TRIVIAS

What's that smell?

The longer you smoke, the less you can smell.  if you quit after smoking two packs per day for 10 years, it will take ten years for your sense of smell to fully return.  - Book of Proven Home Remedies

Color of Chicken Skin

Chicken skin color varies from cream-colored to yellow.  skin color is a result of the type of feed eaten by the chicken, not a measure of nutritional value, flavor, tenderness, or fat content.  Color preferences vary in different sections of the country, so growers use the typeof seed which produces the desired color.  

Stethoscope

Greek for "chest" and "I" view.  The first "stethoscope" was constructed of stacked paper rolled into a solid cylinder shape by Rene Laennec, a French physician, in 1816.  Prior to this inventions physicians would place their ear to the patient's chest to hear sounds of the lungs and heart.  this type of stethoscope is called a "Monaural" stethoscope due to it having only one earpiece.  - 

Arowana fish fact

Babies of the carnivorous Arowana live in their father's mouth until they are big enough to be on their own.  

Dangerous fat

The more time you spend in the car, on the couch or at the computer, the more fat you invite into your abdominal home.  Visceral fat - the fat under your stomach muscles - pumps out hormones such as leptin, adiponectin, and IGF (insulin-like growth factor) trhat can cause trouble.  This is the fat more closely tied to diabetes, heart disease, and colon, liver, pancreatic, and kidney cancers.  - Nutrition Action Health Letter

Jesus knew His Bible

In Jesus's recorded teachings, He quoted from 22 different Old Testament books.  In Matthew He quoted the Old Testament 19 times; in Mark, 15; in Luke, 25; and in John, 11. - Ranger Rick

THAT WINTER THE WIND BLOWS finale-english subtitle

BREAKING NEWS: Cairo clashes- 2 members of security forces were killed

ONE person was killed in Cairo as clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, as tensions mounted ahead of a looming crackdown on pro-Morsi protest camps.

At least 10 people were also injured in the violence in Cairo's Giza neighbourhood, security officials told AFP.

A pro-Morsi march had taken off from Nahda square -- site of one of two large sit-ins staged by Morsi loyalists -- to Faisal Street in Giza where residents began to pelt the marchers with rocks.

The clashes rapidly escalated with birdshot fired from both sides, security officials said, as residents of the Giza neighbourhood smashed the shopfront of a department store owned by Islamists.

Earlier in another area of the capital, police fired tear gas to break up clashes that erupted between Morsi loyalists and residents, AFP correspondents reported.

Dozens of religious scholars affiliated with Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood had entered the religious endowments ministry and were ordered out by police prompting clashes, a security official said.

The violence comes after the expiry of a government ultimatum to dismantle the sprawling protest camps.

Morsi, Egypt's first elected president, was overthrown by the military on July 3 with popular backing.

His supporters say nothing short of his reinstatement will persuade them to disperse.

The standoff with the army-backed interim government has sparked international fears of further bloodshed.

For your info....

The technical term for snapping your fingers is “fillip.”

The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.

Humans are the only creatures that can blush.

Insects shiver when they cold.

Ants don’t sleep.

           

Cat’s urine glows under a black light.

When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

 

Did you know that

Vegetarian IQ 

 

The average IQ of American children is 99, while the average IQ of vegetarian children is 116. – The Food Revolution

A Slow Bloomer

Some species of bamboo bloom only once in 120 years. – Salted Nuts

 

Mega Brick Baker

 

In Bible times, a brick maker could make 3,000 sun-dried bricks in a day. – Bible Fortresses, Temples and Bombs

                             Give Me a Lift

In Bible times people often carries burdens on their heads.  This made their necks so strong that some people could carry a load that required three people to lift from the ground. – Manners and Customs of the Bible

The Seeing Brain

 

The human brain has 100 billion neurons.  Every time a person sees an image, between 30 to 300 million neurons fire in the visual cortex. – Natural History

Sleep Debt

 

Losing 90 minutes of sleep for just one night can reduce your daytime alertness by as much as 32 percent. – Prevention

 

Eat to Beat

 

The average diner eats five mouthfuls per minute when listening to no music, and three mouthfuls per minute when listening to a slow melody. – The 100 Simple Secrets of Life