Vatican City is most likely the only country on the planet without a prison. The country does have a few pre-trial detention facilities. According to the Lateran Treaty, those convicted and sentenced to jail serve their time in Italian prisons. The Vatican government pays for the costs of incarceration.

Bile acids are the detergents in bile, the digestive liquid made by the liver. Without these detergents, you couldn’t digest or absorb fats. And, just like dish detergent, they make fat mix well with water, and only then can digestive enzymes break down the fat for absorption into the bloodstream.

The pressure at the ocean's bottom would crush you like an ant. The water pressure in the Mariana Trench (35,802 feet below the surface), which includes the planet's deepest point, is eight tonnes per square inch. It would feel like you were holding up nearly 50 jumbo jets if you made your way down there.

You may have heard from friends or family that you should drink a glass of water immediately after drinking coffee because too much caffeine will make you thirsty or dehydrate you. While caffeine is a diuretic, studies have shown that when consumed in moderate amounts, it does not cause dehydration. Tea contains far less caffeine than coffee, so tea drinkers can also relax. In fact, coffee and tea can count toward your daily water requirement! Just don't consume more than 400 mg of caffeine per day, and remember that plain water is still the best beverage available.

It contains antioxidants like Vitamin C, which assists in our body's ability to combat free radicals.

Several studies on insomnia have indicated that persistent cigarette smokers have greater incidences of insomnia symptoms such as sleep deprivation, longer sleep latency, increased rapid eye movement, sleep density, and more bouts of obstructive sleep apnea.

Have you ever wondered how gummy candies get their shiny sheen? They're sprayed with carnauba wax, the same stuff that's used to make cars shine.

Jorhat is a major city and district in upper Assam. It is widely referred to as the ‘Tea Capital of India’. It was the last capital of the Ahom dynasty and is home to some of the oldest historical monuments of Assam. Jorhat produces large quantities of tea which is exported to different countries.

When perfumers try to derive the scent of a flower, many of its aspects are lost once it’s dried and pressed into oils. So perfumers try to add those characteristics back by adding notes which make it smell more realistic. One weird way that’s done in the case of white florals, is by using Indole. Derived from coal tar, this smells like camphor and mothballs when pure, and gives a fecal scent to enhance the intensity and depth of jasmine perfumes to make these fragrances smell more like the real flower.

Many people find it difficult to understand that a city with so many buildings also offers so much natural beauty. Hiking the green paths is a popular weekend activity among Hong Kong residents.

Hernias come in a variety of forms. Inner groyne (inguinal), belly button (umbilical), and those resulting from an abdominal incision following surgery are the most typical.

While the Alien franchise features different androids in (almost) every installment, there is one interesting consistency: they are presented in alphabetical order. David, Ash, Bishop, and Call, to name a few (played by Michael Fassbender in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant).

The current global outbreak is being caused by the less severe West African clade (2022). So far, no one has perished as a result of this outbreak. However, monkeypox can cause complications such as pneumonia and infections in your brain (encephalitis) or eyes, which can be lethal.

Rorschach felt that the results of his test may reveal a person's psychological condition. Those who ruminate on details may see more pictures in motion, whereas creative types may experience more images in motion. Depressed people were reported to be unconcerned by the introduction of color, whilst "neurotics" were said to be disturbed by the abrupt burst of red. Teenagers were the only people he believed the test failed to examine because they had too many characteristics with the seriously crazy.

Someone born on April 20, 1889, was predicted to rise to power by an astrologer. Adolf Hitler was that "someone." Karl Krafft, a Swiss astrologer, predicted an attempted assassination of Hitler. Krafft was imprisoned by the Nazis for foreseeing the unfortunate event. When it became clear that the astrologer was not guilty, Goebbels, the Nazis' Minister of Propaganda, hired Krafft as their in-house astrologer. "It was Krafft's astrological forecasts that led Hitler to begin the successful Operation Barossa attack," according to AstrologyCosmos.

Over the years, the Times Square ball has gone through several transformations. However, none of them appeared in either 1942 or 1943. World War II was in full swing, and the army was concerned that the Big Apple's extravagant light shows would make it easy for German submarines to spot American ships in New York Harbor. So Lady Liberty's torch was turned off, the Brooklyn Dodgers stopped playing night games, and the Times Square ball drop was put on hold for two years.

Hours of hard effort were necessary for the study that earned Marie Curie her first Nobel Prize. She and her husband had to show multiple samples of new elements to prove they had discovered them by breaking down ore into its chemical components. The area, according to Curie, was hot in the summer and draughty in the winter, with a glass roof that didn't entirely shelter them from the rain. After visiting the Curies' shed to witness where radium was discovered, the renowned German scientist Wilhelm Ostwald. Because their usual labs were too small to support the procedure, they relocated their operations to an old shed behind the school where Pierre worked.

There are three original copies of the Constitution, safely kept in special helium-filled cases in the library of the Parliament. The pages are bound together in black leather, with beautiful gold patterns.

Remember the simple checklist when considering insulin resistance. BAGODES: 
High blood pressure 
Aspirin 
Glycaemia 
Obesity 
Dyslipidaemia 
Exercise 
Smoking 
A simple checklist like this one will guarantee that healthcare personnel does not overlook critical interventions with particular patients.

Flamingos can fly up to 600 kilometres at a speed of 50–60 kph thanks to their dimensions and light body bulk.

Neil Williams, a veteran of the Vietnam War, collaborates with Dieter, a Rottweiler service dog. Williams, who sustained a spinal injury during the war, is assisted in moving around by Dieter, who holds doors open and helps him get into and out of his wheelchair. Williams and Dieter have traveled to Washington, D.C. as representatives for the rights of crippled veterans as members of the board of directors of the New England chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America.

The world's highest horse statue, a 40-metre (131-foot) figure of Genghis Khan, is just outside Ulaanbaatar.

If you think your current steering wheel is complex, wait till you see what Formula One drivers have to deal with. Their steering wheels can have up to 25 buttons. Every button and switch controls every part of the vehicle, giving the driver complete control. It is even stated that pressing the wrong button might lose a race. To put that into context, some buttons alter the way the brakes operate, allowing the balance to be adjusted in split seconds. These modifications might cause the automobile to behave differently from corner to corner. Talk about power!