Pickle juice has about 20 times more sodium and eight times more potassium than a regular sports drink. Turns out that drinking an ounce or two of pickle juice can stop cramping within about 85 seconds — faster than water alone. Many athletes drink pickle juice before exercise to prevent cramps.
There is an exposed bedrock near Hudson Bay…
There is an exposed bedrock near Hudson Bay, Canada that is 4.3 billion years old. It is the oldest known rock and was around when the earth was only 200 million years old with no atmosphere or oceans.
Known as Cheddar Man, a 9,000 year old skeleton..
Known as Cheddar Man, a 9,000 year old skeleton was found in a cave in Cheddar, England. After DNA testing, a living relative was found half a mile away, linking back 300 generations.
Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada…
Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada and a student from Qikiqtarjuaq became the first high schooler to graduate in four years in 2016
A Burger King in Finland…
A Burger King in Finland recently opened a sauna in its restaurant.
Apollo Mission astronauts have nearly five times…
Apollo Mission astronauts have nearly five times higher mortality from cardiovascular disease than other astronauts due to exposure to deep-space radiation.
Manly, NSW, Australia, was named after the local…
Manly, NSW, Australia, was named after the local indigenous people who the governor thought were very…. manly.
The word Mamihlapinatapai listed in The Guinness…
The word Mamihlapinatapai is listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word” and means “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire but which neither wants to begin.”
The highest paid CEO in the U.S. was…
The highest paid CEO in the U.S. was John Hammergren of McKesson Corp in 2011, in excess of $700 million. At a company annual meeting in 2013, an employee asked for wages increases and was fired 4 months later. In June 2014, he returned to the company’s annual meeting to ask that Hammergren’s $292 million […]
Labor and Delivery Cost in the USA in one picture
A Reddit user received the bill for labor and delivery (C section) total $13,280.49. That didn’t come as a surprise, as its well known fact that childbirth cost in US, ranges from $3,296 to $37,227, or more depending on the state and the hospital. However, what blew the mothers mind was, that she was charged […]