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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Odds and Sods

$1.8M map to go on public display

A Washington businessman is loaning the first U.S. map printed in North America to the Library of Congress after buying it for $1.8 million.
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Doctor Accepts Donations Only
Dr. Keith Swanson of Atlantic, Iowa was going to retire and work for free over seas. Instead his wife talked him into opening a “donations only” clinic. This way he could do his charity work right in his home town. To cover his expenses his wife made a donation box. It’s a simple shoe box covered in red tape. There is slit on the top where people can place donations. The average donation is about $10.
Swanson said he has no plans to quit what he’s doing any time soon.
“I always tell people, the last day — if I walk down the hall and die, you’ll know I’m not going to be here tomorrow.”
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A Kentucky town is overrun with cats
A Kentucky town is threatened by hundreds of felines.
People of the town of almost 1,800 feel they're being outpaced by the explosion in the cat population.
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The average office employee drinks 60 baths-worth of tea in their lifetime, having four cups a day out of habit or to skive work, a study found

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