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Longest field goal record broken yesterday: Although the record for the longest kicked field was broken yesterday by a kicker for the Denver Broncos, the 63-yard field goal kicked by Tom Dempsey really deserves to be considered the truly greatest. Born without toes on one foot, Dempsey wasn’t the typical jock. But in the final 2 seconds of this 1970 game, Dempsey won the game! No ba-humbug here. All good tidings and cheer (and, yes, Dempsey may have had a bit of cheer before he even took the field)!

Nuts for health: Did someone say nutcracker? In a season reminder to eat well, the news about nuts has been gaining popularity over the past few years. A wonderful New York Times article lays it out simply: the more nuts someone eats, the less chances for heart disease or cancer. Not a bad trade off.

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by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 9, 2013

<h1>What In the World?</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 9, 2013</p> <p><strong>Longest field goal record broken yesterday</strong>: Although the record for the longest kicked field was broken yesterday by a kicker for the Denver Broncos, the 63-yard field goal kicked by Tom Dempsey really deserves to be considered the truly greatest. Born without toes on one foot, Dempsey wasn't the typical jock. But in the final 2 seconds of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxTjgFYoU8" target="_blank">this 1970 game</a>, Dempsey won the game! No ba-humbug here. All good tidings and cheer (and, yes, Dempsey may have had a bit of cheer before he even took the field)!</p> <p><strong>Nuts for health</strong>: Did someone say nutcracker? In a season reminder to eat well, the news about nuts has been gaining popularity over the past few years. A wonderful <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/snacking-your-way-to-better-health/?hpw&amp;rref=health&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">New York Times article</a> lays it out simply: the more nuts someone eats, the less chances for heart disease or cancer. Not a bad trade off.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-2303496/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=25302&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-in-the-world-2303496/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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