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• Although it is true that people who already have high blood pressure can lower it by limiting their salt intake, the fact is that people who have normal blood pressure are not much affected by salt. Salt, however, can be a deadly poison if too much is taken all at once. A mere 2.3 ounces will make a person seriously sick. About 6.6 ounces will kill an adult human. Salt saturation used to be an acceptable method of suicide in Japan. • In an experiment, people were given massive doses of salt, not only in their food but also intravenously. The effects of too much salt were swollen feet, weight gain, an enlarged heart, and high blood pressure. Too little salt resulted in fatigue, confusion, muscle cramps, poor judgment, and an inability to correctly estimate passage of time. In another study, people with abnormally low sodium levels were shown to have a higher death rate than those with a normal level of salt in their bodies. • Pound for pound, babies have almost twothirds more sodium and twice as much chloride as adults. In 1980, a brand of soy-based baby formula jumped on the “low-salt” bandwagon and began offering a new low sodium formula. Within a few months, 34 cases of chloride deficiency in babies were reported. The babies were losing weight, sluggish, and stunted because they were not getting enough sodium chloride. They recovered after being switched to a different formula, and the baby food company put salt back in its recipes.
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• In Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper, the salt container next to Judas is overturned, signifying bad luck. • Salt is colorless, like snow. It only appears to be white because it scatters light. (cont’d next page)
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• “Wich” was the word indicating a town where salt was produced such as Greenwich, Northwich, and even Sandwich, which was a place before it was a food. • The word “salt” probably comes from the name of the town Es-Salt, which was once a capital city close to the Dead Sea. It is also the origin of words like “salami” and “salad.” The words “war” and “peace” originate from the ancient Arabic words for salt and bread, perhaps because the first wars were fought over these two commodities. • Much of human society has been built around salt, which has often served as the cornerstone of economy. The Roman government used to pay its soldiers in salt, and our word ‘salary’ comes from the Roman word for salt. Any worker who didn’t work hard was “not worth his salt.” • Seas are salty because water dissolves the natural salts in the soils and rocks it flows through on the way to the ocean. Over the eons as water has continually evaporated from the oceans, the salts have been left behind. The concentration builds up year after year. The oceans are 3.5 percent salt. • The Dead Sea, which, at 1,300 feet below sea level is the lowest place on the planet, has plenty of fresh water coming in but not a single place where water can go out. Because the rate of evaporation is so high, all the incoming minerals are left behind. In some spots the Dead Sea is 23% salt which is too salty to support any kind of life. By comparison, the Great Salt Lake in Utah is about 20% salt-- so salty that it never completely freezes over. • About 97% of Earth’s water is in the form of salty seawater. • When evaporated, 150 gallons of seawater will yield 35 lbs. of salt. • There is enough salt in the seas to cover all the continents to a depth of 500 feet • The first patent ever issued in America was for a process to recover salt from sea water. (cont’d next page)
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--The rate of divorce among older adults (over age 50) has doubled in the past 20 years. Among those who are in remarriages the divorce rate is even higher -- 2 1/2 times that of those in a first marriage. The implications for seniors aren’t the same as they are for younger generations -- we have a different set of issues that come with divorce. If you’re considering ending a marriage, here are some things to think about: * Adult children -- What role will they need to take? Caregiver or financial supporter as one of you ages? And that’s if you have adult children nearby. * Your home -- Who gets to keep it? “NATIONAL” WORDS (continued): one who ends up with house to •The French: Chefs know what the it means will likelyaend with of that something “french” foodup item. It’sless a verb means to cut into thin strips, like, well, french fries. else in the settlement. (And yes, that’s how the finger-friendly po* Caring for parents -- If you’re a tato dish took its name.) Green beans are caregiver (financially, or this another item commonlyphysically prepared in both) for your own parents, you’ll likely manner. up doing thistiny on spaniels your own. •end Maltese: These are What easy to will that do to your own health? Can identify thanks to their long, silky coats. The American Club groups you afford Kennel it? them with other “Toy * Alimony -- If you’re still working, Dogs” like Pugs and you’ll likely Terriers. pay alimony to an Yorkshire Feline aficionados unemployed spouse, and not for just also use the term a short period of time. It will likely be Maltese to describe until the end of his or her life. cats that have a si* Retirement -- Your assets will likely milarly silky, grayblue coat. be halved, and as a senior, your ability increase income will be different limited.things Your •to Colombian: This term means different will people, depending on howwhich you taxtobracket change to single, get your “jones.” Narcotics dealers may refer is a higher tax rate. to their products as Colombian, although the Get financial and legal counseling actual source is often unknown. Luckily, the majority of us prefer a bit of legal Colombefore dropping the D-word on your bian, as in the coffee grown in the South spouse. Get all your information first American nation. The prevalence of coffee so shops that assets don’t disappear. throughout America is proofKnow enough whether there are any 401(k) plans that many of us just can’t get along in and the morning without a hot cuploans of Colombian. if there have been any taken out them. Be sure to understand your •onChinese: The generic term “chinese” now represents types of food that are very differrights. And if you remarry, get a preentwithout from the fail. meals that are (or ever were) nup
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• Where salt seas became land-locked and dried up, large strata of rock salt were left, which are good places for salt mines. One of the largest salt plants in the U.S. is located in Texas City, where there’s a salt deposit that’s 1.5 miles wide and over three miles thick. There’s enough salt in this one location to supply the world’s needs for some 20,000 years.
