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| May 31, 2006
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There already have been more consumer complaints filed with the FCC in the first 3 months of this concerning obscene, indecent or profane programming on TV and radio than were filed for all of 2005.
In the first quarter of 2006, 275,131 such complaints were recorded, compared with 157,016 filed in the first quarter of 2005 and 233,471 reported for all of 2005.
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|  Source: Billboard Radio Monitor
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| May 26, 2006
| Business
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From 2001 to 2005, about 47 percent of the companies that went public had negative earnings, according to Jay Ritter, a professor of finance at the University of Florida.
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| May 25, 2006
| Astronomy
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More than 80% of all stars are members of multiple star systems containing two or more stars.
Check out Astronomy Picture of the Day for pictures!
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| Source: Chandra X-Ray Observatory site c/o Harvard
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| May 19, 2006
| History
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Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins!
Other prominent folks who did the same include Queen Victoria and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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| May 18, 2006
| Society
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In the United States, Mother's Day was originally conceived by social activist Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War with a call to unite women against war. She wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation in 1870 as part of the feminist belief of women's power to shape society.
In the United States, the day now simply celebrates motherhood and thanking mothers.
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| May 11, 2006
| World
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Based on population, Chinese Mandarin is the most commonly spoken language
in the world. Spanish follows in second place, English is third, and Bengali is fourth.
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| May 10, 2006
| Food
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Why "PayDay" candy bars?
Hollywood Candy Company created the candy in 1932. The inventors were trying to come up with a name for the new candy bar when one of them suggested Payday since it just happened to be payday at the company. The name stuck.
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| Source: OldTimeCandy.com
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| May 9, 2006
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Bosses at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum spent £10,000 separating the models of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston when they separated. It was the first time the museum had two people's waxworks joined together.
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