1. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Billions of neutrinos---most from the Sun---are passing through your body every second, but they pass around things so easily, on average you will absorb only one or two of these particles in a lifetime. Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

2. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / With eight neutrino detectors in operation in the world, the estimated number of neutrinos actually detected is only 735,000. 9 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

3. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. 8 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

4. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot. 7 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

5. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / The verb robotovat means “to work” or “to slave,” but the word robot was introduced in 1920 by Karel Capek. 6 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

6. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / After this year the majority of people will in cities. Human history will ever more emphatically become urban history. (Economist, May 5th, 2007 --- in 1800 the figure was three percent) 5 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

7. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Only in America... do pharmacies make sick people walk to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while people who are not sick can buy cigarettes and junk food at the front of the store. 4 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

8. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot. 3 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

9. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33. 2 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

10. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face. 1 Facts & Excuses Timer --- Minutes Remaining

11. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating. 10 Seconds Remaining

12. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side. 9 Seconds Remaining

13. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels. 8 Seconds Remaining

14. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday. We thought it was Sunday. 7 Seconds Remaining

15. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed. 6 Seconds Remaining

16. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps. 5 Seconds Remaining

17. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor. 4 Seconds Remaining

18. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Seconds Remaining Montpelier, Vermont is the only USA state capital without a McDonalds. 3

19. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him. 2 Seconds Remaining

20. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Seconds Remaining Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. 1

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