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Physical Violence Cures Headcolds?

If Peter Pain came to hit me with a baseball bat in the middle of the night, I would probably call 9-1-1 instead of applying Ben-Gay. Fast relief from what, exaclty?

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The More You Know

  • Ninety percent of the world’s population lives above the equator.
  • The designer of the current United States flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
  • Sesame Street is now a real place.
  • More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks.
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