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Tackling the Nuclear Crisis Head On

This is Tasuteru Yamada. He is leading a group of more than 200 Japanese pensioner volunteers to help with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Power station. “Even if I were exposed to radiation, cancer could take 20 or 30 years or longer to develop. I probably have 13 to 15 years left to live.” Such a powerful statement!

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The More You Know

  • Avoid bad decisions by taking just a minute to focus and calm yourself before making a move.
  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • If you ate nothing but rabbit meat, you would die from protein poisoning.
  • Tennis was originally played with bare hands.
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