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1.) If a car rolls gently (Vo = 0) off a vertical cliff, how long does it take tit to reach 90 km/h?
2.) Calculate how long it took King Kong to fall straight down from the top of the Empire State building ( 380 m high), and his velocity just before “landing”?
3.) a foul ball [...]

1) the empire state building is 1,250 ft tall. a toy model is built to scale of 1 in to 50 ft. how tall is the model? _____
2) a scale drawing of a garden is 4 in. by 5 in. the real garden is 20 ft by 25 ft. what does 1 in. represent in [...]

1. Eating carrots will improve your vision
2. Sitting to close to a TV will ruin your eyes
3. Sharks have poor vision
4. If you get stung by a jellyfish, you should urinate on the wound
5. Chocolate is toxic(harmful) to dogs.
6. Dropping a penny from the Empire state building can kill a person.

I’m buying a house and at closing it states that I need I year of home owners insurance plus 2 months of reserve home owners insurance. On top of that I will have monthly payments which include the home insurance. Can anyone explain this to me? When do I get back even?

I woulndt be, when Heidi the tool girl strutted onstage I would completely lose my train of thought and break a mirror or somehting.
And just the thought of you backstage . . . . . well.
Ahem, coff coff, they would have to film me from the waist up for sure.

I dont get it, u take a pic at Miami beach or the big hollywood thing, or the empire state building, or just countryside on the iPhone 3G and it can tell u where u took it? explain pls..i don get it!!

American Victims of Mideast Terrorist Attacks
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The following is a listing of incidents in which Americans are known to have been killed by Middle East-based terrorists. The list will be updated as more information becomes available. The exact number of American casualties is difficult to calculate because of incomplete news reports regarding numbers and nationalities of [...]