So I am catching up on my Diggnation watching, and came across this one. Some very interesting things stated. For example:
16. A new planet described as a “super-Earth,” which weighs 13 times as much as our planet, exists in a solar system 9,000 light-years away.
– Did not hear about this.
19. Red wine contains anti-inflammatory chemicals that stave off diseases affecting the gums and bone around the teeth.
– Another reason to drink more red wine. woohoo..
20. A substance called resveratrol, also found in red wine, protects mice from obesity and the effects of aging, and perhaps could do the same for humans.
– …and another. You have to think, pretty soon someone will distill all the goodness they are discovering in red wine into pill form and ruin it all for everyone.
22. The hole in the earth’s ozone layer is closing - and could be entirely closed by 2050. Meanwhile, the amount of greenhouse gases is increasing.
– Wait a minute. Al, I thought the greenhouse gases were causing the hole to get bigger. Note to self, Netflix the Al Gore DVD, An Inconvenient Truth.
24. At least once a week, 28 percent of high school students fall asleep in school, 22 percent fall sleep while doing homework and 14 percent get to school late or miss school because they overslept.
– Please. Like anyone who has gone through high school does not know this. Wait til they get to college.. 
32. Just 30 minutes of continuous kissing can diminish the body’s allergic reaction to pollen, relaxing the body and reducing production of histamine, a chemical cell given out in response to allergens.
– Ok, this one is my favorite! Now you just need to find a hot girl that is allergic to pollen.
43. Sleeping in on Saturday and Sunday can disturb your body clock, leaving you fatigued at the start of the week.
– Yeah, but it was the late night drinking, necessitated by job stress and frustration, that caused me to oversleep, thereby disturbing my body clock, causing the fatigue on Monday and therefore creating the job stress and frustration.
46. Photos taken of Mars in 1999 and 2005 show muddy sand, indicating there may have been a flood sometime between those years.
– Woohoo, Total Recall here we come.
49. One of the most effective ways for athletes to recover after exercise is to drink a glass of chocolate milk.
– Not sure Gatorade is going to like this. Football games win would look a lot different when the coach get covered in chocolate milk.
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