Archive | February 12, 2010

The Benefits of Having a Big Butt

Feb12

Researchers at Harvard Medical School recently discovered that subcutaneous fat, the type found in women’s butts, hips, and thighs, might protect against health problems such as heart disease and diabetes. That means pear-shaped women tend to be healthier than apple-shaped ones.

This basically means if you tend to gain weight anywhere below the waist, you are at less risk for health problems. So women who gain weight easliy in their stomach and arms are more likely to have health problems … interesting …

Some Interesting Valentine’s Day Facts …

Feb12

The history behind Valentine’s Day:

The most popular theory behind the originator of V-Day is a clergyman who was executed for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome in spite of Emperor Claudius II, who felt that marriage weakened his soldiers. In any event, in A.D. 496, Pope Gelasius I declared Feb. 14 as Valentine Day. Through the centuries, the Christian holiday became a time to exchange love messages, and St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, is given credit for selling the first mass-produced valentine cards in the 1840s

Marriage

2.16 million

The number of marriages that took place in the United States in 2008. That breaks down to a little less than 6,000 a day.

112,185

The number of marriages performed in Nevada during 2008. So many couples tie the knot in the Silver State that it ranked fifth nationally in marriages, even though its total population that year among states was 35th. (California ranked first in marriages.)

27.6 and 25.9 years

Median age at first marriage in 2008 for men and women, respectively.

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