February 2012
54 posts
“Life’s hard. It’s supposed to be. If we didn’t suffer, we’d never learn...”
– Jesse (Before Sunset, 2004)
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”
– Robert Collier (via kari-shma)
“Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start...”
– Mary Pickford (via kari-shma)
UberFacts: Dancing Makes You Smarter →
uberfacts:
For centuries, dance manuals and other writings have lauded the health benefits of dancing, usually as physical exercise. More recently we’ve seen research on further health benefits of dancing, such as stress reduction and increased serotonin level, with its sense of well-being. Then…
UberFacts: Eating spicy foods can help prevent... →
uberfacts:
Spicy foods add an incredible amount of flavour to food. As ethnic foods become abundant, chilli and spicy food is increasingly popular. The good news is that adding spice to our food has a range of benefits for our health and wellbeing. Chillies have long been used in traditional…
“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day,...”
– Stephen Vincent Ben (via kari-shma)
UberFacts: Humble people are more helpful →
uberfacts:
Some personality types are more generous than others, with humble people more willing to lend a helping hand than their arrogant counterparts, new research suggests.
Humble people may be more down to earth than arrogant people, but that doesn’t mean they think poorly of themselves. “In…
UberFacts: When you chew and talk, it cleans your... →
uberfacts:
Various ear drops can soften earwax and make it easier to remove. Yet home remedies like warmed olive oil could also work just as well or almost just as well.
Earwax is important to the self-cleaning of the external auditory canal (outer ear canal). The external auditory canal is located…
“The human heart is made from the only substance in the universe that can become...”
– I Wrote This For You: The Billions Of Pieces (via kari-shma)
UberFacts: Oral Sex can help lower blood pressure →
uberfacts:
A recent study found that women who gave their men oral sex, and swallowed, had a lower risk of preeclampsia, the dangerously high blood pressure that sometimes accompanies pregnancy.
“The present study shows that oral sex and swallowing sperm is correlated with a diminished occurrence of…
UberFacts: Doctors are using Viagra to treat... →
uberfacts:
Doctors at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital have found a whole new use for the popular erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. Sildenafil, as it is called by its more anonymous chemical name, may have the power to save babies.
Chronic pulmonary hypertension is virtually a death sentence in…
UberFacts: Couples bicker an average of 2,455... →
uberfacts:
Couples bicker an average of 2,455 times a year, it has been revealed.
Money issues, laziness and not listening are among the top gripes for couples, say researchers. Snoring, driving too fast and what to have for dinner are also common sources of tension, a survey of 3,000 people found. It concluded that couples row as often as seven times a day.
Top five regrets of the dying
jayparkinsonmd:
nevver:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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Also, read The Life Reports.
Gamer Dies Playing League Of Legends In Gaming... →
cranquis:
videogamenostalgia:
A 23 year old Taiwanese gamer, Chen Rong-yu, died while playing an extended run in the game League of Legends at a local Taiwanese gaming center in New Taipei. Thirty gamers surrounding him did not notice he was dead until 9 hours later. His body was positioned upright with his hands motionless on his keyboard.
This is a starking reminder than staying still for...
“Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you...”
– Og Mandino (via kari-shma)
