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12660. Food Facts
In the Masai Mara in Africa people drink blood drained from the neck of a live animal with a straw, mixed up with milk.
12661. Food Facts
The alcoholic drink mescal has a cactus maggot preserved in the bottle.
12662. Food Facts
In France, calves' eyes are soaked in water, then boiled and stuffed and finally deep fried in breadcrumbs.
12663. Food Facts
Most US states don't allow alcohol or tobacco in a prisoner's last meal.
12664. Food Facts
Eels are sold live in markets around the world and killed just before cooking – or before putting in the bag to go home, if you don't want the bag wriggling all the way.
12665. Gland
Gland : hypothalamus
Hormone : releasing and inhibiting hormones and factors posterior pituitary hormones produced here.
12666. Gland
Gland : posterior pituitary gland
Hormone : receives hormones from hypothalamus no hormones synthesised here stores and secretes the following: oxytocin antidiuretic hormone (adh) (vasopressin).
12667. Gland
Gland : anterior pituitary gland
Hormone : follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) luteinising hormone (lh) prolactin thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) adrenocorticotrophic hormone (acth or corticotrophin) growth hormone (gh).
12668. Gland
Gland : parathyroid gland
Hormone : parathormone.
12669. Gland
Gland : thyroid gland
Hormone : triiodothyronine (t3)and thyroxine (t4) calcitonin.
12670. Gland
Gland : adrenal cortex
Hormone : glucocorticoids (cortisol) mineralocorticoids (aldosterone).
12671. Gland
Gland : adrenal medulla
Hormone : adrenaline (epinephrine) noradrenaline (norepinephrine).
12672. Gland
Gland : islets of langerhans
Hormone : insulin (beta cells) glucagon (alpha cells).
12673. Gland
Gland : stomach duodenum
Hormone : gastrin secretin cholecystokinin (pancreozymin).
12674. Gland
Gland : kidney ovary
Hormone : renin oestrogens(17 beta-oestradiol) progesterone.
12675. Gland
Gland : corpus luteum
Hormone : progesterone and oestrogen.
12676. Gland
Gland : placenta
Hormone : chorionic gonadotrophin human placental lactogen.
12678. History Facts
In France in the late 1600s, it was considered a great honour to talk to King Louis XIV while he was on the lavatory.
12679. History Facts
In Anglo-Saxon times, shepherds were given twelve days' worth of cow manure at Christmas.
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