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Ambrose Redmoon Quote – Courage Is Not The Absence Of Fear
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear” – Ambrose Redmoon
Read moreLive, Laugh, Love
“Live every moment, laugh every day, love beyond words.”
Read moreDeficit Of Female Births In India
Size of India’s annual deficit in female births, based on 2011 census data: 600,000
Read moreJohn Eldridge Quote on Life
How awful to reach the end of our life’s road and find we haven’t brought our hearts along with us. ~ John Eldridge
Read moreMahatma Gandhi Quote – Power is of two kinds
“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Read moreTreated Sewage Water Used To Make Beer
A home-brew club in Oregon will soon start making beer from treated sewage water. Clean Water Services, which runs four wastewater treatment plants in the Portland area, will let the Oregon Brew Crew use recycled sewage to make batches of beer. “I’m excited,” said Lee Hedgmon, president of the club. “I’m trying to think of a really cool recipe.” Hedgmon […]
Read moreHottest Air Temperature Records of All-Time
On September 13, 1922, a temperature of 136°F was recorded at El Azizia, Libya. This was eventually certified by the World Meteorological Organization as the hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth. The hottest air temperature ever recorded in the United States was on July 10, 1913 where it reached 134 in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California. NASA scientists report […]
Read moreColleen Patrick Goudreau Quote – Do Something
“Don’t do nothing because you can’t do everything. Do something. Anything.” – Colleen Patrick Goudreau
Read moreOne-Fifth of Population Claims No Religious Affiliation
People who say they are unaffiliated with any religion constitute nearly 20 percent of the American public, making them almost as numerous as Catholics, who accounted for 22 percent of participants in a new Pew Research Center study released Oct. 9. The survey of 2,973 adults conducted this summer found people who say they are atheist, agnostic or “nothing in […]
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