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QUORA ANSWERS NEEDNOT BE 100% CORRECT ANSWERS. Compiled and posted by R.Gopala Krishnan, 80, on 24-11-2023. Q1 What are the most harmful vegetables? A1 Teamedical, Experienced Medical Team UpdatedNov 9 Vegetables aregenerally known for being good for your health, providing essential nutrients,vitamins, and minerals to the body. However, some vegetables can be harmful ifnot prepared properly, or if they are contaminated with harmful chemicals.Here, we’ll look at the most harmful vegetables and how to avoid them. Potatoes – Potatoes contain a toxic compound called solanine,which can be harmful if too much of it is consumed. To avoid this, only buypotatoes that are free from blemishes and discard any that have anunpleasant taste or smell. Additionally, never eat greenpotatoes, as these have higher levels of the toxin. Tomatoes – Tomatoes contain a compound called lycopene, which can be harmful if eaten in large amounts. To avoid this,cook your tomatoes beforeeating them and opt for versions with reduced acidity. Mushrooms – Eating wild mushrooms can be especially dangerous, as some of them contain the toxin amanitin. To avoidthis, make sure to only buymushrooms from a reputable source. This will also help you avoidmushrooms that have been contaminated with pesticides. Rhubarb – Rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid, which can be toxic if eaten in large amounts. To avoid this, only eat the stalks of rhubarb and never eat the leaves. Spinach – Spinach is high in oxalates, which can block the absorption of some essential nutrients like calcium and iron.To avoid this, make sure to cook your spinach before eating it,as this will reduce the level of oxalates. All in all, it’simportant to be aware of the most harmful vegetables so you can avoid them orlower your risk of consuming them. While these vegetables can be beneficial to your health, it’s still important toexercise caution when it comes to eating them. Take the time to researchtheir effects and prepare them properly to avoid any potential risks. Q2 What is the role of water in digestion? Howdoes making healthy food choices contribute to overall well-being? A2 Ken Saladin, Author, Anatomy & Physiology—TheUnity of Form and Function20h Digestion consists entirely of enzyme-driven hydrolysisreactions—breaking apart the covalent bonds of organic nutrient molecules toreduce them to more absorbable and usable smaller molecules. This consumes a molecule of waterfor every bond broken—so digesting one starch molecule into 3,000 glucosemolecules, for example, consumes 2,999 molecules of water. Q3 If we breathe out carbon dioxide, how comeblowing on a fire fuels it with oxygen? A3 Mats Andersson, B.Sc, M.Sc from UppsalaUniversity4h “Breathe out carbon dioxide” is asimplification – what is known in the teaching business as “lies to children”, something that makes it easier to understand what is happening withoutactually being 100% true. We breathe in aircontaining 21% oxygen and 0.4% carbondioxide (it was only 0.3% when I was in school). We breathe out aircontaining 16% oxygen and 4.4%carbon dioxide, so there’s still alot of oxygen left in it. This means that blowing on a fire brings new oxygento the fire faster than the fire consumes it – we replenishthe oxygen by shifting away old, oxygen-depleted air. The reason a candle flame goes out when we blow on it is not that we exhale carbon dioxide onit. It’s that when the flame is very small,blowing on it lowers the temperature below the flashpoint of the gaseous wax. Q4 Why was Galileo Galilei almost crucifiedwhen he said the earth was round? A4 Ganesh Kumar, Former Worker at Van NessPet Hospital (2016–2019)1h Galileo was never‘almost crucified’. He wascensured & placed under house arrest for slandering the Pope continuouslybecause on being repeatedly asked, Galileo was unable to prove the Heliocentricmodel yet had continued to teach it, & had continued to troll thePope for the Church being so unreasonable. Shit went to head when Galileo called the Pope a simpleton in a book the Pope paid him to write. The Church was willing to accommodate Galileo but pressedhim for proof, & as such, the pushback against him came from his contemporariesthan religious cranks. Galileo, being generally unlikeabledidn't respond to this all too well & being true to his nature, went offthe rails. So basically, himacting like a dick had more to do with his sentence than the science. Q4 What are some very deep and intelligentquotes? A4 Flavian Mwasi, Entrepreneur | Life Coach |Mentor Sun Everyone loves justice at another person's expense. The realmeasure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money. A youthful figure iswhat you get when you ask a woman her age. Fear gives intelligence even to fools. Most of us know how to say nothing; few of us know when. Nature is a hangingjudge. The two most common elements in the world are hydrogen andstupidity. The reason dogshave so many friends is because they wag their tails at anyone and not theirtongues. The easy way toteach children the value of money is to borrow from them. No individualraindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood. Laughter is atranquilizer with no side effects. When someone pointsa finger at someone else, they should remember that their three fingers arepointing at them. My note-Excellent, excellent, excellent Of all the thingsyou wear, your expression is the most important. People who mind nobody else's business but their own seemto be the happiest people on earth. Q5 What are some of the most mind-blowingfacts? A5 Sunil Kumar Singh,Blogger(2020–present)Updated Apr 17 My note- repeated items are deleted (so that the totalanswer is not criticised as n+1 time) 1. That Saturn hassuch a low density that it could float on water. 2. Canadian funfact- It is illegal to lock your car doors in downtown Churchill, ManitobaCanada in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear. 3. Australia has over 10,000 beaches, you could visit anew beach every day for over 27 years. 4. There have been about 14 times more dead bodies onearth than living ones. 5. There are moretigers in captivity in the state of Texas than there are in the wild on all ofEarth. 6. Corning glass- Manyof the smartphone companies uses Gorilla glass for their smartphone screen .Corning Inc invented the glass bulb for Thomas Edison's first light bulb. Atthat time, bulbs were made by hand, one piece at a time. Gorilla glass is abrand of Corning Inc. 5. In 1928, when the Indian Hockey team was on its way to Amsterdam, they played aseries of exhibition matches in England. Seeing its caliber Englanddecided not to field a team for the Olympics as “they did not want to lose to aslave country.” - India was still under the British Rule then. 6. Neil Armstrong once threatened legal action against his former barber who had sold a lock of the astronaut's hairfor $3,000. 7. Every "c" in the Pacific Ocean is pronounceddifferently . 8. Anne Frank andMartin Luther King Jr. were both iconic figures in their respective historicalmovements, despite living indifferent parts of the world and facing vastly different challenges. 9. The Ancient Greeks used crocodile dung as skincare[1] 10. Black colored apples are real . Sources- 1. http:// www.thechive.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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