20 Interesting and Useful Water Facts | | 1. Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water. 2. At birth‚ water accounts for approximately 80 percent of an infant’s body weight. 3. A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day. 4. Drinking too much water too quickly can lead to water intoxication. Water intoxication occurs when water dilutes the sodium level in the bloodstream and causes an imbalance of water in the brain. 5. Water intoxication
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in front of the boss‚ or sparing someone’s feelings‚ many people find themselves doing it anyway. In fact‚ more than 80 percent of women admit to occasionally telling what they consider harmless half-truths‚ says Susan Shapiro Barash‚ author of Little White Lies‚ Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie (St. Martin’s Press‚ $15‚ amazon.com). And 75 percent admit to lying to loved ones about money in particular. The tendency to tell tales is “a very natural human trait‚” explains David L. Smith
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housing. It isn’t talked about enough. You don’t see it in the news a lot. But in reality‚ homelessness is a very big factor in the world. So many people become homeless due to several different reasons including: addiction‚ domestic violence‚ mental illness‚ and job loss. These factors put people at risk for having somewhere to sleep‚ bathe‚ and eat regularly. Homelessness is a very serious topic. Did you know that between 2.3 and 3.5 million people experience homelessness? About 1.5 million American
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Bogota Bogota is a vibrant city that is situated below the cold Andean Mountains and offers a mixture of modern shopping malls and historic colonial buildings. The City’s main centre is the La Candelaria where there are restaurants‚ bars and hotels in amongst the ancient homes‚ churches and convents. The South of the City is where the working class stay and is still well known for the drug industry but North of the city is filled with hotels and entertainment in the districts of Zona Rosa and Zona
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Introduction Regarding population and geographic extension‚ Chile is a small country with an estimated of 18 million people living in 291‚930 sq. mi.‚ located at the end of the world‚ in the Southern Cone‚ surrounded by Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Argentina‚ and the Ocean Pacific. However‚ it has been somehow relatively worldwide known due to the neoclassical policies applied since the mid-1970s‚ labeled also as neoliberal. Harvey explains neoliberalism as “a theory of political economy practices proposing that
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Facts about Pollution Pollution prevention |Interesting facts | |Did you know? | |Every year approximately 75‚000 litres of detergents and 12‚000 kilograms of dirt and other pollutants flow into North Shore | |City’s streams‚ lake and beaches from people washing their
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Facts About China 1.)21% of China’s population live in urban areas and 79% live in rural areas. 2.)China’s national anthem is the "The East is Red." 3.)The capital of China is Beiming or else Peking. 4.)The name of the currency in China is Yuan. 5.)The life expectancy in China for males is 65.5 and for females is 69.5. 6.)The literacy rate in China is 80% 7.)The main religions in China are Atheistic‚ Buddhism‚ and Daoism. 8.)In the 5fh century AD the Chinese had calculated the value of pi more than
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been evidence collected that the Titanic was not the ship that allegedly hit an iceberg and killed hundreds of passengers and crew members. Physical evidence on the boat has been observed. Research has shown cancellations of people who may have known about the organized plan of the switch and that the switch was part of an insurance scam. a. It is said that the Titanic was switched out with its sister ship‚ the RMS Olympic before its departure on April 14‚ 1912. Being sister ships‚ they were virtually
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Approved Topic: Dark chocolate helps with emotional stress. Eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. How is it beneficial to one’s mind and body or not? Thesis Statement: "People all around the world enjoy eating a sweet of some sort. A favourite internationally is chocolate. Despite chocolate being a food which is high in calories‚ saturated fat‚ and sugar‚ it can still be a
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Australia Facts: Interesting Facts About Australia The Land Down Under is an anomaly in many regards. It is an island‚ a country‚ and a continent at the same time. Keep reading to learn some very interesting facts about Australia. Situated in the Southern Hemisphere‚ the Commonwealth of Australia comprises the continental mainland‚ the Tasmanian island‚ and many other smaller islands. One of the interesting facts about Australia is that the oldest skeleton found in Australia is reportedly more
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