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Blood is 83% water, and bones are 25% water. Tooth enamel, the hardest substance in the human body, is only 2% water. Come along with Tidbits as we take a look at teeth!

FAST FACTS• The most widespread human disease is tooth decay,

affecting 98% of Americans.• The enamel on a human tooth is only 1/1,000th of

an inch thick.• There are over 100,000 dentists in the U.S., and they

see a million patients every day. • Every day, dentists put 80 lbs. (36 kg) of gold in

American mouths and fill 1/2 million cavities. 75 tons of gold are used each year for filling people’s teeth, and about 5% of all gold mined is used in den-tistry.

• For every 100 inductees into the U.S. Army, more than 600 cavities have to be filled; 112 teeth have to be pulled; and 40 bridges, 21 crowns, 18 partial den-tures, and one full denture have to be installed.

• Sugar does not cause tooth decay. Bacteria feeding on the sugar that remains in the mouth too long is what causes tooth decay. There are between 50 and 100 million bacteria in the average human mouth.

• In some countries, most people eat so little sugar that entire cities are cavity-free.

• Which country has the most cavities per person?

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The USA, where Americans eat an average of 21 tea-spoons of sugar per day.

• The type of candy that’s best at promoting cavities in teeth is dark chocolate or fudge.

• Chewable vitamin C tablets can erode tooth enamel if used on a long-term basis.

DENTAL HISTORY• Archeologists found the remains of an Egyptian

man whose perfectly preserved gold bridgework, installed 4,500 years ago, is the oldest known exam-ple of restorative dentistry.

• The first electric dental drill was patented in 1875. Prior to that, dental drills had been powered by foot treadles. Before foot treadles, cavities were treated by putting a drop of “vitriol” in them. Vitriol is now known as sul-furic acid, and it killed the nerves in the tooth.

• In the 1800s false teeth were made from wood or ivory, but they didn’t last long. A revolutionary den-tist named Parmly found that when real teeth were used to replace missing teeth, they worked much better. The trouble was where to find real teeth. The war of 1812 was raging at the time, so Parmly solved the problem by visiting the site of the Battle of Bridgewater shortly after the battle ended. With his brother to assist him, he collected thousands of teeth from fallen soldiers. He used them to fashion dentures guaranteed to last a lifetime.

• The Florence Manufacturing Company of Massachusetts was one of the first companies to produce toothbrushes in America in 1885.

• The natural bristles of early toothbrushes were taken from the necks and shoulders of swine, especially pigs living in colder climates like Sibe-ria and China. The first nylon bristles were introduced in 1938.

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S TEETH

George Washington, who lost all of his teeth at an ear-ly age, actually had several sets of false teeth. None were made of wood, which is a popular miscon-ception. Two of them were made of hippopotamus ivory and gold, fashioned by Dr. John Greenwood, who was one of the most prominent dentists of the day. They had springs in them which pressed them firmly against the top and bottom of his mouth. Washington had to actively close his mouth to keep his teeth together. One of the denture sets is on dis-play at the Samuel Harris National Museum of Den-tistry in Baltimore. The other set was donated to the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore, which is the oldest dental college in the world. They in turn loaned the dentures to the Smithsonian In-stitute in 1976 for display at the bicentennial exhibit. They were stolen from the Smithsonian on June 19, 1981, probably for their gold content. The owner of the Carnegie Deli in New York offered a reward

of a year’s worth of delicatessen food for their safe return, no questions asked. However, the dentures have never been recovered.

FAST FACTS• In 1733, dentures gave rise to an important legal test

case. John Zenger, editor of the New York Weekly Journal, said about Governor William Cosby that he had loathsome false teeth and an unclean mouth. The governor sued for libel. Zenger’s lawyer main-tained the comments were not libelous unless it could be proven that the comments were wrong. The jury must have agreed that the governor had loathsome false teeth, because they found Zenger not guilty.

