Here are 10 cool facts about the human heart.

The heart works so hard, and yet we all too often take it for granted. Well, it’s high time for a shout out.

Here are 10 facts about the vital organ.

Number 10. Your heart doesn’t stop when you sneeze. One’s soul isn’t expelled from the body at that time, either. Both are part of an ancient myth, the origins of which have proven difficult to trace. 

Number 9. Broken hearts are physically possible. It’s said that emotional trauma can trigger the release of excess hormones. That surge is believed to cause the organ’s muscles to stop pulsing. It’s rare, but it does happen. 

Number 8. The heart isn’t really on the left side of the chest. It’s actually in the middle, right between the lungs. There is a bit of a leftward tilt to it, though. 

Number 7. Your heart can continue to beat without you. Upon removal, the organ will keep flexing if the oxygen supply is adequate, as it runs on its own electrical impulses. 

Number 6. The heart is a tireless worker. Thanks to its unique muscular makeup it doesn’t need to stop and take a rest. It comes down to mitochondria, the cellular stuff that serves as an energy source. Arm and leg muscles have 1 to 2 percent of it, while the heart has up to 35. 

Number 5. It moves to the rhythm. Studies show that the heart adjusts its rate according to the tempo and intensity of what’s playing. 

Number 4. Two hearts can beat as one. Researchers have found that people in a relationship often times end up having similar heart and breathing rates. The scientists also tested people not romantically involved. Among that group no such synchronicity was observed. 

Number 3. It doesn’t make those thumping sounds. That actually comes from the valves opening and closing. They’re kept busy around the clock controlling the flow of blood through the heart.

Number 2. Women’s are faster. The female heart beats more frequently than the male one does. This is due to its generally smaller size, requiring that it compensate for the amount of blood pushed with each pump. 

Number 1. Cats are good for the heart. It’s a scientific fact. Studies show that people who’ve had feline companions are much less likely to die of a heart attack or cardiovascular diseases.

What do you think is the most interesting thing about the heart?

It’s not unusual to see two women fighting over the same man in a movie, only this time it’s his mother and his fiancée vying for his attention in this broad comedy. While Charlotte Cantilini (Jennifer Lopez), known to her friends as Charlie, has never had much luck in her love life, one day her ship arrives in a big way when she meets Kevin Fields (Michael Vartan), a doctor who is charming, handsome, and wealthy. Kevin also has a famous mother, Viola Fields (Jane Fonda), who has enjoyed a long and successful career as a news broadcaster. When Kevin and Charlie fall head over heels for one another, he opts to propose marriage to her as he’s introducing Charlie to Viola over lunch. However, as far as Viola is concerned, this could not come at a worse time — Viola has just been fired from the anchor desk, and regards her son as the only anchor left in her life. Not willing to share Kevin with anyone, Viola sets out to sabotage his relationship with Charlie in any way she can, often with the wary assistance of her secretary Ruby (Wanda Sykes). But once Charlie gets wind of Viola’s schemes, she decides two can play this game. Monster-in-Law marked Jane Fonda’s return to the screen after a long leave of absence; it was her first film after co-starring with Robert De Niro in 1990’s Stanley & Iris.

A videó megnézése után döntsd el, hogy a következő állítások igazak (true) vagy hamisak (false) a videóban elhangzottak alapján. Ha nehéznek bizonyul a döntés, a feladat alatt megtalálod a videó szövegátiratát.

Charlie: What is that?
Viola: What?
Charlie: We should brides be dressed…
Viola: Oh, I gave it to Ruby’s daughter, she works at Hooters, she was thrilled
Woman: We have a daughter?
Charlie: Oh, take off that white dress right now or I’ll take it off for you.
Viola: Don’t you tell me what to do.
Charlie: You did not just poke me.
Viola: Don’t you touch me you, Cuban tramp
Charlie: Oh my God, Viola, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean…
Viola: Yeah, you’re gonna slap somebody and then apologize, get some backbone!
(slap fight)
Charlie: It’s crazy! Don’t you just face it, I am marrying Kevin today and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Viola: You face it, you’ll never be good enough for him!
Gertrude: I stopped you from marrying my son…
Viola: Oh God, no…
Gertrude: Look at you, all in white, you are so predictable…
Viola: Oh Gertrude, I didn’t know you were coming…
Gertrude: You didn’t, wonder why? I know, you didn’t send me an invitation!
Viola: I thought you were dead but evil doesn’t die so easily.
Gertrude: I heard you got sacked and thrown into a loony bin. My congratulations!
Oh my god, oh my god! These hors d’oeuvres taste like old socks!
Viola: Oh…
Gertrude: Now, I want to get an up-close look at the bride. Holy Toledo! You are stunning! My grandson is a lucky fella! Look, what he did, he went out and found himself an exotic Latina! Would’ve been my son, had been that lucky…
Viola: Here we go again…
Gertrude: What? You were a television weather woman in Dubuque Montana, you drove around in a broken-down minivan and you drank red wine from a box
Woman: Ah, Lissy…

source: Monster-in-Law (3/3) Movie CLIP – Slap Fight (2005) HD, Movieclips

keys/megoldások: 1. false, the would-be mother-in-law, Viola, is also wearing a white dress; 2. false, she called her a Cuban tramp; 3. true, because she continued slapping; 4. false, she hadn’t been sent an invitation card but she came; 5. true, she got sacked; 6. true, she called her an exotic Latina and described her as stunning; 7. true, would’ve been my son, had been that lucky; 8. true, it was a broken-down mini van

A videó megtekintése után döntsd el, hogy a következő félmondatokat, melyik választási lehetőség egészíti ki a legpontosabban a videóban elhangzott információnak megfelelően.

source: BBC News