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The best season to visit Korea is.

The hottest period in Korea is from late July to early August. During this time, the temperature can soar to 40 degrees Celsius, (104 °F), with overnight temperatures extending past 25 degrees Celsius (77 °F), producing humid tropical nights.  The best season to visit Korea Considering both the cold winter and the hot and rainy summer, the best times to visit South Korea are spring and autumn, especially the months of May and October. The latter can be preferred because it's less rainy (and it's outside the so-called yellow dust season). Moreover, in autumn, you can admire the fall foliage in national parks. As previously mentioned, the sea is warm enough for swimming from July to September, especially in the center-south.  What to pack In winter: for Seoul and the center-north, Bring warm clothing, such as a down jacket, gloves, a scarp, and a hat.  In summer: Bring light clothing of natural fibers, a light raincoat or umbrella, a scarp for the wind, and a light sweatshi...

About Korean fetus name, Tae-myeong (Why do Koreans name fetuses during pregnancy?)

One of the old customs of Koreans is to give their baby a name during pregnancy to call the unborn baby before the baby is born. The first thing Koreans ask after greeting congratulations on their pregnancy is to ask what Taemyeong is. The reason to make Tae-myeong (fetus naming)  Koreans usually do not name the baby until delivery, so there is kind of a nickname that is used to call the fetus in the stomach which is called Tae-myeong in Korean. The fetus in the belly has not yet appeared in the world, but this is to give the child a little more speciality, and recognize it as a living being.  It is also a way to communicate by increasing the bond between the baby and the mother. What is the most popular Tae-myeong in Korea? Tae-myeong is very casual and named wit the meaning of blessing for baby because it is a name that they will only use for a few months.   Korean star Kim Hee-seon once gave a baby the name 'Jackpot'.  The most common Tae-myung is   sal...

What is the function and role of the appendix(=Vermiform Appendix)?

The appendix is ​​one of the organs that are easily removed by surgery when a problem occurs because it is called " an organ that does not need an appendix".  Liberato John Didio called the cecum 'a tonsil in the intestine'. This means that even if it is removed, organs such as the intestine and gallbladder have a lot in common with the appendix. The importance of the appendix William P. Jolie, professor of anatomy at the University of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, noted the potential importance of the appendix. what are the lymphocytes? These are all lymphatic organs that produce white blood cells. 'Lymphocytes are one of the white blood cells and serve to eat cells that eat bacteria. ' There are two types of lymphocytes: B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes. T-lymphocytes aggressively remove bacteria, toxins, and viruses, and help the body find and eliminate bad cancer cells. B-lymphocytes produce antibodies, which are a protective membra...

Brief history of American football and Rugby Ball

When looking at the shape of an American football ball, it is more weird than other round sports balls. There is quite an interesting history until this football ball has this shape. Football ball made of human skull In early football games, human skeletons were said to be used instead of balls. So it may have been called 'headball'. Competition with a cow's bladder Shortly after the Danes were expelled from England in 1042, the British dug the skeletons of Danish soldiers out of the ground, kicked them and ran through the fields. While they were kicking a headball, they realized that this object was too hard to kick, so they started looking for a sporting product that could be used as an alternative, and the alternative they found were a cow's bladder. Game rule with a cow's bladder.  With the use of a ball using a cow's bladder, football games began to gain popularity. In the game, the bladder was placed on the border with the neighboring village, and the cow ...

Why should I drink a lot of water when I catch a cold?

  The reason why you should drink a lot of water when you catch a cold.  When you have a cold, you may have heard of the idea of drinking a lot of water.  It is to prevent dehydration. When people are sick, they read their desire to eat or drink, which leads to dehydration.  Also, when you get a fever, you lose moisture in your body. Even if the body temperature is about one degree higher than normal, the water in the body does not evaporate rapidly, but body heat accelerates metabolism, exhaling more carbon dioxide and requiring more oxygen. Therefore, your breathing speeds up and every time you exhale, moisture is carried away. It spouts   water like a whale with hot air. David takes a similar example of the accumulation of saliva inside a brass instrument.  The body tries to fight against heat because it is dangerous in many ways when the fever rises.  The main way is to release moisture through the skin. Although this moisture is invisible, it can ...

Famous coffee lovers and Characteristics of tea

Famous coffee lovers Voltaire drank more than 70 cups of coffee a day. Nevertheless, he lived to age 84. A century earlier, the insightful Marquis of Sevine was convinced that the coffee trend was temporary. But this is completely wrong.  Seizures couldn't get inspiration without the help of coffee, and he said he would have drank nearly 50,000 cups of coffee in his lifetime. That's the number assuming he's been drinking coffee since at least 18. The seizure died at the age of 51. People thought his death was due to coffee. However, his death was actually joint rheumatism. These stories about the history of coffee are exaggerated, but show how much the French enthusiasm for coffee was. Until the 18th century, <Coffee House> was said to have been a man's exclusive property. Characteristics of  tea In addition to coffee, teas such as green tea or black tea also contain caffeine, so their characteristics are the same as coffee.  However, the characteristics of tea ha...