• Clark Gable had no teeth, but wore dentures. “Gone With the Wind” co-star Vivian Leigh complained that he had terrible breath.

TOOTH FAIRY MUSEUMWhen in Deerfield, Illinois, visit the Tooth Fairy Mu-

seum to see a Tooth Fairy treasure trove including Tooth Fairies made out of everything from paper mache to clay to fabric. There are tooth fairy angels, pixies, ballerinas, and even a Tooth Fairy bag lady. Of course there are a lot of Tooth Fairy boxes de-signed for children to put their teeth into in order to receive their money. One is shaped like a set of pink gums and is designed so that each tooth lost

is placed in the appropriate slot, reproducing the child’s smile. Collecting money for lost teeth is an American habit which became popular around 1900. At that time the going rate per tooth was about 12 cents. Now, it’s at least a dollar per tooth lost.

YOU BE THE JUDGEA dental hygienist who hap-pened to be a born-again Christian found that when she had people in the dental chair it was a perfect time to save their

souls. Patients resented this; the dentist she worked for forbad it; but she continued the practice anyway. She was fired. She sued, saying she’d only been exer-cising her right to free speech. If you were the judge, how would you rule? The judge disagreed with the hygienist and supported her dismissal because, “a dentist has the right to expect his hygienist... not to add more discomfort to a patient’s already uncom-fortable situation.”

ALFRED E. NEUMANAn ad for a dental clinic in Topeka, Kansas in the

1920’s featured a grinning boy with red hair, freck-les and a missing front tooth. The boy was not wor-ried a bit, because his dentist was Painless Romine. The picture of the grinning boy also appeared in ads for shoes and soft drinks. In the 1950’s the boy was adopted by Mad Magazine, and named Alfred E. Neuman. His slogan became, “What, me worry?” In 1956 he was even featured as a write-in candidate for president, but lost.

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• When Patsy Sherman was in high school, she took an ap-titude test to see what kind of career she would be good at. In 1947, boys and girls took separate tests. Her test showed that a good career for her would be as a housewife. Patsy did NOT want to be a housewife. So she insisted that they let her take the aptitude test for boys. This version said she would be good at dentistry or chemistry. She liked those ideas better.

• In college she studied math and chemistry, with only a few other women in her classes. After graduating in 1952, she got a part time temp job with 3M in Minnesota as a chem-ist. She intended to work for 3M just until she had enough money to attend medical school. Instead, she stayed in her “temp” job until 1992 largely due to a “fortuitous” accident.

• The project she was assigned to work on was to develop a sturdy synthetic rubber that would stand up to regular contact with jet fuels, which caused the existing rubber hoses to disintegrate. One day a small bottle of a synthetic latex compound fell to the floor, shattering and splattering an assistant’s tennis shoes with a milky substance similar to sap. They tried to wipe it off the shoe. Soap, water, alcohol, and other solvents were tried but they all just rolled off. The compound didn’t change the look or feel of the canvas shoe,

and as the days passed, the shoe became dirtier and dirtier– except for the spots where the chemical had landed, which remained white and clean. This bore more investigation.

• Dipping some fabric in the compound, Patsy and her re-search partner Sam Smith found that it repelled both oil and water, and would allow nothing to penetrate the fabric. The chemical surrounded each fiber in the fabric with an invisible fluorochemical shield which was impervious to water, oils, and dirt.

• Permanent press fabrics were just being introduced, but stains tended to be permanent in permanent press. Some-thing that protected fabric from being stained would be very valuable. This particular formula was too gummy to use on fabrics, so Patsy was hired full time to work with

Sam to develop a version that was thinner. It took them three years to come up with the product dubbed Scotch-gard, and both Pasty’s and Sam’s name appear on the pat-ent.

• Once they had the formula, the company needed to fig-ure out how to manufacture and package it. (Patsy could not enter the textile mills where her products were being tested because no women were allowed.) Scotchgard was put on the market in 1956. Shortly after it was introduced, the manager of the manufacturing plant informed 3M that there was “a year’s supply” of Scotchgard ready to go. With-in a few days, the entire stock was sold. Scotchgard became one of their most profitable products and funded 3M’s de-velopment into a global industry.

