Tuesdays with Muerte

Image  Source We may have known some of them, but we didn’t know that we knew them. 1. Domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and use them to find food. 2. Grumpy people think more clearly because negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking. 3. High cholesterol levels in midlife are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia later in life. 4. Analysis of Greenland ice samples shows Europe froze solid in less than 12 months 12,800 years ago, partly due to a slowdown of the Gulf Stream. Once triggered, the cold persisted for 1,300 years. 5. One mutated gene is the reason humans have language, and chimpanzees, our closest relative, do not. 6. Obesity in teenage girls may increase their risk of later developing multiple sclerosis. 7. A fossil skeleton of an Aardonyx celestae dinosaur discovered in South Africa appears to be the missing link between the earliest dinosaurs that walked on two legs and the larg...

Have you lost your camera recently?  Are you planning a big trip? Anyone can be a victim of discouragement and despair of camera loss. "How can I prevent camera loss?"  I hear you. Unfortunately, you can't.  But you can do something to encourage its safe return.  All you have to do is take some photos which you never delete from your camera so when someone finds your camera at the bottom of the gorilla pit they are able to locate you and return the lost property to its rightful owner. Example: Source: Andrew McDonald

...or could this be the cruel effects of second-hand smoke?