Reading Time: 2 minutes It may go against every moral fiber in your being, but swearing is good for your health. That is of course dependent on the company that you are in when partaking in the colorful language. Say it in front of a terse nun and it most likely isn’t particularly good for your health. However, studies …
Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the ancient world’s most powerful men, Alexander the Great, had two different eye colors. For a lot of people reading this right now, this might come as a bit of a surprise. Eyes are supposed to match, and different colors just isn’t possible, or is it? Well, it is, and it is a …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Any parent of young babies already knows that humans can produce copious amounts of saliva. Even as a young baby we have the ability to completely saturate everything that we encounter with excess dribble. It’s not that babies do it on purpose, it’s just a part of development. In particular, when teething a baby will …
Reading Time: 2 minutes How does your vision measure up? If you’re anything like me, it’s not very good at all. But one woman from Germany, Veronica Seider, has vision that is 20 times better than the average persons. If you’re wondering how good that is, it turns out that she can identify people from 1 mile (1.6 km) …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Oh, the question that needs urgent answering. Where does belly button fluff come from? You know the stuff. Naval fluff, belly button lint, naval lint. The fabric fluffy material that you discover inside your belly button. At first thought most people would say it all comes from our clothing and traveled down due to gravity. But this …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that mosquitoes are attracted to pregnant women? Sure, we’ve all been a snack of the deadly little insect from time to time, and even the most oblivious person would have observed that they do have a preference for some people over others. So you have to ask the question, why do they …
Reading Time: 2 minutes I bet that you didn’t know that humans glow in the dark. Go ahead and try it yourself. What happened when you went into a darkened room? Did you set off a bioluminescent glow? I know that the answer you will give me is a resounding no. However, if you say that you didn’t, you …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever seen stars and pops of light when you rub your eyes? You would most probably see them when you vigorously rub them, but they can come by with even a gentle rub. In saying all of that, it’s likely that you have seen them, but have you ever given much thought into …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re all fairly familiar with déjà vu. It’s best described as a feeling that you have already experienced or seen an event, whether or not it’s actually happened or not. One of the most memorable moments of déjà vu on screen would be in the film, The Matrix, when Keanu Reeves character utters the line, and it just …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Would you believe that the longest sneezing fit ever recorded lasted a whopping 978 days? As amazing as it sounds, it’s absolutely true. The poor unfortunate woman who suffered for over two agonizing years was Donna Griffiths from Worcestershire, England. For many of us who suffer a bout of the sniffles it usually lasts no more …
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