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77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:53:31 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: oedb.org

Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

If someone granted you one wish, what do you imagine you would want out of life that you haven't gotten yet? For many people, it would be self-improvement and knowledge. New knowledge is the backbone of society's progress. Great thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and others' quests for knowledge have led society to many of the marvels we enjoy today. Your quest for knowledge doesn't have to be as Earth-changing as Einstein's, but it can be an important part of your life, leading to a new job, better pay, a new hobby, or simply knowledge for knowledge's sake — whatever is important to you as an end goal.

Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. In fact, it's been said that the average adult only uses 10% of his/her brain. Imagine what we may be capable of with more advanced learning techniques. Here are 77 tips related to knowledge and learning to help you on your quest. A few are specifically for students in traditional learning institutions; the rest for self-starters, or those learning on their own. Happy learning.

Tags: learning, knowledge

Little Known Facts (and perhaps best kept that way!)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:35:38 GMT

clipped by: coecoe321
clipper's remarks: There are lots more, but these were the ones I found interesting. Check out the website for lots of useless tidbits!

Clip Source: jesuitnola.org

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

There are only seven professional (MLB), (NHL), (NBA), (NFL) that do not end in "s" Colorado Avalanche, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Utah Jazz.

The glue on postage stamps in Israel is certified kosher.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. (How did they study this?)

7% of Americans will eat McDonalds today.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)

Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were freshman roommates at Harvard

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

Tags: facts, trivia, misc

Average Erect Penis Lengths for 10 Species

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:33:33 GMT

clipped by: karokan

Clip Source: www.canongate.net

Average Erect Penis Lengths for 10 Species

1. Humpback whale 10 ft
2. Elephant 5-6 ft
3. Bull 3 ft
4. Stallion 2 ft 6 in.
5. Rhinoceros 2 ft
6. Pig 18-20 in.
7. Man 6 in.
8. Gorilla 2 in.
9. Cat ¾ in.
10. Mosquito 1/100 in.

SOURCE: Leigh Rutledge, The Gay Book of Lists (Boston: Alyson Publication, 1987)

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