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.
A sandwich made with a patty of ground meat usually in a roll or bun. [Short for Hamburger steak, after Hamburg.] Word History: The German word Hamburger, literally meaning from the city of Hamburg, begins to appear on American menus in the late 1800s during a period of heavy German immigration.