7 MYTHS You Still Believe About ALLERGIES!

7 MYTHS You Still Believe About ALLERGIES!

world facts Unknown   7:09 AM

7 MYTHS You Still Believe About ALLERGIES!

It's finally that time of year, you know, the one that brings sunshine, happiness, and uncontrollable sneezing. Yes, I'm talking about that red eye annoyance, that millions suffer from every year, allergies,

but, surprisingly, it's a very misunderstood topic that has caused countless myths to form from it, from where they come from to how to deal with them.

In this article, I'm going to take the seven most commonly believed myths that you likely still believe about allergies, and explain the truth behind them. 

Despite there being a number of studies done to understand them, there's still a lot of misinformation 

floating around out there that should be put to bed, so allow me to do that. 

Here are 7 MYTHS You Still Believe About ALLERGIES!

ALLERGIES are annoying but not life threatening

We start off with the most deadly of the myths on this list. The idea that allergies should be looked at as a mere annoyance has been spread around a lot, especially with certain anti-allergy medications making light of them in certain commercials.

However, despite the hilarity that can be brought to you from a man sneezing and falling down a hill, it can actually bring much worse, death. That's right, many people have sensitivity so severe that exposure to these allergens can actually cause anaphylactic shock. That, in turn, can swell the throat's lining and tongue, restricting the airway, and lower blood pressure, and when it's difficult to breathe, without immediate help, death isn't far off, so next time you see a season commercial, try to remember that it's the optimistic reaction.

ALLERGIES are only stress related

This may come as a surprise, but there are many people out there who actually believe that allergies  are not real. They think that they're either heavily exaggerated, or even psychosomatic, brought on because of stress, or internal mental conflict. However, recent studies have shown just how real allergies are.

We've already established that they can be life-threatening, and while our brains have something to do with the reactions themselves, it's a stretch to claim that they're all in our minds.

Now one thing feeding into the myth is that emotions can in fact bring about an allergic reaction, like, for example, if a person deathly allergic to peanuts simply saws a peanut, and began having a reaction to it, but that doesn't mean that the peanut allergy is all in their head.

Modern medicine has proven definitively that allergies are 100% a real issue, so if you see someone allergic to peanuts, or seafood, don't give them a piece of chow covered in peanut butter. It's not a good thing.

Nuts Should Not Be Given to Infants Under One

A guideline that is still followed by parents, nannies, and even doctors today is one that, as it turns out,

is an absolute myth. The guideline says that it is unwise to give any infant under the age of 12 months nuts, fish, or any other potentially allergenic foods.

The idea was formed and published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2000, but only eight years later, in 2008, a big change in thinking came about. 

It turns out so long as there are no choking hazards, exposing young children, as early as six months after birth to these allergenic foods, may actually prove beneficial to them later in life. Studies have shown that early introduction to these foods may actually encourage a tolerance in the body to them, making it less likely that they will suffer negative reactions to them as adults.

Fur Causes Allergies Not The Animal

So many people would love to have a cat or dog around the house, but simply can't because of their allergies to what they believe is their fur.

Well, unfortunately, pet allergies are real, and in fact, 10% to 15% of people have them, but surprisingly, it's not the fur that's the problem.

Most pet allergies are set off by dander, which are microscopic pieces of skin off of the animal that become airborne and thus, we breath it in. With the large percentage of the population is actually is allergic to, is a protein in cats and dogs skin, urine, and saliva. 

Sadly, because all breeds obviously have skin, everyone is subject to be allergic to animals to some degree.

Sorry animal lovers.

If there's any consolation, cats are twice as likely to cause reactions than dogs, so the dog people can carefully rejoice. 

Many People Have Milk Allergies

I know, lactose intolerance is a thing, and many of you watching likely suffer from it, but I've got a pretty amazing factoid for you.

You're not allergic to milk,
well most of you, anyway.

You see, lactose intolerance is a name for a condition that sees a lack of lactese in the body, which is an enzyme that is needed to break down the sugars in the milk products, so there's still an adverse reaction to the milk that you take in, but it's not an allergic one.

Most infants who are born with the actual milk allergy outgrow them well before adulthood. 

Allergies in Children Go Away as They Age 

While I did just say all of that about milk allergies going away, that doesn't apply to other allergies, unfortunately. The fact is, children are nearly 10 times more likely to develop allergies to certain foods,

and as many studies have shown, a large number of them continue to have those allergies well into adulthood.

Allergies to milk, wheat, and the eggs typically lessen, and then vanish, as people age, but allergies to things like fish, shellfish, and nuts, can be an issue from childhood through old age, and beyond.

Beyond being death, so be careful.

