1 . Space Smells
Space smells like a combination of diesel fuel and barbecue, according to astronauts. The smell is caused by dying stars.
2. Rapunzel, Rapunzel!
A single strand of hair can hold up to 3 ounces of weight. That means the typical person’s full head of hair can support up to 12 tons.
3 . bloodcell guitar
Cornell University scientists have created a functioning guitar the size of a human blood cell.
4. Green Oranges
Many oranges are green when they’re ripe. Scientists remove their chlorophyll to make them more appealing to North American consumers.
5. Avrage lifetime walking time
The average person walks the equivalent of 5 laps around the world during their lifetime.
6. The chills
The chills you get when listening to music are caused by your brain releasing dopamine, a neurotransmitter that causes pleasure.
7. Women constitute
Women constitute 70 percent of Iranian university science and engineering students
8. Horror Film & art
A British research study found that watching a horror film prior to viewing abstract art enhances the enjoyment of the art for most people
9. Missing Teaspoons
In 2005, an Australian research institute published a study on the loss of teaspoons in the workplace.
10. The Power of Lightning
The average bolt of lightning contains enough energy to toast 100,000 pieces of bread.
11. Brain Freeze
The scientific name for brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.
12. Alcohol on the Brain
Researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital have determined it takes 6 minutes for alcohol to impact human brain cells.
13. Rubbler Ducks lost at Sea
In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks were lost at sea, and they are still being discovered in unexpected places.
14. Eye color
| Rank | Eye Color | Estimated Percentage of World Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown | 55% to 79% |
| 2 | Blue | 8% to 10% |
| 3 | Hazel | 5% |
| 4 | Amber | 5% |
| 5 | Green | 2% |
| 6 | Gray | <1% |
| 7 | Red/Violet | <1% |
| 8 | Heterochromia | <1% |
Globally, only 2 percent of the population has green eyes.
The Supreme Court has its own private basketball court with an amazing nickname There’s a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s nickname? You guessed it: the highest court in the land.
15. Walmart has a lower acceptance rate than Harvard
You think you’re hard to get into, Harvard, what with your fancy 8.9 percent admittance rate and all? Well try this on for size: only 2.6% of Walmart applicants are accepted. How ’bout them apples, huh?!! Now, we realize that this comparison isn’t exactly flawless, but you have to admit that it’s funny.
16. This football fan’s last dying wish
True story: A lifetime Cleveland Browns fan and season ticket holder requested in his obituary for “six Cleveland Browns pallbearers” at his funeral. Why? “So the Browns can let him down one last time.
17. There is a technical name for the “fear of long words”
It’s called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
18. Hunting unicorns is legal in Michigan
Lake Superior State University in Michigan offers a unicorn hunting license. Unsurprisingly, the “chief herald of the Unicorn Hunters” was once quoted saying: “The pursuit of the unicorn is a lonely quest.” We wish them nothing but good luck!
19. Someone paid $10,000 for artwork he or she can’t even see
An art collector once paid $10,000 for a “non-visible” sculpture created by actor James Franco. The artwork was billed as an “endless tank of oxygen.” Um, yeah… it’s called air. We’re breathing some now… for free!
20. A school of higher learning actually measured Tootsie Pop licks
It officially takes 364 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Well, at least according to engineering students at Purdue University, who used a proprietary “licking machine” rather than a human tongue.
21. Cows moo with regional accents
In small populations such as herds you would encounter identifiable dialectical variations which are most affected by the immediate peer group,” explains one UK professor. In other words: You can take the cow out of Jersy but you cant take the jersey out of the cow
22. A U.S. town had a 3-year-old mayor
In the small town of Dorset, Minnesota, where a new mayor is picked every two years by drawing names out of a hat, a three year old named Robert Tufts was elected mayor in 2015. His governing style : “Being nice and no poopy talk.” In 2018, I think we can all agree that the world could use more Robert Tufts in higher office.
23. The Cookie Monster has a real name
It’s Sid. No, seriously.
24. China censored the word for “censorship.”
I guess you can’t be guilty of a crime if nobody can describe what it is!
25. Barry Manilow didn’t write his hit song “I Write the Songs”
And before he recorded it, Barry didn’t even think it was a particularly good song.
26. Vending machines are bigger threats to humanity than sharks
You’re twice as likely to be killed by a vending machine than a shark. So when is Discovery Channel premiering their Vending Machine Week?
27. The blob of toothpaste that sits on your toothbrush has a name.
It’s called a “nurdle.”
28. What Americans think “HTML” means
According to a 2014 study, 1 in 9 Americans—exactly 11% of the population—think HTML is actually a disease. Oof!
