Have you wondered what has happened to your grip strength?  See this article on how antibacterial soaps can weaken muscle function: http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/15/freaky-clean-chemical-in-antibacterial-soap-weakens-muscle-function/?iid=hl-article-mostpop1

Carrots were originally grown in Afghanistan and were violet for centuries. On arrival in the Netherlands in the 17th century they were cultivated to be bright orange - an emblem for the struggle for Dutch Independence.

If urban and suburban households in the US, UK, Spain and Brazil swap beef for lentils once a week the emissions reductions is the equivalent of taking 3.7 million cars off the road for a year (Oxfam)

If a family of 4 swaps beef for lentils just 1 meal a week, they would save about 12½ Olympic-size swimming pools of fresh water over the course of a year (Oxfam)

To make one pound of honey, a bee colony must visit over two million flowers, flying over 55,000 miles, at up to 15 miles per hour to do so. 

Got Milk?  You don't need it.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/got-milk-you-dont-need-it/

Marketing Versus Reality: The Myth of the Organic Happy Cow
http://freefromharm.org/food-and-culture/marketing-versus-reality-the-myth-of-the-organic-happy-cow/
"Everybody says they want to know where their food comes from these days. But we won’t get it from product marketing."

A million cups of tea are drunk every minute of every day.
- from "Tea: A history of the drink that changed the world" by John Griffiths

The best predictor for whether a female answers yes to "would you consider sleeping with someone on the first date?" is whether they like the taste of beer (Psychology Today)

Dubstep is the very legitimate child of the three-way mating of Drum&Bass, Grime, and Triphop.

Sold! Airlines Begin Auctioning Upgrade Seats

When ewe are righting a letter, yew may wont to deep end on yore come pewter’s billed-in tool, the spell-checker. Butt four awl that it helps ketch miss spelt longer words, it mite think a mistyped short won is just grate (ultimatespelling.com)

30% of creativity is inborn and 70% is learned, according to a study of 117 pairs of twins by Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen.

New logo/identity for DC Comics

Rock concert audience evolution

When I can't spar any more I'll need good hand-to-hand combat games that involve more than button mashing. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18395724

The average American drank slightly under two sodas a day in 2011, a drop in per capita consumption of about 16% since the peak in 1998, according to Beverage Digest.

You will never have time for everything but you will almost always have time for the most important things.

Want a 9% Raise? Hit the Gym: http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/06/06/want-a-9-raise-hit-the-gym/

Beyond Meat: US per capita consumption of all red meat and poultry is expected to be down by 10% this year compared to 2007 according to Steiner & Company, an economic consultant to the food industry.