Meet Furman: An individual holding the most current Guinness world records

Ashrita Furman did have 121 titles under his belt. Furman set his first record in 1979 for doing 27,000 jumping jacks in a row. He has set 342 records, many of which have been beaten. His recent title was gained for the “Most lemons caught blindfolds in one minute by a two” may 13. He has set records in all seven continents. Because of his ability to set new records in a wide range of Guinness world record he was nicknamed “Mr. Versatility”.

The world’s oldest man dies at 111

Dr. Alexander Imich, who earned the record for world’s oldest man, died Sunday (June 8) as reported by the Guiness world records. Dr. Alexander Imich was 111years and 93days when he was awarded then title of oldest living man on May 8. Imich, a parapsychologist and retire chemist was born on February 4, 1903.

CIA joins Facebook, Twitter

Reuters reported that the CIA, which has long trolled social media to try uncovering global trends and tracking evil-doer, officially joined twitter and Facebook on Friday.

The agency first twitter message, was sent out shortly before 2p.m EDT (1800GMT) and it did not indicate there would be major revelations. It said simply “we can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet”.

In less than 90 minutes the CIA account had nearly 84,000 followers and the numbers is still counting fast. www.facebook.com/central.intelligence.agency; twitter handle @CIA

3-5 Million smart watches to be produced by Apples, sales begins October

According to SAN FRANCISCO Reuters, Apple incorporated is aiming to produce 3 million to 5 million smart watches a month in its initial run. It is also preparing to sell its first wearable device this October. This was reported on Friday by Nikkei citing an unidentified parts supplier and sources familiar with the matter. As at the time of filling this report apple is yet to comment.

The Gregorian calendar

This calendar is also known as the western calendar or Christian calendar. This calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in February 1582 but the design was adopted from a design by an Italian doctor, astronomer and philosopher Luigi Lilio (also known as Aloysius Lilius). This doctor was born in 1510 and unfortunately died in 1576, six years before his design was adopted. The Gregorian calendar was first adopted in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain in 1582.

The Gregorian calendar is a solar calendar. This calendar regular year consists of 365 days, which is divided into 12 months of irregular lengths. Each of this month’s consist either 30 or 31 days with 1 month consisting of 28 days during the common year. A leap year occurs every 4 years to add an extra day to the second month February making it 29 days.

The calendar has also been subjected to the following changes:

1.      In October 1582, 10 days were dropped.

2.      New rules were set to determine the date of Easter.

3.      The rule for calculating leap year was changes to include that a year is a leaf year if:

a.      The year is evenly divisible by 4

b.      It is not a leap year, if the year can evenly be divided by 100 unless;

c.       The year is also evenly divisible by 400, and then it is a leap year.

Insulin to be boosted naturally, through a new drug

Scientists have found a new approach to treating diabetes. This approach involves slowing insulin disappearance rather than boosting its supply. This was achieved with the discovery of a molecule that inhibits insulin degradation.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common type; it is caused as a result of too little insulin in the bloodstream, which invariably leads to high sugar levels and other health problems. Diabetes is intensive to manage, as many diabetics do daily insulin injections and blood sugar testing. But when it is left out of control, it leads to fatal consequences.

The research was concentrated on the behavior of Insulin degrading enzyme (IDE), as this enzyme is responsible for breaking down insulin. So to put on hold the behavior IDE will eventually prevent the degradation of the insulin, this is a therapeutic approach of interest in treating the disease.

This research was carried out successfully on mice. The mice were given the enzyme inhibitor and then an oral dose of glucose, stimulating the sugar spike experience after eating a meal. The findings were published in Nature