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• Red is the rarest hair color in the world. Less than 2% of the world’s population, about 140 million people, are redheads. Scotland has the highest percentage with about 13% of the population, and Ireland has about 11%.

• Not only is the color the rarest, redheads have the fewest hairs on their head than any other color. Brunettes average 140,000, blondes have 110,000, while redheads have just 90,000.

However, strands of red hair are thicker than other colors, so they often appear to have more hair.

• Red hair is caused by a mutation of the MC1R gene on chromosome 16. This mutation blocks production of dark brown and black pigments known as eumelanin, causing a build-up of phaeomelanin, the red and blond pigments. Because it’s a recessive trait, a child must inherit the red hair gene from both parents.

• The ancient Greeks thought redheads were vampires. As many as 45,000 female natural redheads were executed for alleged witchcraft from the 1400s through the 1700s. (continued on next page)

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• Xystus is an architectural term, referring to a long, covered portico, or main entrance, of ancient Greek gymnasiums. Here, athletes would exercise during inclement weather.

To the Romans, the xystus was the garden walkway in front of the porticoes, where they planted flower beds.

• Physicians are familiar with two unusual “X” words, xyster and xiphisterna. The xyster is a surgical instrument used for scraping bones, while the xiphisterna refers to the cartilage at the lower end of the body’s sternum, that long flat bone located at the center of the chest.

• The Greek word xanthos translates “yellow,” and several of our words use it for a prefix.

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Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk discovered the 9-year-old White at a local skate park and began mentoring the boy. Shaun became a professional snowboarder at age 13 and a pro skateboarder at 17. At the age of 16, he was the youngest snowboarder ever to win the US Open. White now has three Olympic gold medals to his credit from the 2006, 2010, and 2018 Games in the snowboard halfpipe event. When not competing in boarding events, White plays guitar in a band and maintains a men’s clothing line at Macy’s. He is also active in the Make-AWish Foundation, having granted 17 wishes in the past 10 years.

• Although we think of author Mark Twain as having had a wild mane of snow white hair, in his younger years, this author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn had red hair. In Twain’s words, “I was born red-headed – maybe that accounts for my passion for the gorgeous and ornamental.”

• Fans of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series of novels will remember that the title character detested her “plain red” hair. In the first novel, published in 1908, the precocious Anne longed to “imagine that red hair away,” claiming that with it, “I can’t be perfectly happy. Nobody could who had red hair.”

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• Four out of the first eight U.S. presidents had red hair – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Martin van Buren.

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SAUERKRAUT (cont’d): include quartered apples or cranberries. Bell pepper and beets are also added ingredients.

German cooks might flavor their sauerkraut with juniper berries or caraway seeds, adding white wine to the mix. In the Netherlands, sauerkraut is known as “zuurkool,” while the French call in “choucroute.”

• Commercial manufacturers can or jar sauerkraut by using heat, and some use vinegar in the fermentation process. Unfortunately, much of the nutritional value is lost once the cabbage is cooked, and raw sauerkraut is a much more nutritious product.

• Sauerkraut is filled with health benefits, including its ability to aid in digestion and increase blood circulation. During fermentation, beneficial probiotics that promote gastrointestinal health are produced. It’s also rich in Vitamins A, C, K, and B complex, along with minerals like iron, manganese, copper, potassium, magnesium, and calcium, as well as being a good source of fiber. It provides an increase in energy and metabolism levels and boosts the immune system.

• However, even with all the healthy benefits, sauerkraut isn’t for everyone. Due to the salty brine, it’s very high in sodium, which can be a dangerous thing for those suffering from cardiovascular and renal diseases.

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This is a7/17/52 major deVin Diesel 7/18/67 bate currently raging in Vikki the international community, Carr 7/19/41 Carlos Santana 7/20/47 with no unequivocally accepted solution in sight yet.

