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Vodka .. Who Knew ...

Who Knew???

1. To remove a bandage painlessly,
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saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive.   
2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers,
fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking,
let set five minutes and wash clean.
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The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew.   
3. To clean your eyeglasses,
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simply wipe the lenses with a soft,
clean cloth dampened with vodka.
The alcohol in the vodka cleans the glass and kills germs.   
4. Prolong the life of razors by filling a cup with vodka
and letting your safety razor blade
soak in the alcohol after shaving.
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The vodka disinfects the blade and prevents rusting.   

5. Spray vodka on wine stains, 

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scrub with a brush, and then blot dry.
6. Using a cotton ball, apply vodka to your face

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as an astringent to cleanse the skin and tighten pores.


7. Add a jigger of vodka to a 12-ounce bottle of shampoo.
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The alcohol cleanses the scalp,removes toxins from hair,
and stimulates the growth of healthy hair.


8. Fill a sixteen-ounce trigger-spray bottle with vodka

and spray bees or wasps to kill them.


9 Pour one-half cup vodka
and one-half cup water into a Ziploc freezer bag
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and freeze for a slushy, refreshing ice pack for aches,
pain or black eyes.


10. Fill a clean, used mayonnaise jar
with freshly packed lavender flowers,
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fill the jar with vodka, seal the lid tightly
and set in the sun for three days.
Strain liquid through a coffee filter,
then apply the tincture to aches and pains.


11. To relieve a fever, use a washcloth
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to rub vodka on your chest and back as a liniment.



12. To cure foot odor,
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wash your feet with vodka.


13 Vodka will disinfect
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and alleviate a jellyfish sting.



14. Pour vodka over an area affected with poison ivy


to remove the urushiol oil from your skin.



15. Swish a shot of vodka over an aching tooth.


Allow your gums to absorb some of the alcohol to numb the pain.

 

 

Finger Monkeys ...

The finger monkey is the tiniest living primate in the world, so small that it can hold onto your finger.  These primates belong to the family Callitrichidae, species Cebuella, and genus C. Pygmaea.  They are native to rain forests of Brazil , Peru , Bolivia , Ecuador , and Colombia (source: Buzzle).
Finger monkeys are, as a matter of fact, pygmy marmosets.  They are also known by the names "pocket monkey" and "tiny lion."This cute little primate hugs and grips onto your finger so tightly that it pulls your heart strings, and you wish you could take it home with you.

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Brilliant visual communication ...

Circus tent looks like a magazine.
makes you want to press "backspace" to correct the typo 

punning the word bar with a beer mug

Coffee steam is mouse pointers :)

To stress A to Z of selling, also selling A to Z.

There’s an elephant trunk inside the letter "e"

A bit provocative logo against nazism and racism and all forms of intolerance

the right-pointing arrow between ‘E’ and ‘x’

Can you spot Australia between her entwined leg and arm?

"i" killed:)

scissors look like a mustache:)

The pencil pointing down!

The socket’s expression says it all.

Mosleep is an organization of doctors that deals with people having sleeping disorders

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Extreme engineering ...

Workers build a footpath around the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in China  


Thousands of metres up the vertiginous slopes of Shifou Mountain in Hunan Province, China, a team
of workers, operating with hardly any safety measures, are building a footpath


The workers are building a plank road on the side of the mountain that, once it is finished,
will stretch for 3km (9843 ft) and be China's longest sightseeing footpath

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48-year-old Yu Ji (above) is one of the workers and he has been working on high cliffs building such plank roads for more than 10 years. He comments: "Young people don't want this job, as it requires them to stay deep in the mountains for months or even years"
 
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Yu Ji takes charge of the most dangerous part of the project -
drilling the holes to set up pipes to support the footpath
 
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Building a plank road on Shifou Mountain is difficult because the
cliff stands vertical at 90 degrees, without any slope or alcoves
 
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A finished section of the footpath

Fire Waterfall ...

Yosemite National Park, California , USA

This park was gazetted as a national park in 1890. It is world famous for its rugged terrain, waterfall and century-old pine trees. It covers 1200 sq km and the "fire" waterfall of El Capitan is one of the most spectacular of all scenery.
The spectacular view of the waterfall is created by the reflection of sunlight hitting the falling water at a specific angle. This rare sight can only be seen at  a 2-week period towards the end of February. To photograph this rare event, photographers would often have to wait and endure years of patience in order to capture them. The reason is because its appearance depends on a few natural phenomenons’ occurring at the same time and luck.
1st, Is the formation of the waterfall - The water is formed by the melting of snow and ice at the top of the mountain. It melts between the month of December and January and by the end of February there might not have much snow left to melt.
2nd, is the specific angle of the sunray hitting the falling water - The sun's position must be exactly at a particular spot in the sky. This occurs only in the month of February and at the short hours of dusk. If it is a day full of clouds or something blocking the sun, you can only take pictures of your own sorry faces on the waterfall. It coincides with the fact that the weather in the National Park at that time of the year is often volatile and unpredictable. It compounds to the difficulty of getting these pictures.
Someone did!!! And we all get to see it!!!  

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Most expensive saree ...

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How often have you come across a Rs. 40 lakh ($100,000) silk saree? Chennai Silks, a textile unit has come up with one of its kind and it is seeking an unmistakable entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most unique and expensive saree.

The exceptionally stunning saree is meticulously woven with 12 precious stones and metals to depict 11 of Raja Ravi Verma's popular paintings. Explicitly projected is 'Lady Musicians', one of the painter's very famous works that displays women belonging to diverse cultural backgrounds.

Besides, the border of the saree pictures 10 other paintings of the artist that pays tribute to 20th century artist.

The best part of the saree being that the women in the paintings are intricately hand-woven and beautified with jewels of gold, diamond, platinum, silver, ruby, emerald, yellow sapphire, sapphire, cat's eye, topaz, pearl and corals.

Already in the Limca Book of Records, this 40 lakh saree will be the first silk saree that required the use of 7,440 jacquard hooks and 66,794 cards during the weaving process. Moreover, a group of consummate workers took nearly 4,680 hours.