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The phrase "In God We Trust" began appearing on U.S. coins in 1864, but it wasn't adopted as the national motto until nearly a century later, in 1956.

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The first use of the sideways "smile" emoticon :-) has been traced to a post made on a computer billboard dated September 19, 1982.

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A 2006 study in the American Sociological Review found that Americans on average had only two close friends to confide to, down from an average of three in 1985. The percentage of people who noted having no such confidant rose from 10 percent to almost 25 percent; and 19 additional percent said they had only a single confidant - often their spouse, raising the risk of serious loneliness in case the relationship ended.

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Just one more thing:

I apologize for my recent slump in posting, blogging, commenting, ect. I haven't been feeling well (depressed would be the word for it) for the past few weeks. But I am going to get back into posting,and everything else, again.

Anyway....*This blogwill end abruptly in 5..4..3..*

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Today's reality show contestants are typically screened by at least two psychologists before making the cut, a practice began after a contesttant from the Swedish show Expedition Robinson stepped in front of a train after getting the boot.

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"Doc" Holliday was a alcoholic, gambler, and gunslinger. But he was a real doctor (or more accurately, a dentist).

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For many years in Hollywood, directors who wished to disassociate themselves from a particular film would credit themselves using the name Alan Smithee.

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The Galaopagos turtle can weigh 550 lbs., but that's tiny compared to the extinct Stupendemys geographicas turtle, which may have topped at 2.5 tons.

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I'm sure you are wondering what the title means. Well, its a reference to the DVDs I received for my birthday.

The Group: The Millennium Group.

Three strange detectives: Lt. Columbo, Robert Goren, and Adrian Monk.

A neurotic psychiatrist: Niles Crane.

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After one of Adolf Hitler's officers planted a bomb in 1944 that failed to kill him, the German leader filmed the grisly executions of those responsible and showed the footage to his political and military assistants to dissuade further attempts.

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I'd like to say thank you to the people who wished me a happy birthday (again).

Thanks everyone! :D

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1991: Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.

1992: Diplomatic relationsare established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea.

1992: Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida as a Category 5 Hurricane.

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Anyone get the hint here, or am I being too subtle? ;)

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"Albert Einstein's brain was smaller than average. It was removed prior to his cremation and was secretly stored by Dr. Thomas Harvey, who performed the autopsy on the genius's body in 1955."

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