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It was award-winning author Robert A. • Heinlein, widely known as one of the Grand Masters of science fiction, who made the following sage observation: “Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”Have you ever heard of a claque? Proba-• bly not, since their effectiveness depends largely upon others not knowing they ex-ist. A claque is a group of people who have been hired to make a show seem more successful by applauding the per-formers.In ancient China it was believed that poi-• son would cause anything made of silver to turn black -- which explains why Chi-nese emperors used chopsticks made of the valuable metal.Widely reported in the media this year • have been the 200th anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, but there’s another birthday that’s gotten somewhat less press: This year Guinness turns 250. In was in 1759 that Arthur Guinness started brewing his celebrated beer -- and got a remarkably good real-estate deal, too. He signed a 9,000-year lease on the now-famous St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin, paying 45 British pounds per year for the privi-lege.As summer -- and bathing-suit season -- • approaches, you might be interested to know that the most popular type of cos-metic surgery in the United States is lipo-suction.Most lizards are harmless reptiles, but • there are some that are known to be ven-omous. Rather than avoiding these rare creatures, however, there are some who seek them out for the very venom that makes them dangerous. It seems that there’s a component to the venom that causes blood pressure to drop in humans, which could save thousands of lives.

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How do you tell when you’re out of • invisible ink?If everything seems to be going • well, you have obviously overlooked something.Depression is merely anger without • enthusiasm.When everything is coming your way, • you’re in the wrong lane.Ambition is a poor excuse for not • having enough sense to be lazy.Hard work pays off in the future, • laziness pays off now.I intend to live forever...so far, so good.• If Barbie is so popular, why do you • have to buy her friends?Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t • get sucked into jet engines.What happens if you get scared half to • death twice?If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all • evidence that you tried.A conclusion is the place where you • got tired of thinking.Experience is something you don’t get • until just after you need it.The problem with the gene pool is that • there is no lifeguard.The sooner you fall behind, the more • time you’ll have to catch up.Everyone has a photographic memory; • some just don’t have film.

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