Organic Food is non Allergenic

Everybody knows that healthy eating is an important part of living a better life. However, if part of that eating involves avoiding foods to which you have an allergy to, then turning to organic or completely natural foods could very well not be the answer.

In fact, when it comes to natural food such as nuts, fish, milk, and eggs, nearly 90% of all allergic reactions are caused by them. It's not the chemicals and additives in the 100% organic food that cause the reactions, it's the actual proteins in each bite.

So be careful what you put in your mouth, because I don't want you to be sick. I want you around for a long time.

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10 Most MYSTERIOUS BOOKS In History!

10 Most MYSTERIOUS BOOKS In History!

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10 Most MYSTERIOUS BOOKS In History!

So throughout the course of history over 130 million books have been published, so obviously humans have a thirst for knowledge. And when you think of books, what do you think of? Harry Potter, The Alchemist, the Bible, maybe? Well, what about books that replicate themselves or predict the future?

Well today I'm going to show you  a list of books that actually existed that defy all logic by existing at all. 

So let's jump right into it. These are the 10 most mysterious books in history. 

Number one is the Book of Soyga

Also known as Aldaraia, the Book of Soyga is a legendary book that exists right now in the UK that is said to have been presented to Adam himself by the angels of God in the Garden of Eden. 

The 197 pages of the book consists of everything from spells, rituals, and information on other magics, demonology, and astrology.  

The first known owner of this book was John Dee, a well-known Elizabethan mathematician, astrologer, and consultant to the court of the queen. He possessed over 3,000 books, which was the largest library in England at the time. 

After his death, however, the book seemed to vanish from existence only to suddenly resurface in not one but two different places in 1994. One was the British Library in London and the other was the Bodleian Library in Oxford.

Okay, so obviously the existence of this book defies logic but what also defies logic is why this guy had over 3,000 books. I mean, I'm all about hobbies and whatnot but go see some sunlight, man.

Number two is the Rohonc Codex

All 448 pages of this book are written in a language that to this day is still indecipherable. The Rohonc Codex's words are written from right to left on each page and are accompanied by 87 illustrations of military battles, landscapes, and other images that may have religious influence.

Scholars have noted that the number of symbols used in the book are 10 ten times those in any known alphabet. The codex was discovered in 1700 in Hungary and since then many have tried to decipher it with wildly different translations. The fact is this mysterious book may never be truly understood, kind of like Michael Jackson.

Number three is the Great Omar Book

The full title of this book is : The Sangorski Edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. 

Well that's quite the mouthful.

Francis Sangorski was a bookbinder from London who started a firm in 1901 and created the first of what many claim to be the most cursed book of all time. The book that Sangorski made found its way to the bottom of the Atlantic when it sank with, of all things, the Titanic. Then there was a second copy madeusing Sangorski's original drawings which was destroyed soon after completion in the early days of World War II when London was bombed during the Blitz. It then took 40 years to finish the third copy, which was donated to the British Library after its maker, Stanley Bray, died.

You know, maybe I'm just pragmatic, but I would just not touch the book. I don't care what secrets lie within, it's goin' kill me, man. Be pragmatic, don't touch those pages.

Number four are The Prophecies of Nostradamus

Possibly the most famous book on this list, The Prophecies of Nostradamus is one that is widely claimed to have predicted several major events in human history. These include the rise of Napoleon and Adolf Hitler, the Great Fire of London, the dropping of the first nuclear bomb, and even the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.

People seem to consistently be linking every disaster, both those that occur naturally and those that are man-made, to the words that Michel de Nostradame wrote 400 years ago. Now this is highly contested with many believing that these predictions are 100% accurate and some that just call them out as false.

Personally I would love to be able to predict the future but not just the things that are bad. I feel like that would make you a bit of a party pooper.

Number five is the Ripley Scroll book

Named after the 15th century Augustinian monk and alchemist George Ripley, the Ripley Scroll reads almost like a journal and it's essentially a real life wizard's spell book. 

It chronicles the man's travels across Europe as he combed the land in search of immortality and the secrets behind transmutation. Legend has it that he was able to change lead into gold with a spell contained within the pages by creating the philosopher's stone. This, of course, in turn was used to make the elixir of life, which many claim had made the monk immortal. 

Now history claims that the man died in 1490 but he may still be out there somewhere, waiting, drinkin' on that sweet elixir.

Number six is the Popol Vuh

According to a tale told by Francisco Ximenez, a Dominican priest, the Popol Vuh was a manuscript given to him when in 1701 he visited a small town in Guatemala. The Popol Vuh, which translates to the Book of the People, contains an elaborate creation story involving four deities, a brief history of the planet, and cosmology teachings. 

Though he cites his source as a parishioner in the town, no similar manuscript has ever been found. There are some scholars who argue that he should never have been given access to the pages since it was considered a closely guarded secret. 

