Guess the Word 2
I am a five letter word namely
1 2 3 4 5 … which is under you
If you put out 1, it’s above you
If you put out 1 and 2, it’s around you
What am I?
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Michael Jackson: “Billie Jean”
Michael Jackson was also known as the “King of Pop”. How well do you know this song?
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e-da-cious
adjective :: Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
“Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time.” –Thomas Carlyle
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One technique for becoming lucid in a dream is to ask yourself if you are dreaming. If you are awake, the answer will clearly be “no”. But if you are sleeping, the answer is not so certain. There is a high likelihood that this question will cause you to realize that you are dreaming.
To take advantage of this you should get into the habit of asking yourself on a regular basis if you are dreaming. If it becomes habit, then it is likely that you will ask yourself when you are actually asleep. We have already discussed how you should ask this question whenever you see a dreamsign. Unfortunately, dreams don’t always have easily identifiable dreamsigns, so you should try to ask yourself this question at other times of the day. It’s difficult to remember to ask yourself this question without any sort of cue, so pick something that you encounter on a regular basis and ask the question whenever you see it. For example, you may ask yourself if you are dreaming every time you walk through a door.
The more you ask yourself this question during the day, the more likely it will be that you do it while asleep.
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The human brain reaches its full size by age 20 and then starts shrinking by about 1% per year. Male brains actually shrink slightly faster than female brains, but before you draw any conclusions it should be noted that there is no evidence that brain size determines ability. Rather, it is how your brain is constructed that matters.
The decrease in brain mass is not due to the death of neurons. In fact, recent research is showing that you can actually make new neurons as you age. The shrinkage is mostly due to changes within the neurons. In particular, the number of branching dendrites and connecting synapses decreases with age. Additionally, age causes the deterioration of the protective covering that surrounds the neurons. This may contribute to decreased mental performance.
Smoking, drinking and high cholesterol are all thought to hasten the shrinkage of the brain, so there’s yet another reason to give up your vices.
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Oooh, I’ve got a tricky, tricky optical illusion for you today! I have to admit that this one blew my mind a little when I saw it.
Take a look at today’s optical illusion and tell me what you see…
I probably should have mentioned that it gave me a bit of a headache as well, huh?
Anyway, headaches aside, what did you see? If you’re like most people, you probably saw a spiral optical illusion. However, what would you say if I told you that this actually isn’t a spiral optical illusion at all? The black and white lines above isn’t a spiral, but a bunch of concentric circles! The pattern of the circles just makes it difficult for your eyes to follow and you see a spiral instead of the circles.
If you don’t believe me, try following one of the lines with your finger or mouse. You’ll see that each line is a separate circle and not a neverending spiral!
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But you already knew this…
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1794 – Hungarian revolutionary Ignác Martinovics arrested in Vienna
1829 – Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited
1858 – Britain’s Queen Victoria telegraphs US President James Buchanan
1861 – Skirmishes at Fredericktown/Kirkville, Missouri
1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tōhoku University) admits its first female students.
1918 – US troops overrun at Archangelsk by Bolshevik troops
1959 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Seattle Golf Open
1967 – Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves
1987 – Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
1988 – IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence
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