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 The peanut, being a popular food product, has a surprising number of alternative uses. In fact, 18th century farming specialist George Washington Carver discovered about 300 hundred different uses for peanuts. We are currently enjoying some of Carver’s food-related discoveries like peanut oil, salted peanuts, or peanut milk. Unknown to some people, he also found several unusual uses for peanuts. Here are some of them:
Peanut Soap – Peanut oil is composed mostly of monounsaturated fat. Fat is one of the primary ingredients of soap. Soap fats are responsible for displacing dirt and germs from our bodies, given its thick and sticky base. Peanut oil, for that matter, is thick enough to be a good component of soap. You can make peanut soap by mixing the oil with water, coconut oil, and lye.
Biodiesel Fuel – Did you know that the diesel engine was originally created for peanut oil? The first engines created by inventor Rudolf Diesel ran on various vegetable oils. Today, using peanut oil to power diesel engines can be futile. You can instead use a large amount of concentrated peanut oil to power biodiesel motors. The use of biodiesel motors is slowly gaining fame, given the current fuel prices. You might as well make an engine switch, if you want travel cost-effectively.
 Peanut Laxative – As a laxative, the peanut is not as potent as some of the other known medicenes but it is certainly more delicious than any of them. If you are constipated, you can just snack on a bag of peanuts while watching a movie or a prestigious sporting event. The oil of the nuts will eventually act up on your tummy, improving your bowel movement in the process. Talk about having a good time before taking a dump.
Peanut Dye – Peanuts can never be used for producing colors like food coloring but its oil can act as the base of dyes. The slightly viscous and sticky fluid ensures that the color of dye will stick on many surfaces. If you are not satisfied with peanut oil as a base, you can just mix it with other ingredients to increase its viscosity.
Peanut Shampoo – After watching too many episodes of MacGyver, you probably want to make your own nifty invention. You can make your own shampoo made of peanut oil and Castilla Soap. Just mix the two ingredients in a blender and add scent enhancing materials like lavender or rosemary oil.
 Peanut Insecticide – For some reason, ants and some pests do not like peanut oil. Some manufacturers of insecticides, in fact, add the edible oil when creating their products. Its components is believed to be toxic to several household pests. In any case, you can just splash a good amount of peanut oil at an ant line and they will all drown upon making contact with the sticky fluid.
Peanut Explosive – Peanuts can be used as an ingredient for creating nitroglycerin. The acids that make up peanut oil can act as substitutes for some of the acids used in formulating nitroglycerin. As dangerous as the resulting solution may be, you cannot readily create peanut nitroglycerin, so don’t worry about your favorite snack exploding inside your tummy anytime soon.
Peanut Axle Grease – At first, using peanut oil to create grease may sound silly. Grease is simply too viscous to be made from a relatively thin solution like peanut oil. Now, if you combine peanut oil with rosin oil and lime solution, you might be surprised with the result. You can start applying the resulting mixture on the axles of your automobile.
Peanut Seat Cushion – Some shelled nuts are hard to open even if you have powerful fingers. For these stubborn items, you can use them as substitutes for the contents of beaded seat cushions. Shelled peanuts may shatter when supporting heavy people. You can cover the nuts with a layer of cotton to give them added durability.
Peanut Shell Charcoal – Try observing peanuts when they are being cooked. You will notice that peanut shells do not burn easily. They can absorb decent amounts of heat and even help in cooking their contents. Look at those features closely and you will be reminded of charcoal. If you are peanut lover, you can store shells until you fill up an entire garbage bag. You can then use those peanut containers as good substitutes for charcoal.
 Peanut Soil Conditioner – Burying peanuts along with your garden plants is a good idea. The nuts release oil that adds nourishment and richness to the soil. Your plants will be healthier since they can readily acquire food from the soil. If you want a more direct approach to soil conditioning, you can apply peanut oil on your garden. Its effects may be short term, but your plants will be instantly satisfied.
Peanut Glue – Peanut-based glue may not be the most efficient adhesive but it is pretty easy to make. During your free time, you can mix peanut oil with flour and corn oil. Transfer the mixture onto a frying pan then add boiling water. Stir the solution thoroughly. Once it stiffens, your peanut glue is ready to use.

