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TIDBITS® GETS ITTO-GO-by Kathy WolfeNo, it’s not anything to do with take-out Chinese in those little white boxes. This week, Tidbits features a variety of items that start with to- and go-.• Tobacco contributes to more than 400,000 deaths in the United States every year. That’s almost 20 percent of all U.S. deaths! About 23 percent of adult Americans smoke, and 30 per-cent of adolescents. A person who hasn’t used tobacco by the time he is 21 is quite likely to remain a non-smoker. Around the globe, about 10 million cigarettes are purchased each minute of every day. • Halfway between Boston and New Bedford, Massachusetts, stood an old house, built in 1709 as a toll-collecting station, stable and inn for weary travelers. In 1930, along came Ken and Ruth Wakefi eld, who purchased the house and opened a lodge, naming it the Toll House Inn. Ruth provided many delicious meals for her guests, as well as tempting baked goods. While mixing up a batch of her favorite cookie recipe, as an experiment, she added a chopped choco-late bar. It was so well-liked, she continued the practice, and the treat became quite popular throughout the area. So popular, it soon be-came known as the Toll House cookie, a name that endures today. turn the page for more!

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TO- GO- (continued):• Experts in the game of marbles will know that the official name for the shooting marble is tol-ley. • What’s the fastest healing part of your body? It’s your tongue! It’s also the strongest muscle group and the most flexible. About 3,000 taste buds make their home on the tongue. The aver-age length of a tongue is 4 inches (10 cm). • Back in second-century Rome, only Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga. Before a boy reached legal age, he wore a white toga with a border of a wide purple stripe. At his “coming of age” ceremony, usually around age 14 or 15, he donned, for the first time, a plain white toga. This was known as the toga virilis. • At age 33, J.R.R. Tolkien became a professor in the English Department at the University of Oxford. Always interested in languages, he actu-ally invented several “artificial” languages, two of which, “Quenya” and “Sindarin,” he used in his novels. While serving with the British army during World War I, he was hospitalized with trench fever. During his confinement, he began writing fantasy tales. Years later, he published a novel he had written for his children, entitled “The Hobbit.” His publishers convinced him to write a sequel, and the result was the three-volume work, “The Lord of the Rings,” an effort that required nearly 10 years. It was published in 1954 and 1955. Tolkien continued as professor at Oxford until 1959. • In the 1800s, totters could be seen strolling the streets of every British hamlet. Most carried a large hand-bell to announce their arrival. Who were they? They were the original recyclers, col-lecting people’s rags, bones and bottles.

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¥ To keep salt from coming out of a saltshaker too quickly, add some plain uncooked white rice to the shaker. The large grains will block some of the holes, causing less salt to come out with each shake. The rice also will absorb moisture and keep the salt from clumping.

¥ "When I take my dog to 'Grandma' for dog-sit-ting, I measure out each meal into a plastic zipper-top bag. This way, Mom doesn't have to remember how much to feed at each mealtime, and it makes it easy to serve." -- V.Y. in Texas

¥ "At my child's day care, there is a 'Where's Mommy and Daddy?' board. Parents bring in a picture of themselves at their job, and the children can see the picture and know that it shows what Mommy or Daddy is doing while the child is play-ing." -- S.E. in Missouri

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DEAR PAW'S CORNER: We bathe and brush our dog "Clint" regularly and wash his bed-ding, but our apartment still smells kind of funky. Is there any way to totally rid our place of that dog odor? -- Karen in Long Island, N.Y.

DEAR KAREN: I'm not sure it's 100 percent possible to completely get rid of pet odors, but you can tackle some common problem areas to minimize the odors. The American Kennel Club recently published some tips to com-bat pet odors, especially in hidden areas you might not have thought of:--Wash Clint's bed coverings and blankets every week.--Buy a spare set of bed coverings or blankets to swap out and wash.--Sweep and mop underneath the pet bed and in and around Clint's kennel cage at least once a week.--Cover throw pillows around the house with washable coverings.--Check under furniture or in other spots

where Clint hides to make sure he isn't stashing old bones or leftovers there.--Once a month or whenever they start getting funky, wash Clint's toys with soapy water and let dry completely.--Before vacuuming the house, sprinkle baking soda over the carpet to absorb minor odors.--Wash other textiles more frequently, such as curtains and area rugs, to remove fur and odor.--If Clint has an accident indoors, clean up as quickly as possible, wash the spot with mild soap and water, and blot dry. If odor lingers in that spot, the padding underneath may be affect-ed; air out by lifting the carpet away, or replace that section of carpet and padding.