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private entrepreneurs, as long as duly licensed and in compliance with other relevant rules of space law, to goDid you hear about the family who got stuck out there and extract what they can, to try and make money with it. on Peter Pan’s Flight for over 3 hours?

Apparently, their vehicle would nevernever land.

On the other hand, countries such as Russia and somewhat less explicitly Brazil and Belgium hold that the moon and asteroids belong to humanity as a whole.

And therefore the potential benefits from commercial exploitation should somehow accrue for humanity as a whole – or at least should be subjected to a presumably rigorous international regime to guarantee humanity-wide benefits. I

RLOOTDOANWM Meanwhile, the interest in the moon has been renewed Home of “Mission to Mars,” “Space as well – at least China, India and Japan have serious Mountain,” and “Finding Nemo Voyage” plans to go back there, raising the stakes even higher.

While ultimately it is up to the community of states to determine whether common agreement can be reached on the two positions 1.either of Disneyland Parisor maybe somewhere in between, it is crucially importance that agreement be 2.

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jerrysloosethreads@gmail.com A second California Disney theme park, California Adventure, opened in 2001 on the site that had functioned as Disneyland’s parking lot for over 40 years.

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So, the U.S. flag was not a manifestation of claiming sovereignty, but of honoring the U.S. taxpayers and engineers who made Armstrong, Aldrin, and Michael Collins’ mission possible. The two men carried a plaque stating they “came in peace for all mankind,” and of course Neil’s famous words echoed the same 1. Name the most visited theme park in all of sentiment: his “small step for man” was not a “giEurope.

What part of Disneyland contains the “Big ant 2. leap” for the United States, but “for mankind.”

Thunder Mountain Railroad” and “Tom Sawyer Island”?

Furthermore, States and NASA lived up 3. What is the the United name of the transportation system throughout Disneyland? to their commitment by sharing the moon rocks and 4. What ride beings in Space Port where guests board a rocket? other samples of soil from the lunar surface with the 5. Where would a visitor find “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”? rest of the world, whether by giving them away to foreign governments or by allowing scientists from all over the globe to access them for scientific analysis and discussion. In the midst of the Cold War, this even included scientists from the Soviet Union.

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LUCILLE BALL

Redhead speaking to a brunette: “You’re just jealous that my hair color can be found in rainbows and yours can only be found in the dirt.”

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• When Lucy was three years old, her father contracted typhoid fever and died. There was just one thing she remembered from that day – a bird got trapped in the house – and from then on, throughout her life, Lucy was plagued with ornithophobia, the fear of birds.

• Lucy spent part of her childhood with her step-grandparents, a strict Swedish couple who banished all mirrors from the home, with the exception of one over the bathroom sink. When Lucy was caught admiring herself in that mirror, she was severely disciplined for her “vanity.”

• At age 17, she was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis and was unable to work for two years.

After appearing in several “B” movies, she auditioned for the part of Scarlett O’Hara in 1939’s “Gone with the Wind,” losing the role to Vivien Leigh.

• MGM executives urged her to dye her hair red, and it became her signature color. In Lucy’s words, “I dyed my hair this crazy red to bid for attention. It has become a trademark, and I’ve got to keep it this way.”

• Lucy met Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz in 1940, and the two promptly eloped. Together they created “I Love Lucy,” portraying the life of Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, living next door to Fred and Ethel Mertz. Her real-life pregnancy was written into the series. The episode of “Little Ricky’s” birth aired on January 19, 1953 (continued on next page)

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• Lucille Ball holds the record for the most appearances on the cover of TV Guide, appearing 39 times. The magazine named this four-time Emmy winner the “Greatest TV Star of All Time.”

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• Lucy went on to star in six seasons of “The Lucy Show,” then on to her third sitcom, “Here’s Lucy,” for another six years. She wrapped up her regular sitcom career in 1974.

• Lucy’s last public appearance was at the 1989 Academy Awards, just four weeks before her death at age 77 from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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