18-year-old Mayor?
Believe it or not…an 18-year-old student is actually a student, and also a mayor! He’s the newly elected mayor of a Michigan town! I wonder how his friends in school will greet him.
How about this: “Hello, Mayor! May I borrow your pencil?” 
The bra that aims to save the world?
Take a look at this piece of news… A heated bra created for the aim of saving the world? Sounds a bit strange, how can bras save the world?
A leading lingerie company has joined Japan’s fight against high fuel use, unveiling a heated bra for winter.
The fluffy creation contains special pads filled with an eco-friendly gel that can be easily heated in a microwave or with a hot water bottle.
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Pandas’ Wedding
Aww…don’t you think this is so cute? Pandas do get married too! The marriage took place in Thailand, in an attempt to make them *ehem ehem* *cough cough*…
A pair of pandas have ‘got married’ in a lavish ceremony in Thailand.
Chuang Chuang and his bride Lin Hui were given a beautiful cake decorated with dragons - but they were more interested in eating bamboo!
Source: CBBC
Wee…look at some of the photos here:
Taste bud for fatty food?
Scientists have found that the tongue has taste receptors for fat, which might explain why we like fried foods.
Conventionally, experts have thought that the tongue detects five tastes - sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami taste for protein rich foods.
But tests on rodents showed a receptor on the tongue tastes fat - it is not known if it is the same for humans.
Source: BBC News
This is an interesting find. I’ve always been wondering, why do we, humans like eating foods which are bad for our health such as fatty foods. Could this be the possible answer? Fish and chips, fried chicken, fried sausages….when you hear the names of such food, you’re salivating, aren’t you?
However, this study is still not conclusive, as it has only been tested on rodents. Bear in mind though, that rodents don’t differ much from human beings in terms of their genetic constituent.
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