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If you are looking for a great place to work ,you might want to fill out aan applicationaplication tooto work for googleGoogle . Fortune.com releases an article each year called theThe 100 100 bestBest companysCompanies Totoo Work work For for, and googleGoogle has made the list every year! Some of the free perks include three prepared organic meals a day, unlimittedunlimited snacks ,free personal-fitness classes ,and even on- site oil-changes! Need to do you’reyour laundry or get your harehair done.? No problem! They also have free laundry services and hair stylists on the compound. Google also beleivesbelieves that a rested employieemployee is a happy wonone , so they even offer nap pods wherewere workers can go have a snooze .

Did you knowno that the first call made with a cellular telephone was a prank.? In 1973 ,mMartinartin cCooperooper was heading up a team of engineers at Mmotorola that was working to build the worldsworld’s first cell phone. Once it was ready to be tested ,he decided to ring a competitorcompetiter. He called Joel Engel who was also trying to build the first portable phone at AT&T. Cooper said that when the call connected, he told engelEngel he was talking tooto him on a portable phone .there There was silence on the other end of the line.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. There is nothing worse thenthan hearing the beeping of your alarm clock in the morning when you are not ready to get up. If you are addictedadicted to your snooze button, tthereshere’s a perfect product for you. There is an alarm clock that runs away and hides if you don’t get out of bed on time. WhenWhenever ever you hit the snooze button, cClockylocky jumps off your nightnightstand stand and wheelingwheels around the room looking for a place to hide. If you want the beeping tooto stop, you’ll have to get out of bed, catch cClockylocky , and silence the alarm.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. When St. Patrick’s dayDay rolesrolls around, people traditionally adorn green, but did you know that green has absolutlyabsolutely nothing to do with St. Patrick.? St. Patrick actually often wore blue, a color that was tidetied to irelandIreland during Henry vii’sVII’s reignrain. The tradition of associating green with Ireland came around later in the 1800’s.1800s During this time, the Irish wanted independanceindependence from the British and chose green as a symbolic color for theretheir country.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Did you know that the telegraph was invented out of greifgrief ? In 1825, Samuel Morse was hired to travel tooto paint a portraitportrit. While he was away, his wife suddenly fell ill. It took days for the news of her illness to reach him, and she was already dead and buried by the time he arrived home. He was so upset that he quit his art career and focusingfocused on developing a faster weighway to communicatecomunicate. His passion led him to create a single-wire machine that transmitedtransmitted text information as a series of on-off tones ,lights , or clicks that could be understood by a skilled listener or observer . thisThis is now known as Morse code.

The tTitanicitanic reckagewreckage is disapearingdisappearing . Sunk in 1912, the ship has survived over one-hundred100 years, but a newly- discovered speeciesspecies of rust-eating bacteria is slowly consummingconsuming the 50,000 tons of Ironiron that makemakes up the sunken liner. Scientists estimate that the great ship might only have until aproximatelyapproximately 2030 before the tiny organisms have consumed it entirely and iitst’s gone forever .

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. If you are worryedworried about a zombie apocalipseapocalypse , you might want to head to the Northernnorthern Rockiesrockies. Using the same methods that epidemiologist would for the spread of real disesesdiseases,researchers havehas predicted that if ana actual zombie outoutbreak break we’rewere to happen in nNewew Yorkyork City city, everyeveryone one in the city would be infected withwithin in twenty24-four hours. On the other hand ,they found that people who live furtherfarther away from big cities would have a whole month tooto prepare, with the safest place being in the Rockies!

If youryou’re thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky swear promise ,you might want to think again. The pinky swear first originated in japanJapan , and it was serious bussinessbusiness ! Known as yubikiri, witchwhich translates to ‘finger cut-off,’ it means that if you decide tooto make a pinky promise and dontdon’t keep it, you’ll have to cut off you’reyour pinky finger!

It’sIts true what they say ;love actually does have the power tooto heel.heal StudysStudies showsshow that when you have positive ,loving relationships in

you’reyour life ,it increases your level of Oxytocin.o This hormone increases your pain tolerencetolerance , reduces blood pressure ,and eases stress.

