Daily Archives: July 27, 2021
25 Interesting Facts About Teeth
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Teeth. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Teeth 1. George Washington’s infamous wooden teeth were actually human teeth from slaves. – Source 2. Brad Pitt voluntarily went to a dentist to have his front teeth chipped for the role of Tyler Durden in Fight Club. His teeth were fixed after he…… Read More »
Robert Peston overstated the importance of reinfections
The daily tally of infections seriously understates the actual number of infections, because if you are sick with Covid19 today but had it any time in the past (even last spring) your new bout is not included in the daily dashboard figures. Robert Peston, 25 July 2021. ITV News’s political editor Robert Peston said in… Read More »
Facebook post on tetanus jabs gets a lot wrong
A Facebook post contains lots of false information about tetanus, including misinformation about the types of wounds that can lead to tetanus infection, and the fact that a bleeding wound means there is “NO tetanus”. What is Tetanus? Tetanus is an infection caused by a bacteria called Clostridium tetani, and affects the muscles and nervous… Read More »
What Is Achievement Motivation And How To Use It
“You can do it!” “Keep going!” “You got this, don’t quit!” These were just a few of the exclamations of support from others that I could barely make out as I struggled to finish one of the toughest workouts I had ever done. Everyone else from class (including a very pregnant woman) had finished, and… Read More »
15 Smart Video Conferencing Etiquette Tips to Follow
During the pandemic, video conferencing replaced in-person meetings and has now become the standard option for business meetings. Over the past 17 months, most workers have gotten past the video conferencing learning curve with Zoom or Microsoft Teams (or their platform of choice). But just as with in-person meetings, attention can wax and wane. Some… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – The Reason For The Giraffes Dark Tongue
25 Interesting Historical Photos – Part 297
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 296, click here. 1. Soviet rock fans attend a concert in Moscow on 28 September 1991. Half a million people jammed an airfield to see the Soviet Union’s biggest Western rock concert, touted as a gift to Russian youth for their resistance to last month’s coup.…… Read More »
Salvador Dali once conned Yoko…
Salvador Dali once conned Yoko Ono into paying $10,000 for a single blade of grass. Yoko had offered to pay that amount for one of his mustache hairs. He substituted the blade of grass because he thought that Yoko Ono was a witch and might use his hair in a spell. The post Salvador Dali… Read More »
The reason we have muscle cars…
The reason we have muscle cars from the 60’s was because NASCAR banned engines that were not in production models so Plymouth in order to keep their big Hemi engines in racing, put them in regular stock vehicles giving us the big horsepower in those 60’s hotrods. The post The reason we have muscle cars…… Read More »