Today I learned...

[Urmas]

TIL: Bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung

 

[Ian]

TIL: Bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung

I want to hear that pronounced

 

[bootneck02]

 

[Urmas]

I want to hear that pronounced

Let's make it easier:

Bundes|präsidenten|stichwahl|wiederholungs|verschiebung

http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Bundespraesident
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Stichwahl
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Wiederholung
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Verschiebung

And further down:
Bundes|präsident
Stich|wahl
Wieder|holung
Ver|schiebung

Duden is a great resource — provided that you speak German. HERE (provided by TU Chemnitz) is a good English <——> German dictionary.

(Click on the captions button)

 

[nivrip]

Bundespräsidentenstichwahlwiederholungsverschiebung

I much prefer words like "I" and "a".

But there's always................

rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

which, apparently, means "the law for the delegation of monitoring beef labeling."

And, Mark Twain once said, "Some German words are so long that they have perspective."

 

[bootneck02]

 

[Urmas]

I much prefer words like "I" and "a".

In that case, you may want to visit Ii... or Å.

 

[nivrip]

In that case, you may want to visit Ii... or Å.

"Å became the starting point of a cycling trip from Å to B (with B represented by Bee, Nebraska"

Sounds like a great cycle ride to me. Must find my bike.

 

[Urmas]

TIL: Sweden's best-selling car not a Volvo

Sweden's best-selling car in 2016 was not a Volvo - the first year that has happened in more than half a century.
... ... ...

Volvo was last knocked off top spot in 1962 by a Volkswagen Beetle.

 

[nivrip]

TIL: Sweden's best-selling car not a Volvo

Very surprised that it's a VW Beetle.

VW don't have a good name in some places now.


And now...................... a car joke.

 

[nivrip]

TIL that there are only four basic words in the English language that begin with Dw

They are dwarf, dwell, dwindle and dwine. There are, of course, derivations from these such as dwelling, dwarfism etc.

I had to look up dwine as I'd never heard it before and it means to waste, or pine away. I also found a few weird words, dwale (another word for deadly nightshade), dwam (a stupor or daydream) and dwang (another name for nogging [a horizontal timber in a wooden partition]) but these three seem to be of Northern European origin and are barely used.

So endeth the lesson for today.

 

[Becky]

Nice find @nivrip

 

[muckshifter]

you know, I now visit here first before visiting Mr Google if I'm looking for obscure ... stuff.

 

[Urmas]

WOTD: Nychthemeron

 

[Becky]

Today I learned that living in close proximity to a busy road may increase your chance of developing dementia

The study looked at over 2 million people, and was adjusted for factors such as neighbourhood income levels etc.

The researchers suggest noise, ultrafine particles, nitrogen oxides and particles from tyre-wear may be involved.

However, the study looks only at where people diagnosed with dementia live. It cannot prove that the roads are causing the disease.

Fascinating!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38506735
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32399-6/fulltext

 

[muckshifter]

... dig up all the roads, plant trees, get a horse-n-cart ... no more dementia.

 

[Urmas]

... may increase your chance of developing dementia

Cure: SAUNA

The more frequently saunas were taken, the lower was the risk of dementia. Among those taking a sauna 4–7 times a week, the risk of any form of dementia was 66% lower and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease 65% lower than among those taking a sauna just once a week. The findings were published recently in the Age and Ageing journal.

Abstract HERE

 

[Urmas]

TIL: Your body now has an extra organ

 

[Becky]

Cure: SAUNA

Abstract HERE

That's good to know! I hope we are indeed getting closer to understand the triggers and cures here - Dementia and Alzheimers are awful conditions.

 

[Becky]

TIL: Your body now has an extra organ

The upgrade must have taken place when I was in standby mode, I don't remember it