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By Things you always never wanted to know
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Travelers to La Paz, Bolivia, often become ill the moment they arrive in the city. Why? La Paz is 11,900 feet above sea level, the highest metropolis in the world. People with ailing hearts or bronchial problems are warned to stay away, and even those in perfect health usually cannot avoid some illness resulting from the altitude.
The following are all legal holidays in the United States: Fast Day (fourth Monday in April, in New Hampshire); Arbor Day (Jan. 18, in Florida); Kamehama Day (June 11, in Hawaii); Nathan B. Forrest's Birthday (July 13, in Tennessee); Cherokee Strip Day (Sept. 16, in Oklahoma); Will Rogers Day (Nov. 4, in Oklahoma); Repudiation Day (Nov. 23, in Maryland)
The American Speech and Hearing Association estimates that more than 40 million Americans are exposed to dangerously loud noises daily, not all of which are machine-made. For instance, the screaming of a baby has a higher decibel level (90 dB) and hence is more damaging to the delicate inner ear than an alarm clock (80 dB), a vacuum cleaner (70 dB) and heavy traffic (75 dB). Permanent hearing impairment, studies say, begins with sound levels of about 85 decibels. Thus, prolonged exposure to the sound of a jackhammer (100 dB), a power mower (105 dB), an auto horn (120 dB), live rock music (130 dB) and a jet engine (140 dB) can cause irreparable damage to one's hearing.
There is no sure way to tell a moth from a butterfly. Though there are differences of physiology and habit between them, it is almost impossible to isolate a single differentiating characteristic that applies uniformly to both species.
King Henry III of France, Louis XIV of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia-commonly known as fear of cats.
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