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• Woody in “Toy Story” was originally slated to be a ventriloquist dummy.

• The 2008 film “The Dark Knight” made more money in its first six days than “Batman Begins” made in its entire run in 2005.

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* A Florida waitress was promised a new Toyota after winning a sales contest at her restaurant, but was given a toy Yoda, a “Star Wars” doll, instead.

She sued the company, and received more than enough to buy herself a new Toyota. * Fear of dolls is called “pediophobia.” * Alchemist Hennig Brand is thought to have used upwards of 1,500 gallons of human urine in his quest to make gold. After he evaporated, boiled and distilled it multiple times, it started to glow in the dark and burst into flames.

He had instead discovered the element phosphorus. * “Phantom Vibration Syndrome” is the name for when someone thinks their phone is vibrating, but it isn’t. * Astronaut John Young caused a small scandal in 1965 when he smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard Gemini 3. When he took it out in zero gravity and tried to eat it, it broke up, sending crumbs flying around the cabin. No harm was done, but the incident sparked a safety review by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations and a statement from NASA assuring that steps had been taken “to prevent recurrence of corned beef sandwiches in future flights.” * Jim Carrey’s make-up routine for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was so intense and his costume was so uncomfortable that he underwent training from the CIA’s torture experts! * Take a good look at Disney princesses and you’ll notice that they’re all essentially attired in typical princess garb of gown, tiara, etc. But here’s a small difference you might not have picked up on -- some wear gloves, and some don’t. What’s up with that? The ladies without gloves are commoners who married into royalty. *** Thought for the Day: “In a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.”

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How to Clean and Care For a Smoothtop Electric Cooktop Everyday CHEAPSKATE

When it comes to kitchen appliances, ® nothing says modern and sleek like a beautiful Mary Hunt new electric by smoothtop.

While a smoothtop beats a coil cooktop in the style department, it requires a different kind of proactive care to keep it looking good while at the same time preventing discoloration and scratching.

WHAT NOT TO DO

With smoothtop cooktops, it’s all about prevention. If you think of your cooktop as a delicate possession that requires your utmost protection, you’ll be way ahead of the game.

Do not use cast iron or stone cookware on a smoothtop cooktop or range. Period. The bottom of these types of cookware can be rough, even gritty to the touch. Any movement on that cooktop can leave permanent scratches.

Do not drag heavy pots on the cooktop; lift and transfer them to another area of the cooktop to reduce the risk of scratching.

Never allow abrasive cleaners, ScotchBrite sponges or metal pads near the cooktop.

Do not allow spills to linger. When boiling or cooking with sugary substances, take care not to spill these on a smoothtop cooktop. A sugar substance can discolor the cooktop, leaving yellowish areas that are impossible to remove.

Clean up such spills quickly.

Never stand on top of the cooktop to reach something high up or place anything heavy on a smoothtop cooktop, even temporarily.

Do not place stirring utensils on a warm cooktop while you cook. Food on these utensils can mark or burn the cooktop, leaving a mess that needs more time to clean.

Do not place glass bakeware (from the oven) to cool on a smoothtop cooktop. Place these items on a counter to cool.

HOW TO CLEAN

Here’s the rule: If you wouldn’t use it to clean your eyeglasses, don’t use it on your smoothtop. Always reach for a soft sponge or cloth and a cream cleaning solution.

Commercial cream cleaners: Bar Keepers Friend now makes a cooktop cleaner (about $6 for a 13-ounce bottle) that gets rave reviews from manufacturers and smoothtop owners. Another highly recommended option is Cerama Bryte Cooktop Cleaner (about $10 for 28 ounces).

Homemade cream cleaner: Make a paste of 50-50 baking soda and Blue Dawn dishwashing liquid. Stir until smooth. Using a sponge, work this cream in circles over the entire cooktop. When you’re done, rinse with a wet towel followed by a microfiber cloth to polish the glass surface.

Homemade heavy-duty smoothtop cleaner: This is for tough spots and any stuck-on food that spilled while cooking. Combine one cup water and one cup white vinegar in a spray bottle.

Add 10 drops of lemon essential oil. Shake well.

Once the cooktop has cooled, sprinkle baking soda directly on the tough spots. Spray the baking soda with the vinegar mixture. Wait until the

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baking soda stops fizzing, and wipe it clean with a very soft cloth or sponge, using the texture of the powder to scour off the grease. This will not scratch the surface. Repeat as needed until you’ve taken care of any tough spots.

REMOVE DISCOLORATION

The natural oils and acids in food cooked on the stovetop can leave behind dark or light stains on the surface. Restoring discoloration from a ceramic cooktop involves proper cleaning. Follow these steps to get your cooktop back to looking new.

Apply a cream ceramic cooktop cleaner (see above) once the area cools. Rub using a soft scrubbing pad made for this purpose (the Cerama Bryte Ceramic Cooktop Cleaner Kit comes with five cleaning pads), rubbing deep into the stain. The abrasive nature of a scrubbing pad that has been designed specifically for a glass cooktop helps release the stain to remove stubborn discoloration. Wipe the area with a wet paper towel or microfiber cloth.

REMOVE SCRATCHES

It’s best to never allow your cooktop to get scratched. Still, if you have scratches you cannot live with, you may be ready to bring out the big guns. An automotive scratch remover (you won’t find anything better than Meguiar’s Ultimate Compound) is designed to remove scratches to a clear-coat, glasslike finish. Follow the instructions on the label, or apply the automotive scratch removing compound with a soft cloth, and buff the scratch gently. Allow the scratch remover to dry, and then wipe off the compound with a dry cloth. For links to the products mentioned in this column, please visit https://www.everydaycheapskate.com. * * *

Would you like more information? Go to

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Mary invites questions, comments and tips at EverydayCheapskate.com, “Ask Mary.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a lifestyle blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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still remained unstable. Today, modern packaging techniques help eliminate this risk.

