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There is a word for the fear of the number 13: Triskadekaphobia
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At the Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, 82-year-old Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy has solved the mystery of leadership: He brings eyesight to the blind and light to the soul. Today, he runs five hospitals that perform more than 180,000 operations each year. Seventy percent of his patients are charity cases; the remaining 30% seek him out and pay for his services because the quality of his wor... posted on Apr 10 2002, 2,036 reads
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Nanotechnology has produced a guitar no bigger than a blood
cell. The guitar, 10 micrometers long, has six strummable
strings.... posted on Apr 06 2002, 1,043 reads
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A severe housing shortage on their reservation and the chance to win a national competition prompted a group of Native American, middle-school girls in Montana to develop a way to build a study hall out of straw. They won.... posted on Apr 05 2002, 1,123 reads
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Architect Harold Fisher, still working at 100 years of age, was honored as America's "oldest worker."... posted on Apr 02 2002, 1,157 reads
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Fabio Selvig was hit by a huge truck while biking. He should have been dead on the spot. But he wasn't. He should have been crippled for life. But he wasn't. He should never have raced a bike again. But he did.... posted on Mar 28 2002, 1,062 reads
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A free encyclopedia? In 2001, a collaborative project started to produce a complete encyclopedia from scratch. No one owns the projects and anyone can contribute to it. To date, close to 30,000 articles have been added.... posted on Mar 23 2002, 1,189 reads
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National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University reported this week that teens consumed 25 percent of all alcohol consumed in the U.S. Furthermore, 87% of adults who drink had their first drink of alcohol before age 21.... posted on Mar 06 2002, 1,332 reads
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To the question "Have you realized your dreams?" 5% of those who made $15,000/yr said yes. When the same question was asked to those who made $100,000/yr, 6% said yes. (from Here and Now in the 90's, by Ram Dass)... posted on Mar 05 2002, 1,276 reads
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