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Chapter 8.
Did you hear about the lotto ticket? 
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Lottery Winnings Effects on Happiness
Percent of lottery winners who are happier after winning: 55 % 
{Of the 55% of winners who are happier: 65% Claimed the reasons were improved financial security and fewer worries, 23% Claimed the reason was they can buy what they want and that life is a lot easier}
No effect on happiness: 43% 
Are less happy: 2% 

Effect on Friendships 
Percent of winners who already had a best friend and are still best friends: 90% 
Average number of friends men winners give money to: 3% 
Average number of friends women give money to: 1% 

Homework:
What is the percentage of lottery winners who had spent their entire winnings within 5 years?

Answer: 45%

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chapter 7.
What are you doing here?
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Approximately 7 billion greeting cards are purchased every year. Annual retail sales of greeting cards are estimated at more than $7.5 billion. Nine out of every ten households buy greeting cards each year. The average households buys 30 individual greeting cards a year.  

Homework:

Holidays are obviously the most popular time for Greeting Card sales. Can you put the following Holidays in the correct order of greatest to least in terms of sale number?
(presented in alphabetical order)


Christmas
Easter
Father's Day
Halloween
Mother's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Thanksgiving
Valentine's Day

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 Christmas (1.5 billion cards sold)
Valentine's Day (144 million)
Mother's Day (133 million)
Father's Day (94 million)
Easter (57 million)
Halloween (20 million)
Thanksgiving (10 million)
St. Patrick's Day (8 million)

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Chapter 6.
You have a girlfriend? 
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The most popular way to meet Boyfriend/Girlfriend is on the internet. Approximately 19% of Americans met their significant other this way. 

Only 9% of Americans met in this way:
They studied together.

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Chapter 5.
I'm itchy.
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If all the hairs on a single head of hair 12" long were laid end-to-end, they would stretch 26 miles. 

Hair is surprisingly strong: a single hair can support a load of about 100 grams without breaking.


True or False?

Cutting hair does not influence its growth.
True.

Everyone loses at least 40 to 100 strand of hair a year.
False. It's 40-100 strands a DAY.

Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.
True.

Over 30% of men by age 60 have male pattern hair loss.
False. It's 50% of men by age 50 have male pattern hair loss.

Human hair grows about 6 inches per year. 
True.


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Chapter 4.
What if you're a vampire? 
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Many people think that Bram Stocker wrote the original "vampire" novel circa 1897. However, the first known --mainstream-- vamp novel was written almost a hundred years previous.

Homework: 
Who wrote the first successful vampire novel? What was it's title?
John Polidori's The Vampyre
Extra Credit: 
What year was this book published?
1819 

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Chapter 3.
"If I move, will you get in?" 
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Below are Some real traffic laws around the United States. 
{See, it's not unreasonable to require Bella to move to the other side of the street.}

Illinois·         Prohibited to drive a car without a steering wheel.
·         Evanston: Unlawful to change clothes in an automobile with the curtains drawn, except in case of fire. 
Alabama·         It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
·         Brewerton: Use of motor boats forbidden on city streets. 

Kentucky·         “No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club.”
·         An amendment to the above law: “The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses.”
·         Forbidden to appear on the streets of any town or village in bathing dress without police protection. 
Ohio·         Berea: Any animal that is out after dark must have a tail light.
·         Cleveland: Operating a motor vehicle while sitting in another person’s lap is forbidden.
·         Youngstown: Running out of gas is illegal. 

Homework:
In which state is It illegal to drive a camel on the highway?
Nevada

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Chapter 2.
Double whammy.
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Can you spot which of the below statements is NOT really a fact regarding Bees and Honey?

  • Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins,minerals, and water; and it’s the only food that contains “pinocembrin”, an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning. 

  • A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen. Worker honey bees are male, live for about 6 weeks and do all the work. 

  • During summer the queen bee lays up to 2500 eggs per day. 

  • Bacteria will never grow in honey — Because of its high concentration of sugar, its high acidity, and because it actually contains a very small amount of naturally-occurring hydrogen peroxide, honey is hostile to bacteria growth. Therefore, honey will never spoil.
Answer: A colony of bees consists of 20,000-60,000 honeybees and one queen. Worker honey bees are female, live for about 6 weeks and do all the work. 

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Chapter 1:
I always thought the lottery was a tax on people with poor math skills. 

Evaluate 3 + 6 x (5 + 4) ÷ 3 - 7 
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Did you get this answer right? {highlight space above for answer}