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Most ridiculous statues we have ever seen

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Don’t hesitate …Make it a habit of using Menstrual cups

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Women can replace the services offered by sanitary pads and tampons during a menstruation with menstrual cups. Yeah even if it is late Indian women also started moving into the use of menstrual cups. It has found a place in the major medical stores in India. Undoubtedly it’s a fine  eco -friendly alternative to the sanitary pads and tampons. What prevented women from using it was the ignorance of its method of use. Health experts also affirm that they are hygienic than conventional methods and are not harmful to health. They were popular from the 1930s in Europe. Benefits of using a menstrual cup:      •  Its function is to prevent menstrual blood from leaking onto clothes.  If correctly inserted, the cup shouldn't leak or cause any discomfort, as with a tampon .      • Sanitary pads and tampons need to be changed every four to six hours, sometimes sooner, depending on your flow. Menstrual cups may be kept in place...

‘Annan’ is now in the Oxford Dictionary

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   The word ‘Anna’ has been added to the Oxford English dictionary. Anna' meaning elder brother in Tamil and Telugu, has finally found recognition in the OxfordEnglish Dictionary (OED).    So far, Anna exists in the dictionary as a noun, which means a former monetary unit of India and Pakistan, equal to one-sixteenth of a rupee. Now, anna2 (also annan), noun, has been added.     The Oxford English Dictionary also has over 70 Indian words from Telugu, Urdu, Tamil, Hindi and Gujarati. Abba, meaning "father in Urdu", has also been incorporated in Oxford. The other word includes acha, bapu, bada din, bacha, suryanamaskar.      In the process of adding new words in September, various Indian words are placed in the Oxford English dictionary. Oxford updates its dictionary 4 times a year, in March, June, September and December.

Does the protein powder kill your kidney?

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Does the protein powder kill your kidney?       We all might have started admiring the thick muscles of Arnold shwazenger and Silvester stallion right from our adolescence. Chiseled one instead of the lean ones were an instant hit among the youths.  To have such handsome bodies guys started flowing into gyms.  After the initial enthusiasm the interest to workout will slowly wean  away. They may find it even difficult to walk. That’s when people start looking for short cuts. Usually their search end up in protein powder. 1. What is muscle?     Muscle is a tissue that helps the movement of animals, including humans. Muscles have the ability to reduce when the electrical message from the nerves reaches it. There are a number of flexible but inelastic cords of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone to transmit to the bones the strength of the muscles.. Their names are called tendons. Musc...