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Water Cooler Conversation Facts:

A 6 year old boy from Eastern China had surgery over the weekend, to remove 11 extra fingers and toes he was born with. Each of his feet had 8 toes, and one of his hands had 7 fingers, while the other had 8. The surgery took more than 6 hours…but doctors said they consider the operation a success. (wow, that’s 31 fingers and toes)

Here’s some nostalgia for you: it was this week back in 1886, the Ontario government passed the Workman’s Compensation Act – the first act of its kind in Canada….to help protect workers on the job.

What’s your I.Q? The average IQ is between 90 and 109. If you score above 132, you are considered a genius. The smartest person on record: William James Sedis of New York City, he had an IQ between 250 and 300. He was reading the New York Times at 18 months old; he taught himself Latin and Greek by the age of 3. As an adult, he could speak 40 fluent languages. He was born in the late 1800’s…died in 1944.