Man to cellphone handset shop assistant: "Is there a phone app that can make my voice sound really pathetic and sincere when I apologize for something?"
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Q: How did the cannibal turn over a new leaf?
A: He did so by becoming a vegetarian!
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From the world of science…
Do berries have heart benefits?
From the Harvard School of Public Health comes a new 18-year study: eating berries three times a week can lower your heart attack risk by one-third. For safeguarding your heat, eating berries is as effective as becoming a vegetarian. Even those in the study with high blood pressure benefited equally.
(Me: Going or eating vegetarian alone isn't good enough for healthy, longer life e.g. more of our countrymen are vegetarians, yet the life expectancy here is 65 years vis 80+ in the advanced countries. Better nutrition – right food, right mix and right amount of food - sanitation, cleanliness and regular exercise count for more healthy life..)
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A phone case that makes your mobile untrackable.
A US technologist has designed a phone case that shields your mobile's cullular, Wi-Fi, and GPS signals, keep your location from being tracked.
(Me: A very unwelcome invention coz. these days most crimes are busted by the cops, by being able to track and/or apprehend a criminal on the basis of the location of his cellphone handset at the time of crime)
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Early promise for malaria vaccine that mimics bites…
Washington: A new kind of malaria vaccine that mimics the effect of mosquito bites has shown early promise by offering 100% protection to a dozen human volunteers: research.
To get the maximum anti-oxidants from green tea, allow tea powder to steep in the cup for five minutes.
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Pomegranate juice not only provides slow, continuous energy, but boosts your testosterone levels.
(Me: yani ki (meaning) a cheap aphrodisiac…)
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Cartoon quip in Mumbai Mirror
As our internal parties have a brawl,
India's external parties have a ball!
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Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.
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Weird world…
Vietnamese man and son found living in a treehouse for 40 years…
A Vietnamese father and son have been discovered in a jungle 40 years after they vanished during the war with the US. Ho Van Thang, now 92, fled from Tra Kem village in shock with his young son after a mine exploded killing his wife and two other sons. They made a den in the trees and survived by foraging for fruit and vegetables.
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All-boys club: US couple welcomes 12th son
Detroit: A Michigan family welcomed their 12thchild. And it's a boy – just like the other 11.
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76 lakhs 'ghosts' invade Bihar voters list.
Patna: The election authorities have detected 76 lakh (7.6 million) 'ghost' voters on the electoral rolls of 243 assembly constituencies in Bihar.
(Besides the other kinds of anti-socials, the state now also has ghosts..)
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UP's SP leader..
"We don't need the IAS cadre to administer the state"
(Abolishing the entire babudom in the state would certainly save crores of rupees)
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Tomatoes for Hyderabad glut Chennai..
The trouble over Teleganga has had a silver lining for Chennai. Suddenly, the city has been flooded with cheap tomatoes originally meant for Hyderabd.
(Me: A curse for Hyderabad is a blessing for Chennai.. At least some from the 'glut' could be diverted to Mumbai where the price of tomatoes is about Rs.40 a kilo..)
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Women wear a third of what they pack for holidays: study.
London: Over packing before heading for holidays is a common mistake made by millions, but women are the worst culprits for taking home unworn clothes. A new research has found that women only wear as little as a third of the clothes they pack for a holiday.
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3 Indians among UK's most wanted…
London: Three of Britain 30 most wanted fraudsters and tax evaders are of Indian-origin who have cost commoners nearly Pounds sterling 10 million.
(Me: Looks we are exporting our unenviable reputation, too: the Indian community there accounts for less than 1% of her population but 10% of frauds..)..
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A little boy was looking at the stock of greeting cards at a store.
The clerk came up and asked, "What do you want, son? Birthday greeting? Message to a sick friend?"
The boy shook his head, "No."
"Then what card?" asked the clerk.
The boy answered wistfully, "Got anything in the line of blank report cards?"
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