• The Erie Canal was built with funds raised from a 12% tax placed on American salt and, once built, was used to carry heavy loads of salt from the factories in New York.
• Your kidneys are responsible for making sure the ratio of salt to water in the bloodstream stays at the optimum level. If you drink salt water while stranded on a raft in the ocean, the level of salt in the bloodstream skyrockets. The kidneys now work overtime to add water to the blood in order to return things to normal. Sea water is three times saltier than urine, so for every cup of sea water that is drunk, the body has to make three cups of urine to flush the salt out of the body. This robs your body tissues of their natural supply of water, and you become dehydrated much faster than if you had not drunk the salt water.
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• In 1862, in the midst of the Civil War, Union troops invaded the area. They needed salt to preserve their meat, so they took over the island. Mr. McIlhenny and his family fled to Texas. • When they returned after the war, they found the salt factory and the plantation ruined. All that was left was a crop of hot peppers, which the soldiers had no taste for. The peppers were particularly hot because the soil was so salty. McIlhenny was determined to make a profit from the peppers so he began experimenting. He devised a new sauce using his peppers combined with the island’s salt, along with vinegar and spices. He named it after a river in Mexico simply because he liked the word. • After pouring it into empty cologne bottles, he sent samples to wholesalers. The typical cuisine of the Southern U.S. tended to be bland, but people found that just a few drops of McIlhenny’s sauce spiced things up. In 1868 he sold 350 bottles of the sauce. In 1870 he sold over 1,000. Two years later demand was so great he had to open a London branch.
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* Historians say that Queen Victoria didn't like knocking at doors; she preferred scratching. * If you have detected the presence of the paranormal by olfactory means, you've experienced “clairalience.” * If you're interested in space, you are probably aware that the second person to walk on the moon was Buzz Aldrin. Most likely, though, you didn't know that his mother's maiden name was Moon. Aldrin kept this fact a secret from NASA -- he was evidently concerned that his bosses would think he was somehow trying to gain favor.
* Those who study such things say that deep-sea angler fish mate for life -- the male's life, anyway. The female is much larger than the male, and when they mate the male attaches himself to her abdomen * The ancient Inca believed that an eclipse where he remains, living as a parasite, was caused when the mood goddess was under attack by a giant snake. Whenever until he dies. this event occurred, the Inca made lots of noise, believing that the cacophony would (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc. scare the snake away.
• A few years later, the barrels were rediscovered while the basement was being cleaned out. Before throwing it out, they tasted it again. After aging for two years, the sauce had fermented, developing a new flavor that was an instant hit. They went into business, releasing the new product in 1838. • When salesmen employed by Lea and Perrins convinced British passenger ships to put bottles of the sauce on their dining room tables, its popularity spread worldwide. • Today the recipe includes anchovies, soybeans, vinegar, garlic, shallots, and molasses, which are blended and then aged two years. The sauce was named after the town where the druggists lived, and is still one of the world’s most popular sauces, used in everything from meats to mixed drinks. What is it? Answer: Lea & Perrins created Worcestershire Sauce, often called Worcester Sauce. (The town was Worcester and ‘shire’ means ‘county.’)
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County sheriff Wild Bill Hickok responds to a bar brawl and kills one man. Weeks later he killed a second “Ifman name it weren’t forin the factthe that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us of law enforcement. While his brutal ways wouldn’t get any exercise at all.” were effective, local citizens were less than –Joey Adams impressed. At the next election Hickok was voted out.
anti-war activists charged with the violent demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago. The trial turned into a circus as the defendants NEENITIS used the court to attack President Richard This word means:This genius also Nixon, the war, racism and oppression. invented an improved design for the refrigerator.
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The world’s largest refrigerator is a 17 mile long (27 km) cryogenic Harry Chapin 12/7/1942 distribution line on the Franco-Swiss Mary Queen of Scots 12/8/1542 border west of Geneva. It was built for Answers Clarence Birdseye 12/9/1886 1. TRUE: The more items you have in your fridge, the use in the LHC tunnel (Large Hadron Emily Dickinson 12/10/18301. The U.S. produces 45 million tons 1. Salt dissolves faster in cold water more efficient it is. Teri Garr 12/11/1947 annually, making it the leading Collider project), a particle accelerator 2. The ideal temperature for a fridge is 40 f. (4.4 C). than in hot water. Sinatra 12/12/1915 that enables scientists recreate the1 percent of chefs Frank producer. 3. 90% of refrigerators in America are either white or 2. to Only measure Mary Todd Lincoln 12/13/1818 almond. conditions in the universethe just after the amount of salt they use. Most 2. Americans consume only 27,000 4. The average life expectancy of a fridge is 14 years. add salt to taste. Big Bang. tons of pepper each year.
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