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The common yarrow plant/weed/wild flower/herb
is also known as Bloodwort, Milfoil, Soldier's Woundwort,
Thousand Weed, Carpenter's Weed, Devil's Nettle
and more. Its Latin name Achillea millefolium is
based on the ancient Greek hero Achilles who used
yarrow to treat the wounds of his men. Different
concoctions of yarrow have been applied to cuts
for centuries and yarrow has been used to cure almost
any ailment from headaches to hemorrhoids.
Yarrow leaves have served as vegetables as well
as in beer production before being replace by hops.
The Chinese have used the stalks to cast a random
pattern to reference the oracles of the I Ching.
This randomizing inspired the name of the Yarrow
algorithm which generates random code in many computers.
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary wrote the famous
song, "Puff the Magic Dragon" proving
that there's a treasure of magical info in common
objects.
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"Loneliness
is not being alone. It is the absence of people in your heart."
- Dartwill Aquila |
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What word does the
following five words have in common?
1 Time 2 Coffee 3 Pool 4 Turn 5 Forget
(Answer at the end of this page) |
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"That practice
makes perfect is not necessarily so. Practice makes permanent...
Incorrect practice,
bad practice, will eventually produce permanent bad habits."
Charles Hughes (Soccer coach) |
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| There are 2512 internationally
recognized airports in the world with their own specific
code starting with AAC for Al Arish in Egypt and ending
with ZZU for Mzuzu in Malawi. |
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Five actors have played the
roll of James Bond, agent 007: Roger Moore, Sean Connery,
George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. |
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"There is a
tendency to judge a race, a nation, or a distinct group by its
least worthy members."
Eric Hoffer |
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| The following words entered the English language
60 years ago: |
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| Digital
- This word that designated a computer run on information
in form of digits (1s and 0s) was destined to become
a super word. The following year (1946) the word
analogue was coined to describe non-digital machines. |
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| Espresso
- WWII put many ordinary Americans in touch with
Italian customs. Espresso came to the US as a shock
to the palettes of weak-coffee drinkers. |
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