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You share your birthday with more than 16 million others in the world.... posted on Nov 30 2002, 939 reads

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile national monument.... posted on Nov 29 2002, 2,059 reads

A one-day weather forecast requires about 10 billion math calculations.... posted on Nov 28 2002, 2,127 reads

The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported: "Across the country, major foundations are slashing their giving, because the stock market decline has sharply eroded their assets.” ... posted on Nov 27 2002, 1,328 reads

Approximately 1/3 of the estimated 600,000 homeless people in the US have a severe mental illness.
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The island of East Timor is the newest country in the world, having gained its Independence from Indonesia on May 20th, 2002.... posted on Nov 23 2002, 892 reads

The teaching of Vipassana meditation in a correctional facility was tried first in Jaipur, India in 1975. Following that, in 1994, the first 10-day meditation course was taught in India's biggest prison, the Tihar jail in the capital New Delhi, house to about 10,000 inmates. ... posted on Nov 22 2002, 1,969 reads