An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
KNURL
Etymology
Noun
knurl (plural knurls)
A contorted knot in wood.
A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.
Verb
knurl (third-person singular simple present knurls, present participle knurling, simple past and past participle knurled)
To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
Source: Wiktionary
Knurl, n. Etym: [See Knar, Gnar.]
Definition: A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
Knurl, v. t.
Definition: To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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