How the body ages some interesting information

How do we tell the difference between geologic ages?  Livescience.com

UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin.

Statement on the International Day of Older Persons by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director.

Population ageing and urbanization are major global issues of the 21st century. While cities are growing, their share of residents aged 60 years and over is also rising. Rapid urbanization is challenging both national and local governments in developing inclusive and integrated cities.

Today, as we observe the International Day of...

 1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is ‘Das Beste...

 

 

 

 

Recently in a Business meet,before an audience packed with small-business owners and entrepreneurs,(centre for innovation and technology),the above topic was discussed and  it was interesting to learn a few facts.

Anytime that we innovate adversity will follow us. We need to get used to that,” she said. “We need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and that is the key.

The speaker added that it is actions,that are truly innovative–the humanization of the  brand was what was...

The world’s hottest place: Death Valley National Park

The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913.

The world’s coldest place: East Antarctic Plateau

On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau, the temperature can drop to as low as -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in August, 2010.

World’s most populated city: Shanghai

At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants, Shanghai is the single city that is...

Humble and arrogant; Asian and American; loved and disliked: these are some of the words used to describe two contrasting boxers last weekend in Las Vegas. 

SWAHILI culture is one that is unique. It is the product of the influence of the Middle East, India and Persia on the coastal region . The coast of East Africa had a long history of trade that involved exchange of ideas and commodities. Also mixed marriages between of African women and Middle Eastern men created and cemented a rich Swahili culture.

Thus the diversity of Swahili culture was a result of the interaction of the coastal people with foreigners in ancient times around the small...