What's Up With That?

A native American plant, cranberries were first harvested by native Americans and quickly thereafter, European settlers. Though the health benefits of the cranberry were not scientifically understood, sailors of those times consumed cranberries while aboard ship to ward off “scurvy” (a disease now understood to be an extreme deficiency in vitamin C.)  

Now I always understood this to be attributed to oranges for the very same reason as is described above.  What's up with that? 

When super glue starts to stick to your fingers, it can become troublesome very quickly. Instead of trying to pull the skin apart you can use one homemade remedy. First dip your fingers in water and put a small pile of salt on the super glue, then add some more water on the salt and rub the salt into the glue for about 1 minute until it looks like white paste. After that wash your hand and the glue should be gone. 

On a flight the pilot and the co-pilot share the cockpit. But they never eat the same meal, in case one of the meals is contaminated.

Beer can reduce the risk of heart disease, by slowing down the digestion and absorption of food and reducing cholesterol levels. A liter of beer contains an average of 20% of the recommended daily intake of fiber and some beers can provide up to 60%.