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Pantheism is the belief that the universe and all things within nature are God.
Pantheists do not celebrate a distinct personal or anthropomorphic god, but accept all gods into worship because they view God as everything and everyone, and everyone and everything as God. |
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James Earl Jones once travelled across the United States and used his legendary Darth Vader voice to talk to truck drivers on his CB radio… but it freaked them out so much, he had to stop doing it.
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Bill Murray was a pre-med student until he got busted for pot on his 20th birthday, and it changed his life forever.
While waiting to board a plane in Chicago on September 21, 1970, he jokingly told another passenger he had bombs in his bag. A ticket agent overheard him, US Marshals searched his luggage and found $20k worth (10 lbs) of weed, he was put on 5 years probation, and, in a flash, his college career was over… so he became an actor instead. |
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Some dogs are trained to provide emotional support for witnesses while reliving a traumatic experience on the witness stand or testifying in front of their attacker.
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David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke, Bob Dylan, and Iggy Pop have all used the same ‘cut-up’ technique to write many of their songs.
Using poems or lyrics they’d already written, they cut the words apart, mixed them around, and put them back together in a different order to achieve a more poetic and mysterious sound. |
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In 1964, a Swedish art gallery displayed 4 paintings by unknown artist Pierre Brassau.
Every single art critic praised the ‘avant-garde’ work- except one, who said, ‘only an ape could have done this’ …and he was right. It was all a hoax by a journalist who wanted to put art critics to the test, and ‘Brassau’ was actually a 4-year-old chimpanzee named Peter. |
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Ron Clements, co-director of Aladdin, confirmed the fan theory that the merchant at the beginning of the film is actually Genie.
“[we] had that at the end of the movie, where he would reveal himself to be the Genie… [through] editing, we lost the reveal at the end. So, that’s an urban legend that actually is true.” |
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Turquoise Elfcup, Hairy Parachute, Cinnamon Jellybaby, Weeping Toothcrust, Witches’ Butter, Elbowpatch Crust, Hairy Nuts Disco, King Alfred’s Cakes, and Chicken of the Woods are all names of mushrooms.
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Frequent daydreamers are likely to be more intelligent and creative.
Studies of mental functions found that wandering minds are associated with creative thinking and more efficient brain activity. Researchers think daydreamers can grasp concepts so quickly and easily that they can’t help getting lost in other thoughts once they understand what’s happening in their current environment. |
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Raking your leaves destroys ecosystems.
Fallen leaves create a natural layer that butterflies, moths, salamanders, chipmunks, box turtles, toads, shrews, worms, and other species rely on for food and shelter. |
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You can die from pooping too hard.
Triggering of cardiovascular incidents by micturition and defecation . https://www.internationaljournalofcardiology.com/article/S0167-5273(05)00705-9/fulltext |
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If an actual zombie outbreak happened in New York City, everyone would be ‘undead’ within 24 hours.
Researchers estimated the zombie infection rate in America by using the same method epidemiologists would for real diseases and found that people who live farther from big cities would have a whole month to prepare, with the safest place being the northern Rockies. |
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The oldest sibling is usually the most well behaved.
1st-born children receive more parental attention in early childhood, and their main influences are generally adults. This leads to them developing better behavioural habits than their 2nd-born siblings, who get less overall attention and often learn more from other kids than they do from grown-ups. |
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‘Devil’s advocate’ was a real job until 1983.
Any time the Catholic church wanted to canonize a saint, an official acted as the devil’s advocate by questioning the candidate’s saintliness and arguing against their supposed miracles. If the potential saint could hold up to the intense criticism, the church knew they officially deserved the title. |
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If your local Waffle House is closed, you should probably run.
Because the 24-hour chains only shut down during the threat of absolute devastation, FEMA unofficially determines the severity of a natural disaster based on whether Waffle Houses in the area are still open. They call this “The Waffle House Index.” |
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Chris Farley was the original voice of Shrek.
He’d recorded nearly 90% of his lines before he died, but instead of having an impersonator record the remaining lines, they hired Mike Myers and completely re-wrote the film. You can even listen to Farley’s Shrek online and hear how different his interpretation of the character was. |
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More than 70% of people can determine your sexual attitudes just by looking at your face.
However, if you happen to be a man with a large nose, square jaw, and small eyes or a woman with large lips and wide eyes, they’re more likely to suspect you’re into short-term relationships, one-night stands, and sex without love. |
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George Washington didn’t know dinosaurs existed, but he probably thought giants were real.
America’s first president died in 1799, and science didn’t prove the existence of dinosaurs until 1841. Before then, fossilized dino bones were often thought to belong to an extinct race of giant humans. |
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Fear of the unknown is the force behind many different anxiety disorders.
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We often lower the pitch of our voices when we’re talking to someone we find attractive.
Because of the common stereotype that husky, breathy, and lower-pitched voices are sexier, both men and women may unknowingly try to sound more like Barry White or Scarlett Johansson if they’re talking to someone they think is hot. |
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Taking a few moments to pause and observe nature can improve your mood.
