Restroom.Originally meaning a public toilet, this seems to be of American origin, with the earliest usages found around 1900. It’s an extremely common usage, and also one of the vaguest.Restof course has a number of meanings, but this is probably in the sense of “repose” or “refres...
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Depending on your age, it’s likely this meme, and subsequent YouTube series, has passed you by – but digital natives Gen Alpha are going wild for it. But what exactly is Skibidi Toilet, and how did it get to be so popular with kids? What is Skibidi Toilet? The premise of Skibidi...
This is a marine article regarding the origin of the marine toilet being known as the head; here we will have a light-hearted look at its history. However, in the middle of a dark night, on a rough sea I am sure going to the loo, and having your nether regions splashed by cold se...
阅读理解 Why can some people sleep through noises like a honking car or flushing toilet, while others are awakened by the lightest sound? To find the answer, sleep researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital conducted an unusual study of 12 self-described deep sleepers. After tests confirmed tha...
And we do have some ways to address menstrual pain. One way is with something called a TENS unit, which you can wear under your clothes and it sends an electrical impulse to the nerves and muscles and no one really knows how it works, but we think it might be the gate theory of pai...
(D)Just as our bodies produce waste every day, which is why we need to shower and use the toilet, our brains produce waste proteins (). But how can our brains "shower" themselves? A study found the answer. Researchers at the US University of Rochester studied the brains of mice and ...
A great deal of tolerance for alcohol is what is called “functional tolerance”, which is actually your brain compensating for the disrupting effects of alcohol. The more practice it has, the better it gets at this, so the next time someone says you’re drinking too much, you can say ...
To understand it better, it is necessary to look into what Chinese toilets were in the past and the far-reaching impact of the toilet renovation. RURAL DEVELOPMENT Although China has become the world's second-largest economy, some toilets in poor rural areas are still little more than makeshif...
由第一段“Just as our bodies produce waste every day – which is why we need to shower and use the toilet – our brains produce harmful waste proteins. But how can our brains “shower” themselves?”(就像我们的身体每天都会产生垃圾,就像我们需要洗澡上厕所一样,我们的大脑也会产生有害的垃圾...