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  2. Spilling salt - Wikipedia

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    Wherefore many consider it ominous to spill salt on the table, and, on the other hand, propitious to spill wine, especially if unmixed with water." [ 2 ] This may not be the actual explanation since salt was a valuable commodity in ancient times [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and, as such, was seen as a symbol of trust and friendship.

  3. Max Headroom signal hijacking - Wikipedia

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    The first incident took place during the sports segment of independent TV station WGN-TV's 9:00 p.m. newscast and featured a person wearing a mask swaying erratically in front of a semi-swiveling corrugated metal panel, apparently meant to resemble Max Headroom's animated geometric background. Unlike the later intrusion, the only sound was a ...

  4. Paper Mask - Wikipedia

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    Paper Mask is a 1990 British drama film directed by Christopher Morahan and starring Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe and Tom Wilkinson. [2] The screenplay concerns a hospital porter who decides to impersonate a doctor in a busy hospital. The film was based on a 1987 novel by John Collee, who also wrote the screenplay.

  5. Troops Told to Up Salt Intake Before Queen's Funeral — But 2 ...

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    A royal risk. Troops were warned to take precautions so they wouldn’t collapse during Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral — but the solution wasn’t foolproof.. Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral: Every ...

  6. Disposable masks can take up to 450 years to decompose ... - AOL

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    It’s why adding disposable masks — made of materials including polypropylene, which break into micro-sized plastic fibers and can take up to 450 years to decompose — to the already ...

  7. Destroyed in Seconds - Wikipedia

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    Destroyed in Seconds is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008. [2]Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc.

  8. Why salt melts ice — and how to use it on your sidewalk - AOL

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    Similarly, to get an improved salt surface area, use smaller salt. “If you have two 1-pound bags of salt, but one bag has big crystals and the other has small crystals, the smaller crystals will ...

  9. List of Google April Fools' Day jokes - Wikipedia

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    According to a notice underneath the videos, viewing the video with this quality setting enabled allowed YouTube to save one US dollar ($1) per second on bandwidth costs. The notice also remarked on the source of this new "feature," wishing the reader a happy April Fools' Day.