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Topic: DID YOU KNOW?

May 14, 2009

Richard Hawk

Worry is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word that means to strangle or to choke.
Science has uncovered a "Type C" (or Type 1) personality. Less well-known than the angry, heart-attack-prone Type A personality, but no less lethal, Type C's tend to suppress their true feelings. They wind up at high risk for developing cancer.
When certain plants come under stress, they give off ethylene gas. Insects seem to be aware of these gaseous emissions and hone in on the "stressed-out" plants.

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