Really Interesting Stuff - Probably Best to Stay at Home and Die of Boredom Then !!!

Relax and enjoy playing golf

(Nice picure eh!)

Minibreak Hazards?                   
The minibreak, a long holiday weekend  promoted by the European travel industry as a quick and easy way to relax away from life’s stresses, may  “do more harm than good,” reports the Guardian newspaper of London  
According to cardiologist Dr. Walter Pasini, of the WHO, packing, rushing to an airport, and flying, along with changes in temperature, food, and time zones, contribute to exhaustion and are potentially dangerous. The body takes a few days to relax and adjust to a different climates and life-styles, if there is not enough time for this to happen,  circulation and sleep patterns are adversely affected. Dr. Pasini’s study “found that those who snatched a few days away were 17% more likely to have a heart attack and 12% more likely to have a car crash than those who took a week or more off,” the  message is not that short breaks are inherently dangerous, but that people should take care and prepare properly. People who take short break holidays  and race around trying to pack everything into a few days is not a good way to relax.
In fact, it can be very stressful.     (Well .. there's always somebody ready to be negative.. wot the hell, go, enjoy yourself and have fun)

Really Interesting Stuff - by Sandkat. Crocodile Babies Rock

While still eggs - baby crocodiles communicate with each other in order to synchronise their hatching - reports The Times of London.   Nile Crocodiles were recorded just before they were about to hatch, these calls were then played to another batch of eggs.  On hearing the recorded noises of the  un-born crocs, the group of eggs started to answer and moved  more frequently, synchronising  their hatching to within 10 minutes of each other.  Other sets of eggs left in silence or exposed to random noises did not fine-tune their hatching.

Really Interesting Stuff About the British Public - Oh! And Gardening

How good is that? Of course, the British populace, for the most part, all verge on the eccentric so this is by no means unusual behaviour, but then I think that is a well known fact anyway. Here is another fact you many not know ........... In an article published by "Psychology Today", the habit of gardening is promoted as being apparently very good for you. Even if you can only manage a small amount, it is better for your health than previously realised. Why? Well, research has shown that when certain strains of soil-borne micro bacteria are ingested (why you would make a concentrated effort to eat soil escapes me at this moment in time) or inhaled, they "sharply" stimulate the human immune system. Which means ingesting soil components could be as healthy for you as eating some of the very best plants grown in it.

Really Interesting Stuff About Giant Squids

Fishermen accidentally caught a Colossal Squid in 2007 just off the coast of Antarctica. This sea monster weighed in at 500 kilograms and was ten metres in length.Another Squid known as a "Giant Squid" for obvious reasons, has eyes which can be as large as a man's head. Its beak is strong enough to break through a steel cable. This Squid is powerful enough to catapult itself out of the water and can swim at up to 30 kilometres an hour.These creatures are so elusive they have never been studied in the wild.