The Popol Vuh is definitely a book shrouded in mystery.

Number seven are the Beale Ciphers

The Beale ciphers are basically like the beginning of a real-life national treasure. The pages are actually a trio of ciphers which lead to a massive hidden treasure of gold, silver, and jewels worth nearly, brace yourself, $63 million. 

As legend has it, in 1820 the pages were given in a box by Thomas Beale to an innkeeper in Virginia named Robert Morris. The box was given with the instruction that he should only open the box if Beale did not return within 10 years. And of course Beale disappeared so naturally Morris opened the box

and began trying to break the code written on the papers inside. In all of history, only one of the pages

has ever been deciphered and it took, believe it or not, the Declaration of Independence as a key to unlock it. 

And you guys thought I was joking about the national treasure thing.

Neither of the codes have ever been broken to this day and many claim that the treasure is still out there

waiting to be found.

Number eight are the Dead Sea Scrolls

Discovered in 11 caves across the shore of the Dead Sea, starting with one that two goat herders found,

the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times. They were found between 1947 and 1956 and contain, amongst other things, the oldest collection of Old Testament manuscripts ever discovered. These included prophecies by Ezekiel, Daniel, and Jeremiah that had never been found in the Bible before. 

The scrolls themselves are unbelievably over 2,000 years old and at least one of them is an ancient treasure map to 64 different buried treasures. 

Number nine is the Liber Linteus

The Liber Linteus only contains 1,200 words written on 230 lines but what makes it truly unique is what those words are written on and also what it was used for later. 

The ancient text refers to the Etruscans, people who populated italy before the rise of the Roman Empire. It's scribed on linen, making it the only known example of a book made that way.

Interestingly after the Etruscans fell their Roman conquerors would have destroyed the text if for not how it was preserved and hidden. The Liber Linteus was written on wrappings covering an Egyptian tailor's mummified wife, which is how it was discovered in the 1800s when the mummy was donated to a museum. 

Number 10 is the Voynich manuscript

This final one is vastly considered the most mysterious book on the planet. 

The Voynich manuscript is so old and confusing that many an argument has been had to how exactly it needs to be studied. Written by an anonymous author, the manuscript is almost impossible to translate

but some people claim that it's actually a puzzle.

The book, which in the 1800s was part of a Jesuit library, is named after Wilfred Voynich, a Polish book dealer who came into its possession in 1909. 

It's an illustrated, handwritten codex penned in a language that was previously unknown. 

To this day it's still not known exactly what the manuscript is or even what's said on its pages.

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10 Most DEVASTATING PLAGUES in History!

10 Most DEVASTATING PLAGUES in History!

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10 Most DEVASTATING PLAGUES in History!

Throughout history there have been many devastating plagues. Waves of illness that cripple entire populations and leave people in despair and ruin. But surprisingly, these diseases aren't just ancient history either. In fact, some of them are still killing people today.

So today we're going to be talking about those devastating plagues, not just what's out there now, but what has brought millions of people to their untimely deaths in the past.

These are the 10 most devastating plagues in history.

Number one The Black Death

Occurring between 1347 and 1351, this deadly plague killed 75 million people around the world and removed nearly two thirds of Europe's total population at the time.

This outbreak was the worst of many similar outbreaks throughout the centuries. Believed to have been caused by the bubonic plague, which was spread throughout Europe and Asia by rats and fleas. 

The black death symptoms include swelling of the lymph nodes, neck, legs, and groin of the infected person. And even grosser is that these swellings would often grow to the point where they would burst,

spreading the disease even more.

Victims also suffered chills, weakness, vomiting, fever, and violent spasms. And the people who also see these things happening also vomit.

Number two The Antonine Plague

Often referred to as the Plague of Galen, this disease was piling up bodies between 165 and 180 CE. It was caused by a large scale outbreak of either smallpox or measles and had a 25 percent mortality rate

among those infected. 

At the plague's most fatal point, it would claim up to 2000 people a day and even kill two Roman emperors. The plague was brought to Rome by their military after battles in the East and crippled the Roman army. In the end, this disease killed five million people in total, one third of the entire Roman population at the time.

Number three The Great Plague of London

This contained plague occurred in England between 1665 and 1666 and killed approximately 100,000 people, or 20 percent of London's population.

This plague was believed to be another outbreak of the bubonic plague, which caused many citizens to simply leave the city. During the outbreak, the effected were quarantined in their homes with a large red cross painted on the front door.

All public events like theater and sports were banned, just to slow down the spread of the disease and 40,000 dogs and 200,000 cats were destroyed as they were thought to be carriers of the disease.

