Did you know that?

Jag såg en intressant sak på Tv häromdagen..
Visst ni att en kropp väger några kilo mindre efter att en människa avlidit? Nähä, men nu vet ni det.
Det som jag tycker är intressant är att man inte vet varför. Visst, det kan bero på att alla muskler slappnar av och då rinner ju oftast kroppvätskorna ut (dvs bajs och kiss)^^
Men så är det ju inte alltid, men man kan mäta att kroppen blir lättare. Vissa tror att det är själen som försvinner.. vad tror du?

Something to think about, right?
//Julia

You didn't expect that, did you?

Hello Blogosphere!

I jusst heard a very interesting thing on the radio; that circumcision actually decreases the risk of contracting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) with; lo and behold; no less than 60%! And people who think certain religious people are out of their wits for cricumcising their spawns --> I ask myself; who are out of their wits?

This explains why for examle the muslim countries in northern Africa have been spared from the illness -> Some might say it's an act of god; I think not. However, I suppose one could say so, as it is a part of their religion (Not a part of the koran but of some Hadith; Hadiths are texts about Muhammed's life and traditions) So if not an act of god - then it's an act of Muhammed.

Jews are circumcising their spawns as well, though, as they are such a small and limited group of people I chose to draw paralells with the muslims.

In the United States, Canada, South Korea and New Zealand circumcision is also a part of the tradition.

Free circumcision is now offered in some South-African countries to prevent HIV from spreading.

I needed to have at least one rhyme: "I have a vision; it's called circumcision"

EDIT:

A sharp reader commented on that; the Muslim countries in northern Africa are not partly protected from HIV merely because their circumcised but also because they have another view of sex. Many Muslims have an orthodox way of looking at sex - that is to say, they think that one ought to have one partner and not have sex with anybody else. This of course, confines the spread of; not merely HIV but also other STDs (Sexually Transmitted Deceases). One might question, however, as my teacher once did when I brought up this very subject, whether this really applies to all Muslims. She wasn't so certain that this really was the case, that in many countries there occurs sex outside marriage - not quite as much as in the western world but still...

//OSS

That Gummie Gummie'll Make You Yummie Yummie

Pun's finished - now today's interesting fact:

Did you know that chewing a gum may make you loose 11 pound (5 kilograms) in one year.

A study made by American scientists shows that chewing a gum makes you burn 11 extra kcals per hour - this is twice as much calories as you would burn by standing instead of sitting down. This means that if you chew a gum 12 hours a day, you will in one year's time loose 11 pounds worth of body fat.

Other good things about chewing gums;

- As when chewing your mouth is filled with saliva, caries and other bacteria won't assault your teeth.

- It tastes good

- You have something to do that keeps you from thinking about what's for dinner (when you're hungry) That way you don't eat snacks etc.

Bad aspects;

- You might become addicted - which is rather expensice

- As gums promotes the production of saliva, the body prepares itself for food which means that you become hungry (I suppose this changes with time because I experience this no more; after having chewed gums more or less everyday, frequently for six months).

- Choose a sugarfree gum or else your teeth will go holey like an Emmentaler-cheese

Poison dart frogs makes one go f(r)oggy

Hello World

This is what i call today's interessting fact; an interessting and (often unnecessary) fact is presented:

Did you know that; The poison dart frog produces such a strong poison that if one streeks it's back with a twig and then dips the twig into a litre of water, one produces such an intoxicating substance that it would be classified, (if it isn't allready) as a narcotic. Is this how South-American indians celebrates their weekend, mayhap?

(The poison which the frogs are covered in, is not one which they manufacture themselves: The poison is pruduced thus; The frog eats poisonous ants and beetles and their venom is exuded through the skin (exactly as for us human beeings, when we digest a poisonous substance (that can be anthing from alcohol to cocaine), were also sweating it, and that's what the frog is doing as well, it's sweating poison (only it's poison is rather more potent then ours).

// OSS