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NewScientist - 2006: A year of invention

on January 01, 2007

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To go along with the other "NewScientist - 2006: A Year of ... " here's one about inventions

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The worlds longest fingernails - something for Jack

Ever since I cut Jacks nails on the weekend I've been promising him I'll get a picture of the man or lady (we now have "ladies" in our family vocabulary, only with kids eh) with the longest nails in the whole wide world ... and here she is (via The Sun, so it must be true):
Verified by Guinness World Records: Longest fingernails on a pair of hands (female)

Also check out:
Longest fingernails on a pair of hands ever (male)Longest fingernails on a single hand ever

[Updated November 2019] Updated photo. Updated The Sun link. Added video. Added two extra world record links.

The Greatest Story: Space Worm

The GOSSIPMONGERS podcast has David Earl, Joe Wilkminson, Poppy Hillstead sharing gossip and rumours which are mostly hilarious, often scatalogical, and sometimes the greatest stories you've ever heard.

The 2019 supreme champion is the TRUE Space Worm, listen up (starts at 37:35) and prepare to snort LOL

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On a scale of 1 to 10, how is your day going?

So many people have had me ask them this simple question, "On a scale of 1 to 10, how is your day going? (where 1 is as low as it can get)"

Once the person responds, you then simply askm "Is there anything I could do to help move it from a 6 to a 7?" (or . . . "from a 3 to a 4" or "from a 10 to an 11").
I cannot recommend this highly enough as both for support people / friends / family that are keeping an active eye on someone in their life, but also just as a great way to connect not matter what the situation.

So where did it come from - this is a technique that Jane McGonicall (@avantgame) picked up from her friend Michael, a philanthropist and entrepreneur and uses in a Super Better "quest" called Plus-One Better - here are the complete instructions.

QUEST: Plus-One BetterPick three people:

1. Someone who would like to hear from you

2. Someone you would like to hear from

3. Someone who might be surprised to hear from you

Do you have …

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