on winning last week’s Powerball lottery

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Frogs can breathe through their skin!

Frogs have lungs as we do and if their lungs fill with water, they can drown just like us. But, frogs can also breathe through their skin. They use their skin to absorb oxygen when underwater, but if there is not enough oxygen in the water, they will drown.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Jake was dying. His wife sat at the bedside.

He looked up and said weakly, “I have something I must confess.”

“There’s no need to,” his wife replied.

“No,” he insisted, “I want to die in peace. I cheated on you. Even worse, I slept with your sister, your best friend, her best friend... and your mother!”

“I know, I know,” she replied. “Now just rest and let the poison work.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

There is archaeological evidence dogs were the first animals domesticated by humans more than 30,000 years ago (more than 10,000 years before the domestication of horses and other animals). This started when wolves began scavenging food scraps from humans, who then began to domesticate the wolves providing them with shelter and protection. In return, the wolves helped the human hunter-gatherers with hunting. As these domesticated wolves were breeding, over 1,000s of years they became dogs as we know them today.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Bob and Jack are walking in a forest when suddenly they encounter a poisonous snake. The snake lunges at Jack and bites him right in the private parts. Panic ensues as they chase off the snake. Jack is freaking out that he's been bit. "Call 911 Bob! Call 911!"

Bob whips out his phone, dials 911 and they get a doctor on the line. He quickly explains the situation and what kind of snake it was.

The Doc says to him, "You're going to have to locate the bite and remove the poison via suction. You have to act quick, otherwise, the venom will spread too far."

Jack looks up at his friend and asks,"What did she say?".

Bob looks down at him, as they shared a look only best friends can, and says, "I am so sorry Jack, there is nothing to be done. You are going to die."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Evidence of slavery precede written records; the practice has existed in many if not most cultures. Mass slavery requires economic surpluses and a high population density to be viable. Due to these factors, the practice of slavery would have only proliferated after the invention of agriculture during the Neolithic Revolution, about 11,000 years ago.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

My highly judgmental mother-in-law came for a visit so I asked her, " How long do you plan to stay?"

"Just until I start getting on your nerves," she replied.

"Oh, so you won't even stay for a coffee?"

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The oldest person ever to have lived (whose age could be authenticated), was a French woman named Jeanne Louise Calment. She was 122 years old when she died in 1997!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

The teacher gets mad at Little Johnny because he missed the class.

"Why did you miss the class, Johnny? You knew we had a very important test today."

"Well, it’s the mating season and I had to take our bull to the neighbor's cow for mating."

"This is outrageous," yells the teacher. "You are telling me your father couldn’t do it himself?"

"I guess he could Miss, but the bull is the right way to go."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Amazon’s Kindle was originally going to be named “Fiona.” The name is derived from a character in science fiction writer Neal Stephenson’s book The Diamond Age. This character has a machine, much like the Kindle, that contains the electronic version of all libraries.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

When God created man:

God's angel assistant: Is it done?

God: Hmm, add a little toe to his foot.

God's angel assistant: Why?

God: For furniture.

God's angel assistant: Furniture?

God: Trust me, it'll be hilarious.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

At birth, there are 14 billion cells in the human brain. This number does not increase throughout a person's lifetime. After 25 years, the number of cells falls by 100,000 every day. About 70 cells die in the minute it takes you to read a page in a book. After 40 years, the decline of the brain accelerates sharply, and after 50 years neurons (that is, nerve cells) shrink and the brain gets smaller!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says "five shots please."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The siege of Heraklion (today, Heraklion, Crete) was the longest siege in history: it lasted for twenty-one years, which means that those born in the first years of the siege came to fight in the last battles.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

The owner of a small deli was being questioned by an IRS agent about his tax return. He had reported a net profit of $80,000 for the year.

“Why don’t you people leave me alone?” the deli owner said. “I work like a dog, everyone in my family helps out, the place is only closed three days a year…and you want to know how I made $80,000?”

“It’s not your income that bothers us,” the agent said. “It’s these deductions. You listed six trips to Bermuda for you and your wife.”

“Oh, that,” the owner said smiling. “Didn’t I mention? We deliver anywhere…”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The Trojan War lasted around 10+ years. A bit long if one considers that the average life expectancy during the Bronze Age is estimated to be just 26 years. The legend says that the survivors of Troy, led by the hero Aeneas, traveled to Italy and became the ancestors of the Romans.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

My ex-girlfriend just told me she wants us to get back together again.

Man, I sure am Lucky!

I mean, first I win the lottery, and now this!!!

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Roosters have built-in earplugs!