Toyama ,a city in jJapanapan, gets so much snowsnowfall fall in the Winterw that the highhighways ways becamebecome snow tunnels when a pathpaths is finally cleared in Mmarch. The walls of the snow tunnels are as high as sixty66-six feet! The rootsroutes we’rewere first cleared to get supplyssupplies to a hotel atop mMt.t. tateyamaTateyama , but the snow tunnels are so unique that they have now become a tourist attraction known as theThe snow Snow valleyValley Walk walk.

Fresh air now comes at a price a. company in A Switzerland called mountainMountain Air air from Switzerland is selling bottled air from the alpsAlps for $167 a liter. Each jar comecomes with a certificate of authentisityauthenticity and the GPSgps coordinates of where it was bottled. The company recommends inhaleinginhaling the bottled air chilled tooto experience the full affect.effect

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. For most of history ,women have been trying to cover up imperfections, to have the appearance of a perfect complexion,. Tthe latest beauty fad goes against this trend as it involves adding marks to you’reyour skin! Freckling is a new practisepractice wherewherein in a tattootatoo artist speckles a smattering of freckles acrostacross the tops of the cheeks and nose using a semi-permanantpermanent tattooing technique. One hour-long session costs around $250, and gives you freckles that can last up to 3t hreeyears. years.

WWII Militariesm used creative decoys to trick theretheir enemysenemies . Artists, filmmakers, scientists, and sculpterssculptors we’rewere asked to design fake armies ,tanks ,planes ,roads ,and bridges to appear like the real thing. The decoys were built out of canviscanvas, burlap, and inflattedinflated rubber,. theseThese efforts foiled many attackers, and saved the lives of thousands of soldiers .

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. A norweganNorwegian news citesite is attempting to make online discussion on they’retheir website more productive buyby haveinghaving reader’sreaders complete a quiz before allowing them to comment. The quiz requires the person to show, that they have a basic understanding of the content in the article. ThereTheir goal is tooto discoragediscourage online ranting; and to foster more productive and informed conversation among the readers .

Do you knowno why some Oysterso make pearls.? When a grain of sand gets stuck in the oystersoyster’s body, they ease the pain and iritationirritation by coating it with multiple layers of nacre, the mineral that lines the inside of theretheir shells. This causes a pearl to be formed,.C cultured pearls are made in the same way. The only differancedifference is that instead of accidental circumstances, a pearl farmer embeds a grain of sand ininto to the oyster.

In the early 1900’s1900s ,lobster was considered to be the “cockroach of the ocean,”. Iit was a food that was considered a mark of poverty, and was eatenate only by serventsservants or lower class members of soceitysociety . In fact , lobster was a common food served in prison ,much to the displeasure of the inmates. It wwasntasn’t untiltil well ininto to the 20th Centuryc that lobster became a delicacy.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Jeffrey Katzenberg produced some of dDisney’sisneys biggest hit films including theThe little Little mermaid Mermaid,the The Lionlion kingKing,and and aAladdinladdin. When he requested a promotion ,he was abruplyabruptly fired. Furious at theretheir decision, Katzenberg swore revenge against

Disneydisney, and founded DreamWorks Sstudios.

