Potassium is one mineral that plays an important role in controlling the amount of fluid in the body. Another is sodium. Too much sodium -- which the body mainly gets from salt -- leads to the body retaining fluid.
Depending on which account you believe, the real McCoy was a boxer, an inventor, a rumrunner or a Scottish clan leader. Here are just a few of the phrase's possible origins: In the late 1800s, American welterweight champion Norman Selby boxed under the name Kid McCoy.. Two stories about Selby give a possible explanation for the phrase. In the first story, Selby was challenged by a drunk in a bar, who questioned whether he was really the legendary fighter he claimed to be.
Word Origin and History for assault Expand. n. late 14c., earlier asaut (c.1200), from Old French asaut, assaut an attack, an assault, attacking forces (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adsaltus attack, assault, from ad to (see ad-) + Latin saltus a leap, from salire to leap, spring (see assail).