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Humans Use 83 Percent of Earth's Surface
belloc writes "CNN is reporting on a Wildlife Conservation Society report that states that humans take up 83 percent of the Earth's land surface to live on, farm, mine or fish. The article rerers to a WCS human footprint map, but the WCS site seems to have been CNN'd. Funny: I just got back from a little road trip across the southwest, and from all the nothing you see out there, you would think that 83% is a bit high. I guess Arizona farmlands must look a lot like wild, untouched desert."
It's a dry heat.
I'm using 83% of your mom
i am first
WATER
1.75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2.In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3.Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%.
4.One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5.Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
6.Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7.A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or printed page.
8.Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%,and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.
And now for the properties of COCA COLA
1.In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2.You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coke and it will be gone in two days.
3.To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous China.
4.To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5.To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca- Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. (***Note from Mike Dunlop... boiling water works better and doesn't leave a sticky mess!)
6.To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7.To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for sumptuous brown gravy.
8.To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coke into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
For Your Info
1.The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase in osteoporosis.
2.To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials.
3.The distributors of coke have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
This is offtopic, but I'm going to launch anyways...golf is a great game. It is an outdoor activity (something most folks in here need), it sharpens your focus and patience, and it is by-and-large environmentally friendly. Like few other activities, golf reveals the true character of a person.
Humans use 83 percent of Earth's surface, but only 10 percent of their own brains.
Everyone will start to cheer when you put on your sailin' shoes.
Notice to Cowboyneal:
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The U.N. Security Council has determined you need to cut back.
So close and yet so far from the world's perfect ID number