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3 unusual facts about Wasting


Eelgrass limpet

In the early 1930s, the seagrass beds all along that part of the coastline were decimated by "Wasting Disease", which was caused by a slime mold.

Penanggalan

Those whose blood the Penanggalan feeds upon contract a wasting disease that is almost inescapably fatal.

Save the Children State of the World's Mothers report

Wasting - Wasting is when a child's weight is too low for their height.


1985–86 Philadelphia Flyers season

The Islanders ended the streak two nights later in Uniondale, almost wasting a four-goal lead in an 8–6 decision.

Ali al-Omair

On February 19, 2007, Waleed Al-Tabtabaie submitted a motion to formally question Health Minister Sheik Ahmed Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Sabah about allegations of favoritism, deteriorating health services offered by state hospitals, and wasting public money by sending people for treatment abroad at the country's expense when they could be treated at home.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11β-hydroxylase deficiency

Mineralocorticoid manifestations of severe 11β-hydroxylase deficient CAH can be biphasic, changing from deficiency (salt-wasting) in early infancy to excess (hypertension) in childhood and adult life.

Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg

Albert Speer wrote to Hitler on 28 July 1944 to say that he opposed wasting the men and machines on the Allies in France and suggested it would be better to deploy them against Russian power stations.

Football Association of Indonesia

Former Indonesia manager Alfred Riedl, who coached the team during the tournament, stated that the lunch invitation was "wasting time".

Green abalone

Green abalones are subject to a chronic, progressive and lethal disease: the Withering Syndrome or abalone wasting disease, leading to mass mortality.

Joel Danlami Ikenya

He also accused the federal government of wasting N1.24 billion on a bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, saying the money would have been better used in building sports facilities.

Lady Carcas

Charlemagne and his men, believing that the city was full of food even to the point of wasting pigs fed with wheat, raised the siege.

My Brother's Wedding

Pierce wastes his days fooling around and wasting time with his childhood friend, Soldier (Ronnie Bell), who was recently released from prison.

Plundered Hearts

Jean Lafond, the governor of the small West Indies island of St. Sinistra, says that the player's father has contracted a "wasting tropical disease".

Ron and Tammys

Ben discovers that Tom and Jean-Ralphio (Ben Schwartz) are wasting large amounts of money on a state-of-the-art office, giving employees high salaries with full benefits, and paying Detlef Schrempf and Roy Hibbert to play basketball all day, despite having no income.

Wolverine: Adamantium Rage

Both versions have a time limit that expires if the player takes too long, whereupon the Wolverine comic character Elsie-Dee automatically finds Wolverine and kills him, wasting one of his five lives (Genesis version) or giving you a Game Over (Super NES version).


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