AMAZING MIND BLOWING FACTS 2
1. Some Civil War soldiers had wounds that glowed in the dark
After the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, which left 3,000 dead and 16,000 injured, there weren’t enough medics on either side to aid the wounded. Infection wasn’t well understood at that time, and so soldiers were very prone to infections.
Many of the soldiers died due to problems that could be easily cured today. Some of the soldiers sat in the mud waiting for medics. When night fell, they realized their wounds were casting a faint light. Stranger still, those exhibiting the glowing wounds turned out to have a much better survival rate than those not.
For over a hundred years after, this mysterious phenomenon was called Angel’s Glow. In 2001, its secret was cracked. It turns out bacteria were to blame.
Photorhabdus luminescens is a type of bacteria that lives in the guts of nematodes. Nematodes hunt down insect larvae, burrow into their bodies, and then vomit the bacteria into the larvae hosts. There, the bacteria (which glow in the dark) begin producing chemicals that kill the larvae and all other microorganisms inside it.
It turns out those nematodes were to blame for Angel’s Glow and its related survival rate. The bacteria had essentially killed all other harmful infectants in the wounds which increased survival and decreased infection, and its bioluminescence had produced the strange glow effect.
2. Tanning is as cancer-causing as plutonium!
It is a well-known fact that tanning is dangerous and hazardous to your health. What many don’t realize is that the risk to your health is extreme. Tanning is actually as likely to cause cancer as plutonium is, and plutonium is highly radioactive! Using a tanning bed before the age of 30 will increase your risk of melanoma, one of the most deadly skin cancers, by 75%.
In the United States, melanoma kills about 8,650 people yearly. Additionally, your chance of getting squamous cell carcinoma is 2.5 times as likely and your chance of getting basal cell carcinoma increases by 1.5 times. With risks associated with tanning so high, it’s crazy how many people make tanning a part of their regular routine. Somewhere along the lines having tan skin became a mark of beauty and it’s costing lives!
Organizations and lawmakers are trying to lower the amount of people using tanning beds by raising awareness and creating laws. In many states, people are campaigning to ban people under the age of 18 from using tanning beds. In Wisconsin, young people under the age of 16 are not allowed to go tanning. Do you think these laws are a good way of keeping people healthy?
3. Oranges are green, not orange when grown in a tropical climate!
An orange is not a naturally occurring fruit , but rather a crossbreed of the tangerine and the pomelo. The first oranges were created in southeast Asia, where they would have been green rather than orange in colour.
The reason why oranges are green in a tropical climate is because the weather rarely gets cold. Because of the lack of cool weather, the chlorophyll remains in the skin of the orange, keeping it green. When an orange is exposed to cool weather while still on the branch it turns to orange. And orange that is left on the tree can change between green and orange several times depending on the weather.
This change of colors also means it’s impossible to tell if an orange is ripe. Fortunately for us, you don’t have to pay attention to if an orange is ripe. It remains ripe for a long time, even if left on the branch until the next season. The reason all of our oranges are orange in the store is because oranges are generally grown in subtropical areas, which means that they are exposed to cold weather. Oranges were able to give their name to the color because, most oranges are actually orange and not green.
SOURCE : OMG Facts
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Wear & Care Instructions for football boots
A. Leather Care Instructions
- Use warm water and a cloth to remove large chunks of soil in between the boots.
- To dry your shoes , fill them up with newspaper. Place the boots in a dry place.
- When storing the boots use a boot tree which will help to maintain their shape.
- Do not put the boots in a bag after washing.
- Do not expose the boots do direct sunlight or a near heat source like an oven.
B. Synthetic / Textile Care Instructions
- Wash upper with cold water and dry.
- Do not expose the boots to direct sunlight or a near heat source after washing.
- Do not use solvent based products such as leather cream as they will damage the surface.
TYPES OF FOOTBALL BOOT OUTSOLES
SG : For wet , soft natural grounds / grass pitches
FG : For dry grass pitches , natural ground
HG : For very hard and dry natural ground or cinder surface
AG : For the latest generation of artificial turf
MG : For all hard natural ground and the latest generation of artificial turf pitches
TF : For hard pitch and artificial turf
IN : For indoor hall surfaces
A. Leather Care Instructions
- Use warm water and a cloth to remove large chunks of soil in between the boots.
- To dry your shoes , fill them up with newspaper. Place the boots in a dry place.
- When storing the boots use a boot tree which will help to maintain their shape.
- Do not put the boots in a bag after washing.
- Do not expose the boots do direct sunlight or a near heat source like an oven.
B. Synthetic / Textile Care Instructions
- Wash upper with cold water and dry.
- Do not expose the boots to direct sunlight or a near heat source after washing.
- Do not use solvent based products such as leather cream as they will damage the surface.
TYPES OF FOOTBALL BOOT OUTSOLES
SG : For wet , soft natural grounds / grass pitches
FG : For dry grass pitches , natural ground
HG : For very hard and dry natural ground or cinder surface
AG : For the latest generation of artificial turf
MG : For all hard natural ground and the latest generation of artificial turf pitches
TF : For hard pitch and artificial turf
IN : For indoor hall surfaces
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