WEIRD FACT FILE 1: Weird medical facts

Monday is the day of the week when the risk of heart attack is greatest.

No wonder you always feel sick on Mondays. Right? Lol! According to a 10-year Scottish research, 20% more people die of heart attacks on Mondays than any other day of the week. Scientists  postulate it isn't just the morbid hatred of work on a Monday that is responsible for this but additionally, the sharp shift from a weekend of massive fun and enjoyment to a day filled with a lot of stress and the anticipation of work related stress could be the contributory factors. SO take a deep breath when you wake up every Monday morning and take the day poco a poco. It's just another day like every other day. 

The largest cell in the body is the female egg. Funny enough, the smallest is ...?

The Male Sperm? You bet!!!  This is one area in which women have the genuine right to feel  superior to males. The male sperm is the smallest cell in the human body while ovum is roughly 3 times larger than the spermatozoa. This small size is not really a deficiency but an adaptation because it has to travel long distances to get to the ovum which relatively sits still while it is being swept around by the cilia in the Fallopian tube.

If it can not hurt you, it can not heal you: 

It is impossible for any foreign agent (cream, drug, food or drink) to be introduced into the human body without the possibility of it causing you harm. Even clean water has side effects. So an orthodox drug is only allowed for public consumption if its side effects do not outweigh its potential benefits, and if the risk of developing that particular side effect is very low.  So when a drug peddler tell you "this herbal medicine, it has NO side effect", run in the opposite direction. Ignore this warning at  your own peril. Never swallow something if you do not know what it is, what it does and what harm it can do to you. All drugs have side effects, you should know them before you agree to take them. Do not take any medicine if the side effects are not displayed or explained to you during prescription. 

The higher your IQ, the more you dream.

It is known that the day's activities are stored in the brain and memories are etched in to the brain when we sleep. Scientists are still trying to unravel the specific implications f this finding. Well it seems to be a genius, it pays to be a dreamer. Sadly, I almost never dream. Well there's nothing wrong with being normal or regular. If we were all rocket scientists outer space would probably be overpopulated. 

You're about 1 cm shorter in the evening than we were in the morning

This is because our joint spaces, and the cartilage that covers the adjoining bones at the joints, get compressed when we stand and thus smaller after the prolonged standing during the day. So I suggest, if you want  to impress your date, you should ask her out in the morning when you're looking your best. Well that's if 1cm is not going to mar your chances of meeting he man/ woman of your dreams.

If you want to exercise your face, frown more often.

It takes 17 facial muscles to produce a beautiful smile, but 43 muscles to frown. Thus it takes more muscles to frown than to smile.This means its actually more difficult to frown than smile. Now I wonder why most people prefer the hard way in life.  Paradoxically, smiling is associated with a prolonged life span. This is because, certain anti-ageing chemicals which also promote longevity are released during happy times, when we smile. 

Miscellaneous

1. Apples are more efficient in keeping people awake in the morning than caffeine.
2. From 1885 - 1903, Coca-Cola contained Coca, whose active ingredient is cocaine. Now that's what I call a sugar high!
3. Over 90% of diseases are caused or complicated by stress.
4.  breast reduction is the commonest plastic surgery performed on American men.
5. Babies in the womb react to loud rock music by kicking. So feel free to wake your unborn baby every morning with a bit of Nickleback or a Grammy winning song by Cold play cos babies in the womb Rock, no pun intended. 
6. When you kiss, about 278 bacteria are exchanged, but more bacteria are exchanged during a handshake than during a kiss.