Madagascar Leads the Thinnest Nations With Stark Reality Madagascar Leads the Thinnest Nations With Stark Reality (image credits: unsplash) Madagascar, along with Eritrea and Ethiopia, shares the distinction of having the world’s lowest average BMI, with Madagascar at 20.8. This number falls right within the healthy range, but the story behind it isn’t always positive. …
Military Installations and Defense Facilities Military Installations and Defense Facilities (image credits: unsplash) Under U.S. Code § 795, photographing military installations without proper authorization is illegal and can result in fines and up to one year in prison. Per DoD instruction 5200.08, it is DoD policy that installations, property, and personnel must be protected. The …
A Shocking Move That Nobody Saw Coming A Shocking Move That Nobody Saw Coming (image credits: The Corpus Christi Caller, Corpus Christi, Texas, 21 September 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071134/1921-09-21/ed-1/seq-3/), Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26434330) Coffee lovers across America are doing double-takes in the grocery store these days. Maxwell House announced it …
Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Face Statewide Restrictions Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Face Statewide Restrictions (image credits: wikimedia) Your trusty gas-powered leaf blower might soon become a relic of the past. The two-stroke engines in gas leaf blowers can produce more pollution in just one hour than driving a car hundreds of miles. California has already phased them …
The Starch Revolution Your Gut Has Been Waiting For The Starch Revolution Your Gut Has Been Waiting For (image credits: unsplash) If you’ve always grabbed the ripest, sweetest bananas from the grocery shelf, you might be missing out on something extraordinary. Green bananas contain mostly starch, which makes up 70–80% of their dry weight, while …
The Ancient Practice Getting Modern Recognition The Ancient Practice Getting Modern Recognition (image credits: unsplash) People have been boiling pineapples for centuries, long before it became a trendy health hack on social media. Indigenous peoples in Central and South America, particularly in regions like the Amazon rainforest and the Caribbean, used various parts of the …