My fave Kenyanism word: Rada? Depending on the context it could mean WTF? It could mean “seriously?”. It could mean “what’s up?”. It could mean “the hell’s wrong with you?” And you can understand it by the tone someone uses when saying it, and I find it so beautiful.
@Herefortheword@Bqmbulu It's all a matter of perspective. What's wise according to you is stupid to someone else. Furthermore, if they excel in stupidity, what's your problem? You are just projecting what you are.
YouTubers be like “wake up at 4am and run, that’s alpha!” No, it’s not. Look at apex predators; they’re all lazy. Bears hibernate, lions sleep all day. You know who wakes up at 4am and runs? Squirrels.
The back of a Namibian laborer covered in scar tissue from years of whipping by a German farmer named Ludwig Cramer, (1912–1913).
Taken by the Rhenish missionary Johann Jakob Irle.
The chairlady just like all women from her generation are obsessed with one thing . Shinny sufurias, aaaah it's a ritual for her ,she polishes them for hours every Saturday morning using secrets ave been warned never to share .
It goes deeper than this ,she has special sufurias for different things ,the milk sufuria can't cook anything else, I once put some tea inside and she went and bought another one saying that was was ruined. For years I thought it was just her ,it's all of them ave done the research .
Happy mothers day to her .
My favorite part about life is meeting new people , listening to their stories without judgement and learning new things . Some stories I hear are cautionary,some inspirational but once in a while I listen to a story that shakes my beliefs and constitution that it keeps me awake at night .
Yesterday I met a 60 year old woman who choose to stay child free , she never got married and never owned a house . She told me something incredible, she has lived in all almost every major city in the country. She has been to about 15 countries so far and is in the process of trying her luck to move to Canada permanently.
When the urge to move comes she doesn't consult or consider anyone,she just packs her clothes and moves away .
This goes to show that being married and having kids is not the marking scheme to a happy life . You can be alone but not lonely.
What usually gets posted: beautiful sunset photos.
What actually happens like in this trip:
3 breakdowns.
8+ deep mud recoveries.
1 scorpion bite.
Zero people abandoned.
The terrain was hard.
The people were harder.
That's the real story.
The research behind this is wild. Your kitchen sponge has the same density of bacteria as human stool. German scientists found 54 billion bacterial cells per cubic centimeter inside used sponges in 2017. Yours is sitting right next to your sink.
Sponges are the perfect home for bacteria. They are wet, warm, full of food bits, and never fully dry between washes. Across all 14 sponges, the team found 362 different types of bacteria. The most common species include strains that can make people sick.
In 2011, the public health group NSF International swabbed 30 things in 22 American homes. The dirtiest object in the entire house was the kitchen sponge. It was dirtier than the toilet seat. 75% of the sponges tested positive for the kind of bacteria that includes Salmonella and E. coli.
Microwaving does not clean the sponge. The 2017 study found microwaved sponges had higher amounts of the smelliest, most harmful bacteria. Heat kills the weak strains. The strong ones survive and refill the sponge with no competition for space.
A 2021 Norwegian study compared kitchen sponges to dish brushes. In brushes, Salmonella was wiped out within three days because the bristles dry out between uses. In sponges, bacteria climbed to about a billion cells per sponge. The lead researcher told CNN that one kitchen sponge can hold more bacteria than there are people on Earth.
Three things actually work. Switch to a dish brush, because brushes dry fully between uses while sponges stay wet for hours. Replace your sponge every one to two weeks. Never leave it sitting wet in the sink. Norway and Denmark already do this by default, but most other countries don't.
The detergent is fine. Your sponge is the problem.