Trivia Today - Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Sweat isn't usually a fun topic to talk about, but I do have some interesting facts for you today on the subject.

As gross as it is, I do enjoy feeling the sweat when I'm doing a tough workout - it makes me feel like I am working that much harder.

Of course, I shower immediately afterwards, or else nobody would want to be near me!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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QUOTE: "True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."

HINT: (1767-1835), German (Prussian) philosopher, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the University of Berlin.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Sweating from stress and sweating to cool down are chemically different. When you sweat because you're hot, it comes from your eccrine glands, but when you sweat because you're stressed, it comes from your apocrine glands.

You have between 2 and 4 million sweat glands in your body. Your feet alone have about 250,000 sweat glands between them.

The name for absent sweating (or not sweating at all) is anhidrosis, which is dangerous because your body can overheat.

The more in shape you are, the more quickly and profusely your body will sweat. It does this to cool itself down so you can work out at a greater intensity for a longer period of time.

Sweat has a stinky reputation, but sweat itself doesn't actually smell. The odor comes from the bacteria on your skin instead.

Hippos' sweat is red. The colored pigment both acts a sunscreen and kills bacteria.

(www.care2.com)


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QUOTE: "True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."

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