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Love phrases

You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage If you judge people, you have no time to love them -Mother Theresa -There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! -Guys are like Stars, They`re millions of them , But ONLY one can make your dreams come true -Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. -Its the hardest thing I have to do...to turn around and walk away pretending I don’t love you... -Never be afraid to fall in love, it may hurt a lot, may give you aches and pa...

facts about crimes

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Punishment I n most countries people who break the law are either fined or imprisoned, but through the ages there have been many other forms of punishment Flogging Whipping or flogging was once common: mutinous sailors were whipped with a cat-o'-nine- tails or keelhauled (dragged beneath a ship on the end of a rope). Flogging was widely used in the USA. The last state to abolish it was Delaware - but not until 1972! Stoning Even today, some countries punish people by pelting them with stones, usually resulting in the victim's death. Stocks And Pillory Srocks were wooden structures which held the seated victim by the ankles. People threw things at them and ridiculed them - they were literally made a laughing stock. The pillory held victims in place could not use their hands to protect their faces from things thrown at them, and could be blinded or even killed. The last person to be pilloried in England was Peter James Bossy in London on 22 June 1830. A Chinese ...

facts about times

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As far as we know, time began with the formation of the universe in the instant of the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. Our Sun is about five billion years old. The Earth is estimated to be 4,540,000,000 years old. Earth was created on the evening of Saturday, October 22, 4004BC, according to James Usher the 17th Century Archbishop of Armagh who came to this conclusion by adding up the family histories mentioned in the Bible - such as Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. The oldest rocks yet discovered on Earth are crystals of zircon from Western Australia, which are more than 4.4 billion years old. Between 1929 and 1940 the Soviet Union changed the length of the week three times. In 1930 Stalin abolished weekends to fulfil work quotas. In 1931 it went to a six-day week and back to a seven-day week in 1940. In the International Fixed Calendar, invented by Englishman Moses Bruine Cotworth in 1859, there are 13 months - with the extra month called Sol. In 1836 John Belville b...

funny facts about bodies

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1. Weighty Wonder   Jon Brower Minnoch  (29 September 1941 – 10 September 1983) was an American man who, at his peak weight, was the heaviest human being ever recorded, weighing approximately 1400 lb (634 kg, 100 stone). This figure was only a close estimation, however, because his extreme size, poor health, and lack of mobility prevented use of a scale. He was discharged from the hospital after 16 months on a strict diet of 1,200 calories per day.[5] He weighed 476 lb (215 kg), having lost approximately 924 lb (419 kg) - the largest human weight loss ever documented. However, he was readmitted to the hospital just over a year later in October 1981, after his weight increased to 952 lbs (432 kg). With his underlying condition of edema being incurable and difficult to treat, the decision was made to discontinue treatment, and he died 23 months later on September 10, 1983, aged 41. At the time of his death, he weighed 798 lbs (362...

facts about sleep

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The science of sleep is a modern one – in fact most scientific information on sleep has been gained in the last 25 years. 1.  The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses. 2.  It’s impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it. 3.  Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you’re sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you’re still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day. 4.  Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) in non-REM sleep phases. It’s possible there may not be a single moment of our sleep when we are actu...

fun facts

Mercury, Venus, earth and Mars are called the inner planets as they are closest to the sun! December 21st 1968, was the first time that humans truly left Earth, when Apollo 8 became the first manned space vehicle to leave Earth orbit and to orbit the Moon. Olympus Mons, a volcano found on Mars, is the largest volcano found in solar system. It is 370 miles (595 km) across and rises 15 miles (24 km). We know more about space than we do about our deep oceans! The space age began on the 4th October 1957. If you attempted to count all the stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all. The one and only satellite that Britain has launched was called Black Arrow. The odds of being killed by space debris - 1 in 5 billion. The Earth's revolution time increases .0001 seconds annually. Driving at 75 miles (121 km) per hour, it would take 258 days to drive around one of Saturn's rings. Astronaut Neil Armstrong (the f...

20 facts about Ukraine

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1. Most words in the Ukrainian language starts with the letter “п”. The most frequently used letter of the Ukrainian alphabet – “о”. The letters “ф” and “г” are used least often. 2. George Gershwin wrote one of the world’s most famous songs, “Summertime”, after being inspired by an old Ukrainian lullaby called “Sleep Is Tiptoeing About” performed by the Ukrainian National Chorus. [youtube]kMG9K9YDGFA[/youtube] 3. The third most visited McDonald’s in the world is located in Kiev, near the train station. This restaurant has always been in the top five most crowded McDonald’s in the world. Last year, it served 2.283.399 visitors. 4. Arsenalnaya Metro Station located in Kiev is the deepest in the world (105 meters). The station was built in 1960, very close to the House of Parliament. According to some reports, the tunnels near Arsenalnaya house secret shelters built specially for the political elite. 5. Ukrainians are the fifth most-drinking nation in the world. Only Mo...