Uhh.... Maybe I should stay away from red food stuff for now  "Many food items, including fruit juices, candies and flavored gelatin contain cochineal, carmine or carminic acid to give them a deep red color. These pigments are derived from the shells of the female Dactylopius coccus beetle, which is found in South and Central America. The dye has been used for centuries and dates back to the Aztecs. It is safer than most synthetic red dyes, apart from the rare allergic reaction." And no wonder why cockroaches can outlive us all... "Roaches do not need their heads to breathe -- oxygen is absorbed through spiracles (the insect version of gills) on their body -- and they can survive for a month without food. A headless cockroach will live for about a week until it dies of thirst." Whoa, maybe I need to turn now my stereo in the car  "In August 2004 the medical journal Thorax described the cases of four young men who all suffered a collapsed lung -- three while attending a loud concert, and the fourth while listening to his car stereo, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box. Doctors concluded that loud music could cause the lungs to vibrate at the same frequency of the booming bass, causing a lung to rupture. Men who are tall, thin and smoke seem to be most susceptible to this condition, so if you meet that description, you may want to turn the bass down a bit in your car stereo -- and keep your distance from the speakers at loud concerts." |