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We should never put anything in or near our eyes, unless we have a reason to use eye drops. We would only do that if our doctor or parent told us to use them.
Blinking helps to wash tears over our eyeballs. That keeps them clean and moist. Also, if something is about to hit our eye, we will blink automatically.
Our body has some natural protection for our eyes. Our eyelashes help to keep dirt out of our eyes. Our eyebrows are made to keep sweat from running into our eyes.
Our eyes are very important to us, and we must protect them. We don't want dirt, sand, splinters or even fingers to get in our eyes. We don't want our eyes to get scratched or poked. That could damage our sight!
The study of the iris of the eye is called iridology.
The shark cornea has been used in eye surgery, since its cornea is similar to a human cornea.
The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.
The eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.
The eye of a human can distinguish 500 shades of the gray.
The cornea is the only living tissue in the human body that does not contain any blood vessels.
The conjunctiva is a membrane that covers the human eye.
Sailors once thought that wearing a gold earring would improve their eyesight.
Research has indicated that a tie that is on too tight cam increase the risk of glaucoma in men.
People generally read 25% slower from a computer screen compared to paper.
Men are able to read fine print better than women can.
In the United States, approximately 25,000 eye injuries occur that result in the person becoming totally blind.
All babies are colour blind when they are born.
A human eyeball weighs an ounce.
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*I fish therefore I lie
*I Have The Body Of A God ... Buddha
*Chess players "mate" better
*Constipated People Don't Give A shit.
*That is so five minutes ago!!
*If you can read this, thank a teacher
*Don't mess with Texas
*I will mess with Texas
*Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church
*If You Drink Don't Park, Accidents Cause People.
*Who Lit The Fuse On Your Tampon?
*If You Don't Believe In Oral Sex, Keep Your Mouth Shut.
*Please Tell Your Pants Its Not Polite To Point.
*If That Phone Was Up Your Butt, Maybe You Could Drive A Little Better.
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Quick Eye Exam...

This will blow your mind...!

Just do it - don't cheat!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try this its actually quite good.

But don't cheat!
Go!
Ха... Я попалась... :)

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Our communication - Wireless
Our business - Cashless
Our telephone - Cordless
Our cooking - Fireless
Our youth - Jobless
Our religion - Creedless
Our food - Fatless
Our faith - Godless
Our labor - Effortless
Our conduct - Worthless
Our relation - Loveless
Our attitude - Careless
Our feelings - Heartless
Our politics - Shameless
Our education - Valueless
Our Follies - Countless
Our arguments - Baseless
Our commitment - Aimless
Our poor - Voiceless
Our life - Meaningless

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* The first word spoken on the moon was "okay."
* Publishers have coined the term "Brownsploitation" for the rash of books that have sprung up in the wake of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code blockbuster.
* The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
* The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
* In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value
* Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States
* The word "trivia" comes from the Latin "trivium" which is the place where three roads meet, a public square. People would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were trivial
* TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard
* "Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil"
* The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "the King is dead"
* The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language
* The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
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Romantic tips. Just for kicks
1. Spread rose petals all over the bedroom.
10. On your yearly romantic checklist, make plans for Valentine's Day -- well in advance!

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1.Remember to say "I love you" and "I need you" often.
2. Walk hand in hand in the rain.
3. Write a love poem.
4. Call a radio station and dedicate a favorite song.
5. Write "I Love You" in lipstick or shaving cream on the mirror.
6. Hide love notes in a lunch box, briefcase or purse.
7. Make heart-shaped cinnamon toast for breakfast.
8. Place a love note in the personals section of the newspaper.
9. Take a carriage ride around the city.
10. Plan a surprise getaway.
11. Do your mate's household chores.
12. Write notes on future dates in their date book ("I love you," I miss you," etc.)
13. Make reservations at a favorite restaurant.
14. Let them choose the movie.
15. Give a foot massage.
16. Make a heart-shaped bookmark, and place it in their book.
17. Pop in a romantic music CD and slow dance.
18. Throw a just-because surprise party for two.
19. Buy a stuffed animal for your honey.
20. Read each other's horoscopes.
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Краткий список единиц измерения:
inch - дюйм (= 2,54 см)
foot - фут (= 12 дюймов = 30,48 см)
yard - ярд (= 3 фута = 0,9144 см)
mile - миля (= 1760 ярдом = 1,6093 см)
ounce - унция (= 28,350 грамм)
pound - фунт (= 16 унциям = 453,59 грамм)
stone - стон (= 14 фунтов = 6,350 кг)
pint - пинта (= 0,49 литров)
quart - кварта (= 2 пинты = 0,946 л)
gallon - галлон (= 4 кварты = 3,784 л)
square foot - квадратный фут (= 144 кв. дюйма = 929 кв. см)
square yard - квадратный ярд (= 9 кв. футов = 8361,3 кв. см)
acre - акр (= 43,65 кв. футов = 0,4047 гектар)
square mile - квадратная миля (= 640 акров = 2,59 кв. км)
perch - перч (= 5,5 ярда = 5,03 м)
rod - род (= 5,5 ярда = 5,03 м)
pole - поль (= 5,5 ярда = 5,03 м)
furlong - фарлонг (= 220 ярдам = 201,168 м)
gill - джилл, гилл (= 1/4 пинты = 142 мл)
dram - драхма (= 1/8 унции = 3, 888 г)
grain - гран ( = 0,0648 г)
peck - пек (американский пек = 7,7 литра, английский = 4,546 литра)
scruple - скрупул (= 1,25 г)

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Do we live to eat?
How much food do you think you will eat by the time you are seventy-nine?
The average Frenchwoman, for example, will eat:

25 cows
40 sheep
35 pigs
1,200 chickens
2.07 tonnes of fish
5.05 tonnes of potatoes
30,000 litres of milk
13,000 eggs
50,000 loaves of bread
12,000 bottles of wine
9,000 litres of orange juice
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Let’s face it – English is a crazy language, the most lunatic of all languages.
In the crazy English language, blackboards can be green or blue, and blackberries are green and then red before they are ripe.
There is no egg in eggplant, no grape in grapefruit, neither mush nor room in mushroom, neither pine nor apple in pineapple, and no ham in humburger.
In this unreliable English tongue, greyhounds aren’t always grey, panda bears and koala bears aren’t bears, and a guinea pig is neither a pig nor from Guinea.
Language is like the air we breathe – we take it for granted. But when we take the time to listen to what we say, we find that hot dogs can be cold, homework can be done at school, nightmares can take place in broad daylight while daydreaming can take place at night, hours – especially rush hours – often last longer than sixty minutes, and most bathrooms don’t have any baths in them/ in fact, a dog can ‘go to the bathroom’ under tree.
Why is it that a king rules a kingdom but a queen doesn’t rule a queendom?
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth?
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