Curious reading

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

It isn’t just an old wives’ tale that says fish is good for brain and the more fish you eat the smarter you will be. “Brain foods”, according to scientists, also include:

· Egg, yolk;

· Rye, oats, barley and rice;

· Vegetables, especially greens and peppers;

· Oils (for example, olive oil).

But fish, especially salmon, herring and mackerel, is the brainiest of all!

FOOD THAT DOES NOT SPOIL

Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archeologists and found edible!

POOR DEARS

Believe it or not, but the average man will spend 145 days of his life shaving and will have removed around 25 metres of beard from his face by the time he retires!

HOW TO BECOME LUCKY

New research suggests that people are not born lucky but create and improve their own good luck as they go through life.

Dr. Richard Wiseman has spent 10 years trying to find out why some people are luckier than others. He has come to the conclusion that lucky people, without realizing it, follow four basic principles:

· They expect good luck to come their way and go through life in the certainty that the future will be positive.

· They are good at spotting and creating opportunities and make the most of chances they get. They aren’t afraid of new experiences.

· They have the ability to cope with bad luck – they imagine how things might have been worse and find a way to make things better. They try to turn bad luck into good luck.

Dr. Wiseman has even set up a Luck School for people who want to become luckier. And he says that people who attend it have been more fortunate already.

“You really do make your own luck” says the scientist.

TEEN SUPERSTITIONS

Do you believe in ghosts? According to a survey, British teens do. Here are some figures:

· 40% are convinced that ghosts exist;

· 35% say they believe in horoscopes;

· 30% believe it possible to contact the spirits of the dead;

· 22% believe that fortune tellers can see into the future;

· 20% believe in black magic.

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