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| I Listen to My Chicken
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Chasing destiny
Micheal Phelps wons eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, breaking Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds in 1972.
Micheal Phelps
Age at 2008 games: 23
Olympic medals: 2000- none
2004- 6 gold, 2 bronze
2008- 8 gold medals
World records: 32
Mark Spitz
Age at 1972 games: 22
Olympic medals:
1968- 2 gold, 1 silver
1972- 7 gold medals
World records: 33
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•You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others. What is it? Your Temper.
•A Panda Bear walked into a resturant. He sat down at a table and ordered some food. When he was finished eating, he took out a gun and shot his waiter. He then left the resturant. After the police caught up with him, they asked him why he had killed the waiter. He replied, "Look me up in the dictionary." What did the dictionary say? When they looked up the word "Panda" in the dictionary, it stated, "Panda: Eats shoots and leaves."
•This runs fore to aft on one side of a ship, and aft to fore on the other.What is it? The name of the ship.
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Did you know?
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• One person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
• Snail can sleep for three years.
• All polar bears are left handed.
• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
• Butterflies taste with their feet.
• Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
• The waters around Australia are home to more than half of all the shark species in the world.
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