Considering a rooster's call can reach 140 decibels or louder, it might leave one to wonder how the rooster itself keeps from going deaf when that noise is coming right out of its beak. It turns out, the farm fowl have built-in earplugs. Researchers found that when a rooster opens its beak to crow, its external auditory canals close off, preventing sound from coming in and doing any damage.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

My grandpa returned from the war with one leg.

He never said to whom it belonged.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The longest lava tube we know of is the Kazumura cave on the island of Hawaii. It is both the longest and deepest known tube in the world, stretching 40 miles (64.3 km) long and over 3,000 ft (914.4 m) down!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

What’s the difference between a running and a flying mouse?

The flying one has a hawk attached to its back.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

There are around 1,500 active volcanoes in the world!

An active volcano is one that has erupted within the last 10,000 years or it has some type of activity going on. At present, there are about 600 volcanoes that have had known eruptions during recorded history, while about 50-70 volcanoes are erupting each year.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Two bears are observing an approaching group of knights in shiny armors.

“Ah well,” sighs one of them, “canned lunch it is.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Between 1525 and 1866, in the entire history of the slave trade to the New World, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World. 10.7 million survived the passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean, and South America. It is estimated that only 388,000 slaves were brought to the U.S.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Husband: “Do you want some fries, honey?”

Wife: “No, they just make me fat.”

*** WARNING! From now on, every sentence could be deadly. ***

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Genghis Khan established the concept of passports to protect diplomats, merchants, and messengers. Metal tablets forged from gold, silver, or iron were often printed in multiple languages so they could be understood across the different cultures and languages spoken in the great empire. Unlike the passports of today, these plaques demanded the safe passage of the traveler. Anyone who declined or disobeyed the order-was killed.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Two mice meet.

"Look," says one, "I've got a new boyfriend!" and shows the other mouse a picture on her mobile phone.

“Oh my God,” yells the other mouse, “that’s a bat!”

“What?! The guy told me he was a pilot!”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is most commonly used as a pain killer or to reduce fever or inflammation. It is not exactly a new drug, as it has been used as a traditional medicine for more than 3500 years! Ancient Sumerians and Egyptians made an early version of it from the

Willow bark, boiling it in water to extract the active agent within - salicin.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A guy asks his neighbor in an apartment building: “Mr. Trepper, you live directly above me and you have the same 2-room apartment as I do. How many rolls of wallpaper did you buy when you moved in?

“We got 18 rolls,” answers the neighbor.

Two months later the guy meets his neighbor again and says, “It’s really funny – I put the wallpaper on everywhere and I still had 10 rolls left over.”

Neighbor smiles, “Yeah, so did we.“

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

There are over 7,000 languages worldwide (most of them are dialects). Over 3000 of them are endangered today (often with less than 1,000 speakers remaining), and about one language becomes extinct every two weeks.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

College is really just kidnapping done backward.

If you don’t give us a ridiculously large amount of money, we’ll send you your child back.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

When conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured Inca Emperor Atahualpa, the Emperor offered to fill a room once with gold and twice with silver if the Spanish would spare his life. Pizarro agreed and Atahualpa paid the ransom, but the Spanish executed Atahualpa anyway. He was the last Inca Emperor.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

My great grandfather’s been to the Titanic. He was warning the people that it was going to sink right from the start. But nobody paid attention.

Great gramps persevered, but everybody refused to listen.

He kept trying and trying, but all it got him was getting kicked out of the movie theater.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

Public holidays are usually to honor important historical dates or the religious traditions of specific countries. When you take a look at the list of public holidays in the world, Asian countries are in the lead. Cambodians enjoy 28 public days off annually. Sri Lanka 25 days off, India and Kazakhstan 21 days of public holidays. Turkey 16 days, Lithuania and Sweden 15 days. Colombia 18, Argentina 15, and Chile 14.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A police officer stops a car and says: “Congratulations, sir! You are the 1,000,000th car to drive over this bridge – you win $10,000! What will you do with that money?”

The driver gets very emotional and says, “First of all, I’ll finally get my driver’s license!” The wife cuts in, “Don’t listen to him, officer, he’s still drunk!”

A hard-of-hearing granny from the back seat grumbles, “I knew we shouldn’t have taken the stolen car!”

A voice from the trunk adds, “Hey, are we past the border now?”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

December was one of the original months in the ancient Roman calendar, which was in use from around 750 BC until 45 BC. In this original Roman calendar, December was actually the tenth month (Latin decem for “ten”). This placement makes a lot more sense for December, as this month’s name translates into “tenth month”. When Julius Caesar changed the calendar in 45 BC to the Julian calendar he added two months, January and February, which were inserted at the beginning of the calendar year. These changes have forever cursed December to be a month with the wrong name.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A man to a psychiatrist: “How do you select who should be admitted to your facility?”

