For every ship that passes through the Santa Barbara Channel at or below the reduced speed of 12knots, the company that owns the ship will be paid $2,500.

It only took a year before this French invention crossed the English channel-no doubt on a mail ship-to show up as an English word in 1865.

Within minutes of a fatty meal, the arteries become stiffer, the blood becomes more viscous and our bodies look — on a small scale — a bit like the Houston Ship Channel.