Okay, so I’m in the midst of studying Chem and continuously being miserable about the spectrometry, I’ll just nail it before I sleep.
No, I wonder if I would hit the sack tonight.
Anyway, I’m just going out of the box and thought of this question suddenly, which is something I’ve always wanted to convince people from getting rid of this bad habit.
How many of you like to microwave food by using PLASTIC container?
I seriously dislike the idea of microwaving food using plastic containers because it just goes against with what I’ve been learning all the time- PLASTIC will distort under high temperature due to melting. So, how can a plastic container be microwaveable when its chemical and physical properties are not obeying that? I dislike the idea to the extent that I’d discourage my housemates to do it whenever I see it and lend my plate to them. It's just like how I'd discourage them to put laptop on their laps, because it’s just a bad habit that can be changed.
*Guys, you can stop reading from here onwards if you find it offensive and crappy.*
Plastic is still plastic, if it’s that heat resistant then people wouldn’t spend a higher price to buy clay plates and mugs. I know I’m being a skeptic here, a skeptic who’ll never trust plastic containers which are so called microwaveable, but at the same time I hope you guys understand the health risks of using plastic-made plates/containers in microwave.
Even if it doesn't melt, I always get a bad feeling that some toxins are being released when you put a plastic material into microwave, and it might leak into the food. I just can't see it with my naked eyes, but who knows it might just be within the food.
Feel free to watch this if you're interested.
http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/f4016033o1p150.html
It talks about various types of plastic materials and their safety.
Of course, the best way to heat up food is still by heating it up on the stove, but I don’t do that all the time too. That's why I strongly encourage everyone to find a safer alternative to place food when using microwave.
*p/s: Something I like about 女人我最大 is that it doesn’t just brush up your make-up skills and fashion sense, it can be quite informative sometimes.*
So, be smart and stay healthy everyone.Tata! ^.^
Showing posts with label facts of life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label facts of life. Show all posts
April 26, 2010
December 11, 2008
To fart or not to fart?
I'm in the midst of finals, just finished my 2nd paper so far, and I have 3 more papers to go. Anyway, that's not the point of it. As I was revising for my Biology final exam, one of the question asked about humans farting and cow's farting. To find out the answer, I started clicking around and browsing through websites to look for additional information, which then drenched me into a few new fun facts about farting.
Incidents about how people fart in lift annoys you is a dull-enough story to be told. It doesn't matter where farting takes place, as long as it's in a small crowded space, I'm sure all of us will be well informed about the presence of this "nonverbal" message quick enough. Strange enough, I usually burst into laughter when I find out the person who just farted.Depending on my strength with his/her relationship, I only poke it out when the person is my closest, because then only we'll be clickable enough to react on it in our usual humorous ways.
So,here was the result of my tiny research:
• On average, a fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Less than 1 percent of their makeup is what makes farts stink.
• The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.
• A person produces about half a liter of farts a day.
• Women fart as much as men.
• The gas that makes your farts stink is hydrogen sulfide. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda and eggs.
• Most people pass gas about 14 times a day.
14 TIMES?? 14 TIMES?? 14 TIMES??
Despite global warming is also caused by farting cows and sheeps, it never really comes across my mind that this little poo-poo in our daily lives will have the power to contribute to greenhouse gasses. So what should we do then?Should we fart it and waste it, or burp it and taste it?
In New Zealand, there are actually researches to investigate methane-free sheep. That's poor thing though, maybe sheeps and cows shouldn't be made to fart out methane gas, to save all the troubles after all.
WHY IS THERE 13 TO 20 SECOND DELAY BETWEEN FARTING AND THE TIME IT STARTS TO SMELL?
Actually, the fart stinks immediately upon emergency, but it takes several seconds for the odor to travel to the farther's nostrils.If farts could travel at the speed of sound,we would smell them instantly, at the same time we hear them.
This fact entertains me even more, in a way it means that I've to listen to farts instead of smelling them to begin my escapism, since I have less than half a minute to react on it.
IS IT TRUE THAT PEOPLE NEVER FART?
No, not if they're alive. People even fart shortly after death.
Bwahahahahahahaha. Perhaps when one dies, nothing should be left with her. What entertains me more is the thought that the last thing we actually leave on the earth is fart, out of all the things, this is quite an unexpected answer for me to welcome it.
DO MEN'S FART SMELL WORSE THAN WOMEN?
Scientific studies of farts show that women's farts have higher concentration of odor-causing gases than men's fart, but men's fart have a larger volume.The two factors equalize out, so the odor is about the same.
There are much more interesting underlying facts about farts (http://www.heptune.com/farts.html), something I would barely be aware yet it is so close to my life.Well, it's no harm knowing the gas my body is excreting after all.
Incidents about how people fart in lift annoys you is a dull-enough story to be told. It doesn't matter where farting takes place, as long as it's in a small crowded space, I'm sure all of us will be well informed about the presence of this "nonverbal" message quick enough. Strange enough, I usually burst into laughter when I find out the person who just farted.Depending on my strength with his/her relationship, I only poke it out when the person is my closest, because then only we'll be clickable enough to react on it in our usual humorous ways.
So,here was the result of my tiny research:
• On average, a fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Less than 1 percent of their makeup is what makes farts stink.
• The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.
• A person produces about half a liter of farts a day.
• Women fart as much as men.
• The gas that makes your farts stink is hydrogen sulfide. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda and eggs.
• Most people pass gas about 14 times a day.
14 TIMES?? 14 TIMES?? 14 TIMES??
Despite global warming is also caused by farting cows and sheeps, it never really comes across my mind that this little poo-poo in our daily lives will have the power to contribute to greenhouse gasses. So what should we do then?Should we fart it and waste it, or burp it and taste it?
In New Zealand, there are actually researches to investigate methane-free sheep. That's poor thing though, maybe sheeps and cows shouldn't be made to fart out methane gas, to save all the troubles after all.
WHY IS THERE 13 TO 20 SECOND DELAY BETWEEN FARTING AND THE TIME IT STARTS TO SMELL?
Actually, the fart stinks immediately upon emergency, but it takes several seconds for the odor to travel to the farther's nostrils.If farts could travel at the speed of sound,we would smell them instantly, at the same time we hear them.
This fact entertains me even more, in a way it means that I've to listen to farts instead of smelling them to begin my escapism, since I have less than half a minute to react on it.
IS IT TRUE THAT PEOPLE NEVER FART?
No, not if they're alive. People even fart shortly after death.
Bwahahahahahahaha. Perhaps when one dies, nothing should be left with her. What entertains me more is the thought that the last thing we actually leave on the earth is fart, out of all the things, this is quite an unexpected answer for me to welcome it.
DO MEN'S FART SMELL WORSE THAN WOMEN?
Scientific studies of farts show that women's farts have higher concentration of odor-causing gases than men's fart, but men's fart have a larger volume.The two factors equalize out, so the odor is about the same.
There are much more interesting underlying facts about farts (http://www.heptune.com/farts.html), something I would barely be aware yet it is so close to my life.Well, it's no harm knowing the gas my body is excreting after all.
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