Number four The Italian Plague

This strain of the bubonic plague occurred in 1629 and lasted until 1631, killing 280,000 people, mostly in Milan and Venice, and is often referred to as the Great Plague of Milan.

The plague was brought to Italy during the Thirty Years' War by diseased French and German troops who infected Venetian troops. The Venetians retreated and spread the plague throughout the rest of Italy.

Historians believe the outbreak to be a critical contributing factor to the downfall of Venice as an economic and political power after losing 33 percent of its population by 1631.

Number five The Third Cholera Pandemic

Starting in India in 1852 and then spreading worldwide, then finally ending in 1860, the Cholera Pandemic was one of the most devastating diseases of the 19th century due to its spread in contaminated food and water and the contagiousness through bodily fluids produced by the symptoms.

More than one million people died in Russia alone and 23,000 people in Great Britain including 10,000 in London. This was the third largest scale outbreak of cholera in the world causing people to weaken and perish from symptoms like, brace yourself, severe diarrhea, severe hydration, severe nausea and yeah severe vomiting.

Number six The Plague of Justinian

This plague devastated Constantinople during 541 and 542 CE and was the first great bubonic plague outbreak ever. 

The disease caused necrosis of victims' flesh and left many dead after only two to seven days of initial symptoms. 

In other words, you get a sniffly nose and you're like I'm okay, ah!

It originated in China and spread through rats on trade ships from Egypt. At its peak, the plague's death toll claimed 5,000 people daily and eliminated 40 percent of Constantinople's population. The Plague of Justinian is regarded by historians as the very first recorded outbreak of bubonic plague and was named after Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian the First. The disease would return in later generations until the eighth century forever changing Europe's history.

Number seven The Tuberculosis Pandemic

From earlier than 4000 BCE to the present day, tuberculosis, also known as TB, has been infecting and killing people including prehistoric humans and ancient Egyptians for a very long time. It's gone by names like white death and the great white plague.

Presently, tuberculosis infects nine million people a year and kills one million of them, which comes down to nearly 3000 deaths a day. 

TB is highly contagious as it affects the lungs primarily and causes violent coughing fits where the disease can transmit through tiny liquid droplets that float through the air. Vaccines have been developed to help fight the spread, but new strains have evolved and become drug-resistant. 

Number eight The Third Plague Pandemic

This was yet another instance of the bubonic plague outbreak which started in the Chinese province of Yunnan in 1855 and spread all around China and India, killing more than, believe it or not, 12 million people before eventually spreading to every single continent in the world.

This was the last of the great bubonic plagues since scientific and medical practice has, thank God, improved. Doctors and scientists began to discover the source of the infection, which as it turns out, happened to be fleas which were infected with bacteria and then transmitted it back to humans through bites.

Better treatments continued to be developed and in 1959, the global yearly death toll from the disease 

decreased to only 200, nearly eradicating it from the Earth. 

Number nine The 16th Century Mexican Cocoliztli

Occurring between 1545 and 1548 and during the European colonization of Mexico, this outbreak of an internal hemorrhaging disease referred to as cocoliztli destroyed 80 percent of the Mexican native population, killing nearly 15 million people. Four out of every five people died within three to four days of the infection with symptoms like : bleeding from eyes, nose, and mouth, severe headaches, 

severe abdominal pain, and black tongue.

The spread and severity of the disease was intensified by an extreme drought and harsh living conditions of native slaves during the development of New Spain by the Europeans.

Number 10 The Spanish Influenza Pandemic

Between 1918 and 1919, the world was hit hard by a flu that infected 500 million people and killed nearly 100 million of them.

Usually influenza affects those with weakened immune systems such as the elderly or children but this strain attacked young adults and middle aged people and used their stronger immune systems to destroy their bodies.

Symptoms of the disease included, and I'll try to get through this as fast as I can, massive fluid build up in the lungs, violent coughing, extreme chills, blackened feet, and discoloration of the face.

The spread of influenza was increased due to large troop movements during World War One and wartime news censorship led everyone to believe that Spain was hit hardest, since it was a neutral country and did not censor reporters.

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10 HARSHEST School Punishments In History

10 HARSHEST School Punishments In History

world facts Unknown   11:35 AM

10 HARSHEST School Punishments In History

School: some say it's the best time of a person's life. Others, especially people who are currently students, might not think so. When I think of school, I think of friends, learning, cafeteria food. Others think of homework, pop quizzes, or surprise dodgeball tournaments. Then there are some that immediately think of the seriously devastating punishments that they've received, and trust me, they're way worse than you're ready for. And some of them have even been documented.

So let's jump right into it! These are the 10 harshest school punishments in history.

Number one : holding hands

On November 28th, 2012, the principal at Westwood High in Mesa, Arizona, gave two 14-year-old male students a choice between two punishments for fighting in class. 