1. In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.
2. In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
3. Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
   
4. In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
5. In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
6. It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.
7. In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.
8. California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
9. In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.
10. In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.
11. In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.
12. In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
13. In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.
14. A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.
15. In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
16. In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.
17. In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a police officer !     
18. In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
19. In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.
20. In Ohio, one must have a license to keep a bear.
21. In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday.
22. In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates.
23. In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to jump off a bridge.
24. In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street.
25. In Florida, it is against the law to put livestock on a school bus.
26. In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.
27. In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street!     
28. In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight.
29. In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.
30. In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to leave chewing gum in public places.
31. In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
32. In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
33. In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder.
34. In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.
35. In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
36. In Kentucky, it is illegal for a merchant to force a person into his place of business for the purpose of making a sale.
37. It is against the law in Connecticut for a man to write love letters to a girl whose mother or father has forbidden the relationship.
38. In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.
39. In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light !     
40. In Phoenix, Arizona, you can't walk through a hotel lobby with spurs on.
41. In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing.
42. In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples.
43. In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle.
44. In North Carolina, it is against the law for a rabbit to race down the street.
45. In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor.
46. In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment.
47. In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave.
48. The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.
49. In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle. 
50. In Tennessee,Students may not hold hands while at school.They claim its a gateway to sexual activities
51. In Michigan, it's illegal to cheat on your spouse . A statute on the books since 1931 makes adultery a felony — punishable by a maximum of four years in prison and a $5,000 fine. And if a married man sleeps with a single woman (or vice versa), even the unmarried party is considered guilty and liable for punishment. 

1. There are over 58 million dogs in the U.S!
2. Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion worth of pet food a year!
3. Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!
4. Humans blink over 10,000,000 times a year! 
5. In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II was named an "Honorary Harlem Globetrotter."!
6. Every second, Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate
7. A fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks!
8. The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia!.. More fears...
9. There are approximately fifty Bibles sold each minute across the world!
10. Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
11. An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!
12. A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!
13. Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!
14. One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
15. More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!
16. In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds!
17. Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
18. Baby robins eat 14 feet of earthworms every day!     
19. In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
20. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
21. The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice!
22. The average person laughs 13 times a day!
23. Dogs can hear sounds that you cant!
24. Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
25. It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them! 
26. Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
27. Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions!
28. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!
29. Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States!
30. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
31. The most used letter in the English alphabet is 'E', and 'Q' is the least used!
32. There are more than 50,000 earthquakes throughout the world every year!
33. The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'! 
34. Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!
35. The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven!
36. Nose prints are used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!     
37. Bulls are colorblind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!
38. Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings!
39. Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!
40. A hard working adult sweats up to 4 gallons per day. Most of the sweat evaporates before a person realizes it's there, though!
41. The average ice berg weighs 20,000,000 tons!
42. The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people!
43. A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
44. After eating, a housefly regurgitates its food and then eats it again!

1. During your lifetime, you'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food, that's the weight of about 6 elephants!
2. Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!
3. Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
4. The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
5. In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
6. There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones! 
7. About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
8. More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones!
9. A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!
10. Your ribs move about 5 million times a year, every time you breathe!
11. In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
12. Slugs have 4 noses!
13. Recycling one glass jar, saves enough energy to watch T.V for 3 hours!
14. Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
15.  Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!     
16. The average American/Canadian drinks about 600 sodas a year!
17. It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
18. There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses! 
19. Honeybees have a type of hair on their eyes!
20. ....rest your eyes.. there's plenty more where that came from........
21. The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
22. Eskimo ice cream is neither icy, or creamy!
23. A jellyfish is 95 percent water!
24. In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
25. The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs!
26. A company in Taiwan makes dinnerware out of wheat, so you can eat your plate!
27. More Monopoly money is printed in a year, than real money printed throughout the world!
28. The elephant is one of the few mammals that can't jump! 
29. The penguin is the only bird who can swim, but not fly!
30. Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States!
31. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!     
32. America once issued a 5-cent bill!
33. You'll eat about 35,000 cookies in a lifetime! Wow!
34. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different!
35. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and month! Interesting tries from our readers: orange: door hinge, melange (French for mix) purple: hurtle, durple?, turtle month: once, bunth?, hunch
36. Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings!
37. Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung!
38. A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow!
39. A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue! 
40. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
41. Here are some interesting numbers to look at! (*1997)
42. 166,875,000,000 pieces of mail are delivered each year in the U.S!
43. 1,525,000,000 miles of telephone wire a strung across the U.S!
44. 123,000,000 cars are being driven down the U.S's highways!
45. 85,000,000 tons of paper are used each year in the U.S!
46. 56,000,000 people go to Major League baseball each year!
47. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
48. The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head!
49. In Tokyo, they sell toupees for dogs!

1. Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!
2. In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
3. There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
4. Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
5. Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
6. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card!
7. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos! 
8. There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!
9. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off! 
10. Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
11. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
12. Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
13. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
14. One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year! 
15. The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
16. Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!
17. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!
18. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
19. A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!
20. A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!
21. The Philadelphia mint produces 26 million pennies per day!     
22. A lightning bolt generates temperatures five times hotter than those found at the sun's surface!
23. A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
24. It is estimated that 4 million "junk" telephone calls, phone solicitations by persons or programmed machine are made every day in the United States! 
25. It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
26. Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
27. Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
28. The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rubber around car windows!
29. Most lipstick contains fish scales!
30. Skepticism is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!
31. One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
32. It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!
33. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!     
34. No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
35. A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein!
36. Over 2500 left handed people a year are killed from using products made for right handed people!
37. There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building!
38. If you counted 24 hours a day, it would take 31,688 years to reach one trillion!
39. Taphephobia is the fear of being buried alive!
40. A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth! 
41. The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
42. Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
43. A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
44. Porcupines float in water!
45. Pinocchio is Italian for "pine eye"!
46. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!
47. The average life span of a major league baseball is 5-7 pitches!
48. The Mint once considered producing doughnut-shaped coins!
49. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable"!
50. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!
51. The sloth (a mammal) moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur!
52. Cat urine glows under a black-light!
53. The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1!
54. The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
55. Windmills always turn counter-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
56. A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average!
57. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand! 
58. The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times!
59. Human teeth are almost as hard as rocks!
60. A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
61. Ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone!
62. A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
63. A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove!
64.  Hummingbirds can weigh less than a penny!!   
65. Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee!
66. The Earth weighs around 6,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 tons (5,940 billion billion metric tons)!
67. A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off - it dies from starvation!
68. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie!
69. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year! 
70. It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!
71. One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
72. The average American/Canadian will eat about 11.9 pounds of cereal per year!
73. It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska!
74. you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
75. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
76. Over 10,000 birds a year die from smashing into windows!
77. The state of Florida is bigger than England!
78. There are more than one million animal species on Earth!
79. In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits
80. It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland! 
81. Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day
82. Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!

It takes a lot to shock Maury Povich.But the talk show host admitted that even he couldn't believe it when a woman came on the show to prove her ex-boyfriend was the father of her twins - only to find that he was the father of just one of them.
Speaking about the revelation, which was aired live on his show, he admitted he did not even think this was possible.
He said: 'The show has very dramatic and very edgy themes which I think are played out in American society. The most unusual dramatic DNA theme was when the woman came on the show and had different fathers to her twins.'

Regina contacted the Maury show to try to prove that her ex-boyfriend Eric was responsible for her twins.

When Povich read out the DNA results and announced that Eric was the father of just one of her twins, he had to explain to a visibly shocked audience that this was not beyond the realms of possibility.

When it happened a second time on the show in 2008, to 19-year-old Alejandrina and her ex-boyfriend Jose, he was armed with the facts.He said: 'I want to explain about this situation. Its happened before on this show with fraternal twins. Less than one per cent of fraternal twins are from different fathers, to be accurate 0.001 per cent of the time and this is one of those less than one per cent.'

This occurrence is so uncommon that only a few cases have been documented in medical records.

In rare instances when twins are conceived by different fathers, it's called heteropaternal superfecundation, which occurs when two or more of a woman's eggs are fertilized by different men within the same ovulation period.

Before the results were read out, Alejandrina promised that she had not slept with anyone else while she was with Jose and broke down in tears when the truth came out.

