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Add a drop of lavender to your bath and soon, you’ll soak yourself calm.

Manny, Black Books

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Add a drop of lavender to your milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you’re laughing at it.

Manny, Black Books

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The Little Book of Calm is a book written by Paul Wilson, used to advise people on how to deal with stressful situations. In 2000, Manny Bianco purchased the book from Black Books in order to deal with the high amount of stress put on him by his job as an accountant. Manny was later seen using the book to calm himself at work, however, he got frightened by his boss and accidently dropped the book into a cup of soup. As the soup was 'extra chunky', Manny didn't notice the book entering his digestive system, however, when he started choking on it, he was rushed to hospital.

There, he was told that the book had become lodged between the small intestine and the pancreas, and if it rotated a centimetre or two to the left, he would be dead in seconds. Despite the odds being against him, Manny survived the night and was told that the book had become absorbed in his system, leaving him incredibly calm.

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Australia is the world's 6th largest country by area. Due to its large size and isolation from the rest of the world, Australia is sometimes known as the 'island continent'. The largest cities in Australia are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. A desert area known as the 'outback' covers much of the land.

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Antarctica, the southernmost continent and site of the South Pole, is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. Most cruises to the continent visit the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches toward South America. It’s known for the Lemaire Channel and Paradise Harbor, striking, iceberg-flanked passageways, and Port Lockroy, a former British research station turned museum. The peninsula’s isolated terrain also shelters rich wildlife, including many penguins.

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The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

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Fun Facts about Ancient Egypt
Egyptian men and women wore makeup. ...
They used moldy bread to help with infections.
They were one of the first civilizations to invent writing. ...
The Ancient Egyptians were scientists and mathematicians. ...
Ancient Egypt plays a major role in the Bible. ...
The Pharaoh kept his hair covered.

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The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC at the Greek city of Olympia. Pheidippides ran from Athens to Sparta to ask for help against the Persians just before the Battle of the Marathon (490 BC). Throughout the world, buildings have been constructed in the style of Ancient Greece

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The Ancient Rome civilization began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC.
Life expectancy in Ancient Rome was from 20 to 30 years.
At its peak, the Roman Empire comprised only 12% of the world's population.
The Roman Empire was not the largest empire in history.

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About 1800 BC, the Shang Dynasty conquered most of China and ruled it under one Emperor. From this point on, Chinese history is measured in dynasties. A dynasty is one family of related rulers. Chinese civilization began along the Yangtze River and grew into one of the world's most powerful societies.