This is a list of things, phrases, statistics that I have put together that I find to be neat. “Neat” is a horrible word. It tells you almost nothing about anything and so often used in degradation that it deserves to represent things that are genuinely great, wonderful, interesting, moving and often funny……this list should help it move to forefront of positive phrases.
The Neat List (TNL):
Tetrodotoxin: toxin which is isolated from Puffer Fish. Inhibits sodium ion transport, paralysis. Delacacy in Japan, where it sells for $250/oz. Difficult to prepare…kills an average of 20 people a year in restaurants.
physiological dose: the amt. that the body normally produces
pharmacological dose: large enough dose to ensure drug gets to target tissue
Every 2 minutes your body produces 120 million new Red Blood Cells (RBC’s)
Every RBC completes your total body circulation 5000 times/day
Your body makes 200 Billion new RBC’s per day
RBC’s live an average of 120 days
Type O blood is the universal donor because it has no antigens to react with the antibodies from other blood types
Type AB blood is the universal receptor because it has no antibodies therefore it will not react with the antigens of anyother blood types
Your heart is the first organ to develop and often the first organ to fail……………sorry
Your heart will beat on average 2.5 billion times in your lifetime, while pumping 300 million liters of blood ( 80 million gallons)
Death is a physiological abnormality incompatable with life.
Wow, Tetrodotoxin! Puffer Fish! That sounds delicious, and fun!
I have to say that your “Neat” list made me think. Intriguing, moving, stimulating. Thank you. I have found you page to be inspiring and may I say……”Wow!” regarding you writing of “What you’ll do when you die…” Impressive and captivating.
-K