He said his ex was a 'party girl' and said the test results proved she was a 'whore'.

Jose said he would take responsibility for the one child while Povich told Alejandrina that they would do another paternity test if she was able to find the father of her second child.

In May 2009, Mia Washington from Texas also gave birth to twins with different fathers.

She and her fiancé ordered a paternity test when they noticed the twins had very different features. She then admitted to having an affair.

An anti-rape device is a product used for preventing, or deterring, rape. In the 15th century, chastity

The rape-axe is a latex sheath embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing barbs. It is designed to be worn by a woman in her vagina like a female condom. If an attacker was to attempt vaginal rape, his penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the person excruciating pain during withdrawal and hopefully giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the man’s body and could only be removed by a doctor, which would alert hospital staff and police. Once the device is utilized, the perpetrator would not be able to walk or urinate.

The device was revealed to the public in 2005, but did not get distributed until 2010, when 30,000 of the condoms were passed out before the World Cup in South Africa. Some critics of the product have objected to Ehlers’ invention, calling it “vengeful, horrible, and disgusting” and are opposed to its sale in drugstores. Other critics fear that the device could possibly enrage an attacker and further jeopardize the victim. Ehlers asserts that she created the product in gradual steps. “I consulted engineers, gynecologists and psychologists to help in the design and make sure it was safe.” Ehlers has also pointed out that some women in South Africa take extreme measures to prevent rape, such as placing razor blades in their nether regions.
belts were designed for this purpose. In the last ten years, a collection of anti-rape devices have been marketed in areas of the world that have high rates of sexual abuse, such as South Africa. One such device is the rape-axe, or anti-rape female condom. The rape-axe was invented by a South African woman named Sonnet Ehlers. She was inspired to create the product after working with a patient who had experienced a traumatizing event. The woman said to Ehlers: “If only I had teeth down there,” referring to the myth of the vagina dentata (or toothed vagina).

Physicians at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have cured 12 adult patients of sickle cell disease using a unique procedure for stem cell transplantation from healthy, tissue-matched siblings.
The transplants were the first to be performed outside of the National Institutes of Health campus in Maryland, where the procedure was developed. Physicians there have treated 30 patients, with an 87 per cent success rate. The results of the phase I/II clinical trial at UI Health, in which 92 per cent of treated patients were cured, are published online in the journalBiology of Blood & Marrow Transplantation.The new technique eliminates the need for chemotherapy to prepare the patient to receive the transplanted cells and offers the prospect of cure for tens of thousands of adults suffering from sickle cell disease.
About 90 per cent of the approximately 450 patients who have received stem cell transplants for sickle cell disease have been children. Chemotherapy has been considered too risky for adult patients, who are often more weakened than children by the disease.
“Adults with sickle cell disease are now living on average until about age 50 with blood transfusions and drugs to help with pain crises, but their quality of life can be very low,” says Dr. Damiano Rondelli, chief of hematology/oncology and director of the blood and marrow transplant program at UI Health, and corresponding author on the paper.
“Now, with this chemotherapy-free transplant, we are curing adults with sickle cell disease, and we see that their quality of life improves vastly within just one month of the transplant,” said Rondelli, who is also the Michael Reese Professor of Hematology in the UIC College of Medicine. “They are able to go back to school, go back to work, and can experience life without pain.”
Sickle cell disease is inherited. It primarily affects people of African descent, including about one in every 500 African Americans born in the U.S. The defect causes the oxygen-carrying red blood cells to be crescent shaped, like a sickle. The misshapen cells deliver less oxygen to the body’s tissues, causing severe pain and eventually stroke or organ damage.
Doctors have known for some time that bone marrow transplantation from a healthy donor can cure sickle cell disease. But few adults were transplanted because high-dose chemotherapy was needed to kill off the patients’ own blood-forming cells — and their entire immune system, to prevent rejection of the transplanted cells, leaving patients open to infection.
In the new procedure, patients receive immunosuppressive drugs just before the transplant, along with a very low dose of total body irradiation — a treatment much less harsh and with fewer potentially serious side effects than chemotherapy.
Next, donor cells from a healthy and tissue-matched sibling are transfused into the patient. Stem cells from the donor produce healthy new blood cells in the patient, eventually in sufficient quantity to eliminate symptoms. In many cases, sickle cells can no longer be detected. Patients must continue to take immunosuppressant drugs for at least a year.
In the reported trial, the researchers transplanted 13 patients, 17 to 40 years of age, with a stem cell preparation from the blood of a tissue-matched sibling. Healthy sibling donor-candidates and patients were tested for human leukocyte antigen, a set of markers found on cells in the body. Ten of these HLA markers must match between the donor and the recipient for the transplant to have the best chance of evading rejection.
In a further advance of the NIH procedure, physicians at UI Health successfully transplanted two patients with cells from siblings who matched for HLA but had a different blood type.
In all 13 patients, the transplanted cells successfully took up residence in the marrow and produced healthy red blood cells. One patient who failed to follow the post-transplant therapy regimen reverted to the original sickle cell condition.