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TO- GO- (continued):• If you’re a lobster eater, perhaps you’ve no-ticed that soft green stuff inside its cavity. This substance functions as the creature’s liver and pancreas. Its official name is tomalley. Be careful if you eat it — It can contain dangerous levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning. • Toponymy is the study of place names. When something takes its name from a certain place, it’s known as a toponym. Well-known examples include the Oxford shirt taking its name from Oxford, England, and hamburgers being named for their city of origin, Hamburg, Germany. The province of Ontario gets its name from Lake Ontario, not the other way around. Did you know that the tuxedo takes its name from Tuxedo Park, New York? It’s believed that it was there that this formal suit was worn for the first time at the community’s annual Autumn Ball in 1886. • The goldfish is actually a member of the carp family. There are more than 100 varieties of goldfish, and many are not gold all, but rather, brown, gray, black and white. The fad of gold-fish swallowing began in 1939 on the Harvard campus and quickly spread to other colleges. Although an anatomy professor claimed that an average-sized male could safely consume 150 goldfish, the record soon shot up to over 300 fish at one sitting. • The word “gobbledygook,” which means “unclear bureaucratic jargon,” entered the English language in 1944. As a war plant chair-man attempted to read and understand a wordy government memo, he decided the gobbling of turkeys was easier to interpret, and he coined the new term.

¥ On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United States, respectively, die. Both men had been central in the drafting of the historic document.

¥ On July 5, 1865, in London, revivalist preacher William Booth and his wife Catherine establish the Christian Mission, later known as the Salvation Army, to wage war against the evils of poverty and religious indifference.

¥ On July 6, 1957, Liverpool teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time. Lennon was a member of the Quarry Men, scheduled to play at a public event. Two weeks later, Lennon invited McCartney to join the Quarry Men.

¥ On July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam begins. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would produce what would be the largest dam of its time. Today, the Hoover Dam generates enough energy each year to serve more than a mil-lion people.

¥ On July 8, 1776, a 2,000-pound copper-and-tin bell now known as the “Liberty Bell” rings out from the tower of the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, summoning citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. As the British advanced toward Philadelphia in the fall of 1777, the bell was removed from the city and hidden in Allentown to save it from being melted down by the British and used to make cannons.

¥ On July 9, 1947, in a ceremony held at the Penta-gon in Arlington, Va., Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower appoints Florence Blanchfield to be a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, making her the first woman in U.S. history to hold permanent military rank. Blanchfield had served as superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.

¥ On July 10, 1962, the United States Patent Office issues Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin a patent for his three-point automobile safety belt. The traditional two-point belt had been known to cause severe internal abdominal injuries in the event of a high-speed crash.


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BICYCLES (continued):• In the 1890s, the first “modern” bicycles

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• More than a million bicycles were sold in the United States by the time 1895 rolled around, but one last improvement would propel the bicycle into the must-own category: the pneu-matic tire. Under the guidance of the Pope Manufacturing Company (which made bi-cycles), the Hartford Rubber Works produced America’s first pneumatic tires in 1895. Pro-viding a much softer ride, they soon became a standard feature on all bicycle models.

• Dozens of smaller-scale improvements boosted the speed, comfort, longevity and performance of bicycles during the 20th century. As women began to find them as necessary as men, two varieties of bicycle were made. Men’s bikes were built with an extra stabilizer bar across the top of the bike. Women’s bikes omitted the bar, providing for easier mounting and dismounting of the vehicle when wearing skirts.

• The 1970s saw the development of two bi-cycle extremes. First came bicycles that took you nowhere. Otherwise known as exercise bikes, these training aids first hit the home market at the beginning of the decade. Then, as time went on and the energy crisis sent fuel prices skyrocketing, mopeds appeared. These bicycle/motorcycle hybrids, most popular with city-centered business workers, could either be pedaled like a regular bike or powered using a small, low-powered gasoline engine.

