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Did You Know Yawning Cools Down Your Brain?

Did You Know Yawning Cools Down Your Brain?

Your strongest muscle and worst enemy is your mind. Train it well. – Anonymous   Your Brain Your brain isn’t really a muscle, but it’s more important and more powerful than your strongest muscle. It controls every function of your body—both physical and mental....

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Did You Know Doctors Once Used Frogs to Cure Coughs?

Did You Know Doctors Once Used Frogs to Cure Coughs?

It’s time for another foray into the past to answer the question: Why do we say the things we say?   Phrases When you use certain phrases, you know what they mean, but if you stop and consider the actual words, they often don’t make sense . . . not unless you...

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Did You Know Doctors Once Used Frogs to Cure Coughs?

Did You Know “Did You Know” Is Three?

Recently, several people have asked where I get my ideas. As any author will tell you, ideas come from anywhere and everywhere. My fiction stories begin with the writer’s standard question “What if…” when I see or hear something that catches my attention. For my DYKs,...

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Did You Know Yawning Cools Down Your Brain?

Did You Know Yawning Is Contagious?

The 2023 Dog Days of Summer (July 3-August 11) have officially ended. Unfortunately, as explained in last year’s DYK the Dog Days of Summer Won’t Always Be in Summer, they have nothing to do with the calendar or the family pet. (Too bad, since if this summer’s brutal...

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