Short snorter. A short snorter is a banknote inscribed by people traveling together on an aircraft. The tradition was started by Alaskan Bush flyers in the 1920s and spread through the military and commercial aviation. During World War II short snorters were signed by flight crews and conveyed good luck to soldiers crossing the Atlantic. Friends would take the local currency and sign each other's bills creating a keepsake of your buddy's signatures. The General Hoyt Vandenberg short snorter was started in Ju
Vitamin C. Vitamin C is also a water-soluble vitamin that is absorbed directly into your bloodstream in your small intestines after it has been freed from food. Vitamin C is essential for good health and plays a number of important roles in your body.itamin C in red peppers is absorbed into your bloodstream in the small intestines. Photo Credit Design Pics/Design Pics/Getty Images. Most of the nutrients in the food you eat -- such as protein, fats, carbohydrates and fat-soluble vitamins -- need to undergo some amount of digestion before they can be absorbed.
Absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. 1  Food containing fat-soluble vitamins is ingested. 2  The food is digested by stomach acid and then travels to the small intestine, where it is digested further. 3  Upon absorption, the fat-soluble vitamins enter the lymph vessels before making their way into the bloodstream.