Their choices were either face a suspension or hold hands for an hour in front of their classmates. 

They both chose to hold hands and were publicly humiliated in front of their peers who mocked them, questioned their sexuality, and took photos and video on their phones.

The punishment was given by principal Tim Richards, who of course was later criticized by parents

for the punishment's degrading connotations towards homosexual students.

I would absolutely hold someone's hand for an hour and be like, yeah, at least I'm not getting suspended, and I still made my fart joke. Who's really laughing?

Number two : Permanent marker on the face

On November 5th 2012 in Declo, Idaho, Declo Elementary School teacher Summer Larsen decided to punish a group of fourth grade students who didn't achieve their required reading goals.

Nine students were given the choice between staying inside during recess or allowing their classmates to draw on their faces with markers. Three students chose to miss out on their recess, while six were drawn on with permanent ink. When students arrived home, their outraged parents reported the incident to the school board.

Summer Larsen was probably fired from teaching until September of 2013 when she was evaluated

and accepted back by the school.

Number three : Paddling

Paddling has been a punishment in schools throughout the United States for more than half a century

and is shockingly still legal in 19 states. Long and flat wooden panels or fiberglass paddles have been used to spank the misbehaving students' butts or the backs of their thighs in some cases, inflicting painful bruising.

In the 2006-2007 school year, believe it or not, a reported 517 students were paddled in public schools across the US.

A study done by ABC News estimated that an average of 20,000 students are treated at hospitals each year from injuries that they receive from paddling.

What are we, barbarians? What is this, the Dark Ages? What are we hitting kids for with paddles? We save that for the bedroom, you know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? That's inappropriate, sorry.

Number four : strip searched

In 2003, 13-year-old Safford, Arizona student Savana Redding was accused by another girl of hiding two prescription strength ibuprofen on her person which were not allowed in the school without advance permission.

The assistant principal of Safford Middle School ordered Savana to be strip searched by the school nurse. The young teen endured an invasive search of her personal items and clothes, including her underwear.

Savana took her case to the Supreme Court in 2009 with an eight to one decision ruling in her favor. The ruling restricts invasive searches on students if the item is of no clear danger to other students.

I still feel like that's pretty broad, though. Why don't we just say, like, no strip searches. These are like kids, that's like some Jared Fogle stuff.Just, no.

Number five : kneeling on frozen peas

Kneeling for several hours on uncomfortable objects such as frozen peas, rice grains, corn kernels, gravel, and hot paved surfaces, is becoming a popular punishment in Asian schools.

The trend of this forced kneeling was discovered by people around the world when a female Chinese student took a photo of her own shins after such a punishment was posted online.

The photo went viral in November of 2014 and the student ended up getting expelled because of it. Then, in July of 2015, 10-year-old Indian student Kolipaka Ashrita died due to complications arising from kneeling for two hours as she was instructed to by her Grade 5 math teacher. Why, oh because she did a horrible thing. She just didn't finish her homework.

Let's do a little math here. These punishments, plus crazy Asian teachers, equals my kids will never ever do an exchange program in Asian countries, ever. Ever.

Number six : eating off the floor

In 2009, fifth grade students at Charles Sumner Elementary School in New Jersey were actually forced by school officials to eat lunch off of the cafeteria floor.

Given only a small piece of paper to place their food on, the students had to eat carefully to prevent it

from touching the dirty ground. The punishment started when one of the students spilled water while refilling a water cooler. The kids were threatened with more punishment if they ever told anyone what they endured. Eventually, seven of those students sued the school and received a half a million dollar settlement.

Yo, some of these teachers need to chill the hell out, man. Spilled a little bit of water, it's H2O, it evaporates, you're a teacher, you should know that, science!

Number seven : a fake prom

In April of 2010 Constance Mc Millan, a female student at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi was banned from her prom because she was a lesbian, and she wanted to bring her girlfriend to the dance.

Later ridiculed by other senior students when the school ended up cancelling prom, she sued the school board for discrimination and of course won the right to attend. But because, as you know, some of these schools are a little nuts, the school organized a fake prom for McMillan and her girlfriend while, 30 miles away, the real prom was happening for the rest of the students.

Five mentally challenged students were the only other people in attendance when McMillan arrived at the country club where the prom was supposedly happening. Later, McMillan received $35,000 from the school district for being the subject of the cruel and humiliating joke.

Number eight : being arrested

Several schools have resorted to locking up students for misdemeanors as punishment. In fact, in 2012, 17-year-old honor student Diane Tran spent 24 hours in a Willis, Texas jail for missing too much school. And she was absent because she was working two jobs to support her two siblings

after their parents suddenly divorced.

