Your body is the most amazing machine ever built. Highly adaptive and resistant. No man-built systems can be compared to human body in its complexity and perfection! Here are some amazing facts you may find interesting:
* You lose everyday around 50 to 100 hairs from your head, which are replaced the same day.
* An average […]
The cost of motoring has risen significantly in recent years, particularly with the rapid rise in petrol prices. There are however a number of ways in which you can reduce the cost of motoring. Try following our Top 10 Tips below and you could be driving further for less.
1. Get the best deal on petrol […]
We are very obedient when it comes to following instructions on the products we buy, and the manufacturers know it. Famously, back in the 1930’s, the Lever brothers asked their employees for suggestions on how to improve their shampoo sales. One bright spark suggested the addition of the word “Repeat” to the directions written on […]
Three dried apricots contain the same amount of iron as the average iron tablet, and the apricots won’t give you constipation.
It’s not just green vegetables that protect against cancer. Along with broccoli, cabbage, spring greens, kale, and watercress, the root vegetables turnips, radishes, and swede are all rich in antioxidant phytochemicals, which protect against cancers.
“Bad […]
Deep Waters
The record for the deepest free dive is held by Jacques Mayol. He dove to an astounding depth of 282 feet without any breathing equipment.
The deepest spot on Earth, Challenger Deep, is 35,802 feet (11,034 m) deep. It is found in the Mariana Trench, one of the many deep valleys of the Pacific […]
Chocolate is made from beans derived from the cacao tree. These beans are very bitter, so the cocoa solids and the cocoa butter has sugar added to it, along with some other ingredients in order to make the chocolate that is available to the general public.
Chocolate is particularly popular at certain times of the year, […]
What part of you is only 1% to 3% of your body’s mass, yet uses 20% of all the oxygen you breathe? Your brain! Here are ten more brain facts:
- Your brain needs a continuous supply of oxygen. A 10 minute loss of oxygen will usually cause significant neural damage. Cold can lengthen this time, […]
