Tongue piercings May Cause Damage to Teeth
I have (and had) plenty of friends with tongue studs, so I guess this news goes out to them 
Apparently, people with tongue piercings risk developing gaps between their front teeth as a result of playing with the stud, US researchers have found.
The University of Buffalo team says that, as well as potentially requiring cosmetic work, people can develop infections and chipped teeth. The researchers said that people with tongue piercings were likely to push the metal stud up against their teeth and consequently cause gaps and other problems to arise.
Sawsan Tabbaa, professor of orthodontics at the University of Buffalo, detailed the 26-year-old’s case. She had had no space between her teeth before wearing a barbell-shaped tongue stud. However, a space had appeared between her upper front teeth over the course of the seven years she had worn it for, because the metal bar was pushed against and between the teeth.
Extracted from BBC News
Tags: tongue piercing, tongue stud
Weekend Joke 2: Stupid Things I’ve Done for Love
There are plenty of other hilarious stuffs on this site too; check it out!
Tags: funny, humour, Jokes, love jokes
Craving for Chocolate? We have a suggestion!
Filed under Foods, Health, People, Tech
Meet the Le Whif inhalers.
A lipstick-shaped aerosol that sprays particles of dark chocolate into the mouth is being hailed as providing all the pleasure of the real thing but with no need to feel guilty. Dieters may also find that the mere taste of one of their favourite treats curbs their appetite.
Cool right?
David Edwards, a Harvard professor who invented the spray, says that it only takes a touch of chocolate to satisfy our tastebuds. He said: ‘When you breathe the chocolate into your mouth, it dissolves immediately and coats the tongue and taste buds.
‘Le Whif is a new approach to eating, by breathing.
Additionally, Le Whif comes in three different chocolate flavours: plain, raspberry and mint.
Source: Daily Mail UK
Tags: Le Whif, spray chocolate
The Perfect Handshake: What does it Take?
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Well, what if you could formulate equations for every feeling and thing happening around you? That’s what happened in this case. The scientists from University of Manchester (hired by Chevrolet) have revealed the formula for the perfect handshake!
So what does it take to be a perfect handshake?
PH = (e² + ve²)(d²) + (cg + dr)² + ?{(4< s >2)(4< p >2)}² + (vi + t + te)² + {(4< c >2)(4< du >2)}²
That’s all!
Didn’t get anything? Neither did I, until I read the explanatory notes.
Where (e) is eye contact (1=none; 5=direct) 5; (ve) is verbal greeting (1=totally inappropriate; 5=totally appropriate) 5; (d) is Duchenne smile – smiling in eyes and mouth, plus symmetry on both sides of face, and slower offset (1=totally non-Duchenne smile (false smile); 5=totally Duchenne) 5; (cg) completeness of grip (1=very incomplete; 5=full) 5; (dr) is dryness of hand (1=damp; 5=dry) 4; (s) is strength (1= weak; 5=strong) 3; (p) is position of hand (1=back towards own body; 5=other person’s bodily zone) 3; (vi) is vigour (1=too low/too high; 5=mid) 3; (t) is temperature of hands (1=too cold/too hot; 5=mid) 3; (te) is texture of hands (5=mid; 1=too rough/too smooth) 3; (c) is control (1=low; 5=high) 3; (du) is duration (1= brief; 5=long) 3.
World Peace FTW! LOL..
Tags: handshake, handshake formula
Cool Halloween constume!
Filed under Jokes, People, Visual Graphics & Images
Well, Halloween’s still a few months away, and if you’re planning to dress your kid up, consider this as an option:
Cool eh? LOL!
Tags: alien costume, Halloween, Halloween constumes, Predator Halloween constume
Joke: How To Shower – Men Vs Women
Tags: couple jokes, funny, humour, joke, shower jokes
Funny: The Danger of body Building!
Filed under Health, Jokes, People
This is seriously funny. A picture paints a thousand words indeed.
Tags: bodybuilding, funny, humour, joke
Creativity unleashed!
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Just a quick post. A suggestion for your shopping.
Tags: funny shirts, kid sweaters
R.I.P.: Audio pioneer Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser
Many of you may not know this great icon, but for an audiophile like me, he’s indeed one of the greatest persons known.
It is sad to know that Dr. Sennheiser has passed away earlier today, at the age of 98.
Despite his firm’s humble origins building voltmeters from spare parts, his continued innovation led to products like the shotgun microphone and supra-aural headphones, and soon propelled Sennheiser to become a respected audio brand. As a cryptographer, he founded a professional electronics company in an abandoned WWII German laboratory, which now stands as one of the best audio product companies, along the lines of Bang-Olufsen, Bose, and many others alike.
I grew up admiring Sennheiser headphones for their long-lasting durability and outstanding sound quality, and will always do.
Head over here for Dr. Sennheiser’s official biography and the Press Release.
Tags: Dr. Fritz Sennheiser, Sennheiser headphone
Sleeping for less than Six Hours = Early Death?
Filed under Health, People, Science
Sleeping consistently for less than six hours a night may cause an early death, but too much sleep could also mean problems, according to a study that claims to have found unequivocal evidence of the potential harm from abnormal sleep patterns.
The research, by academics in the UK and Italy, analysed data from 16 separate studies across Europe, the US and Asia over 25 years, covering more than 1.3m people and more than 100,000 deaths.
It found that those who generally slept for less than six hours a night were 12% more likely to experience a premature death over a period of 25 years than those who consistently got six to eight hours’ sleep. Evidence for the link was unequivocal, the researchers concluded.
It also concluded that those who consistently sleep more than nine hours a night can be more likely to die early. Oversleeping itself is not seen as a risk but as a potential indicator of underlying ailments.
“Whilst short sleep may represent a cause of ill health, long sleep is believed to represent more an indicator of ill health,” said Professor Francesco Cappuccio, who led the study and is head of the Sleep, Health and Society programme at the University of Warwick.
“Consistently sleeping six to eight hours per night may be optimal for health. The duration of sleep should be regarded as an additional behavioural risk factor, or risk marker, influenced by the environment and possibly amenable to change through both education and counselling as well as through measures of public health aimed at favourable modifications of the physical and working environments.”
The study noted that previous research into lack of sleep had shown it was associated with ailments including heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.
