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Cyber Monday Facts and Fiction (Infographic)
Each year as the holiday shopping season gets into full swing there are certain key dates on which retailers anticipate higher sales volume. Some people mistakenly believe that Black Friday is the biggest online shopping day of the year. However, the biggest online shopping day is not Black Friday, nor is it the famed Cyber Monday. Online retailers see increased sales in the 15-day lead-up to December 25 and while the biggest online shopping day of the year is generally a Monday, it's never Cyber Monday. Although Cyber Monday may not generate the most sales of the year, it is important as a key indicator of how consumers will spend for the remainder of the holiday season.

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Heart disease evident in mummies 3500 years old
So technically we were screwed from the beginning of time with this disease?


" "It looks like people 3000 years ago had the propensity, at least under the circumstances of living in the King's court, to develop this disease," said Wann."

Looks like being in the King's court group didn't help your chances!




Orlando, FL - Checking in on some very old patients with cutting-edge computed tomographic (CT) technology reveals that atherosclerosis might not necessarily be a disease caused by a modern lifestyle. Imaging scans of Egyptian mummies, including some 3500 years old, reveals evidence of atherosclerosis, report researchers.

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