• A rubbery molecule of Scotchgard is made of fluorine, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. One side of the molecule is sticky, causing it to cling to fabrics, and the other end is slippery, making it repel stains. Not only does it keep fab-rics clean, but it also makes them more durable. Eventually around 100 different products were developed.

• Patsy and her partner Sam Smith patented over a dozen other inventions, including an “optical brightener” which gives detergent com-panies the right to say that their product makes clothes “whiter than white.” Patsy eventually became manager of Technical Development and re-tired from 3M in 1992. She served on the board of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Minnesota Inven-tors Hall of Fame in 1983. She died in 2008.

FAMOUS WOMEN OF THE WORLD

PATSY SHERMAN


He said, “I’m Just Kidding!” The swelling in his eye is going down, most bones are healing, and the doctor is fairly optimistic he will eventually regain use of his ….

There is a real danger of having sports role mod-els for kids. Here’s proof:• Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on

being a role model: “I wan’ all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan’ all the kids to copulate me.”

• New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: “I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first.”

• And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the ‘Skin’s say: “I’d run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl.” Matt Millen of the Raiders said: “To win,

I’d run over Joe’s Mom, too.”• Torrin Polk, University of Houston receiver, on his coach, John Jenkins: “He treat us like mens. He let us wear earrings.”• Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann: “Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.”• Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: “I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.”• Bill Peterson, a Florida State football coach: “You guys line up alphabetically by height.”• And, “You guys pair up in groups of three, and then line up in a circle.”• Boxing promoter Dan

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After being married for thirty years, a wife asked her husband to describe her. He looked at her for a while, then said, “You’re an alphabet wife ..... A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K.”She asks, “What does that mean, honey?”He said, “Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, El-egant, Foxy, Gorgeous, and Hot”.She smiled happily and said, “Oh, that’s so lovely, but what about I, J, K?”

Duva on Mike Tyson going to prison: “Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Prince-ton.”

• Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, ex-plaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker: “That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my clothes”

• Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spar-tan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota: “He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning, regardless of what time it is.”

• Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F’s and one D, “Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.”

• In the words of NC State great Charles Shackel-ford, “I can go to my left or right, I’m amphibi-ous.”

Ah, but they ride to the bank in a Mercedes.

Two engineersTwo engineers were standing at the base of a flag-pole, looking at its top. A woman walked by and asked what they were doing. “We’re supposed to find the height of this flagpole,” said Steven, “but we don’t have a ladder.”The woman took a wrench from her purse, loos-ened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground. Thenshe took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, announced, “Twenty one feet, six inches,” and walked away.One engineer shook his head and laughed, “A lot of good that does us. We ask for the height and she gives us the length!”Both engineers have since quit their engineering job and are currently serving in the United States Congress.






1. What Colorado Congressman is one of the top ten wealthiest persons in the House of Repre-sentatives?

2. What is John F. Kerry’s middle name?3. What mosquito-born virus scared Colora-

doans this summer?4. What city would you be in if you were staying

at the Al-Rasheed Hotel?5. Enrique Pena Nieto is the president of what

country?6. What is the name of the famous sled dog race

held every year in Alaska?7. What is the name of the head football coach at

the University of Colorado?8. Who was Fred Astair (1899-1987)?9. What does the nautical term blockade refer to?10. What is a Cree? A. An American Indian, B. A plant, C. A statement of belief11. What do you call the process of disposing of a

corpse by fire?12. Where are the Duke of York Islands?13. What was the name of Abraham Lincoln’s

wife?14. What is the short word for light amplification

by stimulated emission or radiation? 15. If your name was a city in Japan and an athlete

on trial for rape what would it be?16. What is a gnu?17. What is the name of the political leader in the

American Revolution who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and who signed his name in large, clear letters?

