The Wise Book of Whys by Daven Hiskey, Today I Found Out.com
Authors: Daven Hiskey, Today I Found Out.com
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very lady like for women to ride their bikes as roughly as some men anyways.
This tradition has continued to this day, even though most women don't go around riding bikes in dresses or skirts anymore . For the most part on modern bikes this weakening of the frame by slanting the crossbar isn't significant enough to cause any concern for the bike’s structural integrity, even on rough terrain, given modern materials that the frames are made of. Indeed, many BMX bikes for men are now designed with the slanted crossbar to reduce the chance of injury while doing tricks.
Among high- end bikes made for women, this tradition of not having a horizontal crossbar is starting to go away, even though the added strength from a horizontal crossbar isn't typically necessary anymore, particularly with carbon fiber frames. Although, in extremely high end bikes where every gram counts, this can be a factor in illuminating some material. On these high-end bikes, the differences between the men's and the women's bikes now tend to be reflected in the design by accounting for the shorter torsos and arms on most women, modified hip placement, modified seat design, and things of this nature.
Why Potatoes are Also Called “Spuds”
Among other definitions, a “spud” is a “sharp, narrow spade” used to dig up large roo ted plants. Around the mid-nineteenth century (first documented reference in 1845 in New Zealand), this implement of destruction began lending its name to one of the things it was often used to dig up, namely potatoes. This caught on throughout the English-speaking world and this slang term for a potato is still common to this day.
A false origin you might hear of how potatoes first began being called “spuds” is that it came from the nineteenth century group “The Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet” (SPUD), who, among other things, felt potatoes shouldn’t be eaten. Besides that the real origin is known and well documented, previous to the mid-twentieth century, while abbreviations were prevalent in text, pronouncing them as words was not something people typically did, being something of a very modern phenomenon. In fact, according to linguist David Wilton, “There is only one known pre-twentieth-century [English] word with an acronymic origin and it was in vogue for only a short time in 1886. The word is “colinderies” or “colinda,” an acronym for the Colonial and Indian Exposition held in London in that year.”
No surprise then that the word “acronym” didn’t pop up until 1943.
Beyond referring to potatoes, the ultimate origin of the word “spud” isn’t known, first showing up in English around 1440 referring to a short dagger, possibly from the Dutch “spyd”, the Old Norse “spjot” (spear), or the Latin “spad-” (sword). Whatever the case, after the fifteenth century, the word expanded from meaning “a short dagger” to also referring to various types of digging implements and eventually to those tubers we all know and love: potatoes.
Why Beans Give You Gas
It’s the job of your digestive system to break down the foods you take in, allowing the nutrients to “cross-over” into the different body systems and organs for use as fuel. Each different part breaks these foods down differently. For example, the mouth chews it up into smaller parts, and the stomach uses enzymes and acids to further break it down. The food then goes to the small intestine where most of the nutrients that come from our food (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates) get absorbed into the bloodstream by a process called diffusion. What is left over is then passed to the large intestine whose main job is the absorption of water that remains in the indigestible residue of food. A
This tradition has continued to this day, even though most women don't go around riding bikes in dresses or skirts anymore . For the most part on modern bikes this weakening of the frame by slanting the crossbar isn't significant enough to cause any concern for the bike’s structural integrity, even on rough terrain, given modern materials that the frames are made of. Indeed, many BMX bikes for men are now designed with the slanted crossbar to reduce the chance of injury while doing tricks.
Among high- end bikes made for women, this tradition of not having a horizontal crossbar is starting to go away, even though the added strength from a horizontal crossbar isn't typically necessary anymore, particularly with carbon fiber frames. Although, in extremely high end bikes where every gram counts, this can be a factor in illuminating some material. On these high-end bikes, the differences between the men's and the women's bikes now tend to be reflected in the design by accounting for the shorter torsos and arms on most women, modified hip placement, modified seat design, and things of this nature.
Why Potatoes are Also Called “Spuds”
Among other definitions, a “spud” is a “sharp, narrow spade” used to dig up large roo ted plants. Around the mid-nineteenth century (first documented reference in 1845 in New Zealand), this implement of destruction began lending its name to one of the things it was often used to dig up, namely potatoes. This caught on throughout the English-speaking world and this slang term for a potato is still common to this day.
A false origin you might hear of how potatoes first began being called “spuds” is that it came from the nineteenth century group “The Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet” (SPUD), who, among other things, felt potatoes shouldn’t be eaten. Besides that the real origin is known and well documented, previous to the mid-twentieth century, while abbreviations were prevalent in text, pronouncing them as words was not something people typically did, being something of a very modern phenomenon. In fact, according to linguist David Wilton, “There is only one known pre-twentieth-century [English] word with an acronymic origin and it was in vogue for only a short time in 1886. The word is “colinderies” or “colinda,” an acronym for the Colonial and Indian Exposition held in London in that year.”
No surprise then that the word “acronym” didn’t pop up until 1943.
Beyond referring to potatoes, the ultimate origin of the word “spud” isn’t known, first showing up in English around 1440 referring to a short dagger, possibly from the Dutch “spyd”, the Old Norse “spjot” (spear), or the Latin “spad-” (sword). Whatever the case, after the fifteenth century, the word expanded from meaning “a short dagger” to also referring to various types of digging implements and eventually to those tubers we all know and love: potatoes.
Why Beans Give You Gas
It’s the job of your digestive system to break down the foods you take in, allowing the nutrients to “cross-over” into the different body systems and organs for use as fuel. Each different part breaks these foods down differently. For example, the mouth chews it up into smaller parts, and the stomach uses enzymes and acids to further break it down. The food then goes to the small intestine where most of the nutrients that come from our food (proteins, fats, and carbohydrates) get absorbed into the bloodstream by a process called diffusion. What is left over is then passed to the large intestine whose main job is the absorption of water that remains in the indigestible residue of food. A
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