11. Wrestlers and boxers often try to lose weight
before weigh in
They become dehydrated to lose weight, then
drink a lot of water after weighing in. This is not
healthy.
They do this to be in the lowest weight class
possible.
12. This doesn’t happen in one day.
It takes a lot of hard work and
sometimes money to change
your body like this.
Is it worth it?
Maybe you will have more self
esteem and people will be
more nice to you.
15. Will the next U.S. president be gay?
Mr. Buttigieg wants to be
president in 2020.
Do you think he can win?
Could Thailand ever have a gay or
ladyboy politician?
Tammy Baldwin- U.S. Senator
Jared Polis – Governor of
Colorado
19. What is the perfect length of a vacation?
Having a vacation for 8 days helps your
health and mindset.
Having more than 8 days does not make
things better.
Take more vacations! Don’t take long
vacations.
20. AI toilets will scan your poop in the future
It will check your poop to
see if you have a health
problem.
It checks things like color,
hardness and smell.
21. Thailand is becoming strict about drunk
driving
• Starting in December 2018, you must pay up to 20000 baht for drunk
driving.
• You can use your license more easily.
• Lower alcohol limit for young drivers.
• You can go to jail up to 2 years!
• You may have to do probation. การคุมประพฤติ
22. Smoking age in Massachusetts will be 21
Do you think Thailand
should be like this too?
24. The igloo effect
A man in Norway was trapped inside his car for
two months.
He survived thanks to the igloo effect and the
water from snow!
25. Girl survives hours in icy water
Her body temperature
was 13 degrees.
Her heart had stopped.
Somehow she survived
and has now completely
recovered!
26. Health care in America
is very expensive!
This is a bill for giving birth in an American
hospital.
At Thonburi hostpital in Roi Et, giving birth costs
about 40,000 baht.
In America it costs about 1,200,000 baht!
Why is healthcare in America so expensive?
It is very complicated, but it is because of
“defensive medicine”, cost of medicine, cost of
administration, and many other things.
27. Honesty is better
than ghosting
After we go on a date with someone
new, and don’t want to see them
again, it is better to be polite and say
goodbye.
Ghosting is rude and hurtful.
28. Does being rich make you happy?
People have done studies about
happiness.
They found that if you have enough
money to pay for things like food, house,
car and other bills, having more money
does NOT make you more happy!
So, having a salary of more than about
40,000 baht per month will NOT make you
more happy!
29. Minimalism vs. hoarding
Many people think we should throw
away all of the things we don’t need,
because it will make our life more
simple and clean.
Some people love to own a lot of things.
30. So what makes people happy? The four pillars
- Having a good family
- Having a job that gives them satisfaction
- Religion
- Having friends and community
32. Schools close in Bangkok because of smog
Firefighters use water cannons
to clean the air. Too many cars, not enough roads. Bangkok is
now in the top ten worst cities in the world
for air quality.
33. Lyme disease
Lyme disease causes many problems like
fever, joint pain, memory problems and
tiredness.
You can prevent it by wearing long pants
and shirts, and check your body for ticks.
34. Young blood transfusion
Many rich old people get blood from
young people because they think it will
help them stay young.
What do you think? Is this weird?
35. 10% of white people are immune to HIV
Around the years 1300-1500
millions of people in Europe died
from plague.
The people that didn’t die have
strong immune systems and a gene
mutation.
36. Facial recognition cameras for jaywalkers in
China
The camera takes a picture of
their face, checks to see who it
is in the computer, and then
fines them for jaywalking.