Dispensary Corner 17 Aug 16
August 17, 2016
REDHEADS rejoice - your day has
come, or at least is coming.
This Friday is World Orangutan
Day (19 Aug), an international
day of celebration focusing on
the beauty of the unique primate,
and raising awareness around the
threats the species faces to its
survival in the wilds of Borneo.
Pharmacists anticipate an
increase in sales of hair dye in the
UK’s Leicestershire as Twycross
Zoo has announced free entry
on the day to all visitors with red
hair, who’ll be able to save nearly
£20 on the price of a ticket.
Twycross Zoo is home to four
of the orange-haired orangutans,
while their numbers
in the wild have fallen by 50%,
according to figures from
the International Union for
Conservation of Nature.
COUCH potatoes may struggle
to produce children, with a new
study finding that watching more
than five hours of television per
day can cut a man’s sperm count
by a third.
Experts at Copenhagen
University assessed 1,200 healthy
young men with the results,
published in the American Journal
of Epidemiology, revealing binge-watchers
had average sperm
counts of 37 million per millilitre
of fluid, compared to 52 million
per millilitre among men who
rarely watched TV.
On top of this they had reduced
levels of testosterone.
Oddly, sitting at the computer
for long hours didn’t have the
same negative effects.
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