TopRoundups » Authors » TopTenz Master http://toproundups.com Rounding up the roundups Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:44:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Top 10 Greatest Inventions of the 19th Century http://toproundups.com/2010/08/09/top-10-greatest-inventions-of-the-19th-century/ http://toproundups.com/2010/08/09/top-10-greatest-inventions-of-the-19th-century/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:47:47 +0000 Nirhana http://toproundups.com/?p=16616 While we often imagine that the twentieth century was the era in which the greatest advances in technology and science occurred, many often overlook the remarkable advances that came out of the preceding century—advances which in themselves were equally as astonishing in their era as those of the twentieth century were for us.

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]]> http://toproundups.com/2010/08/02/top-10-historical-mysteries/feed/ 0 10 Things to Try for 30 Days http://toproundups.com/2010/07/29/10-things-to-try-for-30-days/ http://toproundups.com/2010/07/29/10-things-to-try-for-30-days/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:52:45 +0000 Nirhana http://toproundups.com/?p=16474 You’ve probably heard that it takes 21 days to change a habit, right? Well, apparently there isn’t any hard evidence that this is a fact. According to Jeremy Dean over at PsyBlog, the “21 day myth may well come from a book published in 1960 by [Dr Maxwell Maltz] a plastic surgeon.” According to Dean, Dr Maxwell Maltz based an argument for a 21-day adjustment period after noticing that amputee patients took about 21 days to adjust to their loss.

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]]> http://toproundups.com/2010/07/29/10-things-to-try-for-30-days/feed/ 0 Top 10 Interesting Facts About Thomas Jefferson http://toproundups.com/2010/07/27/top-10-interesting-facts-about-thomas-jefferson/ http://toproundups.com/2010/07/27/top-10-interesting-facts-about-thomas-jefferson/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:37:01 +0000 Nirhana http://toproundups.com/?p=16442 Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America, was one of the most intriguing figures of his era. Writer of the Declaration of Independence, he played a crucial role in early American history. As president, he was involved with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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