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By Barbara Calwhite, 417-438-7387 Specializing in Relocation
(Keller Williams Realty of Southwest Missouri)
  Fall in the Country!   What a gorgeous day to take a look at this beautiful 30 acres of rolling country side.                  Lovely home on 29 acres of pasture. Large master suite w/ sitting room. 3 closets, 2 are walk-in. Formal dining plus breakfast area. Cabinets from Cabinet Corner. New deck. Whole house generator. Large workshop, rock barn & rock shed. Newer well and roof. In ground storm shelter just outside the door. Very nice setting in convenient location between Webb City and Carthage, Missouri. This home features over 2,000 square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large custom kitchen, formal dining room and 2 car attached garage. Be sure to get your piece of heaven by calling today for your private showing.          
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
  256   I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.   Remember when you were in school what class did you excel in?  Was it perhaps math, science or English?  Chances are you excelled in a class not due to the subject matter but the teacher.  Studies have shown the more attractive the teacher either male or female the more the students learned.   Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you may learn something along t...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
106 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. From its early use as “a cart for carrying heavy loads” to the modern “motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads,” the word “truck” definitively embodies the idea of moving goods—but the idea has come a long way.  The last one for today is: In ancient Greece, natural hair was viewed as sacred. In fact, Greeks would often hang the hair of the dead on their doors previous to interment, and mourners would cut their own hair to place on the corpse. Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to. ...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
  105   I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.   Convinced Great Britain was illegally subverting their liberties, colonists created the Second Continental Congress which then formed the Continental Army.  The last one for today is: The first documented attempts to treat drinking water are recorded in ancient Greek and Sanskrit writings that date back to 2000 B.C.   Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you ma...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
  Trivia number 97   I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.   Emotion is typically defined as a response to stimuli that involves physiological changes (increased pulse rate, increased body temperature, activity of certain glands, increased or decreased breathing rate), which motivate a person to act. Simply put, emotions are the feelings of the mind, the equivalent of what physical sensations are to the body.  The last one for today is:  A kitchen faucet would need to be turned on all the way for at least 45 years to equal the amount of blood pumped by the heart in an average lifetime   Now go out ...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
I want this to be information one just usually doesn't hear.  if you have I would like to know if you haven't all the better you've learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. August 13th is "Left-Hander's Day."  launched in 1996, this yearly event celebrates left-handedness and raises awareness of the difficulties and frustrations left-handers experience every day in a world designed for right-handers. The last one for today is:  In the average adult, the skin covers 12-20 square feet and accounts for 12% of body weight.  Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you've been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link b...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 94   I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. Mayans used chocolate in baptisms and in marriage ceremonies. It was also sometimes used in the place of blood during ceremonies. Mayan emperors were often buried with jars of chocolate by their side.  The last one for today is: Hillary Clinton won the TV quiz show College Bowl several times and landed in Life Magazine in 1969 after making headlines as the first student commencement speaker at Wellesley College. While some older alumnae thought her “mild rebuke” of an earlier speaker was rude, she received a standing ovation lasting seven mi...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 93   I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. REM atonia, or sleep paralysis, occurs in the typical sleeper every night to prevent people from acting out their dreams. Only a few muscles have the ability to move during REM sleep, such as the eye muscles, the auditory muscles, and the diaphragm for respiration.  The last one for today is: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between three and five million people worldwide get a serious case of the regular flu each year; tens of millions get milder cases. Between 250,000 and 500,000 people globally die of the flu every year....
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 90   I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. The oldest known map of the moon, about 5,000 years old, was found carved into a rock in a prehistoric tomb at Knowth, County Meath, in Ireland. Before this was discovered, the oldest known lunar map was by Leonardo da Vinci, which was created around 1505.  The last one for today is: Traffic police in Bangkok wear facemasks because of dangerous levels of air pollution. Additionally, police stations are equipped with oxygen tanks in case exhaust fumes overwhelm the officers. More than 20% of Bangkok’s police have some form of lung disease. On...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 85 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. The Inuit cleaned themselves in steam baths made by urinating on hot rocks in enclosed tents. In parts of India and East Africa where water is scarce or polluted, people still bathe in cow urine.  The last one for today is: Adults dream off and on, for a total of about an hour and half to three hours every night.  If that’s true I don’t remember any dream but maybe for once or twice a year.  Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 84 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. Reindeer eyes change color between summer and winter to adapt to the widely varying levels of light in the high north.  The reflection from reindeer eyes is yellow-green in summer. The blue color during the darkest months of the year helps scatter more incoming light and results in better vision.  The last one for today is:  In America, someone attempts suicide once every minute, and someone completes a suicide once every 17 minutes. Throughout the world, approximately 2,000 people kill themselves each day. Now go out and tell the world of you...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
    Trivia number 83 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. The consumption of mushrooms was recorded in Chinese historical documents more than 3,000 years ago. In 1996, China produced 600,000 tons of mushrooms, making it the world’s leading producer, and it has 60% of the world’s mushroom varieties.  The last one for today is: All bears are good swimmers, but the polar bear is the most efficient swimmer. It can swim up to 4-6 mph (6-10 km/hr) for 100 miles (161 km). One polar bear swam 200 miles without stopping. Polar bears can also swim very well under water. Now go out and tell the world of your...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 82 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. President James Garfield could write Latin with one hand and Greek with the other hand simultaneously.  The last one for today is: President George Washington didn’t have enough money to get to his own inauguration so he had to borrow $600 from his neighbor. Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you may learn something along the way and some of the words...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 81 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. The first feature film created solely with Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) was Toy Story (1995). Over 800,000 hours of mathematical equations went into the film, which works out to more than a week of computer time for every second on the screen. Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you may learn something along the way and some of the words may even b...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 80 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.  I have not researched it in any way so it may or may not be true, regardless it is interesting. Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.  Your nose and ears never stop growing.  The last one for today is: Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any other nation Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you may learn something alon...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 79 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.  I have not researched it in any way so it may or may not be true, regardless it is interesting. Not only does the government tell us we have to pay them a percentage for every dollar we make they also own 1/3 of all the land in the US.  It is reported the only first lady to carry a weapon was Eleanor Roosevelt and it was a revolver.  The last one for today is: Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.  I guess that’s why I’m bald.  Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder w...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 78 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.  I have not researched it in any way so it may or may not be true, regardless it is interesting. Percentage of Americans who say that God has spoken to them: 36.  Percentage of men who say they are happier after their divorce or separation: 58.  That’s compared to 85% for women.  Apparently that makes everyone happy.  Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who know...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 77 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.  I have not researched it in any way so it may or may not be true, regardless it is interesting. Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28.  Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38.  I found that one interesting now the last one for today is: Estimated percentage of American adults who go on a diet each year: 44 Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  W...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 76 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today.  I have not researched it in any way so it may or may not be true, regardless it is interesting. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.   City with the most Rolls Royce per capita: Hong Kong.  The last one for today is: State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you may le...
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By James Dray
(Fathom Realty)
Trivia number 75 I want this to be information one just usually doesn’t hear.  If you have I would like to know if you haven’t all the better you’ve learned something today.  With that being said here is the information for you to consider today. Coca-cola was originally green.  The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.  The last one for today is: There are more collect calls on Father's Day than any other day of the year Now go out and tell the world of your new found knowledge.  Smile it will make people wonder what you’ve been up to.  Join us tomorrow for another journey into the wonderful world of Wordsmith.  Click on the link below.  Who knows you may learn something along the way and some of the words may even bring a smile to your face.   Wise Custom Realty is hiring brokers in Okla...
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