thedankbank1021
thedankbank1021 t1_je3hejk wrote
Water weight is exactly that. More water in your body. Consuming a lot of salt or sugar can cause your body to retain extra water.
The human body is about 80% water. And an adult male can have their body weight fluctuate up to 5% completely safely just based on their water weight. If you eat a big salty meal and drink a lot of water, you'll gain a lot of weight pretty immediately. But as the salt works it's way out of your system, so too will the excess water. And you'll drop a lot of weight. By mildly dehydrating yourself you can lose a lot of weight.
Personally my weight can fluctuate by about 10 lbs. Just based on how hydrated I am.
thedankbank1021 t1_iu444zm wrote
Reply to TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet
Other fun fact. Farenheight 451 got it's name when the author called his local fire station and asked what temperature fire starts at. The fireman didn't know so conducted a little experiment by setting a book on fire and measuring the temperature. He came up with, as he reported it, "Farenheight 451". Which is pretty close, but scientists have recreated it under lab conditions and it seems like the true number is closer to 437F.
thedankbank1021 t1_je3ih3q wrote
Reply to eli5 What is Equity in a Home? by ShadowLotus89
When you go to buy a home you probably don't have $300,000 lying around. So you get a loan. A special kind of loan for homes, called a mortgage. The bank gives you the $300,000 and you pay it back + interest over the next 15 or 30 years.
The $300,000 is called your principal. And it's supposed to be a close approximation to the value of your home (after all, that's what it cost you to buy it). As you make payments back to the bank you pay off the interest but you also pay down some of the principal. So let's say after a few years you've paid off $50,000 of the principal. That means you now own a $300,000 home, but still owe the bank $250,000 + interest. This means if you sell your home right now, you'd get $300,000. You would use that to pay off the $250,000 you still owe, and you'd be left with $50,000.
"Equity" is the term we use for how much of your house you've paid off. Or how much you would make if you were to sell it. So in this situation if you've paid off $50,000 of the principal, then you've got $50,000 in equity.