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She grabbed a pair of scissors and began to scrape the wax off her apple. I was super confused watching the white solid parts, crumble on her lap. The story goes like this… Once apples are picked, they are washed, ready for the supermarkets. This process removes the natural wax of an apple. Since the waxy layer prevents moisture in the apple from escaping, this also shortens the storage time for the apple. Because of this, the apple is sprayed with a thin layer of wax to prevent the apple from drying up and being attacked by fungi. The wax layer also makes the apple look more appealing, ready to be sold in supermarkets. Next time you pick up an apple, try it! By Aishah Hannan | www.quora.com

What happens to you when you don’t get any sunlight for a month straight? I actually went without sunlight for a month. I traveled at night and was indoors and never went out. After a couple of weeks without sun my eyes got extremely dilated: It’s normal for me to get migraines as it runs in the family, but I got them more often than I usually did. I have pretty light skin as it is so no change there. When I did see sunlight for the first time in a month my eyes burned like crazy. They also got watery for a bit, but after a few minutes they adjusted. What I’m guessing happened is my pupils got really tiny: and they weren’t used to that. I had to walk with my back to the sun as my eyes adjusted because looking in the general direction of the sun was brutal. Also a side note to add was my motion sickness was worse than usual because I wasn’t in a moving vehicle and I was on the verge of puking when we got to the store. I had something to eat to help settle my stomach, but seeing the sunl