Monday, April 22 by Paul Paquet on Creators.com

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Monday, April 22

Here's something creepy. Some brain-dead corpses will cross their arms over their chests shortly after they have died. Doctors call it the Lazarus reflex. It is technically a reflex arc, and it occurs because neural pathways can continue to operate, if a body is kept on life support after the brain has died. Moreover, you will sometimes see goose bumps on dead person's arms and short exhaling breaths.

Despite being nicknamed the White Sausage, which is a pretty horrible nickname, Georg Hackl won gold for Germany in three straight Olympics.

In what event?

A) Cross-country skiing

B) Figure skating

C) Luge

D) Speed skating

Previous answer: Singapore is also Chinese. (Taiwan is not a U.N. member.)

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