[cranquis]

Fun Facts about… The Common Cold

[cranquis]

(Just did a CME on The Common Cold – and found these facts particularly interesting!)

• People who sleep less than 7 hours/night are 3 times more likely to catch a viral cold.
• Cigarette smokers are 50% more likely to catch a cold than non-smokers… regardless of how many cigarettes they smoke daily!
• Cigarette smokers also suffer from common cold symptoms 3 days longer than people who do not smoke.
• In a study, people who gargled ½ tsp of salt in 8 oz of water every day had 40% less chance of developing viral colds.

[cranquis]

^^ he reblogged as he coughed and blew his nose.

Clarification – that last one is “gargled a solution of ½ tsp salt in 8oz water” – not gargling 8 ounces of water total. :)

[ladyyatexel]

[darthkyros]

These are gems.

[worddevourer]

Did I reblog this already?  Doesn’t matter, you’re seeing it again.

[eldritchsandwich]

[ladyyatexel]

[parliamentrook]

I blame Amazon Prime for people’s expectation of shipping processing/delivery. Christmas is rough, be nice to your small businesses, they’re doing the best they can. 

[ladyyatexel]

Just found this in the copy room

[ladyyatexel]

Reblog if your over the age of 20 and you collect toys/dolls

[cottoncandy-sae]

** AND YOU ARE NOT A DDLG/CGL/CLGER BLOG OWNER!!!**

I just wanna make some friends around my age, who collect dolls who aren’t going to assume I’m a little or something. 

(I’m also 26 btw)

[dollsahoy]

This is me at age 25

on January 1, 2000.

I have more dolls now 😺 

[purplemonkfish]

yEUP…  I’m a grown ass adult and I totally bought a furby today… because that’s the fun of being an adult, you can buy toys when you want HAH.

ALL the toys. *drowns in dolls*

[momdusa]

Yo

[godsgrief]

@kaelio​’s restore remake rebuild is very excellent for many reasons but the main one for me is kelas. he’s a salty old BITCH, and i love him.

(this deserves better than what i could scribble down between grading exams, but i couldn’t get the water throwing scene out of my head. the drama. the catharsis.) 

[historical-nonfiction]

New Evidence That Humans Have Loved Dogs Since Paleolithic Times

The remains of a woman, a man, and two dogs have been found in Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany, dating to some 14,000 years ago. The burial is the oldest known example of dogs being buried alongside humans. It gives early evidence about dog domestication, and demonstrates that the dogs were very well taken care of.

A study of the younger dog’s teeth show it died at 27 or 28 weeks old, after contracting canine distemper as a 19-week-old puppy. Distemper kills almost all puppies within weeks, even with proper veterinary care, so it seems this puppy was well looked after. To have kept it alive for so long would mean having kept the puppy warm, clean, well-fed, and well-watered, all while there was no hope of the dog ever becoming a working animal, and repaying its care.

The teeth study, and the placement of the dogs with their owners, suggests humans and dogs shared a unique and close relationship as early as 14,000 years ago.

[oldthe-nothing-maker]

Dreaming of adventure and big fights and princesses you should have been allowed to marry like legally you won the tournament why isn’t the marriage happening!

[ladyyatexel]

[ladyyatexel]

Local dumbass thinks xe will try to cook

Local dumbass sets off fire alarm within 30 seconds

[ladyyatexel]

is, however, not on fire, and has two pans of something that looks and smells suspiciously of food

prospects are good

[ecologybiology]

[congenitaldisease]

Shrike are carnivorous passerine birds. They’re aptly known as “butcherbirds” due to their feeding habits. These birds prey on mice, lizards and other birds which they impale on thorns before tearing into them. Shrikes are known for killing even when they’re not hungry and will often imitate the songs of other birds to lure them in.