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Thirst is the craving for potable fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance . [ 1 ] It arises from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites , such as sodium .
Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Τάνταλος Tántalos), also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for revealing many secrets of the gods and for trying to trick them into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he ...
Thirst (Korean: 박쥐; literally "bat") is a 2009 horror film written, produced and directed by Park Chan-wook.Based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, [5] the film stars Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun, a Catholic priest who turns into a vampire as a result of a failed medical experiment, and falls in love with Tae-ju (), the wife of his childhood friend (Shin Ha-kyun).
The authors defined a body's need for hydration prior to the onset of thirst and the false sense that the immediate thirst was quenched with the first intake of fluid. To avoid the thirst trap, the authors suggested further intake of fluids even though the body's "thirsty message" had been sated.
It can be common to mistake thirst for hunger — especially during the 3 p.m. slump — so drinking more water throughout the day can help you keep your energy up without eating more. The average ...
Since the paradox assumes the ass will always go to whichever is closer, it dies of both hunger and thirst since it cannot make any rational decision between the hay and water. [1] A common variant of the paradox substitutes the hay and water for two identical piles of hay; the ass, unable to choose between the two, dies of hunger.
Based on the 1991 novel Damage by Josephine Hart, Obsession is a mini-series that follows surgeon William Farrow who begins an affair with his son’s fiancée, Anna. Naughty boy! Naughty boy!
The earliest examples of quenched steel may come from ancient Mesopotamia, with a relatively secure example of a fourth-century BC quench-hardened chisel from Al Mina in Turkey. [6] Book 9, lines 389-94 of Homer's Odyssey is widely cited as an early, possibly the first, written reference to quenching: [ 3 ] [ 7 ]