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Warning #1: “Don’t go out without a coat or you’ll get sick!”

Warning #2: “You’re gonna fall and crack your head open!”

Warning #3: “Chewing gum stays in your digestive system for seven years!”

Warning #4: “Someday your face will freeze like that!”

Warning #5: “Don’t watch TV with the lights off. It will hurt your eyes!”

Warning #6: “Wear clean underwear in case you’re in an accident!”

Warning #7: “If you don’t wait an hour after eating to get in the swimming pool, you will get a cramp and die!”

Warning #8: “You can’t have any of my coffee. It will stunt your growth!”

Warning #9: “If you break a leg, don’t come running to me!”

Warning #10: “Don’t play with that toad, you’ll get warts!”

Warning #11: “Keep touching yourself, and it’ll fall off!”

Warning #12: “You’ll poke someone’s eye out with that!”

Warning #13: “Don’t crack your knuckles. You’ll get arthritis!”

Warning #14: “Don’t cross your eyes. They’ll get stuck!”

Warning #15: “Eat your carrots. It will improve your eyesight!”

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It’s called the Cherry Blossom Glass.  Everytime you lift your glass, you get to see the Sakura flower outline left by condensation.  But at $60 for a pair of these glasses, I’ll just buy some coasters.

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In 1791 and 1792, Andrew Ellicott and his surveying team placed 40 boundary stones around the perimeter of the District of Columbia, one at each mile of the original diamond shape. They laid the first stone, the south corner stone, at Jones Point on April 15, 1791, under the guidance of Benjamin Banneker.

From there, Ellicott’s team embarked on a 40-mile journey that took nearly two years. They created the boundary lines of the capital by clearing 20 feet of land on each side of the boundary and setting a uniquely marked stone at each mile interval. On each stone, the side facing the District of Columbia displayed the inscription “Jurisdiction of the United States” and a mile number. The opposite side said either “Virginia” or “Maryland,” as appropriate. The third and fourth sides displayed the year in which the stone was placed (1791 for the 14 Virginia stones and 1792 for the 26 Maryland stones) and the magnetic compass variance at that place.

The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments. Although several have been moved or replaced, 38 boundary stones remain in or near their original locations.

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