Today I Learned… #2

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Ah okay I guess it would be to do with things like sugar or protein in the drink slowing down the absorption. It's mostly sodium and potassium that would make a drink more hydrating but need to be careful with things like that as well especially in the heat and or if someone is training hard

For example I just found out the recently popular Prime drinks are marketed as hydration beverages but actually contain very little sodium to be that.

Also heard of a case of a guy who played tennis in the heat and was hydrating himself with coconut water, which is high in potassium and almost died
Its quite dangerous to drink lots of water as the body needs salt and other electrolytes. I guess that's why the pure water would be a problem. Potassium and sodium are finely balanced by the body so can easily be knocked out by illness or deficiency, (hyponatraemia (sodium) and hypokalaemia (potassium) and conversely when you have too much (hypernatremia and hyperkalaemia), especially as you get older too. Athletes tend to drink electrolyte drinks to replace those lost whilst they exercise. The body is amazing, its scary when it starts to go wrong.
 
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If someone is having difficult climbing a wall, they’ll say something like, ‘this wall doesn’t have perches.’ They’re not saying “purchase.” 🙈
 
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....that loitering around the freezers at your local supermarket is a free and fantastic way to cool down on a day like today.
 
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Celine Dion is one of 14 siblings and she’s the youngest. And sometimes, they perform together…

 
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That the fi in WiFi doesn’t actually stand for anything. I’m going to start asking people for their IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence password from now on 😂
 
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That the fi in WiFi doesn’t actually stand for anything. I’m going to start asking people for their IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence password from now on 😂
I've gone a bit nostalgic and started watching Buffy series 1. In one Internet based episode they kept referring to e-letters, which made me think who/when decided on e-mail.
 
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I've gone a bit nostalgic and started watching Buffy series 1. In one Internet based episode they kept referring to e-letters, which made me think who/when decided on e-mail.
I love Buffy. One of my fave facts is that they were the first tv show to ever use the word Googled
 
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today I learnt that the collective noun for a group of kangaroos is called a court....! 🦘🤣
I knew this one but never attributed it to the phrase Kangaroo Court for some reason. I think a better name for a group of Kangaroos would be bouncers, for obvious reasons plus they look like they’d be really good at that job 😂
 
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That a goes through metamorphosis in a chrysalis , a moth goes through metamorphosis in a cocoon.
 
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The police use a computer system called HOLMES. (Home Office large major enquiry system).
A computer system used to manage serious and complex crime investigations. It gives senior officers a real-time view of live operations to help them decide how to best use police resources.
I watch so many crime documentaries and I’ve never heard it mentioned until today 🤯
 
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That Thelma Barlow was the name of a Coronation Street actress, not a character! She played Mavis.