In 2011, a five-year-old student in Mississippi was arrested for not adhering to school dress code because he had come to school with the wrong colored shoes when his parents couldn't afford to purchase a black pair.

Some students arrested in Mississippi for minor offences like talking too much were also tormented with mace in a small cramped cell.

Number nine : locked in the closet

In May of 2012 pre-kindergarten students at Barnett Charter School in Houston, Texas were locked in a dark closet as punishment for acts as minor as laughing in class. Oh, and as if the small dark closet wasn't enough to traumatize the three and four-year-olds, they were told beforehand that the closet had a terrifying monster living in it.

The teacher and the teacher's aide would tell the children about the monster and then place them in the closet for five minutes while holding the door closed. It got so bad that one child actually vomited

from the stress and fear of the punishment. An investigation was launched into the matter and the teacher was promptly terminated.

They also should have been promptly forced to eat the barf. That's freaking rude, man.

Number ten : locked in an isolated room

Isolation cells, or screen rooms, are primarily used to calm mentally challenged students during violent fits so that they cannot hurt other students.

Well, these cells were reportedly used more than 110,000 times between 2011 and 2012 according to the US Department of Education and Civil Rights. And in one case, led to the suicide of 13-year-old Jonathan King who hung himself with a cord in a concrete cell of his Georgia elementary school in 2004.

In November of 2012, Mint Valley Elementary School in Longview, Washington was found to have used a padded isolation cell. The mother of one student, Anna Bates, took photos of the cell which she posted on Facebook in an outrage which caused the school to remove the chamber and reconsider its design and usage regulations.

There should never be a cell in a school. this is not jail time, my friends. This is a learning environment.

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7 MYTHS You Still Believe About Airplanes

7 MYTHS You Still Believe About Airplanes

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7 MYTHS You Still Believe About Airplanes

Flying is incredibly common, in fact, there are anywhere, from 35 to 40 million flights scheduled every year. But for something people do so commonly, why are there still so many myths about it?

Well, in this article I'm going to take seven of the most commonly-believed myths, that you likely still believe about airplanes, and explain the truth behind them. Speaking as someone who flies at least a couple times a month, I can tell you that there's a number of misconceptions about planes that simply have to change. So I'm taking it upon myself to reveal those truths to you today. This is 7 Myths You Still Believe About Airplanes.

Surviving a plane crash rarely happens

Despite all of the safety protocols and double-checks planes and pilots go through before they takeoff,

and the numbers that say it's insanely rare, planes do crash on occasion. And when they do, they obviously bring people with them. 

Now, despite all the survivors on Lost, people truly believe if the plane's going down, that's it for them, pretty much guaranteed. Well I am happy to burst this bubble for you, because odds are, it actually isn't.

According to the National Transportation Safety Board, over 95% of people involved in airline accidents, between the years of 1983 and 2000, survived. That's good news for frequent flyers, and even better news for black smoke monsters and time-travelling islands.

Toilets on planes are dangerous.

Don't flush while sitting down, have you ever heard that one on a plane before? Well if you haven't, trust me, it's quite a common saying, as it's believed that a person who does will get stuck, the pressure and suction somehow pulling on your bottom end.

Well the truth is, if you can manage to form a perfect seal on the vacuum toilet, then you will feel that pressure, however, as many a toilet-sitter will tell you, it's almost no trouble at all standing up while the suction is occurring.

There's even some people who have claimed that human waste that's flushed down those toilets is dumped freely mid-flight, which I promise you is another preposterous myth.

Rain and poop everywhere. 

According to the FAA it's impossible for a pilot to dump a waste tank in the air.

The recirculated air in planes is full of germs and disease

Isn't that just the worst, someone sitting beside you and they're like (gasp).

With all of those people packed into one plane, the air circulation system must be spreading germs and disease all over the cabin, right? Well, at least that's what people who seem to get sick on flights have claimed during complaints. However, the truth is that the system does a pretty good job at circulating the air. 

The way that it works is it takes air into the lower fuselage, where half of it is expelled from the plane,

and the rest is put through filters and mixed with fresh air collected through the engines. 

So the air coming through the system is more than likely clean. But while that air might be filtered,

germs can still be left on trays, armrests, seat belts and of course accessories in the seat pockets,

not to mention of course the old-fashioned way of person to person.

That is the most likely way that you'll get sick on a plane.

Oxygen masks do nothing except calm passengers

We've all heard that a ton of times, but according to many people, the air coming through those masks,

actually does nothing but make flyers think that they're going to be OK. 

This claim may or may not have started with him, but it was definitely made popular by Tyler Durden,

Brad Pitt's character in the movie Fight Club. But according to the FAA and various pilots and plane designers, it's a complete myth.

