1. Beware of E102 – Tartrazine

It is artificial yellow color, a synthetic one, coal tar derived dye (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon). It can be found almost everywhere – in fizzy soft drinks  puddings, soups, desserts, chewing fums, mustard, sauces… Because of the great possibility to provoke asthma attacks, hyperactivity in children’s behavior and even cancer, it is banned or restricted in some countries. Other, less serious negative effects on organism are itch, blurred vision, runny nose, migraine, irritability, etc. Caution – people who have sensitivity to aspirin should avoid it especially. Well if this is not enough for you to pay attention when buying anything yellow and avoid this additive, think again! It is proved that it can seriously damage our DNA, and we all know that it is something we forward to our children. Well, when you look it this way, it is not naive at all. this additive is banned in Austria and Norway, and limited use in Germany and Sweden. Additives like this, that are also very dangerous and forbidden are E 107 (Yellow 2G), E 104 (Quinoline Yellow) and E 105 (Fast Yellow AB or Acid Yellow).

2. Pay attention to E 120 – Carminic Acid

This additive can be found not only in food, but also in cosmetic products. It is a natural red color that is being made by crushing eggs and bodies of a cactus insect – Dactilopius Coccus (especially the pregnant ones that contain more of the dye) that lives in Central America. Though it is not so frequently used, it is recommended to avoid it.

Well, since we’ve finished the basics, let’s move on to some more interesting facts you probably didn’t know. Of course, bloopers first -

And here are some interesting fact about couples in How I Met Your Mother in the show and in the real life

Two main girls in the Show – Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) were both pregnant at the same time during the filming, but the producers didn’t want to show them as pregnant, so they used lots of television tricks and different kind of clothing for them, to cover it up. But, you can see Lily’s pregnancy in one episode -The Possimpible in which she ate lots of hot dogs and thus won the contest.

The inspiration for the character’s name – Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) was the heroin peddler from the book LA Confidential, written by James Ellroy. And Barney’s occupation is never mentioned in the series, so since we don’t know what he’s doing for living (when someone asks him about that, he always answers “Please!”) there may be the connection with the book character.

There is special moment throughout HIMYM – the military one. Every time someone mentions something that has to do anything with military personnel like “general knowledge” or “major buzzkill”, all of them salute and repeat whatever was said along with “general” or “major”.

Also, I don’t expect you to miss this great video about making and celebrating the 100th episode of HIMYM behind the scenes -

And for the end, the most interesting fact according to my opinion. During the shooting of one episode, when Robin finds a ring in her glass of champagne and everybody at the table say it’s not theirs, another guy, from another table stands up and says “It’s mine”, collects the ring and proposes his girlfriend. Of course, this wasn’t in the script originally but the man arranged it all with the producer, so his proposal will never be forgotten because it’s filmed in this episode. Amazing, isn’t it? Unfortunately I couldn’t find the right picture…

1. Abandoned Russian Rocket Factory

2. Sunken yacht in Antarctica

3. El hotel del Salto in Colombia

4. Christ of the abyss at San Fruttuoso, Liguria

5. Lawndale Theater in Chicago

6. Abandoned city of Keelung in Taiwan

7. The remains of the SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay, Australia

8. Hafodunos hall in Llangernyw, North Wales

9. Cincinnati abandoned railway

10. Abandoned dome houses in southwest

11. Holland island in the Chesapeake bay

12. Pripyat in Ukraine

13. Angkor Wat in Cambodia

The water from the spring is calcium saturated, as well as with the other minerals, dissolved in the rain water passing through the ground on its way to the springs. When water overflows the edge of the plateau, it leaves a layer of calcium behind. Those layers have been increasing gradually through the ages and thus created vertical walls, terraces and sparkling-white stalactites. Just look at the color of the water – amazingly transparent azure.

One day, tired of hunting, Narcissus went to a spring to quench his thirst. Then and there his own image in the reflection of the water mirror and he was mesmerized by the beauty he saw. So, he fell in love with himself. In vain he tried to hug and kiss that elusive image, that smiled and cried along with him. He completely forgot about food and sleep and finally, exhausted, he died there on the grass beside the spring. At the time of his death the nymph Echo was the only one who saw him and sent him the last farewell. When Dryads, Echo and other nymphs came to bury him crying, they saw a beautiful flower near the spring with white coronal petals. The legend also has it that Narcissus is still watching his reflection in the underworld, in the Stygian waters. Well, after seeing these pictures for the first time I think that I began trying to understand Narcissus. Water is the best mirror where nature gets to see its reflection.

The procedure consists of adding permanent or semi-permanent extensions to the upper canines. In translation Yaeba means “multi-layered” or “doubled teeth” and indicates a condition in which the molar teeth compress other teeth and expel canines forward. “Installation” of such extensions costs 390$. If any girl changes her mind about this, or one day it just stops being trendy, in order to remove the upgrade on her upper canines, she would have to pay the same amount she paid for the installation in the first place.