MYTH: THE LARGER THE TORNADO, THE STRONGERFACT: A thin funnel cloud called a "rope" tornado might not look as devastating as some of the massive, computer-generated tornadoes seen in the movies, but don't be fooled. A tornado's size and shape does not signal its strength. Some rope tornadoes can wreak F5 levels of damage, whereas some extremely wide twisters - called "wedge" tornadoes - only reach F0, the weakest level on the Fujita Scale. MYTH: OPENING WINDOWS WILL MINIMIZE DESTRUCTIONFACT: Although authorities once encouraged people to open windows to equalize air pressure,

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Today the big handbags are a key fashion accessory for working women, and not only. That's why health experts are warning they can also be a reason of neck, shoulder and back problems. Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases with handbags and straps have become longer. "We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they're anywhere from 3-4.5 kgsWe're really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze" said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician on the medical staff at Baylor Medical

South America's winding Amazon River flows in an easterly direction across the continent, dumping water into the Atlantic Ocean. But in eons past, it flowed from east-to-west and, for a time, in both directions at once, a new study finds.About 100 million years ago, during the middle of the Cretaceous Period when dinosaurs still walked the Earth, the continents of South America and Africa broke apart. The fissure created a raised highland along the east coast of South America, which tilted the Amazon's flow, sending water and sediment rushing toward the center of the continent ..The new finding

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon.Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France."Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order."Rhythm"