Hello there, Pals! How are you today? I’m supposed to be on holiday but my anxiety didn't get the memo so it’s working away like there’s no tomorrow. But that’s not what I wanted to talk about today. Let’s talk about exercise first.
What program/challenge are you doing? I’ve decided to Stronger with Brian because I’ve done it before and I really like working out with Brian. I know muscle soreness is not a reliable indicator of a good workout but there’s something about Brian’s routines that makes me feel like I’ve pulled off some great feat.
Moving on to our fact-finder fragment, have you ever wondered if we are truly made entirely of stardust? Well, not entirely, though large parts of us are. The two most common elements in the human body are oxygen and carbon, which make up about 83% of our mass, and we now know that these are created in the stars. Other stellar elements inside us include nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and a dozen or so more. However, there are three elements in the universe that are older than the stars. Hydrogen, helium and small amounts of lithium were originally created by the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. About 10% of our mass is hydrogen, and we contain trace amounts of lithium too. That means some parts of us are as old as the universe itself. And something completely different. Do you know why we say ‘sweating like a pig’ if pigs don’t even sweat? The phrase has nothing to do with the pigs you might see out in a field and everything to do with the process of iron smelting. Hot iron is poured onto sand, where it cools and becomes solid, creating a crude kind of metal known as ‘pig iron’. The name is said to have come from the layout of the moulds, which creates bigger pieces alongside smaller ones, so the shapes are similar to seeing a sow with her piglets. Drops of moisture form on the pig iron as it cools, and when the metal is ‘sweating like a pig’, that means it has cooled and is ready to be handled. (Source: 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions (QI Elves)
All right, Pals, I hope you liked today’s facts. Have an easy day and eat something delicious. (a random piece of advice)
Perspiration Pals 18 December 2024
Hello there, Pals! How are you today? I’m supposed to be on holiday but my anxiety didn't get the memo so it’s working away like there’s no tomorrow. But that’s not what I wanted to talk about today. Let’s talk about exercise first.
What program/challenge are you doing? I’ve decided to Stronger with Brian because I’ve done it before and I really like working out with Brian. I know muscle soreness is not a reliable indicator of a good workout but there’s something about Brian’s routines that makes me feel like I’ve pulled off some great feat.
Moving on to our fact-finder fragment, have you ever wondered if we are truly made entirely of stardust? Well, not entirely, though large parts of us are. The two most common elements in the human body are oxygen and carbon, which make up about 83% of our mass, and we now know that these are created in the stars. Other stellar elements inside us include nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, sulphur, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and a dozen or so more. However, there are three elements in the universe that are older than the stars. Hydrogen, helium and small amounts of lithium were originally created by the Big Bang over 13 billion years ago. About 10% of our mass is hydrogen, and we contain trace amounts of lithium too. That means some parts of us are as old as the universe itself. And something completely different. Do you know why we say ‘sweating like a pig’ if pigs don’t even sweat? The phrase has nothing to do with the pigs you might see out in a field and everything to do with the process of iron smelting. Hot iron is poured onto sand, where it cools and becomes solid, creating a crude kind of metal known as ‘pig iron’. The name is said to have come from the layout of the moulds, which creates bigger pieces alongside smaller ones, so the shapes are similar to seeing a sow with her piglets. Drops of moisture form on the pig iron as it cools, and when the metal is ‘sweating like a pig’, that means it has cooled and is ready to be handled. (Source: 222 QI Answers to Your Quite Ingenious Questions (QI Elves)
All right, Pals, I hope you liked today’s facts. Have an easy day and eat something delicious. (a random piece of advice)