As I eat number 3, a frosty snow man, someone asks why is it called an advent calendar.
The advent calendar is the count down to the coming of Christmas. Advent is from a latin word meaning “coming”.
It is also supposed to serve as a reminder for the second coming of Christ.
Approximately 2.5 litres a day, but that should vary based on climate and amount of physical activity.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades – King David
Hearts – Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds – Julius Caesar
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In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened,
making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase………. ‘goodnight, sleep tight.’
By putting a flammable gas around the rim of the tire and then lighting the gas, you create a vacuum that sucks up the air around it.
This in turn will suck the tire onto the rim.
You now have a tire stuck to the rim through a vacuum, however there is not pressure in the tire. As soon as the seal is broken the tire returns to its previous position……………. off the rim.
On the 2nd February 2009 London had the heaviest snow fall since 1991.
Peppermint (scientific name ”Mentha piperita L.”), also called American mint, brandy mint, lamb mint, and lammint, is originally from Europe. It has leaves with serrated edges that are about 1 or 2 inches long and about twice as long as they are wide, sprouting from stems with a square cross-section.
Spearmint (scientific name ”Mentha spicata L.”), also called mint, brown mint, garden mint, lamb mint, mackerel mint, Our Lady’s mint, and sage of Bethlehem, is also native to Europe. It is similar in appearance to peppermint, but the leaves are usually stemless.
If you manage to see the plants in bloom, spearmint flowers form clusters that are narrower and more pointed than those of peppermint.
The two plants have distinct tastes, with spearmint’s coming mainly from a compound called carvone, which is relatively light and sweet in flavor.
Peppermint owes most of its taste to another substance, menthol, which has a mild anesthetic and cooling effect, making it especially valuable in medicines. Peppermint oil can also be topically applied to help ease tension headaches, can be consumed to help ease altitude sickness, and can act as a decongestant.
Reference: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2006/04/24/whats_the_difference_between_spearmint_and_peppermint/
To be averse to something is to have feelings against it, to be disinclined or opposed towards it. Averse can take the preposition to as well as from and usually describes an attitude. To be adverse to something (the only preposition it takes) is to be turned in an opposite direction to that thing or acting against it. Adverse also means ‘opposing or detrimental to one’s interests’ and usually refers to things, not people. A good way to remember the difference is that the prefix of averse is ab, or away and the prefix of adverse is ad, meaning towards. Examples of each are: I am averse to watching a lot of television. / We are dealing with adverse circumstances.
1 stone = 6.35029318 kilograms
