A sad and disturbing look at why deadly viruses like SARS and Covid-19 keep emerging from China.

Each year, approximately 35,000 people attempt climbing Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding mountain in the world. Only two-thirds of them are usually successful, mostly due to altitude-related problems. The fastest ascent was made in 2010 by Spain’s Kilian Jornet, age 22. He made it in 5 hours, 23 minutes, and 50 seconds.

Funny lady!

There are more chickens in America than people on the planet.

Just what you’d expect from a video titled “Be Grateful for Today.” Whaat surprised me was that it worked.

You are about one centimeter taller in the morning than at night.

Accidents with wildlife cost more than a billion a year. This is an interesting short on safe wildlife road crossings.

In Singapore, it’s illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

A true yoga master

It is common knowledge that in sports involving strength and speed, men have natural advantages that women lack – and that’s why we segregate those sports by gender. In a recent review of track and field events, for example, the year’s world’s-best performance for women was bested by at least 10 boys under 18 in every category. And when the women were compared to men, it was much worse. In the 100-meter dash, the best women’s result was beaten more than 10,000 times by men. And in the 800-meter, the best woman’s result was beaten more than 14,000 times by men.

Now, you might think that this would hold true for martial arts, and it generally does. But not always. See “Look at This,” below…