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Smileys and thumbs-up - we know these. They give letters and numbers a slow squeeze. The police are annoyed by cop, poop, tears of joy. My vanity plate has…

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emojis

in Queensland Australia

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Down in pyramid lanes, balls would roll. Old Egyptians had great wrist control. Did they know about pins or how to count wins? We just know that they loved to?

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bowl

Bowling. According to an Italian archeologist, “we first discovered a room with a very well built limestone floor. Then we noticed a lane and two stone balls.”

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In the autonomous cars that we see both our hands and our eyes will be free. Slow traffic will be fun. I’ll catch up on reruns. While driving, I’m watching…

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TV

And this thing, this system takes control of the vehicle so drivers can, quote, “focus on a different activity, such as watching the onboard TV.”

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We speedskaters know what to do. To our flag’s shade we need not be true. We could not get ahead when we skated in red because the world’s fastest color is…

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blue

Speedskaters from Norway, Germany and South Korea all say that blue bodysuits help them shave down their course times.

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It’s old information that rookies know. It makes my intestines play hooky, yo. The eggs and the flour give E. coli power. I shouldn’t be eating raw…

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cookie dough

New research shows that it’s not just the raw eggs in cookie dough that we need to worry about. Raw flour is dangerous, too - so no more licking those spoons. The CDC epidemiologist Samuel Crowe says that even a small amount of infected raw flour could get you very sick. He added, quote, “I’ve had E. coli and salmonella, and it’s pretty darn unpleasant,” unquote.

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