A mysterious UFO crash in Cyprus 35 years ago may finally be solved. In the Cyprus Mail, Nathan Morley quotes Britishsoldier Tom Clarke as saying, “We were all awoken at about 2 am by a brilliant bluish dazzling bright light in the sky, what happened next is hard to explain. There was not an explosion, but we were all hit by a shockwave and fell flat to the ground. The light just disappeared or went out.”
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You need BOTH to stave off cancer! – If you eat too much Thanksgiving dinner, remember this: exercise is good for more than just your waistline. Regular physical activity can lower a woman’s overall risk of cancer?but ONLY if she gets a good night’s sleep.
Cancer researcher James McClain says, “Greater participation in physical activity has consistently been associated with reduced risk of cancer?[but] short duration sleep appears to have opposing effects of physical activity?” In other words, a nap won’t do it.
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Maybe it’s the sports – Sports fans have a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) than do people who are less personally committed and emotionally involved with a sports team.?and it’s not just because they don’t get off the couch! For some mysterious reason, the guys who go to the ball park are just as unhealthy (could it be because hot dogs they eat there?)
Maybe gaining weight is all in the brain. Using brain imaging and chocolate milkshakes, scientists have found that people with weakened “reward circuitry” in their brains are at increased risk of weight gain over time. And if you eat quickly (wolf down your food), you?re TWICE AS LIKELY to get fat! Eating food in a stadium seat is something you do quickly, compared with dining in a restaurant or at home.read more
How did it start? – We all know that Thanksgiving didn’t REALLY start with the pilgrims, but how DID it start?
The current version of Thanksgiving was created by a journalistic crusader, and would have been unrecognizable to the Pilgrims it supposedly honors. The holiday came about through fifty years of relentless promotion by Sarah Hale, editor of Godey?s Lady?s Book and Magazine (one of the first women’s publications). She promoted it in columns and stories in her magazine until President Abraham Lincoln finally made it a national holiday. In 1863 Lincoln declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
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