Caffeine makes the pituitary gland tell the SNS to release epinephrine in the body which tricks the body into thinking it’s in a state of emergency.
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Caffeine makes the pituitary gland tell the SNS to release epinephrine in the body which tricks the body into thinking it’s in a state of emergency.
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“American cheese” is a combination of cheddar, Colby, washed curd, or granular cheeses. By federal law, it must be labeled “process American cheese” if made of more than one cheese or “process American cheese food” if it’s at least 51% cheese but contains other specific dairy ingredients.
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Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 343, click here. 1. A Jewish child shows her friends a dandelion she found in the grass while waiting outside the gas chambers, Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944. 2. George Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, listening to Malcolm X speak in a Nation of Islam Meeting,…
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The reason that so many Marvel Comics characters have alliteration in their names (Peter Parker, Bruce Banner) is so that Stan Lee would find it easier to remember their names.
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Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 342, click here. 1. Tokyo residents mourning Hachiko. He would regularly meet his owner, Professor Ueno, at Shibuya Station after he returned from work. Sadly, Ueno died on 21 May 1925 & never returned. However, Hachiko would return to the station every day for 9 years,…
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Cats can get pregnant by multiple fathers simultaneously. This is how kittens from the same litter can look so different.
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In 1983, NFL Chiefs running back Joe Delaney sacrificed his life in an attempt to save three children from drowning. His number is unofficially retired by the team and a statue was put up in his hometown.
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Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 341, click here. 1. On 12 November 1928, the Banana Massacre occurred in Santa Marta, Colombia. Approximately 2,000 workers of the United Fruit Company were killed while demanding decent working conditions. 2. War criminal Erna Petri is booked after being exposed. During the war, Erna, a…
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Listening to your favorite music for just 15 minutes a day lowers stress levels, anxiety, sadness and a depressed mood.
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The ISS is only weightless because it’s in orbit (therefore constantly falling) not because of its distance from the earth. An airplane at the same altitude, under its own power would have 89% as much gravity as the earth’s surface.
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Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 340, click here. 1. British soldiers after their release from Japanese captivity in Singapore, 1945. 2. A boy and his owl, 1933. 3. 59 years ago, Soviet space mission Vostok 6 was launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who became the 1st woman in space! This is…
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