10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid

  1. Loose for lose
  2. It’s for its (or god forbid, its’)
  3. They’re for their for there
  4. i.e. for e.g.
  5. Effect for affect
  6. You’re for your
  7. Different than for different from
  8. Lay for lie
  9. Then for than
  10. Could of, would of for could have, would have

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The Toilet Paper Timeline

The earth is over 5 billion years old. Life first originated in the oceans 3.4 billion years ago. The dinosaurs died out 65 million years in the past. Human recorded history stretches back 10,000 years in time.

These numbers are too large to visualize, and difficult to compare. Here’s an easy way to put time in perspective, and actually visualize different eras in the earth’s history. You’ll need a roll of toilet paper, a long hallway, and some sticky notes.

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World’s Longest Marriage

A BRITISH couple are celebrating the world’s longest marriage — of 83-AND-A-HALF YEARS.  Bill Jones is 105 and his wife Eluned is 102.

The couple, from Slough, Berks, have a son aged 83, a granddaughter, two great-grandchildren and a great-great grandson.

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