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Posted on Jan 21st 2008 3:50PM by Bethany Sanders
"For each hour that you're physically active, you can expect to live two hours longer."

I have no idea if that's true or not, but it's one exercise-related rule of thumb I found at RulesofThumb.org. The site's creators hope to eventually collect every rule of thumb -- which they define as somewhere between an mathematical formula and a shot in the dark -- and record it on their website. The results are sometimes helpful, often useful, and occasionally kind of funny.

For instance, consider:

  • "To get a "blow" out of a stuffed-up nose, always blow the clearer nostril first."
  • "If your earlobes have a diagonal crease, you may have clogged coronary arteries."
  • and the unusual: "If your turds float, there's too much fat in your diet."
Check them out. You might just learn something!

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