From the world of science.
Why do infants wake up in the middle of the night?
Sleep and wake cycles are determined by your circadian rhythms – your internal clock that governs many of your body's physiological processes. This cycle is largely based on signals of light and darkness. Circadian rhythms are not yet developed in infants.
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Apples are rich in pectin – a type of fibre that helps cleanse the intestinal tract.
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Flaxseeds contain both soluble and insoluble fibre, which prevents the reabsorption of cholesterol from the colon.
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Pun fun…
Headline on David Ferrer losing to Nadal at the French Open Tennis:
"David bows to Goliath"
(Me: It isn't that Ferrer played badly and caved in too meekly, he did put up as much a spirited performance as he could, but Nadal is in an altogether different class, along with Federer and Djokovic). The most pulsating match of the tournament was the Nadal-Djokovic encounter at the semis)
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Q: How would you keep your violin from getting stolen?
A: Just put it in a viola case.
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Man to wife: "I'm trying to clean the litter box using the power of my mind. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm very motivated!"
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Mindchow
Time is flying never to return.
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Pun fun
Why did the scientist install a knocker on his door?
He wanted to win the No-bell prize!
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Line Maro
Do you have a sunburn, or are you always this hot?
(Me: not exactly – only to make things hot for you..)
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Weird world…
Male train drivers don skirts after ban on shorts..
Stockholm: Commuters on a train line in northern Stockholm were met with an unusual sight this week: male train drivers conductors wearing skirts to work. Train driver Marin Akersten says he and more than a dozen others at the Roslagsbanan line have started wearing skirts in the summer as a protest against the train company's uniform policy, which doesn't allow shorts. The 30-yer-old Akersten said Sunday the response from customers has been only positive. Strangely, while the company has an objection to male employees wearing shorts, it has not problem with them coming to work in skirts.
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British group claims 1,500 abducted by aliens every year.
London: Ammach organization, Britain's weirdest support group, reckons 1,500 people are abducted by aliens each year.
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Dog rescues baby tossed in rubbish heap in Thailand…
Bangkok: A clever dog in Thailand has become a local hero after he rescued a newborn girl in a plastic bag from a roadside garbage dump and carried the baby back to his aster's house.
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Naked cyclists protest aggressive drivers in Mexico procession.
Mexico city: Thousands of Mexican cyclists rode naked on Saturday to protect aggressive drivers and carbon emission from cars and the conservativeness of central Mexico's Jalisco state.
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News of the day…
Women chop off hands of molester father-ino-law..
Patna: Enraged over repeated attempts by their father-in-law to sexually assault them, two women in a Bihar village chopped off th man's hands to teach him a lesson he would never forget.
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Delhi HC says sex with false promise of marriage is rape.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said having sexual relations with a woman on the false promise of marriage amounts to rape.
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Tweet of the day: @suhelesh: This is the age when Advani should be playing with his grand-children. Not with the future of India.
(Comment: It doesn't speak highly of a man, ANY man, and however capable he is, in his mid-80s entertaining fond wishes of leading a country's government)
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Tongue very much in cheek…
"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping" – Bo Derek.
(Me: Bo should know..)
