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.
Additional Facts: 1  The family name Macropodidae derives from macropods, meaning âbig or large footed.â. 2  The word kangaroo comes from the aboriginal Guugu Yimithirr peopleâs word for the gray kangaroo (gangurru). The word was first recorded as âKangooroo or Kanguruâ in 1770 by British explorer James Cook.