Cars need petrol (汽油). Horses need hay(草料). You need breakfast!   Do you go without breakfast on some or most days?

Studies show that people who don’t have breakfast are more likely to

.snack on junk food before noon

.be overweight

.get sad

.find it hard to focus (集中精神)

·do worse than they could at school or work

·die younger than those who take the time to eat a good breakfast every day.

Those who don’t eat breakfast think slower. They take in information more slowly in their working memory

But given breakfast every day for a few weeks, those same young people get higher scores in subjects like math, English and science.

Great Breakfast:

Keep it simple.

Cereal (谷类食物).

Low-fat milk or yogurt with fresh or dried fruit on top.

Fruit juice.

Bread.

Shakes made in a blender (搅拌器) with fruit (like bananas or strawberries)

And if you have to eat on the run, at least get a banana …

What’s in it for you?

. Won’t feel so hungry

·Won’t pig out later in the day.

·Better memory.

·Able to focus.

·Become smarter.

● The kangaroo mouse (更格卢鼠) never needs to drink water.

The kangaroo mouse is named after an Australian animal. It lives in the Nevada desert and doesn’t need to drink water. It has been used to the dry environment by getting all the water it needs from the seeds (种子) it eats.

● Clams (蛤蜊) have feet.

It seems clams have a big tongue (舌头) that sometimes reaches out from their shell (壳) to search around the ocean floor, but in fact what you’re seeing is a foot. This foot, longer than the clam’s shell, helps them dig in the sand on the ocean floor.

● Stars don’t really twinkle.

“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” makes us think the stars are sparkling (闪烁的), but it’s actually a “space mirage (幻景)”. The light from stars is steady, but Earth’s atmosphere (大气层) makes them seem to twinkle.

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On top of sleeping, eating and pooping, babies spend plenty of their time crying. However, they don’t produce tears right away. That ability takes a while to develop, which is why parents won’t start to see actual teardrops form until their baby is between two weeks and three months old.