29. The Queen is a total wedding crasher!
If you invite the Queen of England to your wedding, even if you’re not royalty, there’s a chance she might show up anyway, as she did with one unsuspecting couple in Manchester in 2012.
30. You can hire scary clowns to terrify children
You can hire a clown in Switzerland to stalk your kid and creepily smash a cake into their face on their birthday. Seriously. As if “nice” clowns weren’t terrifying enough!
31. Flowers like Viagra
Fact: If you put some Viagra in a vase, it will make flowers stand up straight for a week beyond when they would normally wilt.
32. ISIS learns to make cupcakes
Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service once hacked an Al-Qaeda website and replaced the bomb instructions with a cupcake recipe.
33. There’s an American town with a population of one…
Monowi, Nebraska is the only town in the United States with an official population of one person. Yes, she owes taxes… To herself! She’s in her 80s, and she’s employed as the village’s mayor, librarian, and bartender.
34. President Coolidge’s childish sense of humor
Believe it or not, the 30th U.S. president thought it was hilarious to push the emergency buzzer on his desk and then hide when the Secret Service came running.
35. What some passengers do to avoid baggage fees
In 2012, a man wore 60 shirts and nine pairs of jeans on an 11-and-a-half hour flight from China to Africa because he didn’t want to pay the extra baggage fee. Though hilarious, we don’t recommend it.
36. A bridge for squirrels exists
A town in Washington has a treetop bridge over a busy road that’s just big enough for squirrels. It’s called the “Nutty Narrows Bridge.” Admit it. That’s undeniably funny.
37. One programmer’s unusual way of weaning himself off Facebook
Maneesh Sethi, a computer programmer, hired a woman (at $8 an hour) to slap him in the face every time he tried checking Facebook during working hours!
38. Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s other career path
While he was in graduate school, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson considered becoming a stripper to earn extra money. He visited a club and watched dancers perform to the song Great Balls of Fire. Tyson left immediately and became a math tutor instead. We’re thrilled, of course.
39. The irony of this town’s name
There’s a village in southern Norway actually named “H*ll.” And get this: every winter it freezes over!
40. Our silly constitutional amendments that never happened
A U.S. constitutional amendment was proposed in 1893 suggesting that the country be renamed “The United States of Earth.” There was another failed amendment, a few years prior, that wanted to abolish the presidency and install a “Roman-style triumvirate.” As if the United States needed any more comparisons to the doomed Roman Empire!
41. What people really pray for
According to a 2014 survey by a Christian retailer in Nashville, 7% of Christian Americans pray for a parking spot!
42. We have musical roads
There’s a highway in Lancaster, California that plays the “William Tell Overture“—or the theme from “The Lone Ranger”—whenever cars drive over it at 55 mph. Yes, roads that sing!
43. We’re more prepped for a zombie invasion than you ever knew!
The actual U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a real website devoted to “zombie preparedness.”
44. The brooding silence in the Twilight movies
If you spliced them all together, there are exactly 26 minutes of quiet staring.
45. Lobster bladders
Lobsters have bladders on either side of their heads, so they communicate by urinating at each other. If they want another lobster to know that they’re happy or sad or angry or interested in a relationship, they say it with pee!
46. Dolly Parton lost a look-alike contest
Dolly Parton once entered a celebrity look-alike contest, without revealing her true identity, at a club in San Francisco. She lost to a drag queen.
47. The things we do when we lose a bet
After losing a drunken poker bet in 2009, a New Zealand man had his name legally changed to “Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova.” It took five years, but the name was finally approved by the government. All 99 characters of his new name are on his passport.
48. The fact that carrots will turn you orange
If you eat enough carrots—about three large carrots a day for several weeks—it increases the beta-carotene in your blood and could turn your skin orange.
49. All of the fine print in the world that literally no one reads
It would take 76 work days (if you work an 8-hour day) to read every online privacy policy you agree to in an average year.
50. Nabokov may be the real inventor of emojis
Russian author Vladimir Nabokov, the guy responsible for the classic novel Lolita, came up with the idea for smiley emoticons in 1969.
51. High heels were originally for men
When high-heel shoes first came into fashion, in the 10th century, they were intended for men. It wasn’t until the 18th century that more women wore high heels than men.
52. These amazing flowers that look like lips
There’s a flower in the rainforests of Central and South America that resembles a puckering mouth covered in lipstick.
53. Cows don’t like Willie Nelson
A dairy cow will produce up to 3% more milk when listening to music. But they don’t like country music, especially Willie Nelson. They need something with a good beat.
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