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Hair grows back thicker when you shave it! Reading in dim light turns you blind! Peeing on a jellyfish sting will soothe the pain! The way our bodies work is a bit of a mystery, and our desire to unlock its secrets has led to a vast amount of misinformation.

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Here's a list of some of what I consider to be the preeminent 'worst practices' related to the large scale use of ICTs in education in developing countries, based on first hand observation over the past dozen or so years. I have omitted names (please feel free to fill them in yourself). The criterion I used for selection was simple: The given worst practice was easily observable in multiple prominent initiatives, with (one fears) a high likelihood of re-occurrence, in the same or other places.

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These are 10 of the most interesting facts hand picked from ‘The Book of General Ignorance’, written by John Lloyd, and forwarded by English broadcaster and entertainer, Stephen Fry. The human brain is, by far, the most complex single object in the cosmos, having more neurological connections within it than there are positively charged particles in the entire universe. With this astonishing level of computing power, there’s only one thing to do with it; use it.

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Whether you're new to the iPad or a longtime user, here are some tips that will improve your iPad experience:

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Ever since the success of "Dragnet," other television shows throughout the decades have attempted to imitate it, dramatizing stories that are "ripped from the headlines." What makes fictionalizations of real stories so popular? Well, for one, many of the true stories are fascinating and hard to believe. They represent the limits of what human beings are capable of -- both for good and for evil -- even more that pure fiction can.

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How can teachers use iPads in the classroom? Here are 10 ideas:

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I thought I’d share a few more of my favourite websites for supporting Science on your interactive whiteboard.

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So, this post features some of the best alternative web browsers available which are productive, easy, simple and fun to use. So have a look on our compilation of 10 Best Altenative Web Browsers.

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For a WordPress user, you can use the After The Deadline plugin to check your spelling of every post before publishing.

If you don’t use WordPress, if you want to check the spelling of a web page, or if you want to check the spelling of other languages, you can check out below 10 free online spell checkers.

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Just because a video is popular, doesn’t mean that it’s liked. Justin Bieber’s “Baby” video is the most popular video ever on Youtube, and will surpass 500 million views in the next day or two. But Bieber’s “Baby” is also the most disliked video on Youtube. Bieber’s “Baby” has more than 1 million dislikes.

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This is a list of the fonts most commonly used on my website along with links to download them. The first few are handwritten and primarily used in speech bubbles, and the rest are used for headlines and other copy.

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The tools listed below all give you the ability to not only star in, but create, edit, publish, and share your very own artistic video making awesomeness. The fun doesn’t end there, from creating your own slide shows, to your very own karaoke videos, to niche market videos for all of your multi-purpose uses from your business to your creative endeavors.

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During the Revolutionary War Philadelphia served as one of America’s first capital cities. These days, however, Philadelphia could be considered the capital of toxicity, since the city and its environs ranked No. 1 on our 2011 Most Toxic Cities list.

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Poisonous animals - not sure about the amusing part.

10 amusing most animals

Top 10 Cities In Africa

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Inspired by 10 Things You Wish You Had Never Learned, I decided to make a similar list for teaching. A little change of the title and a new list and here you go:

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he average YouTube user spends between 15 and 25 minutes a day on the site, but how much do we know about the world’s largest video sharing website? Do you know what the most watched YouTube clip is? Can you name all three founders? Do you know how many times per minute a YouTube link is tweeted?

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Just this morning, my friend got @reply from one of his Twitter followers to stop the habit of retweeting other people’s tweets.  The request was so hilarious he had to post it on his Facebook wall.  I never knew retweeting can be offensive as it is like an act of spreading goodwill in the twittersphere.  There’s so much that my friend needs to learn when it comes to twitter netiquette without getting burned for posting innocent retweets.

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Layout can both be one of the easiest and one of the trickiest facets of web design. Sometimes a designer can bust out an amazing layout in minutes and sometimes that same designer can struggle for the better part of day with the same task.

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So, what do you do when you’ve got over 170 options to choose from? You focus on the most important ones. We’ve entered Facebook’s maze of privacy options and came out on the other side bruised, battered, but with 10 essential settings in our hands. Disregard them at your own peril!

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