If historical figures had Facebook

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Get up from your chair right now

...and go for a walk. You can read the rest of this when you get back.

Read on, if you insist, but make sure you go when you're through reading this.

We know that vitamin D deficiency can lead to rickets. But a lack of vitamin D can also bring on less obvious ones to the naked eye:

• multiple sclerosis (MS)
• rheumatoid arthritis
• type 1 diabetes
• cancers
• dementia

These are very serious health issues--all brought on by not being exposed to enough sun, the catalyst for your body to manufacture vitamin D.

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Why are you still here? Hit the road, jack. And enjoy.



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Sarah Palin is a star

Somebody made the assertion on a message board that Sarah Palin is a star. I posted the following response:

Yes, a white dwarf star.

A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of degenerate matter. They are very dense

If you think I'm kidding, check out the Wiki article. The only thing missing is her name and address.


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Cannabis electric car to be made in Canada

An electric car made of hemp is being developed by a group of Canadian companies in collaboration with an Alberta Crown corporation.

The compact car, which will hold a driver and up to three passengers, will have a top speed of 90 kilometres per hour and a range of 40 to 160 kilometres before needing to be recharged, depending on the type of battery.

The car's body will be made of an impact-resistant composite material produced from mats of hemp, a plant from the cannabis family.

Automotive pioneer Henry Ford first built a car made of hemp fibre and resin more than half a century ago. It's not an original idea, but one that wasn't developed much further as car manufacturers favoured other materials, such as steel, in subsequent decades.


Here's a promotional video.

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Be careful who you honk at

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