The psychiatrist replies: “We fill a bathtub with water and give the person a spoon, a cup, and a bucket. Then we ask that person to empty the bathtub.”

The man smiles: “Ah, I understand, if you are sane you would take the bucket.”

The Psychiatrist replies: “No, a sane guy pulls the plug. Do you want a room with or without a balcony?”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The month of December brings the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. (This is the shortest day of the year with the least amount of daylight). In 2021, the solstice occurs on Tuesday, December 21!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A company owner was asked a question by a reporter, "How do you motivate your employees to be so punctual?"

He smiled & replied, "It's simple. I have 30 employees and 29 free parking spaces. One is paid parking."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The 12 days of Christmas (also known as Twelvetide) is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day). The Twelve Days, using the Gregorian calendar (Eastern Christianity) correspond to 7 and 19 January and end at sunset on 18 January.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A guy goes to a private clinic, and talks to the doctor:

- Hello, doc, how are you? I've been very ill lately, I don't know why.

- I see. Take this medicine and pay the medical bill on your way out.

- How much?

- $1.800

- What? This is so expensive.

- But this is the price.

- Can you do a discount for a colleague?

- Are you a doctor too???

- No, I'm a thief...

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts:

The original name for the search engine Google was Backrub. It was renamed Google after the mathematical term googol, which is the number one followed by 100 zeros.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A young American tourist goes on a guided tour of a creepy old European castle. At the end of the tour, the guide asks her how she enjoyed it. She admits to being a bit worried about seeing a ghost in some of the dark cobwebby rooms and passages.

"Don't worry," says the guide, "I've never seen a ghost all the time I've been here."

"How long is that?" asks the girl.

"Oh, about three hundred years..."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting facts about ebooks:

Electronic books were described by a sci-fi writer Stanisław Lem in 1961.

Launched in 1990, Sony Data Discman was the first commercially available ebook reader in the world.

Sony LIBRIé, the first e-reader using the E-Ink screen, was launched in April 2004 in Japan.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

What’s the difference between a mirage and a Tinder date?

One is an optical illusion, the other is an optical disillusion.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

In June of 2016, Apple agreed to pay out $400 million in a settlement regarding eBooks. The company was found guilty of conspiring with five major U.S. publishers to drive up eBook prices!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

An English teacher asks Little Johnny: “Make an opposite of this sentence: ‘Kids in the dark usually make errors.’”

Little Johnny: “Errors in the dark usually make children."

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

The mechanism that allows us to find room for dessert after a big meal is called sensory specific satiety, which means the body has different limits for different foods as a way to ensure a balanced intake of nutrients.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

What sign has probably never been made in Braille?

“Danger, do not touch.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

The largest known living organism is an aspen grove!

Pando (Latin for "I spread out"), also known as the trembling giant, is a group of genetically identical quaking aspens in Utah with an interconnected root system. It is the heaviest known organism, estimated to weigh collectively 6,000 tonnes (6,000,000 kg). It's also estimated that is between 10,000 to 80,000 years old, and takes up more than 100 acres.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

This morning I saw my neighbor talking to her cat.

It was obvious the poor woman thought the cat understood her.

When I got home I told my dog… we laughed a lot.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

The world’s oldest country is in Europe!

It may not surprise you to know that the Old Continent is home to some of the oldest countries on earth. But one of our fun facts is that the title of the world’s oldest country goes to San Marino. A small country covering just 61 km2 (24 sq mi) and has a population of 33,562. Originally formed in 301 AD!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

A senior citizen called her husband during his drive home, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Interstate 90, Please be careful!"

Herman said, "It's not just one car. There are hundreds of them!"

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

A bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1000 flowers, and produces less than a teaspoon of honey. For us, it's just a teaspoon of honey - but for a bee - it's a lifetime!

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

If at first, you don’t succeed… then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

Snow warms you up!

Because snow is comprised of 90 to 95 percent trapped air, it means it’s a great insulator. This is the reason many animals burrow deep into the snow during winter to hibernate. It’s also the reason that igloos, which can use only body heat to warm them, can be 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37°C) warmer inside than outside.

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【ツ】 Joke of the day:

Every time a little boy went to a playmate’s house, he found the friend’s grandmother deeply engrossed in her Bible. Finally, his curiosity got the better of him.

“Why do you suppose your grandmother reads the Bible so much?” he asked.

“I’m not sure,” said his friend, “but I think she’s cramming for her finals.”

（◔◡◔´）Interesting fact:

People who are currently alive represent about 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived!

According to the Population Reference Bureau, since the time Homo sapiens first hit the scene, more than 117 billion members of our species have been born. And a large part of that number is alive right now. According to the bureau, the number of people alive today represents 7% of the total number of humans who have ever lived.

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Many more to come.... :)