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TO- GO- (continued):• If you have an item that is 24 karat gold, then it is considered pure gold. An object that is 18-karat gold is 18 parts pure gold and six parts other metal.• A goatsucker is actually a small nocturnal bird in the whippoorwill family. It doesn’t suck goats at all, but rather enjoys insects as its chief diet. • Rubber-cored golf balls have been around since 1898. Prior to that time, leather balls stuffed with feathers were used. • It’s estimated that the Bible’s Philistine gi-ant named Goliath stood close to 10 feet (3.05 m) tall. He was soundly defeated by the young shepherd boy David with the fi rst stone in his slingshot. • Write the number “1,” then follow it with 100 zeros, and you will have written a googol. • Without the help of William Crawford Gorgas, the Panama Canal might never have been built. Gorgas was a physician who ordered the remov-al of mosquitoes’ breeding areas, thus consider-ably slowing down the spread of yellow fever and malaria. • If your diet is defi cient in the mineral iodine, it’s possible that you could develop a goiter, which is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. You will be advised to eat more fi sh and use iodized salt. • The male gorilla has been known to weigh 450 pounds (204 kg) and stand 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall. Although they appear vicious and threaten-ing, they are in fact shy and friendly and enjoy companionship. The average gorilla can gener-ate about 20 different sounds, from whimpers to roars. Believe it or not, a gorilla shows its anger by sticking out its tongue!• Nguba is the African word for “peanut.” So THAT’S where we get our word “goober”!

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RICK HANSEN (continued):• Hansen’s impressive journey, dubbed the “Man in Motion World Tour,” began in March of 1985 in Vancouver. His trek covered 34 coun-tries on four continents, a distance of more than 24,850 miles (40,000 km). It was 26 months before he pulled back into Vancouver, having raised $26 million for his cause. • Yet the Man in Motion tour is only one of his incredible achievements. Hansen has been the victor in 19 international wheelchair marathons. He is a wheelchair volleyball and basketball national champ and winner of six Paralympic medals. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Han-sen was selected as the torchbearer to bring the flame into the stadium. • Hansen continues his work as an advocate for those with spinal cord injuries. He serves as president and CEO of the Rick Hansen Founda-tion, which has raised upwards of $200 million for this important cause. He has co-authored two books, one about his Man in Motion adven-ture, and another entitled “Going the Distance: 7 Steps to Personal Change.” • As an in-demand motivational speaker, Hansen particularly enjoys making a difference in the lives of young people. Along this line, he has served as a high school basketball and volleyball coach. Throughout his adversity, he has maintained that “a shattered spine is not a shattered spirit,” and in his words, “Courage is being able to recognize and overcome fear or act in the face of danger, and to do so with dignity and integrity.”

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SISTER ACT (continued):• The Dionne family of Callander, Ontario, al-ready had six children when they welcomed the world’s fi rst living quintuplets in 1934. Five girls — Emilie, Cecile, Yvonne, Annette and Marie — weighed in at a total of 14 pounds (6.35 kg.). When the girls were just a year old, they were removed from their home by the government of Ontario when their father agreed to accept mon-ey for their appearance at the Chicago World’s Fair. They were featured in advertisements for everything from dolls to dishwashing liquid to war bonds, creating millions of dollars in rev-enue for the province of Ontario. The quints’ earnings were placed in a trust fund controlled by the government, which was misappropri-ated, leaving them in fi nancial straits in their later years. During the 1990s, the three remain-ing quints were living together on $750 a month and approached the Canadian government for a settlement. In 1998, they were awarded a $4 mil-lion tax-free remuneration by Canadian offi cials. Emilie, who became a nun, died of an epileptic seizure at age 20, while Marie perished in 1970 and Yvonne in 2001. • Amidst gently fl oating bubbles and between Geritol and Aqua Velva commercials, the four Lennon sisters, Dianne, Janet, Peggy and Kathy crooned syrupy ballads to the audience of “The Lawrence Welk Show.” With their match-ing chiffon dresses and stiff bouffant hairdos, the California-born sisters appeared with the Champagne Music Makers from 1955 until 1967. The girls got their lucky break when Welk’s son began dating Dianne and informed his father of the girls’ potential.

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