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Your body is younger than you.
No matter how old you are, most of your body is less than 10 years old, because your cells are always recycling themselves. The epidermis recycles every 2-4 weeks, red blood cells are replaced every 4 months, and your skeleton turns over every 10 years. |
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Business and economics majors are more likely to be psychopaths.
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The Ouija Board named itself. According to its inventors, “Ouija” was the game’s response to the question of what it wanted to be called. They also claim that when they asked it what Ouija means, it ‘replied’: “Good luck.”
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If you’re trying to figure out whether someone has a fake smile, look at their eyes.
When you have a genuine smile, the corners of your mouth upturn, your cheeks raise, and the skin around your eyes crinkles. Known as the ‘Duchenne smile’, it happens involuntarily when you’re truly happy about something- so a smile without eye crinkles is a good indicator that it’s forced or fake. |
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Cruise ships have their own morgues.
Roughly 200 people die on cruise ships each year, especially on those that carry a lot of seniors, so most ships have a small morgue on board and are prepared to store up to 10 bodies. |
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Risk-taking is contagious.
Studies show you’re more likely to take a risk on something if you see someone else do it first, even if you don’t know the outcome of their choice. |
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Kit Kats are made of Kit Kats.
The manufacturers leave no Kit Kat uneaten, so every reject is mashed into a paste that’s used to fill the wafers. Because every imperfect Kit Kat was already filled with other imperfect Kit Kats, and some of the Kit Kats they’ll fill will also be rejected, every time you eat a Kit Kat, you’re basically eating layers of Kit Kats within Kit Kats within Kit Kats. |
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There’s a rare type of blood that’s shared by only 43 people in the entire world.
‘Rhnull’ blood doesn’t contain any of the Rh antigens that 99.9% of humans have. It’s often called ‘golden blood’ because it can be given to anyone who has a rare Rh blood type, but there are only 9 active donors, so it’s only used in extreme circumstances. |
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Actor Christopher Lee served in the British special forces during WWII. While filming The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, he was told to scream when his character gets stabbed. He replied, “Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.”
" It's gasp because all the breath's been driven out of the body. |
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For $11.99, you can find out if anyone has ever died in your home. The site Diedinhouse.com reveals whether there have been any documented deaths at your address by giving you a full report that includes names, dates, and causes of death, as well as any meth labs, arson, or murders that occurred on the property.
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In the time it took scientists to discover it, let it be a planet for 76 years, take away its planet status, say it might be a planet again, then change their minds, Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun. Due to it taking 248.09 Earth years for Pluto to circle the sun, we won’t see it complete an orbit until March 23, 2178.
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You have a greater risk of mental illness if you’re highly intelligent. A survey of the top 2% of Mensa members showed that their rates of depression, bipolar disorder, and others were all higher than the national average. While intelligence doesn’t cause mental illness, scientists suspect that highly- active brains might also be highly sensitive.
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Tru dat !
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A small branch of Germany’s government is still dedicated to hunting Nazis. Since 1958, employees of the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes have been reviewing WWII paperwork to identify Nazis. They track down about 30 per year but will soon shut their doors, because the remaining suspects are either dead or in their 90s.
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If you’re creative, you might perceive the world differently. In a study that showed people a red dot in one eye and a green dot in the other, those who had traits associated with creativity merged the dots and saw a two-coloured image. The remaining participants saw two individual dots, suggesting that the creative people, who were more ‘open to experience’, processed visual stimuli in a unique way.
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When Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon in 1980, David Bowie was the next target on his hit list. Bowie, who was starring on Broadway at the time, said “Chapman had a front-row ticket to ‘The Elephant Man’ the next night. John and Yoko were supposed to sit front row for that show, too. So… there were three empty seats in the front row. I can’t tell you how difficult that was… I almost didn’t make it through the performance.”
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The Poison Garden is a public garden full of deadly plants. When the Duchess of Northumberland took over the English garden in 1995, she wanted to fill it with something different that would interest children, who “don’t care that aspirin comes from a bark of a tree. What’s really interesting is to know how a plant kills you, and how the patient dies, and what you feel like before you die.”
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Ravens are smart enough to play tricks on each other.
If a raven knows it can be seen by other ravens, it sometimes pretends to stash its food in one place while secretly hiding it elsewhere so onlookers can’t steal it. This tactic doesn’t always work, however, because the ravens who were watching are often just as intelligent as the raven who was trying to trick them in the first place |
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Inspired by a similar plan in Canada, police in the UK gave out free lollipops at the door of a nightclub to reduce rowdiness after closing time.
The idea was that drunken, late-night clubbers wouldn’t be inclined to shout or cause a disturbance while they were sucking on them. It worked. |
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When used as a noun, the spelling of the word ‘blonde’ makes a difference.
