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Whale’s vomit is worth $5,000+ per pound.
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http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/ambergris.htm
The first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria in 1787.
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They are both about the same price, but sending a man to prison is slightly more expensive.
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1) Arabs will fight to the death rather that surrender to women. 2) Army units loose all discipline when a female soldier is killed or injured.
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Dictamnus a bush which emits a flammable, oily substance which can be lit on fire, without burning the bush itself.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictamnus
Volatile oils
In the summer months, the whole plant is covered with a kind of flammable substance, which is gluey to the touch, and has a very fragrant, lemony aroma; but if it takes fire, it goes off with a flash all over the plant. The name "burning bush" derives from the volatile oils produced by the plant, which can catch fire readily in hot weather, leading to comparisons with the burning bush of the Bible, including the suggestion that this is the plant involved there. The daughter of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus is said to have ignited the air once, at the end of a particularly hot, windless summer day, above Dictamnus plants, using a simple matchstick. The volatile oils have a reputed component of isoprene.
There were more cab in NYC in 1937, there were less people that owned cars.
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Parots could detect the sound of aircraft and warn of invasion.
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Bubo - from the 14th century, refers to a swelling of some kind. The word bubonic is derived from bubo.
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The 1992 comedy “My Cousin Vinny” is so well regarded in the US legal community that it is frequently used in law schools to demonstrate courtroom procedures such as voire dire and cross examination.
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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge Richard Posner praised My Cousin Vinny as being
particularly rich in practice tips: how a criminal defense lawyer must stand his ground against a hostile judge, even at the cost of exasperating the judge, because the lawyer's primary audience is the jury, not the judge; how cross-examination on peripheral matters can sow serious doubts about a witness's credibility; how props can be used effectively in cross-examination (the tape measure that demolishes one of the prosecution's eyewitnesses); how to voir dire, examine, and cross-examine expert witnesses; the importance of the Brady doctrine ... how to dress for a trial; contrasting methods of conducting a jury trial; and more.
