- Getting in your fruits and veggies can help the body produce its own form of Aspirin. After a study done by the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, participants who ate fruit and vegetables containing benzoic acid, could produce their own salicylic acid. This is the main ingredient in aspirin that makes aspirin an anti-inflammatory pain reliever.
- The kitchen sink is dirtier than the bathroom sink. There are approximately 500,000 bacteria lurking around your drain alone. Over 50 million bacteria in a single colony can live on one sponge.
- Using a diary for weight-loss purposes can double a person’s weight loss efforts.
- After a study done at Cornell University, researchers found that people who enter their homes through an entry way that is close to the kitchen tend to eat 15% more than those who enter farther away from the kitchen.
- Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
- In a lifetime, the average person produces about 25,000 quarts of saliva, enough to fill two swimming pools.
- A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.
- Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself while standing still.