A most sensitive, soft, supple, curved, attractive, warm, and sexy part of women body is…Breasts. From the beginning of the time, they have been a focus of sexual attraction, fashion, and health. In addition to the stimulation of sexual desire, breasts are also known as a symbol of femininity and beauty. Breasts can be included in the list of first things that men notice in women. These all are the reasons, why most women are always attentive about their breasts. But excluding these basic things, there are many other fascinating facts about women's breasts for which you should be aware of. In this article, there are 15 Lesser-Known Fascinating Breast Facts that will surely wonder you.

1) In most women, the left and right breast is usually not the same and for some reason the left one is usually larger.

2) When breasts get stimulated, they swell up and get bigger & erect – similar to the penis!!! Around 1 percent of women can reach orgasm really just by arousal of their breast.

3) When stimulated, the average female nipple gets erect and measures 3/8 inch in length that is somewhat longer than 5 stacked quarters.

4) The weight of an average breast measures around 0.5 kg (1.1 lb). Each average breast holds around 4 to 5% of body’s total fat and thereby holds around 1% of the total body weight in an average woman.

5) The average breast size among women in the United States has been increased to 36C from 34B in just 15 years.

6) In comparison to the cow’s milk, woman’s breast milk is sweeter and contains more essential fatty acids, more vitamin E, more iron and less sodium.

7) Sheyla Hershey, a Brazilian woman made the Guinness World Record for having world's largest breast implants in 2009. After 9 surgeries and 10,000cc silicone implants, she achieved her breasts size of 38KKK. 10,000cc is equal to 2.6 gallons.

8) In 2008, breast enlargement surgery was the no.1 cosmetic procedure in the United States with 307,230 surgeries, which is above the nose surgeries standing at 279,000 and liposuction standing at 245,000. In these surgeries, 28% of patients were 40-54 yr, 35% of 30-39 yr and 30% of 20-29 yr.

9) The average cost of breast enlargement surgery is about $3700, which includes the cost of initial implant, fees of surgeon, cost of hospitalization and anesthesia. This cost is just for the initial implant. Some other surgeries are often necessitated by women to fix rippling, wrinkling, & ruptures.

10) In the early days of surgical breast enlargement, surgeons tried various sorts of implants made from weird ingredients like glass balls, ivory, ox cartilage, ground rubber, polyester, and silicone injections. These all implants had given disastrous outcomes. Breast enlargement surgery using silicone injections was very popular in the 1960s, which ultimately caused severe health complications like disfigurement and granulomas.

11) Around 17,903 breast reduction surgeries were performed on men in 2008, as well as, nearly 20,967 women got rid of their breast implants during the same year.

12) Studies suggest that breastfeeding doesn’t contribute to the sagging of breasts but cigarette smoking does. Cigarettes contain chemicals, which break down the elastin protein of human skin and thereby eliminate the skin elasticity, causing smokers to have saggy breasts.

13) In 5% cases, newborn infants produce breast milk for the first two months after birth. This is called witch's milk or Neonatal milk, and it can secrete in both sexes.

14) The women who do not want to wear a bra can legally go topless in the states of New York, Ohio, Maine, Hawaii and Texas. However, they can still be arrested on public nuisance laws. On the contrary, women found topless on public places and beaches of Dubai are thrown in jail for 6 months.

