Fact O' The Day

[Krandall]

"City kids are much more likely to have food allergies."


According to a study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, kids who live in urban centers are significantly more likely to have food allergies than rural kids. The study examined 38,465 children and found that 9.8% of children in cities had allergies, as opposed to 6.2% of children in rural areas. Oddly, peanut allergies were more than twice as common among kids in urban areas, with 2.8% of children in cities suffering from them (as opposed to 1.3% in rural areas). Allergies to shellfish were even more pronounced in city kids (2.4%, as opposed to 0.8% in rural communities).

[Krandall]

"Men tend to use more creative words when flirting."


A study published in the journal *PLoS ONE* set out to examine how a woman's fertility (and thus, her attractiveness to men) would influence the speaking behaviors of the men she interacts with. Previous studies have demonstrated that men read -- and are attracted to -- any number of subtle signs that a woman is ovulating, including behavior, speech, and scent. This study paired male study participants with female confederates -- all of whom were instructed to act neutral -- during various points in their menstrual cycle and the two were tasked to describe images to one another. The result: the more fertile a woman was, the more likely men were to use unusual words. Non-conformity and creativity being prized traits, men who are unconsciously attracted to a woman change their speech patterns -- also unconsciously -- to try to exhibit those traits.


So that's why hefe used the word rambunctious.

[Hefe]

yepper.. dats why!

[Colorado700R]

MD must sense peels ovulating every damn day

[Krandall]

"Music keeps your brain younger."



Research conducted at the Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory at Northwestern University monitored the brain responses of various subjects -- young and old, musicians and non-musicians -- to various speech sounds, recording the neural response time for the stimuli. Those participants who were musically trained had faster and more accurate responses than their counterparts. The older musicians performed much better than the older non-musicians, even equivalent to the young non-musicians. The implication of the research is that the seemingly inevitable age-related decline of speech processing is not, in fact, inevitable; with proper musical training, the brain may even be able to overcome some hearing loss.

[Krandall]

"You are more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day."


A Swiss study published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology determined that people are, all causes considered, 13.8% more likely to die on their birthdays than on any other day. The study examined data from 2.4 million deaths over 40 years and found that the risk of a birthday death increases as people get older (18% in people over 60). Some of these deaths are health-related (with people being 21.5% more likely to die of strokes and 18.5% more likely to die of heart disease), but the numbers also indicate 35% more deaths by suicide, as well as 28.5% more accidental deaths.

[Krandall]

"Fathers are happier."


According to research published in Psychological Science, dads are emotionally better off than people without children. One study polled 7,000 Americans about their overall life outlook, and found that fathers were happier and more likely to report having meaning in their lives. Another study asked 186 participants to report their previous day's activities, including emotions, and found that parents found more meaning and positive emotion in their lives when they were interacting with their children than when they weren't. Yet another study gave beepers to 329 adults and paged them randomly, five times a day, over the course of a week, to ask how happy they were. Parents reported being happy more often than non-parents.'



Uhhh, I've seen you guys with kids... I'm gonna hafta disagree.... 

[Colorado700R]

It says ” emotionally better off” definately not financially lol

[Krandall]

So.. are you the one that they don't include in statistics?

I wouldnt' ever claim you as emotionally better off.. Care for me to go through quote of the day?

[Colorado700R]

Mostly insane is still better than totally insane lol

[Hefe]

It says ” emotionally better off” definately not financially lol

amen brother!

[Peelz]

My kids crack me the f**k up. One hilarious joke outta them removes the stress of the whole day. 

[Hefe]

yep... Spencer walks up to me and says "BIG HUG!" is his silly voice... melts the BS day away!

[Krandall]

Someday.

[Peelz]

ALso, disclaimer...we should note, that there are some days where this does not happen

like I come home from a crap day of work...AIdan has forgotten to take the dog out, and it shits.... or theyve been playing video games all day and games and snacks are all over when I get home.

just gotta take a minute and go to your happy place..... 


the bad ones FAR outweigh the good ones