A ‘blonde’ is a female with fair hair, while a ‘blond’ is a light-haired male. |
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Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs, and American Horror Story all have characters that were based on serial killer Ed Gein, who was so devastated by his mother’s death that he began to make a ‘woman suit’ so he could “become her and literally crawl into her skin.”
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There’s no such thing as a ‘sugar high.’
Research shows no evidence that sugar makes kids extra hyper- we’re just so conditioned to think it does that we often perceive ‘changes’ in a child’s behaviour when we think they’ve eaten too much sugar, even if they haven’t actually had any at all. |
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When you’re thinking to yourself by silently talking or arguing in your head, it’s actually accompanied by tiny muscular movements in your larynx.
So any time you’re mentally talking to yourself, your body is also physically talking a little bit without your knowing it. |
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haha that last one just freaked me out bigmo
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Lol Hank. This next one might not help either.
 There’s a tiny little island in the Philippines called Vulcan Point. It sits in the middle of Main Crater Lake, which is located on Volcano Island, which is in the middle of Lake Taal, which is on the main Philippine island of Luzon - making it an island within a lake, within an island, within a lake, within an island. |
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In Norway, people use the word ‘texas’ as slang for ‘crazy.’
It doesn’t refer to a person, but rather a chaotic atmosphere or state of mind- so saying a party ‘was totally crazy!’ in Norwegian would be ‘det var helt texas!,’ which literally means 'it was totally texas!’ |
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Sleeping with your bedroom door closed could help you survive a house fire.
While open-door rooms can reach 1,000+ degrees Fahrenheit, having your door closed can keep the temperature in your room below 100, limit your carbon monoxide exposure, and reduce smoke inhalation. |
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The first time “Google” was used as a verb on TV was on the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In an episode from October of 2002, Willow asks Buffy “Have you Googled her yet?,” to which Xander replies “She’s 17!” - and Willow then has to clarify that Google is, in fact, a search engine. |
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The perfect length of time to be on vacation is 8 days.
Your health and wellness levels rise rapidly while on vacation, but they peak on the 8th day and return to baseline within your first week back no matter how long you’re gone. Because lengthier vacations don’t seem to make a difference, experts say the key to improved overall satisfaction is to take more vacations, not longer ones. |
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Scientists used a confocal laser microscope to map the topography of an IHOP flapjack.
When they compared the relative change in elevation to the US Geological Survey’s data for the state of Kansas, they were able to confirm that Kansas really is “flatter than a pancake.” |
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Your brain starts slowing down when you’re 24.
This is when the reaction time of people playing video games shows the first sign of decline. You’re not getting dumber, though, because your brain then begins to compensate by relying on experience and mental shortcuts- so your thought process actually becomes more efficient. |
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If someone is attractive and charming, you’re more likely to assume they’re intelligent and hard-working- even if they’re not.
Known as the ‘Halo Effect’, it’s a theory that our generalized judgements of people can bleed over into the more specific judgements we make about them. Studies show that even though we understand the Halo Effect intellectually, it’s almost impossible for us to recognize when it’s actually happening. |
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Dancing with your friends makes you feel part of something bigger than yourself, gives you a merged sense of you and them, strengthens your relationships, builds trust, and raises your pain tolerance.
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Humans have more empathy for dogs than they do for other humans.
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In 1992, Nickelodeon buried a time capsule with items thought to be the most important to kids at the time, including VHS copies of Home Alone and Back to the Future, rollerblades, a Nintendo Game Boy, Reebok pump sneakers, a jar of Gak, and Twinkies.
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Your meanest friend may be the one who loves you the most.
Studies show people who make others experience negative emotions believe the impact of those emotions will benefit them in the long run. When it comes to close friends, those who are harsh and honest probably just want what’s best for you. |
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The Museum of Broken Relationships lets you anonymously drop off items that remind you of your ex, then turns your story into an exhibit.
The displays have helped thousands of people heal by giving them the ‘chance to overcome an emotional collapse through creativity.’ Starting as a travelling art project in 2006, it’s now seen over 45 temporary (and 2 permanent) locations around the world. |
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George Washington didn’t wear a wig; the ponytail and perfect curls were all his.
He turned his brown hair white by using lots of powder, so he kept his ponytail in a silk bag to keep it from smearing across his back when he was dancing with the ladies (which he liked to do). |
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6 ravens have to live in the Tower of London at all times.
According to a 17th- century legend, King Charles II was warned that removing ravens from the grounds would cause the monarchy and the Tower itself to fall. He took this seriously, decided there must always be 6 ravens within the Tower walls, hired Ravenmasters to care for the birds, and a Ravenmaster is still on staff to this day. |
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Millennials are a well-behaved generation.
Studies show substance abuse disorders are 49% lower, delinquent behaviour (like stealing and assault) is 34% lower, and teen pregnancy is 40% lower than in previous generations. |