Origin of shit

In the 16th and 17th centuries, before commercial fertilizer was
invented, large shipments of manure were transported by ship. It was
shipped in dry bundles because in dry form it weighed a lot less than
when wet-but once water hit it at sea, it not only became heavier, but
when the process of fermentation began, a byproduct which is methane
gas was formed. It didn’t take long for methane to build up below decks
and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before somebody figured
out what was happening. Once they determined the role that manure
played in the explosions, everybody began stamping the bundles with the
term “Ship High In Transit”, so that the sailors would know to stow it
high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the
hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of
methane.!

Thus evolved the term “S.H.I.T,” which has come down through the
centuries and is in use to this very day. You probably did not know the
true history of this word. Neither did I.

Long Live The Queen

When the only queen bee in a hive dies, the entire colony dies as well.

Mother Nature has some weird and wonderful laws that can’t be broken, no matter how desperate the circumstances.

Take a bee colony for example. As most people know, a hive of bees has only one fertile female, who reigns as the Queen. Only the Queen can mate with a male, and just once in her lifetime at that. It’s all she needs to continue laying eggs, which will hatch and produce sterile female bees who become the drones that collect the pollen, produce the honey, and guard the hive. If another female mistakenly produces eggs, they are eaten by the rest of the bees. To prevent such incidents, the Queen secretes a hormone that renders other females’ ovaries inactive.

But what happens when a Queen dies? If a new one is not introduced by the beekeeper, there’s a very good chance the entire colony will die. Without the damping influence of the Queen’s hormones, other female bees begin producing eggs en masse, but since they have not mated with a male, the offspring that hatch are males and useless to the colony.

The incidence of “strangers” or bees from other colonies, doubles to 4.5% on the death of a Queen, and they appear to be responsible for the largest portion of new eggs, but those too are useless, and without an ongoing supply of new female workers, the colony gradually dies out.

Taking A Bite Out Of Heart Attacks

People that suffer from gum disease are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart attack.

For more than 40 years, scientists have known that good dental hygiene is essential, not only to preserving the health of your teeth and mouth, but your heart as well. That’s why many people with heart issues, are given antibiotics prior to any dental procedures – because it is becoming more evident through research, that gum disease has some correlation with the incidence of heart attacks.

In comparative studies of those who have, and don’t have gum disease, as many as 85% of the former have eventually suffered a cardiac event. Of particular interest, was the fact that people with gum disease who had one heart attack, showed an elevated level of the C-reactive protein, or CRP in their blood, afterwards. Theory holds that individuals who have gum disease or heart attacks, show an elevated inflammatory reaction which thrusts more CPR into the bloodstream. Because inflammatory responses can cause circulatory problems, studies of people with gum disease are now focusing on the statistics for heart attack and stroke.

Current research is working towards determining whether aggressive treatment of periodontal disease in those people with heart problems, can actually help to prevent life-threatening cardiac issues.