Why Are People So Much Taller Today Than Historically?

There is very strong evidence that this simply comes down to nutrition and the body’s ability to fully benefit from said nutrition via not getting certain diseases that hinder the absorption of consumed nutrients. That the environment is drastically more important than other factors, such as microevolution, is strongly indicated via looking at human height during times of relative comfort compared with times of strife.


Title: Why Are People So Much Taller Today Than Historically?
Published on Jun 20, 2016
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Why are School Buses Yellow and Why Dont They Have Seatbelts

An estimated twenty-six million students in the United States alone are transported to school every school day via bus—over half the student population in the country. While school buses in countries outside of North America usually look like any other buses, North American school buses are distinctive for their yellow colour.


Title: Why are School Buses Yellow and Why Dont They Have Seatbelts
Published on Feb 1, 2016
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Can You Really Bust A Gut From Eating Too Much At Once

Title: Can You Really Bust A Gut From Eating Too Much At Once
Published on Jul 22, 2016
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What is the Sleep in Your Eyes

“Sleep” is a type of “rheum”, which is the name for discharge from your nose, mouth or eyes during sleep. More specifically, eye rheum is known as “gound”. Gound is made up of a mixture of dust, blood cells, skin cells, etc. mixed with mucus secreted by the conjunctiva, as well as an oily substance from the meibomian glands.

Title: What is the "Sleep" in Your Eyes
Published on May 16, 2016
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Why Do Zombies Eat Brains?

Zombies have been a pop culture staple for decades, and in that time the concept of the dead coming back to life somehow to feast on the living has proliferated virtually every form of media that exists. One trait that is seemingly synonymous with zombies is their apparent need to feed on the brains of the living. But why is this idea so intrinsically linked with zombies and where did it come from?

Title: Why Do Zombies Eat Brains?
Published on Jan 21, 2016
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