BeleiveBelieve it or not ,United StatesD department of Aagriculture graded eggs would be illegal if sold in the UunitedK kingdom. Commercial American eggs are federally required tooto be washed and sanitized before they reach the consummerconsumer ., EU egg markettingmarketing laws ,on the other hand ,state that eggs must not be washed or cleaned in anywayany way.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Lake hHillierillier lies on wonone of the islands off the Wwest- Ccoast of Australia. This lake is like no other in that the water is a bright, bubble-gum pink color! The vibrentvibrant color is permanent, and does not alter when the water is taken in a container. The pink color is a result of the presence of ana organism called dunaliella salina,. tThishis organism causes the salt content in the lake tooto create a red diedye witchwhich helps produce the color.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. TherThere’ses an uninhabited island in the Bbahamas called Ppig Bbeach that is populated entirely by swimming pigs! The pigs are said to have been dropped off on Big Major Cay buyby a group of sailerssailors who wanted tooto come back and cook them,. theThe sailors, though, never returned. One other legend says that the pigs waswere survivors of a ship wreck, and managed to swim aashore shore. Another story claims that the pigs had escaped from a nearnearby by islet.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. The Blueb Whalew is the largest animal known to have ever lived,. theyThey can be up to 98 ft in length and 173 tons in weight. You might be surprised to learn that a blue whaleswhale’s heart alone weighsways about 400 pounds, and is approximitelyapproximately 5Five feet feet long long, 4 feetfour feetwide wide, and and 5 feetfive feet tall. In fact ,the heart is so massive that a human being could swim threwthrough the arteries.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Have you ever wondered why wrinkles appear on the skin of you’reyour hands after youtaking take a bath or swimming.? These wrinkle’swrinkles actually play ana important role,. Wwhen your body encounters an increased amount of moisture , theyit understandsunderstand that the environment might be slippery. As a result,the skin on your hands imediatelyimmediately begins tooto form wrinkles to make it easier, for you to grip smooth surfaces.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Lucky andF flo are a pair of blackL labrador retrievers who we’rewere trained to detect pirated and counterfitcounterfeit DVD’sDVDs by scent. They are sponsored by the Mmotion Ppicture Aassociation ofA america as part of ana iniciativeinitiative to combat copyright infringmentinfringement . Trained to sniff out the polycarbonate used on discs ,the two pups have recovered millions of pirated works, and helpinghelped catch dozens of counterfeiters.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Nearly every supermarket fruit carryscarries with it a sticky, numeric tag that tells you’reyour cashierscashier’s computer what snack yyourou’re taking home with you. What you probably dontdon’t know is that these fruit stickers are editableedable., They’retheir made out of food grade paper thatsthat’s safe tooto eat. In fact ,even the glue is food grade, and has been approved for consummptionconsumption by theF food and DdrugA administration.

At the NakizumoFfestival inT tokyo,parent’sparents hand over theretheir precious little wonsones to a Sumos Ww restler who attempts to bring out the tears. The practice stems from the beleifbelief that baby’sbabies born with healthy lungs are capable of crying loud. The loud cry of a baby means that theyhe will live a long and healthy life,. SsomeJ japanese parents beleivebelieve that sumo wrestlers have the ability tooto make the baby cry out a wish that they grow up with good health.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. Pirates and sailors of old are often depicted wearing earrings. These gold hoop’shoops weren’t just a fashion statement,; they actually served several purposes. Firstly, earrings we’rewere sometimes givengave to young sailors to comemoratecommemorate they’retheir 1firstst crossing of the equaterequator . Earrings were also woreworn for superstitious reasons,.Ssome pirates were convinced that wearing one could improve or cure bad eye-sitesight and some even believed that a peircedpierced ear could prevent seasickness.

Due to theretheir open circulatory system ,and the fact that they breathe threwthrough little wholesholes in each of theretheir body segments ,they are not dependantdependent on the mouth

or head to breathe. In fact ,the roach would only die becausecause ,without a mouth, it couldn’t drink water, and would die of thurstthirst .

InA august 2010 ,a traffic jam inC china stretched for more than sixty62-two miles and lasted more thenthan ten10 days. Many driver’sdrivers were able to move their vehiculesvehicles only

0.6 miles per. day, and some drivers reported being stuck in the traffic jam for five5 days,. It’sits considered to be one of the longest traffic jams of all time.

EeBay has seen some interesting items for sale ,but none

like this one. In 2006 ,a prankster fromA australia put New Zealand up for sale on eBay. The price climbed quickquickly

from just one AustralienAustralian cent to 3,000$!$3,000 At that point,

eBay managers pulled the auction from the website .Aa

spokesperson said ,“clearlyClearly New Zealand is not for sale”.