The air coming through those masks is actually oxygen-rich, and is there so that we can breathe at altitudes above 10,000 feet. 

The higher the altitude, the less oxygen in the air, so yes, those masks actually do serve a purpose.

Co-pilots are just apprentices

This next myth is a real annoyance to co-pilots, as a large number of people believe that they're just apprentices. As in they're simply learning how to be a real pilot from the plane's captain. The fact is, there are always at least two pilots in the cockpit of any commercial flight, and both are fully capable of operating the aircraft.

The co-pilot, or first officer, is actually just as involved in flying the plane as the captain is, and in fact often is more so. This is because the captain tends to be the primary person to operate the radio, run checklists and communicate with the cabin crew and travellers.

So to any flyers out there thinking that the co-pilots aren't qualified to fly the plane, chances are, they are flying the plane. 

Opening an emergency door in flight is a big concern

Strangely, and sadly, it's not uncommon to hear about people freaking out mid-flight and trying to wrench doors open of the plane. It's so common in fact, that people see it as a huge concern, often flying in fear that that's how they're going to be taken out. But it turns out, opening the emergency door while in flight isn't as easy as you would think, not even close.

With the cabin pressurized the way that it is, it would take a large hydraulic jack, or the strength of Superman, to literally open one of those doors. And that should be no surprise considering that it's not only the pressure itself, but a series of electronic locks that activate before takeoff. 

A tiny hole in the plane can lead to everyone being sucked out 

Speaking of being sucked out of a plane, many of us have heard a story of a tiny hole in a plane's window suddenly sucking someone, or everyone on board, out of the aircraft. But, is there any truth to that?

Well, planes are pressurized, as we discussed, but it would take an explosion, or a serious structural damage to the fuselage, to result in people being ripped from the craft. 

In 2006 an Alaska Airlines MD-80 plane sustained damage in the form of a foot-long hole in its fuselage. But, instead of everyone being jettisoned from the plane, the aircraft stayed in one piece,

and made an emergency descent.

A sudden change in cabin pressure is never good, but, chances are you'd be just fine. So hopefully now, next time you fly, you'll be a little calmer.

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Interesting Facts About Albert Einstein - Einstein facts

Interesting Facts About Albert Einstein - Einstein facts

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Albert Einstein Facts

Albert Einstein Facts you will read in this article will certainly blow your mind like they do with me. If your more for a video than reading facts : Here is a video assembling all these crazy facts about Einstein. Details and sources are in this article :

Who's Albert Einstein ?

As a child Albert Einstein was a slow learner and spoke very slowly. So much so that his parents actually feared he may have learning difficulties. Thankfully, it turned out, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Here’s some amazing facts you probably didn’t know about the man who spearheaded the theory of relativity and the world’s most renowned genius. Albert Einstein was born in Ulm in Germany on 14th March 1879. It is said that the story of Einstein’s brilliance started when he was just four years old. His father gave him a magnetic pocket compass to play with. He became obsessed with the way the needle seemed
to move around as if by magic. It’s believed that was the event from where Einstein’s deep passion for physics originated. Even as an old man, Einstein wrote about the compass, saying “I can still remember...that this experience made a deep and lasting impression on me. Something deeply hidden had to be behind things.”

Einstein became a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences. However, in 1933 he was visiting America just as Hitler came into power back in Einstein’s home country of Germany. Being born to Jewish parents he rightly thought it would not be a good idea to return to Germany. The Nazis were so offended by Einstein’s intellect that they burned all his books still remaining in Germany and included him on a list of enemies of the Nazi state entitled “not yet hanged” and put a $5,000 bounty on his head. Einstein responded to the Nazis by calling their actions a “spontaneous emotional outburst“ and stating that "more
than anything else in the world, they fear the influence of men of intellectual independence."

Einstein was granted refugee status and became a citizen of the United States of America, where he stayed for the remainder of his life. Einstein considered himself to be agnostic, not an atheist. He criticized personal gods, i.e. gods that are believed to resemble a human form. Einstein instead had pantheistic
beliefs. Which is the idea that the universe and nature itself, is equal to divinity, as apposed to an anthropomorphic, or human-like, god. Einstein was well known for his iconic shabby look. Which consisted of wild, uncombed hair and baggy, over-sized clothes. Also he never wore socks. He saw socks as unnecessary
and got frustrated that whenever he wore socks he got holes in them. He wouldn’t even wear
socks or comb his hair when visiting the White House.

Also part of Einstein’s “look” was his pipe. Einstein loved to smoke, whether it be cigarettes, cigars or his iconic pipe, which was his favourite method of tobacco inhalation. When he walked between his house and his office at Princeton University, he would almost always be seen leaving behind a trail of smoke. Einstein once had the following to say on the matter: “I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.”

