According to author Dr. William Welty, Thomas Jefferson obtained the Koran to research Islam and better equip himself to deal with an enemy, the radical Muslim Barbary Pirates.
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2007/691/
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Coal, still the best fuel for US.
I’ve heard said that coal is to the US what oil is to Saudi Arabia. An item in my Electric Co-ops monthly magazine reminded me of this. It states that they are building a new coal fired power plant and moving away from “high priced” natural gas.
Another interesting note is that “environmental safeguards account for fully one third the” $1.4 billion cost.
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Per Pupil Education Expenditure
According to John Stossel in his book Lies, Myths and Downright Stupidity
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The Democrat Jack Ass
Andrew Jackson is credited with adopting the Jack Ass (or donkey as it is know known) as the symbol for the Democratic party. It was used by his opponents to characterize him during the election, but Jackson liked it and adopted it as his own.
According to Giving USA Foundation 76% of charitable giving in 2005 was by Individuals. Foundations gave 11.5%, Bequests 6.7% and Corporations a measly 5.3%.
More interesting Charitable Giving stats here:
The sounds of English consist of some 48 different phonemes which are required to pronounce English with an RP accent.
What is that, you may ask?
RP, or Received Pronunciation, is a standard accepted accent. Although only spoken by a very small proportion of the population, perhaps as small as 3%, it has great prestige and therefore a significant number of people either aspire towards it or their speech approximates towards it.
http://www.putlearningfirst.com/language/08sounds/08sounds.html
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Hitler Speaks
Interesting documentary on Hitler’s home movies. “Now, leading edge lip reading software has enabled German experts to re-voice these films and provide us with a chilling insight into Hitlers private world.”
One thing revealed in the documentary that I did not know was the fact that there were no recordings of Hitler’s normal speaking voice until the discovery of a secret recording of Hitler speaking with the king of Finland. This is the only recording of his normal speaking voice, all others are his public speaking rants.
Here’s an interesting idea, miniature sculptures out of crayons. I’d like to see how this is accomplished.
http://diemchau.com/storytelling/index.html?0
Most believe it’s the MSG(Monosodium glutamate), a food additive to enhance flavor. Seems to stimulate the taste buds and send the saliva glands into overdrive. Also this MSG is a sodium, what salty treat doesn’t make your thirsty? Another idea is that there’s a lot of rice, which absorbs moisture. Anyone else have any conclusive facts about this?
Here’s a really interesting online game. I guess he couldn’t call it “Spiderman,” but that’s what it really reminds me of.