Before the world of online streaming ,renting a movie from the local store and totrying try to avoid late fees was commoncommonplace place. In 1997,R reedH hastings, knew this panepain all tooto well. He had recievedreceived a $40 late fee after he had rented apolloApollo 1313. This inspired

Reed to create the now-househousehold hold name ,Netflix.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. The fifty50 -star American flag was designed by a highschoolhigh school student named Robert G. Heft for a school project. Heft originally recievedreceived a B- from his teacher, Stanley Pratt. Pratt agreed that if the flag design was accepted by the US Ccongress he would reconsider the grade. According to Heft , his teacher honored theretheir agreement, and changed his grade to ana A for his project after his design was chosenchose and adopted by pPresidential proclamation in 1959.

Sean Connery turned down the rollrole ofG gandalf in theThelord Lord of of the the Ringsrings trilogy, losing out on nearlynear $450 million dollars. Connery turned down the job dispitedespite being offered 6 million per film,. H he has been quoted as saying ,“I read the book. I read the script. I seensaw the movie. I still don’t understand it”..

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. An icecreamice cream headache ,also known as a brain freeze , areis caused by having something cold touch the roof of the mouth. It’sIts beleivedbelieved to result from a nerve response causing rapid constricting and swelling of blood vessalsvessels . To releiverelieve panepain , some docter’sdoctors suggest pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth , warming the area, tilting the head back for 20twenty seconds ,or drinking something warm.

If yyourou’re planning a trip to Singapore ,you might want to leave you’reyour chewing gum at home. In the country, theirsthere’s a ban on importing chewing gum, that is strictly enforced. No gum is permitedpermitted to be bought or sold inside Ssingapore,and the punishment for smuggling gum ininto to the country is up to 2two year’s years in jail, or a $100,000 fine.

If you’re in China ,you wontwon’t be able to check many of your favorite social media sites. They’reThere are over three-3000thousand website’swebsites that have been blocked by Cchinese authoritysauthorities includingF facebook, Iinstagram, Ttwitter, and YouTubeyoutube. The countryscountry’s policy of Iinternet censorship prevents users in mainland China from accessing any of these websites, and many more.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. It took the creatercreator of the Rubik’s Cube ,Ernő Rubi,one month tooto solve the cube after he created it. The Rubik's Cube was ana instentinstant success worldworldwide wide, winning severelseveralTtoy of theY year awards, and becoming a staple of 1980’s1980s popular culture. To date ,over 350 million Rubik's Cubes have been sold, making it the bestselling toy of all time. The current world record of solving this puzzle is five point5.5 five seconds!

The odd’sodds of winning the lottery are incredibly slim,. Iin 2005 ,however ,110 winner’swinners took home the jJackpot. You might think that fraud was involved ,but it was actually thanks tooto a simple fortune cookie. WontonF food incInc. produces over 4 million cookies a day, and one of those days had a fortune cookie that correctly foreforetold told lottery numbers!

GooglesGoogle’s homepage has a button labeled I’m Feeling Lucky. When a user types something in search and hits that button, ttheirhey’re tooktaken directdirectly to the first1st search result. According to a study by Tom

Chavez ,this feature actually costscost Ggoogle $110 million dollars a year, as 1% of all searches use this feature and bybypass pass all advertising.

Not many people know that the color of a personsperson’s hair may have something to do with his or her tolerencetolerance for pain. Research shows that people with red hair may have moresensitivity sensativityto too certain types of pain and require 20%anesthesia more anestesia.R , researchersbelieve beleive that this duemay be do to a mutationgene in a jeanaffects that effects hair color.

© Presto Plans Correct the errors in the following paragraph. The big ,jollyS santaCclaus in the red suit that we all know and love didn’t always look that way. Prior to 1931 ,Santa was depicted as everyeverything thing from a tall, gaunt man to a spooky- looking elf. The Santa of today was actually first depicted in aC cocaC cola advertismentadvertisement ! In 1930, Coca-Cola commisionedcommissioned ana illustrator named Haddon Sundblom to develop advertising images of Santa Claus. He based his drawing on the description from Clement ClarkMoore’s Moores poem, “‘Twas Nthe nightB beforeC christmas. ”.

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