Month: March 2025

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The Circumference Of The Earth

Eratosthenes

Around 240 BC, the Greek philosopher and mathematician Eratosthenes made a groundbreaking discovery that continues to amaze us today. As the chief librarian at the renowned Library of Alexandria, he used his knowledge of the sun’s movement to calculate the size of the Earth—an incredible feat for his time.
On the summer solstice, Eratosthenes noticed something curious: in Syene (modern-day Aswan, Egypt), the sun was directly overhead and cast no shadow, while in Alexandria, a vertical object did produce a shadow. Realizing this difference was due to the Earth’s curvature, he measured the angle of the shadow in Alexandria and compared it to the distance between the two cities.
With simple tools and sharp reasoning, Eratosthenes estimated the Earth’s circumference to be about 39,375 kilometers (roughly 24,662 miles).
Remarkably, this was strikingly close to the modern measurement of approximately 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles). Considering the limited technology of his era, his calculation was an extraordinary scientific achievement.
Eratosthenes’ innovative thinking not only showcased his brilliance but also paved the way for future exploration and scientific discovery. His work remains a testament to human curiosity and the power of observation—proving that even with simple tools, great minds can unlock the secrets of our world.
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The Truth About Bread — Why Your Ancestors Could Digest It (And Why You Might Not)

Bread

For thousands of years, bread has been essential to human nutrition — a dietary staple enjoyed daily across countless cultures, likely because flour could be stored year-round, ensuring a reliable food source during times of scarcity.

In fact, our ancestors ate bread in quantities that would surprise many modern eaters. According to household guides from the 1880s, the average adult man was expected to consume a remarkable 16 pounds of bread per week, while women consumed about 8 pounds weekly. That’s over a pound of bread a day!

Today, bread has a very different reputation. Once considered a fundamental food, it’s now often avoided and can cause various health problems — from bloating and brain fog to more serious conditions like celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. But what changed? Is bread itself the problem, or is there more to this story?

As a Note: I am not writing this article to convince you to eat bread. Instead, I write this in hopes to reduce food fear in this (sometimes toxic) modern health space. It is a lot more empowering to better understand the WHY behind certain things, instead of arbitrarily labeling food as BAD or GOOD.

The Ancient Relationship Between Humans and Bread

Our love affair with bread is ancient — dating back thousands of years when early civilizations first ground wild grains and mixed them with water to create rudimentary flatbreads. Bread is deeply embedded in sacred texts, rituals, and traditions, symbolizing sustenance, community, and faith across cultures.

The Egyptians, for example, played a pivotal role in the evolution of bread-making around 5,000 years ago, likely discovering leavened bread through wild yeasts fermenting dough left exposed to the elements. This discovery revolutionized human nutrition and led to sourdough fermentation becoming the dominant bread-making method across cultures.

Unlike modern methods, traditional bread-making wasn’t focused on speed or shelf-life — it prioritized nutrition, digestibility, and flavor through time-tested techniques.

For more information on fermenting, additives, glyphosate, gluten, seed oils, continue reading: https://organicconsumers.org/the-truth-about-bread-why-your-ancestors-could-digest-it-and-why-you-might-not/

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The Wide, Encompassing Role of Vitamin K2 on Human Health

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • Vitamin K2 helps prevent vascular calcification by guiding calcium away from your arteries and into your bones, reducing the risk of heart disease and arterial stiffness
  • Research shows people with higher vitamin K2 intake have a 29% lower risk of peripheral artery disease, 44% reduction in Type 2 diabetes, and 41% reduction in hypertension
  • Vitamin K2 activates proteins that bind calcium to the bone matrix, constantly supporting bone strength and reducing risk of fractures and osteoporosis
  • The recommended daily dosage is 90 to 180 micrograms for adults, 90 micrograms for teenagers, and 45 micrograms for children under 10 years old
  • Good sources of K2 include fermented foods like natto, aged cheeses, egg yolks, grass fed dairy products, and organic, grass fed beef

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2025/03/23/role-of-vitamin-k2-on-human-health.aspx

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Quote of the Day

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” – George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist (1856 – 1950)

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Lus Besson – The Fifth Element

Lus Besson - The Fifth Element

Luc Besson demanded that most of the action shots in “The Fifth Element” (1997) take place in broad daylight, as he was reportedly tired of the dark spaceship corridors and dimly lit planets common in science fiction movies, and wanted a brighter “cheerfully crazy” look as opposed to a gloomy, realistic one.
Besson wrote the original screenplay when he was in high school. He had conceived the story of this movie and invented the world of the movie as a child so he could escape his lonely childhood. He began writing the script when he was 16, though it was not released in theaters until he was 38.
Besson made his hero a taxi driver because his own father worked a second job as a taxi driver. He did this to support Luc going to art school. Luc has a taxi driver in almost all of his movies to honor his father.
At the time, “The Fifth Element” was the most expensive movie ever produced outside of Hollywood, most expensive production in the production company Gaumont’s history, and at $80 million USD, the visual effects budget of the movie was the highest of its time.
The “Divine Language” spoken by Leeloo was invented by Besson, and further refined by Milla Jovovich, who had little trouble learning and developing it, as she was already fluent in four languages. The language had only 400 words. He and Jovovich held conversations and wrote letters to each other in the language as practice. By the end of filming, they were able to have full conversations in this language. (IMDb)