17 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Coffee...

There you are, just about to start your morning in the very best way possible. What do you do? Well, you make a fresh cup of coffee of course, right? Sometimes it seems that the world is revolving around one thing, and that is coffee. I sometimes wonder where the world would be without coffee, and I must say it’s quite hard to predict. The fact is that a lot of people can’t even begin their day before they have at least one cup of coffee. It’s like a drug, and they need the caffeine in order to be able to start up their brains. I myself am more of a tea guy, as most of you people know, but there’s caffeine in tea as well, so I guess I could be added to the people who can’t function without a little hot beverage in the morning.

There is extensive research going on about coffee and tea, and the results are somewhat different depending on what researcher you talk to. However, in a world where pretty much everything is unhealthy, what difference does it make, right? Some people drink tea and some people drink coffee, that’s just how it is. I recently looked at a research report involving 10 of the world’s oldest people. They were asked what they did extensively through their lives, and why they thought they were able to become so old. 8 out of those 10 people said that they had always consumed a large amount of chocolate. Researchers immediately started looking into it, and they found that there is a substance in chocolate (or rather the cocoa bean) that helps cells repair themselves in super speed. This in turn keeps your organs and body younger for a longer period of time. This should of course be taken with a grain of salt since I don’t think anyone can expect to live forever because they over consume chocolate. However, it is something to think about.
I am sure there are things that you didn’t know about coffee though, on a more statistical level that is. Just have a look at this infographic from the people over at Espresso Machine Advisor. There is some interesting data there for sure, but when something like this (especially the last “fact”) shows up, I always get a little hesitant about believing the data since the main point of this infographic eventually turns out to be to sell more espresso machines. However, dig into the data, and tell me if you knew all of this already. And really, would you buy yourself an espresso machine now that you know you will strike break even after just 81.63 days? Hmm…

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Via: [Daily Infographic]

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Giving Someone The Finger: It’s An Art Form

Have you ever given anyone the finger? You know, have you ever flipped someone a bird? There are a lot of reasons why we give each other the famous one-finger salute. Some people do it as an act of road rage; others do it to say f-off, and even others do it because in some cases, it’s easier to stick up a finger than to be witty with words. Some people even do it as a joke, or as confirmation that he or she is a genuine douchebag. There are many different reasons why people choose to use this universal gesture.

However, what you might not realize is that there are many different middle finger variations. Also, depending on the culture, finger flippage can mean different things in different countries. This article on Cracked called Flipping The Bird explains these variations, along with the origins of giving the finger.
I decided to put together a collection of photographs that illustrate giving the famous bird in many different ways and situations. As you see, there is apparently no age appropriate time when people start or stop using this gesture. There are infants who master the finger dexterity to pull it off, and there are old people who still got it. There is definitely some skill required though because some of these people’s fingers look like they are supposed to, and other people’s fingers look lame. Hmm… I’m getting in the mood to flip someone off just for the fun of it.

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