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83Wasp Knife - Information, Pictures, Videos
The Wasp Knife, which the news media has been reporting on recently, is extremely deadly. This is the way it works: in the knife handle, there is a small canister of 24 grams of compressed carbon dioxide (CO2)...
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78Figs And Dates
Among all fruits, there are two that stand out conspicuously for high food value. They are the date and the fig. Weight for weight, dried figs are more nourishing than bread. A pound and a half yields...
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79Help! My Dog Has Been Stung By A Bee!
There is nothing like walking your dog on a lazy, warm summer evening. Kids are playing, the flowers are blooming, bees are stinging. Yes, you read that correctly, the bees are stinging! Ouch. Not only do...
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68One Small Pond And A Diving Lizard
At first, we didn't even know she was a desert grassland whiptail lizard. Never heard of that species. Thought is was a fast moving gecko. Had I not seen the diving exhibition with my own two...
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76PREVENTING DEATH FROM ANAPHYLAXIS
by Helen Borel, RN,PhD Recently, a young man asked about his possible allergy to yeast or barley because of a severe reaction he experienced while drinking beer. First, I advised him to stay away from beer...
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80The 10 most dangerous animals in the world
10 - The tiger The tiger (Panthera tigris) lives in Asia, mainly India and Bangladesh. He averages between 40 and 100 victims per year. At issue: the gradual disappearance of its food and the violation of...
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72Spitfire Women of World War II: A Review
When the United States entered the second World War, most Americans wanted to serve their country. This included minroties such as African Americans, Latin Americans, and even Japanese Americans, all of whom...
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68District 9: The First Level of Hell
Courtesy 666ismoney @ flickr.com I love alien movies. Basically I'll go see any movie with a spaceship and/or aliens in it; no matter how badly made, no matter how ridiculous the premise. In fact, the more...
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67The Truth About Insect Stings
Insect stings are responsible for inducing severe allergic reactions in one to two million people in the United States every year. And estimated 3 percent of all Americans are susceptible to a allergic...
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88Bee, Wasp, or Yellow Jacket?
I have to confess, it's a huge pet peeve of mine when people call wasps and yellow jackets "bees." I'm not even a beekeeper, I guess it just upsets me because it gives bees a bad rap... and they're having...
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