Reading Time: 3 minutes Isn’t it amazing how the pursuit of one invention can lead to another? And what I find even more spectacular is that some of these accidental finds can lead to something really rather fun. Take for example water balloons. Honestly speaking, there’s hardly a more satisfying feeling than landing a balloon filled with water […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWould you risk using Vicks inhalers if they can result in a positive drug test for Meth? You’re probably thinking that this is just some weird prank, but disturbingly, it’s true. It’s a tiny little quirk with the popular cold remedy that can cause huge problems if you face a drug test after using it.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is perhaps one of, if not the most famous painting in the world. The painting by Leonardo da Vinci called Mona Lisa. It has been the focus of intense study for generations, from the smile to the eyes and the lack of eyebrows. That’s what brings us to this fact. Like most people, I bet
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Reading Time: 2 minutesPerhaps one of the biggest time waster in the office since the advent of the water cooler would have to be solitaire on Microsoft Windows. Originally a simple one player card game, it made its transition to the digital world as part of a package with Microsoft Windows. But it begs the question. Why did
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Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you ever noticed a pleasant, clean smell after a rain storm? Especially if it’s a rain storm following a long period of dry weather? Some people notice it immediately, even detecting the scent before they have noticed water falling from the sky. Some people find it hard to detect, but it’s there. It leaves a pleasant, clean and earthly
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn 9 December 1979, a commission of eminent scientists declared that smallpox was eradicated. Five months later on 8 May 1980, the World Health Organisation endorsed the declaration themselves saying the terrible virus was now eradicated and no longer a threat to the worldwide human population. But eradicated and extinct are two very different things. That’s because
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you read the fact about the Icelandic incest app you may have thought it was a joke, or you may have even had a chuckle at the idea. You probably even initially thought to yourself how many people really marry a cousin? Well it would appear that quite a few people do. To be
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Reading Time: 3 minutesNow for a question that has been bugging me, and quite possibly every chocolate lover around the world for quite some time. Why does chocolate go white? You know what I mean, right? What would appear to be a perfectly good chocolate bar while still contained in its wrapper turns out to be a somewhat pale
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Reading Time: 2 minutesFans of children’s show Inspector Gadget will recall that whenever he gets instructions it ends with a message that it will self destruct, usually within a few seconds. This technology has been in use by government and business organisations for decades, however they never exploded. But have you ever heard of a self destruct DVD?
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSir Isaac Newton died a virgin. That’s right, you heard it here first. One of the brightest minds to ever grace this earth and draw breath never once got his willy wet. OK, so he would have got it wet in a bath or a torrential downfall of rain, but never in a fun way,
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