A Year from Now You May Wish You Had Started Today

“A Year from Now You May Wish You Had Started Today” This quote, attributed to author Karen Lamb, might inspire you to get going on that project you’ve been putting off for “someday.” “A year from now you may wish you had started today” simply says: The time is now. […]


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2,400 Year-Old Flushable Toilet

2,400-year-old flushable toilet unearthed in ancient Chinese palace Chinese archaeologists were abso-loo-tely stunned when they unearthed a 2,400-year-old flush toilet while excavating an ancient city. Dating back to the Qin dynasty (221BC-206BC), it is the first and the oldest toilet with a flushing system to be discovered in Chinese history. […]


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Poppy Seeds Might Cause Failed Drug Tests

Pentagon warns poppy seeds might cause troops to fail drug tests The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds. In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, warned […]


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Free Subway Rides for the Elderly

In South Korea, free subway rides for the elderly become a political headache Every day, 71-year-old Park Gyung-sun delivers flowers, documents and other packages around Seoul – a job popular among senior citizens who are entitled to ride the city’s subways for free. The work, dubbed “silver delivery” in South […]


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To Cut Cost of Having Babies

In aging China, a call for ‘bold’ steps to cut cost of having babies. A Chinese health official has urged local governments to take “bold” steps to lower the cost of having babies and raising children to reduce the burden on families and boost fertility, a state-backed publication reported on […]


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