It was well known by everyone that knew him that Einstein had an incredibly bad memory.

He couldn’t remember most people’s names and couldn’t remember any phone numbers, including his own.

In 1952, after Israel’s first President, Israel Chaim Weizmann, died, Einstein was offered the position of Israel’s presidency, because the Israelis believed him to be the greatest Jew alive. Einstein, then aged 73, politely declined the offer. He said he lacked the “natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people”.

Einstein used to charge people for his autograph then donate all the money to charity.

Einstein was a prolific adulterer. During his first marriage to Mileva Maric, Albert had at least six affairs with other women. Knowing that his marriage was falling apart, Einstein made one final attempt at keeping the marriage together, for the sake of this children. So what did he do exactly? He demanded his wife signed a contract he drew up in order to maintain the impression that they were a happily married couple. The contract included the following clauses:

“You will make sure… - that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order; - that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;

You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons. Specifically, you will forego…

- my sitting at home with you; - my going out or traveling with you.

You will obey the following points in your relations with me…

- you will not expect any intimacy from me, nor will you reproach me in any way;

- you will stop talking to me if I request it;

- you will leave my bedroom or study immediately without protest if I request it.”

Way to be tactful Albert. Amazingly his wife actually agreed to the terms, after much persuasion.

After he divorced Mileva Maric in 1919, Einstein married his cousin, Elsa Loewenthal.

She was very closely related to Einstein; he was actually related to her on both sides of his family. They had played together as kids but their romance didn’t flourish until later on in their lives.

Einstein’s favourite hobbies were sailing and playing the violin. But neither came close to his love for theoretical physics. Einstein would play the violin to himself when he became stuck in the thinking process whilst practicing physics.

The prestigious Nobel Prize was awarded to Albert Einstein in 1921. But not for his work on the theory of relativity. He actually got it for his work on helping to discover the photoelectric effect. Which is the now, well known phenomenon, that metals emit electrons when light is shined upon them.

However all of Einstein’s Nobel Prize money went to his ex-wife, Mileva, as a divorce settlement.

About a week after Einstein died in 1955 at Princeton, before being cremated, an autopsy was performed on his body by Thomas Harvey, a pathologist at Princeton University. He removed Einstein’s brain for study, which he intended to kept permanently as a keepsake and personal research project. Harvey was eventually fired from Princeton after refusing to hand over Einstein’s brain. After finding it wasn’t any different to a normal brain, Harvey dissected it into over 200 pieces, some of which he sent off to other researchers
for examination. It was eventually discovered that Einstein’s parietal lobes, the parts of the brain responsible for mathematical, visual and spatial cognition, were 15% larger than the average person’s.

Einstein’s brain was eventually transferred and put on display at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. His eye’s however were also removed and handed to Henry Abrams, Einstein’s eye doctor. To this day they remain in a safe deposit box in New York City.

Einstein’s last words are not known because he said them in German and the only person that heard them was a night nurse who only spoke English. But all these facts pale in comparison to the most amazing fact about Albert Einstein.

In 1905 whilst working in Bern, Switzerland, Einstein published a paper on his Special Theory of Relativity”. Which challenged the world’s idea of how space and time behaves in the universe and set the tone of theoretical physics for the next century, and counting.

The ideas Einstein put forward in this revolutionary paper had enormous consequences that completely
changed the way we think about, mass, energy, space and time.

Oh and by the way, Einstein published over 300 scientific papers over his lifetime.

His paper on the Special Theory of Relativity also included, what has become the most famous equation in the world, E=mc2, otherwise known as the mass-energy equivalence. On a very basic level it is the concept that the mass of any object is a measure of how much energy is contained within it. There were actually numerous scientists who all claimed to have discovered the equation around the same time. But it was eventually decided that Albert Einstein should be given the credit for it as he put the most effort into its discovery.

E=mc2 gave rise to the atomic bomb and the nuclear arms race. Knowing that he was mostly responsible for causing the atomic bomb’s eventual discovery, Einstein slipped into a period of great depression. He believed himself to be a pacifist.

In 1915, Einstein completed his General Theory of Relativity, which implied the existence of black holes and gravitational waves and many other things, up until which point had been nothing more than hypotheses. Together with his Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity formed the Theory of Relativity. The cornerstone of modern physics and arguably the most important discovery in physics of the past century.

Sure the Theory of Relativity is used every day by physicists in their increasingly complex endeavours. But its effects can be seen in our everyday lives too. None of the following things would be possible without Einstein’s two theories of relativity: GPS systems, televisions, nuclear power plants, remote control devices, lasers, DVD-players and many others. Oh and I nearly forgot to mention, the universe itself.

Interesting Facts About Albert Einstein - Einstein facts