08 June 30: Anaesthesia
The 1 or 2% of people who are redheads may require as much as 20% more anaesthesia than blonds or brunettes.
08 June 28: Chain
On December 11, 2004, over 5 million people joined hands to form a human chain, 1,050km (652.4 miles) long from Teknaf to Tentulia, Bangladesh.
08 June 26: Hummer
On July 19, 2007, Paris Hilton attempted to demonstrate her environmental consciousness by telling Us Weekly magazine that she had ordered a Hummer Hybrid.
08 June 22: Eusocial
‘Some insects, such as ants and bees, live in eusocial groups, in which different members carry out specialized jobs to help maintain the colony.’
08 June 21: Ozone
‘A major component of smog, ozone is a by-product of chemical reactions involving nitrogen oxides and other pollutants. It oxidizes lung tissue, causing inflammation. This exacerbates asthma and leads to other respiratory problems.’
08 June 20: Venography
venography: ‘injecting radioactive material into veins for medical examination’
08 June 19: Dyslexics
‘All dyslexics are not alike. According to new research, Chinese- and English-speaking people with the disorder have impairments in different regions of their brains. The findings shed light on the neurological basis of dyslexia and reveal fundamental differences in how brains process the two languages.’
08 June 18: Birdseed
People dish out 500,000 metric tons of birdseed each year in the United States and the United Kingdom.
08 June 17: Cereal
Mothers who eat at least one bowl of cereal per day are more likely to bear sons.
08 June 16: Choice
Researchers have found patterns of brain activity that predict people’s decisions up to 10 seconds before they’re aware they’ve made a choice.
08 June 15: Arsenic
Scientists warn that some rice products for infants contain worrisome levels of arsenic.
08 June 14: Mobile
Minimum number of South Africans who do their banking entirely by mobile phone: 500,000
08 June 10: Rococo
During the Rococo Period, men's clothing became so colourful that women began to feel threatened.
08 June 9: Splashy
152,000 votes were tallied in an online Greenpeace poll last fall to name a humpback whale in the South Pacific; 79 percent favoured the name Mr. Splashy Pants.
08 June 8: Blood
In an average healthy adult, the volume of blood is about one-eleventh of the body weight.
08 June 5: Memory
A team of neuroscientists reports results suggesting that the continuing activity of a particular enzyme is somehow necessary to maintain long-term memory, something that's not predicted by most current hypotheses on the mechanisms of memory.
08 June 2: Shaadi
Number of different skin tones that members of the South Asian matchmaking site Shaadi.com can register as having: 6
08 June 1: Academy
The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928.
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