Literally ‘stopping and smelling the roses’ or noticing things like a bird, a house plant, a dandelion in the sidewalk, or just the sun shining through the window can boost your happiness and well-being. |
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There’s a university in Sweden where students let out primal screams at 10 pm every night.
The ‘Flogsta Scream’ occurs when students in Uppsala’s Flogsta neighbourhood keep up the tradition by stopping what they’re doing at exactly 10 pm and collectively screaming from their balconies, windows, and rooftops to help blow off steam and ease the stresses of college exams. |
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Sorry if this is on here already.
“A piece of brain tissue the same size as a grain of sand, contains 1 billion synapses and 100,000 neurons that are “talking” to each other” |
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Wow.
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There has never been a reported death caused by consuming too much weed.
While alcohol can become lethal at only 10 times the effective dose, the lethal dose for marijuana is at least 1,000 times greater than the dose you would need to achieve a noticeable effect. |
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Fictional characters might not be real, but our relationships with them are.
Studies show it’s difficult for our brains to distinguish between our familiarity with characters on TV and our personal relationships with real people. The effect is so strong that just thinking about watching your favourite TV show can make you feel less lonely. . https://curiosity.com/topics/tv-characters-might-be-fictional-but-your-relationship-with-them-isnt-curiosity/ |
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If you’re travelling through the fog and the sun is at your back, you might just see a white rainbow.
Fogbows are like rainbows without colour. Though rare, they occur in the fog because the water droplets, which would normally form a rainbow, are too small to reflect the light wavelengths that create colours. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog_bow |
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Almost all mammals live for around 1 billion heartbeats.
For a rabbit, which has a quick pulse, it takes about 3 years to reach a billion heartbeats, but a slow-pulsed elephant can go more than 80 years. Only humans can push their hearts past 2 billion, thanks to modern medicine, food preservation technology, and water purification. . https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12877984&t=1566562994468 |
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Sound changes when it snows.
It seems quieter right after a snowfall because a blanket of fresh powder is absorbing the sound waves- but once the snow melts and refreezes, it then creates a reflective surface that amplifies sound by allowing it to travel farther than normal. . https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/snow/science/characteristics.html |
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When a cat wants to be fed, it imitates a baby human.
Hungry cats emit a vocalized, high-frequency purr that’s in the same acoustic range as the cries of a hungry infant, and humans subconsciously recognize it as being more urgent than other purrs. . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8147566.stm |
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The town of Baarle-Nassau is split between Belgium and the Netherlands.
The border isn’t a straight line, so bits of each country are scattered throughout the town, and some of the buildings are even divided between the two countries. Dutch restaurants close earlier, so when closing time comes, the tables are all moved to the Belgian side. . https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/02/most-complicated-border-town-world/1267/ |
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In Brazil, the dolphins that team up with local fishermen have their own accent.
For over 160 years, wild dolphins have been helping humans catch more fish by signalling when they should cast their nets. Because they use their own unique whistles even around other dolphins, scientists think they may be trying to distinguish themselves as ‘the ones who help humans.’ . https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149139-dolphins-that-work-with-humans-to-catch-fish-have-unique-accent/ |
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Star Trek’s James Doohan was a D-Day hero.
At the invasion of Normandy, he killed two snipers and successfully led his men through a minefield. He was also shot four times in the leg, once in the finger, and once in the chest - but a cigarette case his brother gave him was in his front pocket, and it saved his life. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Doohan#Military_service |
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Psychopaths are less likely to catch other people’s yawns.
. http://mentalfloss.com/article/67644/new-study-shows-psychopaths-dont-catch-yawns |
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From a certain angle, Saturn’s moon Mimas looks like the Death Star and has a Pac-Man-shaped heat signature.
. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/features/2010/pac-man-mimas.html |
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Studies have shown that duct tape is significantly more effective than liquid nitrogen at removing warts.
' http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/seriouslyscience/2015/09/29/duct-tape-can-do-everything-including-cure-your-warts/#.XWaHYShKjcv |
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The original version of Monopoly was actually created in protest of monopolies. The inventor, Elizabeth Magie, believed in a system of shared land value and designed the game as a teaching tool to address the problems and immorality of land monopolies - but she only made about $500 off of her game because some guy stole her idea, sold it to Parker Brothers, and kept all the royalties for himself.
' https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html |
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Galapagos batfish have frowny-faces and giant red lips. They also use their fins as feet to walk around the seafloor, because they’re terrible swimmers.
' https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/12/11884594/red-lipped-batfish-verge-animal-review |
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If you want to be more productive, listen to a video game soundtrack while you work. People who work in silence are slower and less proficient than those who listen to music, and video game music is specifically designed to keep you motivated and finishing tasks without stealing your focus.
. https://www.popsci.com/work-productivity-listening-music/#page-4 |
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The football huddle was first used at a college for the deaf in the 1890s so the players could keep their signing hidden from the opposing teams.
. https://theweek.com/articles/451763/true-origin-story-football-huddle |