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Welcome to Newts Notes, a website composed by myself to inform everyone who follows me of updates and pretty much anything that is new in my world. After my wife of 24 years passed away in February of 2024, I fell off the website building truck and I am just now starting to get beck on it again. Thanks for visiting and I hope you find some info here useful for you.

Latest Articles: The Fastest Muscle In Your Body

The human eye is a biological wonder. Able to perceive the subtle hues of 1 million colors and filled with tens of millions of photosensitive rods and cones, our eyes help interpret reality for us — but they’d be useless without a muscle called the orbicularis oculi. A sphincter muscle arranged in concentric bands around both eyelids, the orbicularis oculi controls blinking and drains tears from the eye to the nasolacrimal duct system (which eventually drains into the nasal cavity).



Random content: The Day Christmas Made the Calendar

  • Posted 28th December 2025, 6:50 pm
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On December 25th in 352, Pope Liberius celebrated the first official Christmas mass in Rome—marking the moment December 25 became the day on the calendar.

This wasn’t the first time Christians had celebrated Jesus’ birth: Some observances likely took place as early as the 2nd century, and the church in Rome began recognizing Christ’s birthday in 336. But it was Emperor Constantine’s…


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Fear or Favor

  • Posted 8th February 2026, 11:30 pm
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His heart is established; he will not be afraid.
Psalm 112:8
 
Charlie Brown, the famous character in Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip, is quoted as saying, “I think I’m afraid of being happy because whenever I get too happy something bad always happens.” Don’t we all feel that way—at least sometimes? Our happiness is often diminished because we’re so afraid of what might happen to ourselves or to our loved ones.

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How to Protect Your Credit Cards From 'Web Skimming' Scams

You have probably heard of skimming, a type of fraud in which criminals install physical devices capable of capturing your payment card details on ATMs, gas pumps, and point-of-sale terminals. If you enter your debit or credit card into one of these fake card readers, your data is stored for later download or transmitted wirelessly in real time to a device controlled by scammers, who will use the…

The Grilled Cheese Hack

We have a few recipes we go to when we want something quick, easy, low-mess, and completely satisfying. While we can whip up a pizza bagel, upgrade basic ramen, or make easy mac and cheese when the family is hungry and there's little time to cook, it's hard to beat a classic grilled cheese sandwich. It's ooey, gooey, cheesy, and toasty. And it's easy to dress up with fancy add-ins and artisanal…

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