Benefits of Salt, and Other Links
Benefits of salt: It helps tadpoles regenerate amputated tails.
There is such a thing as an ice cream headache. But only about a third of us experience it.
Testosterone therapy for men. It’s for those experiencing “andropause.”
About what would our population be if we had never fought any wars? Roughly the same if no wars had ever occurred.
Mental skills are “use it or lost it.” The earlier people retire, the more quickly their memories decline.
Retirement effects mental skills? Hard to believe.
The squib about war is fascinating. What you are really saying is that only women really matter.
I know there are ice cream headaches. I’ve had them.
There must be something more to the study on wars and population. Otherwise, shouldn’t there be a lot more Native Americans in America? From what little I know, the American Indian Wars were not kind on the population of Native Americans.
It’s a little hard to believe that the population wouldn’t be much different had there been no wars. Famines often occur during wartime would reduce the fertility of women. What about the new world? Millions of men and women died in the wars of conquest from smallpox and other old world diseases.
Interesting chart. Makes you want to delay retirement.
Perhaps rubbing salt in a wound is a good thing.
The retirement article brings up an interesting premise. I have known two people who really loved their jobs. When it came time to retire, both of them died very shortly thereafter. This is all anecdotal, but I think perhaps it is because our jobs make up such a large percentage of our lives. Some people can’t cope without them. And, how many of use even a fraction of the brain-power when we are at home compared to when we are at work?
On the other hand, some of the nuttiest people I have ever known did not have to work for their money. They went crazy from boredom.
Virginia, you seem to have an interesting set of acquaintances.