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Part ⅠRoad to Success（成功之路） 1

Believe the Impossible 2

Blurred Vision 3

To Build a Bridge 3

Grind or Shine 5

Hang in There 6

How High Can you Jump？ 8

“I Can Make it Happen” 9

It Couldn’t be Done 11

Murphy’s Laws 12

Quick Decisions 13

A Ten-Cent Idea 14

Time to Think 15

The Whole World Came Together 16

Wranglers and Stranglers 17

You are Wonderful 19

Part ⅡPolitics and Politician（政坛掠影） 21

Kennedy Fortune 22

The Missing Secretary 24

New Tourist Hot-Spot in Xi’an 27

Succession of the Order of the President 27

Was Hebrew Proposed as Official US Language？ 28

Washroom as a Medium of Communication 30

White House Birthday Card 33

Part ⅢScience and Technology（科技长廊） 35

Bill Gates：“I never said‘640K should be enough for anybody’”！ 36

Glass Flows！ 38

Glass Flows 40

Glass Flows and Telescope 41

The Great Wall of China from Space 42

The Great Wall of China Seen from Space 44

How Long Can a Human Live Unprotected in Space 44

Millennium Man Will be 14-Stone Sloth 45

No Math Nobel 47

Rumors Regarding a Computer Modem Surcharge 49

Tomatoes：Fruit or Vegetables 50

Weeds at Night 51

Weights Measure 53

The Year 2000 AD 54

Part ⅣMedicine（医学天地） 56

Beaver Fever 57

Blind Girl Saw Test Explosion 120 Miles Away 58

Cellular Phones ＆ Cancer 60

Explosion of Intestinal Gas during Surgery 61

Flowers in Hospital Rooms 64

Giving Birth on a Plane 65

Hairballs 66

Hair Turning White Overnight 66

Safe Alcohol Limit？ 67

That was Me！ 68

Wet Hair on Winter Mornings 69

Part ⅤThings in Nature（自然风情） 71

Fascinating Island Found 72

The Fastest Wind 72

Just Coincidence？ 73

Rare Reptile Fossil Collected 73

Rare Variety of Tree Propagates in Jiangxi 75

The“Sea of Death”Has Fish 77

Strange Slope in Gansu to be Explained 78

Two HK Names for Tropical Cyclones to be Used Next Year 79

White Lake Found in XinJiang 81

Yunnan World Wildlife Park 82

Zhejiang Discovers a“Five-Color Stone Island” 82

Part ⅥAnimal World（动物世界） 84

American Panthers May be Found in Qinling Mountains 85

Animals Eating Corpses 86

An Annoying Monkey 87

Astounding Avian Anomalies 88

Cat and Aspirin 90

The Dead Kitten 91

Ducks Cannot Bear to be Parted from Each Other 94

Falling Cats 95

The Lion and the Cougar 96

Long-Gone Gold Crucian Re-Appears 97

Moths 98

National Birds 101

A Ram Repays Evil with Good 102

Soothing Video Treatment 103

Transparent Fish 104

Turkey Shoots a Man 105

Weathermen Frogs 106

Part ⅦFun with Products（商品拾趣） 107

Cat Food Sold as Tuna 108

Chevy Nova in Mexico 110

From Candles to Soap 111

The Green Ones 112

Pepsi’s Slogans 114

Post-it Notes 115

Part ⅧMiscellaneous（五花八门） 117

An 104-km Long Rail Track 118

The Airline Steward’s Revenge 118

Asian Ancestor in East China：Chinese Archaeologists 119

Baby Train Goes by Again 120

Cigars Insured against Fire 122

Complain！Complain！Complain！ 124

Death at Disneyland（Ⅰ） 125

Death at Disneyland（Ⅱ） 128

Death at Disneyland（Ⅲ） 129

Death at Disneyland（Ⅳ） 131

Dreamers in Beijing 132

Fish Beer 133

Gone with the Wind 134

Keeper of the Spring 136

The Largest Family in China 139

A lesson from a Mad Hatter 139

Living History 141

A Miner Survives 34 Days Underground 142

Museum Underneath Oriental Plaza Being Built 144

Old Women Eats Earth for 70Y ears 145

Puff the Magic Dragon 146

Privately Run Zoo in Guangdong 149

A Quiet Scolding 151

Shop Takes Name of its Assistant 152

A Tragedy or a Blessing？ 154

The Whole World Stinks 155

Who’s Counting？ 156

Bibliography 158