Another inventor later discovered the explosive material called TNT which is far more stable than dynamite.

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Occasionally, I like to take a break from the

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This will give you a little glimpse into the world of a public servant.

The story I shared a couple of months ago happened in the first Social Security office I worked at in the small town of Litchfield, Illinois.

After about a year in that office, I transferred to a huge inner-city office on the west side of Chicago.

My job involved helping people file claims for Social Security benefits.

One morning, the office doors opened, and the usual flood of people filed into the office, including one older woman who was crying hysterically. She kept repeating the phrase: “Oh, my poor husband, he’s dead! He’s dead!” We all could see other customers in the waiting room trying to console her. Once the receptionist had checked everyone in, including the distraught woman, my fellow claims representatives and I walked up to the front desk to pick up our designated interviews. Sure enough, I was assigned to the sobbing senior. The interview slip the receptionist filled out said “wants to file for widows benefits,” so, of course, I had an idea why the woman was so sad.

We walked back to my desk in a far corner of the office. She cried all the way there. I offered

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her some tissues and asked her to sit down. “How lationship, that may work for Social Security purcan I help you?” I enquired, sort of knowing what poses, depending on where you live.

You cannot be currently married to somethe answer was going to be.

“Oh, my husband ... He’s dead! He’s dead!”, one else. Although widows who remarry after age

60 can still qualify for benefits on a prior deceased she sobbed.

“I’m so sorry to hear that, ma’am,” I re- husband’s account.

If you were divorced from the deceased, plied, with as much compassion as I could muster. you could get benefits on his account if you were “And are you here to file for widows benefits?”

“Yes, I am,” she stammered. And then, once married to the guy for at least 10 years and you are

again, she started sobbing: “Oh, my husband, he’s not currently married to someone else.

And in all cases, if you are a working womdead! He’s dead!”

I pulled out the widows application form, an with your own Social Security account, you can

which began with some basic questions such as exercise the “widows option,” which allows you to her name, her husband’s name and their Social Se- take reduced benefits on one account and switch to curity numbers. It’s when we got to the next ques- higher benefits on the other account later on.

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And I couldn’t recall anything about how to take a claim for widows benefits from a woman who had killed her husband. So, I went to my supervisor and said: “I think I have a murderer at my desk!

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DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband, 79 years old, is getting up five or six times at night to urinate. The urgent care doctor said he doesn’t have an infection but doesn’t know what’s going on. He is taking Flomax, but that doesn’t seem to be helping. Who should he see? -- E.L.O.

trol center uses a hormone called anti-diuretic hormone to regulate water excretion. Normally, it is high at night, so there is less urine output at night. Sometimes this normal variation is reversed, leading to excess urine output at night, even without diabetes insipidus.

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Caught in the Act

The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General has been extremely busy.

What’s astonishing is the criminals who actually think they’re going to get away with their crimes.

A gun store thief claimed, in court in front of a judge, that he had been awarded two Purple Hearts. He was trying to get a lower sentence on a couple of other firearms offenses, including stealing 87 guns from a store and then being a felon in possession of guns. Among other things, he claimed Iraq service and said he got the medals for saving another soldier. He showed photos of his (fake) Purple Heart certificates. Nobody was fooled.

Then there was the idiot who defrauded cemetery services customers out of a half million dollars by taking the payments and using them for personal gain and gambling.

Let’s not forget the fool who shot up the inside of a VA hospital with a gun he had tucked in his wheelchair. He won’t see daylight for a long time.

Sometimes, though, the OIG handles emotionally tough cases, like the VA hospital nursing assistant that murdered seven hospitalized veterans and was planning to kill an eighth by injecting them all with lethal doses of insulin. In one case medical staff discovered the patient’s blood sugar level and were able to revive him ... until the nursing assistant came back and injected him again, killing him. Nursing assistants are not allowed (or trained to) administer medication.

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DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: My aunt recently asked me to be the executor of her estate when she dies. I’m flattered that she asked, but frankly I'm a bit uneasy about this since I’m not sure what exactly the job entails. What can you tell me about this?

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As the executor, you’re entitled to a fee paid by the estate. In most states, executors are entitled to take a percentage of the estate’s value, which often ranges anywhere from 1 to 5 percent depending on the size of the estate.

But, if you’re a beneficiary, it may make sense for you to forgo the fee. That’s because fees are taxable, but Uncle Sam in most states doesn’t tax inheritances.

For more information on the duties of an executor, get a copy of the book “The Executor’s Guide: Settling A Loved One’s Estate or Trust” at Nolo.com.

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after it was learned that “Vader” in Italian sounds too much like the word for “toilet.”

• When members of the Irish Army Reserves were used as extras in “Braveheart” some scenes had to be re-shot when it was noticed that some of the soldiers were wearing wrist watches, sunglasses and sneakers.

• The word “man” is used 147 times in the film “The Big Lebowski” averaging 1.5 times per minute. The phrase “old sport” is said 55 times during “The Great Gatsby.”

• One scene in “The Great Gatsby” required a downpour of rain. Because the weather forecast was for clear skies, the film crew purchased over 25,000 gallons of water from a local dam and rented large containment tanks, only to have it pour down rain for the next three days of shooting.

• “Forrest Gump” has more minutes of CGI screen time than “Jurassic Park.”

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• While “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” was being shot in the Bahamas in 2006, Hurricane Wilma interrupted the schedule. The entire filming crew had to be evacuated.

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