15) Bra like garments are in use from the 7th century BC but the large scale production has been started only in the 1930s. Today, the bra industry makes a business of $16 billion annually.

There are millions of things about pregnancy that aren’t listed in books and that no one ever tells you about. For instance, did you know that being pregnant can cause you to have perpetual hiccups for months on end?.. And that’s not even the strangest.
Here are 26 strange and interesting pregnancy facts that I’d bet you didn’t know.
1.) During the second half of pregnancy your baby will pee about a liter a day. Where does all of that urine go you ask? The baby swallows it. Consider it your kid's first lesson in recycling.
2. When nearing the end of pregnancy, a woman's placenta produces more estrogen in one day than a non-pregnant woman will produce in three years.
3. It's common for women to experience change in skin tone during pregnancy. It happens about 90% of the time.Saying a pregnant woman is glowing is a common expression, but most people chalk it up to the woman's excitement about becoming a mommy. As it turns out though, glowing skin is a very real thing for pregnant women. While you're pregnant, the amount of blood in your body will increase by 50%. The extra blood ends up showing through the skin in many areas, particularly the cheeks.On top of this, hormones cause the oil glands to become more active, resulting in a softer, shinier appearance. When the increased blood flow combines with shine, the result is a noticeable glow.
4. Studies have shown that babies can taste what the mother is eating. Strong flavors like garlic are especially able to pass through the amniotic fluid.
5.Babies cry in the womb. Not because they're upset, more as practice for their big day.
6.Pregnant women and new mothers can lactate at the sound of a baby crying, even if it's not their baby.
7. The baby's fingerprints are formed within the first three months of pregnancy.
8. Your heart grows:Progesterone softens the joints. Your ribcage stretches out and, as your uterus grows, everything else in your body shifts about. Organs, such as the heart and live, enlarge too, due to their extra workload.
9. Your bones soften:High levels of the hormones oestrogen and relaxin cause ligaments throughout your body to relax, including those in your back. The extra strain on the muscles and joints of the lower back area can cause back pain.
10. Your body can swell anywhere.Extra fluid circulating can sometimes cause swelling (oedema) throughout your whole body, but more commonly in the ankles due to interstitial fluid building up.
11. Your skin changes.Hormones mean skin can dry out. Extra collagen in your skin tears when it stretches, causing stretchmarks. They won't go after the birth but may fade.Help your body - Use a body moisturiser to improve the condition of your skin.
12. Blue veins appear.Some people are genetically predisposed to varicose veins, some aren't. Light exercise and support tights may help.
13. Your womb holds a pint of water.At the start of pregnancy, your uterus is the size of a small Conference pear. By the end of the nine months it's more like an oversized watermelon, holding a baby and at least a pint of water, so it's not surprising you feel twinges as it grows, especially as it will be touching the bottom of your ribs. At 16-20 weeks you may feel slight pain caused by some ligaments beginning to stretch.
14. Your hair's thicker,Your hair becomes glossy and thicker due to the oestrogen receptors it contains. It is thicker because growth has slowed down and hair loss is reduced.
15. You're more stretchy .To prepare your body for childbirth, the hormone, relaxin, reduces cartilage and ligament density, so you can stretch parts of your body a lot more than normal.
16. Your hands tingle.Numbness and tingling may be a sign of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - pressure on a nerve where it passes into the hand at the wrist. Anyone can get it, but you're more at risk in pregnancy. It usually disappears after birth.
17. You produce more blood.Your total volume of blood is 50% higher than usual and cardiac output (the amount of blood pumped out with each heartbeat) increases by 40%. You manufacture 20% extra red blood cells to carry more oxygen around your body. It's normal to feel out of breath at times in the later months. But breathlessness can be a sign of anaemia so if you're concerned, ask your midwife to check your iron levels.
18. Your baby gets food before you.It's important to eat healthily in pregnancy. The baby will take all the nutrients he needs, but this can leave you lacking, especially in iron. Your GP can provide iron tablets if you're anaemic.Help your body - Vitamin C in a glass of orange juice helps your body absorb iron. Most breakfast cereals are fortified with iron, too.
19. You breathe deeper.As your uterus grows, the diaphragm is compressed, It seems difficult to breathe deeply, but you actually breathe more air.
20. Your pelvic muscles stretch.Incontinence caused by childbirth is decreasing as women get better at doing pelvic floor exercises.
21. Your face darkens.The ‘mask of pregnancy' is caused by a change of pigment in your skin across your nose and cheeks in a butterfly shape. It only seems to affect some women, but no-one knows why.
22. Your tummy develops a line.Some women develop a dark line on their abdomen in pregnancy. This is known as the linea nigra and is caused by higher melatonin levels, but it's not known why it develops. It tends to affect women with dark colouring more than those with fairer complexions.
23. Your boobs keep changing. Many women worry unnecessarily that breastfeeding will ruin the shape of their boobs. In fact, any change in shape is actually caused by the pregnancy itself and not by breastfeeding your baby. Proper support at this time is vital to support the muscles in your chest wall as there's no muscle tissue in your breast.
24. Your teeth need extra care.It used to be said that a woman lost one tooth for each of her pregnancies. Thankfully, that's no longer the case for women who have a healthy, varied diet. But your gums are vulnerable now and gingivitis, or bleeding gums, is very common. It's important to make the most of the free dental treatment you are entitled to (up until your baby is 12 months old) and see your dentist and hygienist regularly.
25. Digestion slows.Progesterone slows your digestion early on so your body can absorb more nutrients to pass to your baby. It can cause constipation.Help your body - Have plenty of fluids, fruit and vegetables. Light exercise will also help digestion.
26. Your blood clots faster.Your blood clots more easily now, a protective mechanism so you don't bleed to death when the placenta is delivered. There's a concern that a clot in the calf may fragment, and cause clots elsewhere, particularly if you've had thrombosis or are overweight.
 

