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dodo birds lived under the calvaria tree. The tree’s seeds were unable to sprout until their coating had been ground down by the dodo’s digestive tract. The dodo had no natural enemies and therefore had developed no defenses. When men began to populate the island accompanied by ship rats, dogs, and guns, the dodo died out in short order and it appeared the calvaria tree was doomed to follow. At one point there were only 13 of the trees left in the world, some of them more than 300 years old. Then a researcher fed the seeds to turkeys, whose gizzards did the job that the dodo had done previously. Thus, the calvaria tree was spared the fate of the dodo.

stands at 379 feet, almost as tall as a 38-story building. While enormous in size, the seeds of these giants are so small it takes 6,000 of them to weigh just one ounce. • In terms of tiny, the orchid seed is the smallest. In order to have enough orchid seeds to total one ounce, you would need to collect more than 35 million of them. On the other extreme, the giant palm tree that grows only on two islands off Madagascar yields double coconuts called “coco de mer,” meaning “sea coconut.” These huge coconuts, which are also the tree's seeds, can weigh up to 60 pounds each. They are the largest seeds in the world. THE LONG & SHORT OF IT

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* Thanks to stories of Robin Hood, most people have heard of King Richard the Lion-Hearted. He wasn’t much of a king, though; he spent only about six months in England, and he didn’t even speak English.

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a full day’s worth of work in a single hour. His • Cotton is the most abundantly produced natural fiber in the world. Over 82 million tons of textile small model cleaned cotton as fast as 50 people fibers were consumed in 2013, of which cotton working by hand. His audience was amazed! accounted for 30 percent. Chemical fibers • Word of the new device spread fast. Until then, accounted for 68.6 percent, and all other natural cotton crops had been so labor-intensive that it fibers made up less than two percent. wasn’t profitable, but this changed everything.

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Based on this single demonstration, farmers all • Although some cotton species are actually a perennial tree, it is traditionally grown as an over the American South began planting their annual crop to increase the yield. fields with cotton. Meanwhile, Whitney muddled through the lengthy process of obtaining a • The word cotton comes from the Arabic word patent. But before his patent was official and “qutn” which means “fancy.” a factory set up for production, eager farmers • A single bale of cotton weighs about 500 lbs. and built their own cotton gins copying Whitney's can produce 1,200 pair of men’s underpants, or design, not worrying about patent legalities. 765 shirts, 22,000 hankies, 215 pairs of jeans, or • While Whitney eventually received some grants 680,000 cotton balls. from cotton-producing states, most of his • Paper money is 75% cotton. A baseball contains earnings were devoured by legal costs. Although 150 yards of tightly wound cotton strands. his invention virtually revolutionized the entire economy of the South, the money he did make • Cotton can absorb 27 times its own weight in water, making it excellent for towels, but not for that valuable contribution was almost nil. very good for survival clothing.  • Two years before the invention of the gin, cotton production amounted to 6,000 bales a year. By 1860, it had soared to 4.5 million bales, making the U.S. the world's biggest cotton producer of the day.

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I suggest you just let the claim take its normal course. So do not call the Social Security Administration and cancel or withdraw your disability claim. The law says that in order to qualify for Social Security disability benefits, you must have an impairment that is expected to keep you from working for at least 12 months. If your medical records reflect what you are telling me (that you should be able to go back to work soon), then I suspect your claim is simply going to be denied. If, on the other hand, your medical records are gloomier than your own prognosis, and your claim is approved, then the monthly Social Security checks will just start rolling in. And as long as you are out of work, you are due the money. If you do return to work, there are lots of work incentive provisions that may apply to you. They fill up a three-inch binder in my bookcase, so they are way too complicated to explain in this column. In a nutshell, you may be allowed to continue to receive full disability benefits for nine months even after you return to work. It’s called a “trial work period.” If you still working after those first nine months, then your disability benefits will likely stop. But if your heart just isn’t ready for all the work you want to do and you have to stop working, then your benefits should continue.

I am 59 years old and just started getting Social Security disability benefits. I want to file for unemployment. If I get unemployment benefits, will this cut my Social Security checks?

People who are getting Social Security retirement benefits ask me this question all the time. And I answer by telling them that there is no Social Security rule that prevents them from getting Social Security checks and unemployment If I could give one bit of advice to evbenefits at the same time. But I also tell them that eryone in the country, it would be this: “Don’t listen they would have to check with the people who to your neighbors (or friends or family members manage unemployment benefits in their area to for that matter) when it comes to Social Security. find out if their rules prevent people from getting They are almost always wrong!” unemployment while they are on Social Security. You did not make a big mistake. A Social I am pretty sure they usually can collect both benSecurity disability benefit pays the same rate as a efits. full retirement age benefit check. In other words, But it is an entirely different story when the amount of money you are getting now (at age we are talking about Social Security disability ben60) equals what you would have received if you had efits. And here is why. To get Social Security disretired at age 66 with full retirement benefits. ability benefits, you are essentially telling the fed And when you reach age 66, you will be aueral government this: “I have a severe disabling tomatically switched from Social Security’s disabilcondition that keeps me from being able to work ity rolls to the retirement side of the ledger. Howso I need monthly disability checks to get by.” And ever, your monthly check will not change because, in fact, your disability claim would not have been again, you are already being paid your full retireapproved without all kinds of medical evidence to ment age benefit. support your claim. On the other hand, when you file for un I am 55 years old. I have worked employment benefits, you are essentially telling all my life, but recently suffered an injur y that the state unemployment people this: “I am ready, caused me to lose my job. I filed for Social willing and able to work, but I just can’t find a job, Security disability. I am still waiting to hear so I need unemployment checks to tide me over from them. But I am also going to get worker’s until I get work.” I hope you see the disconnect there. You compensation through my state. Someone ADVERTISING PROOF are either lying to the federal government about told me this will mess up my Social Security. TUES., APRIL your inability to26 work, or 5:00 you are lying to the state Is this true? Final Changes DUE: p.m.. about your ability to work.  One or theother is goPlease review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling Prices Hours ing to deny your benefits. There is a law that says the combinaContact your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. carefully. Doublefrom check: Phone *** Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Hours tionPlease of your review worker’s comp payments the state Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 If you have a Social Security question, Tom and your Social Security disability benefits from Contact your Tidbits representative immediately with or Contact corrections. Margenau haschanges the answer. him at thomas.marthe federal government cannot exceed 80 percent genau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom MarOffice: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 of your pre-disability income. That’s an incentive to genau and to read past columns and see features from Manhattan The to Desert get you toIn return work someday. The thinking is other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit

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The name was inspired by one of the salesman’s visits to LuRay Caverns in Virginia. Lu-Ray dishes were produced in Sharon Pink, Persian Cream and Windsor Blue colors. Chatham Gray was introduced in 1949, but due to lack of interest it was discontinued in 1952. Anchor Hocking bought the company in 1972 and then closed it in 1981. Your Windsor Blue Lu-Ray dinnerware set would probably be worth $150 to $225. * * * Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P.O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM

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Vol. XII Issue 27

Go Figure! answers GO FIGURE! - Answers

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1. Strawberries 2. Cyanide (common in many seeds and pits) 3. 178 seeds average per bun 4. Soybean (followed by sunflower, canola and peanut oil) 5. Plantain weed BIBLE TRIVIA Answers

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Neither Matthew Cornelius Sadducees Solomon Tomb

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1) Yes (very small) 2) About 200 per dandelion

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