Thursday Things: Cats and Dinosaurs Edition
8 September 2022. Vol 4 No 36 By Dan McGirt. #161
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Cats of Yore
Medieval artists were, for the most, incredibly bad at drawing or painting cats. Don’t take my word for it — see for yourself.
Someone Noticed How Ugly Medieval Cat Paintings Are, And It’s Too Funny (60 Pics)
Fun with hydrogen peroxide
You probably have one of those brown plastic bottles of hydrogen peroxide in your bathroom cabinet, right? Maybe you should get a few more, because it turns out hydrogen peroxide is useful for a lot more than putting on cuts and scrapes
Surprising Hydrogen Peroxide Uses You Never Knew About
Yes, it’s a listicle, but I love lists of helpful tips. This article gives you about 30 surprising household uses for hydrogen peroxide. Most involve mixing it with water, baking soda, vinegar, or other ingredients, so those substances should get partial credit. Here are a few items from the list:
Keep Bugs Away: “Try this DIY peroxide pesticide. Mix one-part peroxide to one-part water in a small spray bottle and spray directly on the skin to deter bugs.”
DIY Grout Cleaner: “To mix up this DIY bathroom cleaner, mix up two parts of baking soda with one-part hydrogen peroxide.”
Keep Towels Fresh and Clean: “Try adding a solution of ½ cup vinegar and a ½ cup peroxide to the wash next time you throw them in.”
Encourage Healthy Plant Growth: “To keep your plants looking and feeling well, mix one teaspoon per one cup of water in a spray bottle. Mist the plants, both leaves, and roots, if they look like they could use a boost of nutrients and energy.”
Dissolve Rust: “To remove rust from small metal objects like nuts and bolts, simply fill up a tub with the bubbly liquid. Pop the bolts into the tub and let them sit for 30 minutes.”
Read the article for much more.
Keep moving!
Study: Walk 3,800 to 9,800 steps daily to reduce dementia risk
Walking between 3,800 steps and 9,800 steps daily may significantly reduce an older person's risk of dementia, a new study indicates.
"Our findings suggest that approximately 9,800 steps per day may be optimal to lower the risk of dementia. We estimated the minimum dose at approximately 3,800 steps per day, which was associated with 25% lower incident dementia," the researchers said in a paper published Tuesday in JAMA Neurology.
Fortunately it was extinct
Portuguese Man Accidentally Finds 82-Foot-Long Dinosaur in His Backyard
A Portuguese man accidentally discovered the bones of what may be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe.
While doing construction on his Pombal, Portugal, property in 2017, he noticed fossilized bone fragments in his yard. The man contacted scientists, who began initial excavations later that year.
The effort to dig up this dinosaur has been ongoing, and this month, Spanish and Portuguese paleontologists unearthed more of the gigantic remains. So far, an “important set of elements of the axial skeleton” has been collected—including vertebrae and 10-foot-long ribs, per a statement.
"It's one of the biggest specimens discovered in Europe, perhaps in the world," Elisabete Malafaia, a paleontologist from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lisbon in Portugal, tells Agence France-Presse (AFP).
The bones likely belonged to a sauropod, a type of plant-eating dinosaur with a characteristically long neck and tail.
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