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Before 2011's Super Bowl XLV approximately 100,000 t-shirts declaring the Steelers as the world champions were printed and delivered to retail stores. Due to NFL rules the losing team's shirts can't be sold and until 1995 they were destroyed. Since 1995 those shirts have been donated to World Vision, an international, evangelical relief and development organization working in 100 countries. Each year the number of shirts varies, depending on whether major retailers have stores in the area of Super Bowl contenders and how popular the participating teams are. In Zambia, Armenia, Romania and Nicaragua Pittsburgh won!
New York City's Bronx zoo had an unusual suggestion for a 2011 Valentine's gift – a Madagascar hissing cockroach. The Wildlife Conservation Society that runs the zoo was trying to raise money by offering zoo visitors an opportunity to name one of the huge roaches after their sweetheart in exchange for a $10 donation per name. Approximately 1,700 names were bought in the promotion's first 2 days and in return the buyers received a certificate. According to a zoo spokesperson, naming a roach after a sweetheart honors his/her resourcefulness and resiliency. "Flowers will wilt. Chocolates melt. Roaches are forever".
Webster, Massachusetts – a town of about 16,000 residents located 60 miles southwest of Boston – has had a problem getting property owners to maintain their vacant buildings. Requests from the building inspector were ignored and police responses for squatters, vandals and other related problems cost up to $9,000 a year. However, in 2011 the Webster board of health approved a plan to hopefully shame owners into fixing up and securing rundown properties. Beside each dilapidated building the town is placing a 4-by-8-foot sign with the owner's name, address and telephone number. It's a "sign of the times".
And finally, while we are talking about trivia, fingers talk too; and according to British studies, they have some interesting things to say about us. For example, male stock traders whose ring finger was longer than their index finger earned 10 times more money. It seems longer ring fingers are associated with more fetal exposure to the male hormone androgen, which is linked to aggression. Longer index fingers than ring fingers are associated with more fetal exposure to testosterone and longer index fingers supposedly indicate less empathy. However, men with longer ring fingers than index fingers tended to be faster runners. According to these studies, our fingers can "finger" us.
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A great deal has been made of in alternative archaeology books about how and why our technologically primitive ancestors were able to carve out, transport and erect massive multi-ton stone blocks into megalithic monuments. Since there is no doubting the existence of these structures, our ancestors must of in fact possessed an advanced technology or had assistance from those who did (i.e. – ‘ancient astronauts'). That runs contrary to scholarly archaeology. But the questions remain.
Increasingly, couples are seeking a more constructive and less expensive alternative – Collaborative Divorce. In Collaborative Divorce, attorneys, mental health professionals and financial specialists work together with the couple to resolve all issues by agreement without going to court.
Ketubah is a Jewish prenuptial agreement or marriage contract which contains the all the responsibilities to be fulfilled by a couple after marriage. People like to keep their Ketubot as it is for a long time and want a unique Ketubah to be designed for them. If you are also one of them then you must go with custom Ketubah designed by a well known expert and do not forget to choose budget Ketubah otherwise it may affect your affordability.
For most people a living room is the hub of the home, where people relax and socialise with family and friends. The word ‘living room' was first used in the nineteenth century but in reality they existed well before this. The way that living rooms have been used, their décor and their furnishings have changed significantly over time.
According to a report published by a Hong Kong Media, the latest public opinion survey among the Americans and Chinese shows that there has been a slight improvement in the mutual perception of the people of China and the United States, but still showing a intersection of hopes and doubts, and the mutual attention and suspicion coexist with each other.
One of the unfairnesses of life is that when children outgrow the need for naps, parents start to need them.
The expression "tie the knot" supposedly derives from the nets of knotted string that once supported beds - not necessarily beds of roses.
In the land of the free and the home of the brave, are Americans now more free and more brave?
A rose by any other name is still a rose. The same is true of Americans in their many varieties.
When people begin a sentence with the words "Did you know", they are initiating a one-on-one game of Trivial Pursuit.
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