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April 30, 2008
Topics help, people, windows, plants, fly, medicine, dance, finger, military, hands, music, love, book and health
Albert Hofmann, the inventor of the mind-altering drug LSD, died Tuesday at the age of 102. Hofmann was a Swiss chemist who discovered lysergic acid diethylamide-25 by accident in 1938 while studying the medicinal ingredients in plants. One April day in 1938 a bit of LSD seeped onto his finger. That's when he discovered the psychedelic effects of the drug.
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April 3, 2008
A Chinese woman has reportedly continued to write letters addressed to her husband who passed away 14 years ago, in her attempt to keep his memory alive. Admitting that she was still suffering from her loss, 75-year old Wan Fengxia said that she still wrote letters, each one expressing her love for him, as well as the memories she had of him.
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March 25, 2008
Topics job, girlfriend, mcdonalds, lottery, life, man, hilton, wales, restaurants, happy, hard, hotel, love, restaurant, young, wife, couple, money and world
A man who found himself the winner of a Ł1. 3 million ($2. 6 million) lottery recently returned to his job at a local McDonald's after living a rich life, simply because he missed his co-workers. The man, 25-year old Luke Pittard, won the lottery with his girlfriend and co-worker, 29-year old Emma Cox, 18 months ago, leading Pittard to quit his job as the restaurant's staff trainer. However, he decided to return because of the fact that he simply loved his job.
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March 17, 2008
Topics snake, teenager, school, rats, weird, freak, beautiful, snakes, africa, oil, leaves, skin, pool, window, friends, love, girl, help, money and family
A teenager from South Africa has developed an unusual yet strong bond with a 10-foot long Burmese long python, a bond that has been sustained for two years. The teenager, 11th-grader Simone Naidoo, got the python named Theo after falling in love with snakes at 10 years old. She saw the slithery creatures displayed at a window during a grade school fair.
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February 14, 2008
Finally, someone has an answer to the age-old question: "Where do broken hearts go?" A 38-year-old radio reporter from New York City created what she thought was a fitting resting place for broken hearts and dead love affairs. Kathleen Horan said Relationshipobit. com is an online memory vault of romances and relationships that have sadly fizzled out.
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