1. There is a town in Jamaica called ABEOKUTA. It was founded by former slaves from present-day Ogun State who were brought to a plantation in that part of Jamaica.
2· In Turkish, the bird we call a Turkey is called “Hindi” (“from India”wink. In India, it’s called “Peru.” In Arabic, the bird is called “Greek chicken”; in Greek it’s called “French chicken”; and in French it’s called “Indian chicken.” The bird is indigenous to none of these places.
3· The letter ‘i’ that Apple uses (in their products iPhone, iPad, iMac, iPod) stands for “Interactive”.
4· Edward James Roye, the fifth president of Liberia, was of Igbo descent.
5· President Robert Mugabe is Africa’s oldest Head of State and the world’s second oldest Head of State. He was born in 1924.
6· The name”Nigeria” was coined by Flora Shaw, the wife of Lord Lugard, Nigeria’s Governor-General from 1914 to 1919.
7· There is a high school in Kingston, Jamaica named CALABAR High School, the capital of Cross River State.
8· Queen Elizabeth II is the only person who travels to any country without International Passport.
9· Ebun House, located at 85 Odunfa Street, was the first three-story building built in Lagos. It was constructed in 1914.
10· The city of Port Harcourt (capital ofRivers State) was named after Lewis Vernon Harcourt in 1913 by Frederick Lugard. It was originally known as Iguocha.
11· There are 3 things the Human Brain cannot resist noticing –Food, Attractive People and Danger.
12· The CMS Grammar School in Lagos, Nigeria is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria. It was founded on June 6, 1859.
13· The first book written in the Igbo language (Isoama-Ibo :A Primer) was by Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the renowned Yoruba/Creole bishop.
14· Gatwick Airport in London, which is not that far from Heathrow Airport also in London, England is owned by Nigerian businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi.
15· The Naira, Nigeria’s currency, was named by Obafemi Awolowo.
16· Nigerian staple food cassava was brought to West Africa from Brazil by the Portuguese.
17. The Official Residence of the President of Barbados, a Caribbean country, very close to Jamaica and Bahamas, is called Oronna Court. The name Oronna was used by two Barbadorian Citizens close to a decade in tracing their origin to Ilaro in Ogun state. One was named Odewale and the other was named Aramide Oronna( the German Shephard man) was one of the hero/founders of Ilaro town alongside Iya Ala. Oronnais just like the likes of Lisabi and Shodeke in Egbaland.