18. If you were an ibex would you be: A. A laser printer, B. A wild goat, or C. A constellation?

19. True or False: A parakeet is a small parrot.20. The city of Rialto is located in what state?

Answers: 1. Jared Polis (D). 2. Forbes. 3. has since been placed in a home. 4. Baghdad, Iraq. 5. Mexico. 6. The Iditarod. 7. John Embree. 8. American danc-er, actor, and singer. 9. The use of naval forces to cut off maritime communica-tion and supply. 10. A. An American Indian. 11. Cremation. 12. The group of 13 coral islands are located in the SW Pacific. 13. Mary Todd Lincoln. 14. Laser. 15. Kobe, Japan; Kobe Bryant. 16. An African antelope. 17. John Hancock. 18. B. A wild goat. 19. True. 20. California.


• It was Mark Twain who made the following sage observation: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can-not read them.”

• It’s interesting that an herbal cold remedy and a type of sea urchin share the same name: Echi-nacea. Both words are derived from the Greek word “echino,” which means “hedgehog.”

• In a recent survey, more than one-third of re-spondents admitted that they had dinged the car, then lied to their spouse, saying someone else was responsible for the damage.

• Presidential security was not as always as for-midable as it is today. In 1913, former Presi-dent Theodore Roosevelt was walking down a Milwaukee street, heading to a speech he was scheduled to give. A man named John Schrank pulled out a gun and shot toward Roosevelt, who staggered but did not fall. There was no blood evident, and Roosevelt, who was cam-paigning for a second term, insisted on deliv-ering his speech. When he pulled from a coat pocket the 100 pages on which his speech was written, he saw a bullet hole through the sheets of paper. Still determined to carry on, he gave the speech before going to the hospital, where it was discovered that the bullet had penetrated 4 inches into his body. After the perpetrator was arrested, it became evident that Shcrank was insane; he claimed that President William McKinley had revealed to him in a dream that Roosevelt was responsible for McKinley’s assas-sination. Shrank spent the next 32 years in an insane asylum.

• You know that the Pacific Ocean is large, but you might not be aware of quite how large: It covers fully half the surface of the planet.

***Thought for the Day: “We are not retreating -- we are advancing in another direction.” -- Gen. Doug-las MacArthur

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What you hate, love, fear, laugh at, cry about, or observe without sensation is determined by your own unique and wholly owned emotional structure. You and I could cheer for the same football team, yet ex-perience it in a variety of ways. You could attend a concert with your best friend and each of you would be moved by a different song. Two girlfriends for life could watch the same sad movie and one would cry while the other would not. It’s because each of us plac-es a different emotional value on every word spoken, every deed performed, and every event observed.

Emotions are how you respond to a feeling of pain, pleasure, attraction or repulsion. They are the physi-ologically based responses to your feelings, and are as unique to you as your own DNA.

Think about it; when was the last time you felt something so deeply that you were moved to tears? When was the last time you were truly afraid? When was the last time you were filled with great joy or en-raged with anger? What did it feel like? Where were you when it happened? Did you look around and no-tice that others did not share the same emotion? Did you feel the need to apologize for your emotional re-sponse?

Nothing influences every aspect of your life as much as your emotions. Your emotions are the arbi-ter of the extremes between passion and indifference, love and hate, faith and fear, hope and despair, joy and sorrow, pleasure and irritation, good and bad, anger and calm, etc.

You’re Something Special #5You Have a Distinctive Way of Feeling

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Everything in your life is impacted by your emo-tions. They are what empower you or emasculate you, clarify your thoughts or confuse them, embarrass you or cheer you, scare you or comfort you. Your emo-tions are the most compelling force in your life. How you manage your passions is one of the greatest chal-lenges in life because any change in your world will begin in the confines of your emotions.

Someone once said that if you were to use a dic-tionary to complete the sentence, “I feel ______,” that you could list almost 2000 words. That’s a lot of emo-tion. And the way you deal with those emotions is very much a part of what makes you something special.

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