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Humans actually have as much hair on the body as gorillas- about one million and four hundred thousand hairs! The reason why we seemed to be less hairy compared to apes is that much of our body is covered by fine, soft, short and colorless hair called Vellus hairs. This type of hair is merely a centimeter or two long. Vellus hair follicles have neither adjacent sebaceous glands nor a medulla.
The other two types of hairs are intermediate hairs/transitional hairs and terminal hairs. - At puberty, hormonal changes cause vellus hair to tran...
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CREATE YOUR OWN ORGANIC TONERS
Raid your kitchen cabinet and fridge to create your own individualized toner.
TONER INGREDIENTS
There are a number of ways to use the ingredients
- Make an infusion by steeping fresh or dried plant material in hot water.
- Puree and juice fresh juicy fruits, roots or other plant parts.
- For a hassle-free solution, you can try hydrosol. When an aromatic plant is distilled using steam, the water-soluble aromatic and healing constituents of the plant is separated from the essential oils and condensed into hydrosol (or essential water). However, the solution does contain residual amounts of essential oil. Hydrosol is a wonderful toner since it has even more of the bioactive components of the plant than essential oil. In addition, its mildness and acidity allow you to apply the solution directly on your skin.
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Your hair is a rich source of amino acid called L-cysteine. And here is the hair-raising fact: L-cysteine was extracted from human hair and used as flavor enhancer or flour improver in your food. It is sometimes listed as E920 on food packaging.
The dough for pizza crusts, meat dumpling (pao), vegetarian meat or soya sauce may contain L-cysteine. More than a decade ago, human hair was a main source of L-cysteine. The major source was Chinese hair because it was straight, making the process of extraction much easier and cheaper. Moreover, in Communist China those days, people usually did not perm, bleached or chemically treated their hair.
When consumers knew about this hair-raising practice, producers switched to extraction from feathers. Now, there is also synthetic L-cysteine. Next time someone wondered how a bakery made such lovely bread or a vegetarian restaurant cooked such delicious vegetarian meat dishes with realistic meat flavor, L-cysteine may well be one of the many food additives in the dishes.
Do you fancy pouring a drink out of a jug made out of hair into a cup also made out of hair?..
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CHIEF BUBUNG’S HARVEST REWARD
Chief Bubung gave thanks to Deities of Nature for a bountiful harvest. After the ceremony, he announced to the assembled villagers he would give an extra portion of harvest to the first person who named the Deities correctly in the riddles below:
THE ONE WHO IS REBORNED
I swim the heavens unbidden and free.
And provide a shield for creatures below me.
When small I am welcomed with glee.
When I grow too big, I strike fear in the hearts of many.
My vengeance bring death and destruction.
My gift brings birth and life .
Can you guess what I am, the one who is reborned after each death?
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KNOW YOUR ENEMY
If you know the enemy and know yourself,
you need not fear the result of a hundredbattles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy,
for every victory gained you will also ...
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THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN
Once there was a young man who yearned for power. He looked across the river at the Golden Hill where the powerful resided and wished he was living among them. He noticed the powerful made laws, enjoyed a lavish lifestyle on fortunes created by collecting taxes, licenses and rent from the populace. There were also the rich who bought power with their riches to amass even more spectacular wealth.
The young man figured, since the powerful made laws, they could skew laws that favor themselves. He noticed when the privileged on Golden Hill commit offenses, sentences were sometimes lighter. Some of them could even get away with murder!
One day the young man packed his suitcase, crossed the River Damned, and headed towards Golden Hill. He found there were many invisible barriers on the Golden Mile leading up to Golden Hill. Being a smart fellow, he used the Crooked Mile to bypass the invisible barriers. He walked and walked and became increasingly crooked as he walked. Eventually he reached a crooked stile where he found a crooked sixpence. The crooked sixpence helped him to increase his fortune and attracted people with access to the rich and powerful. ..
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