The first pair of Nike running shoes was made in a waffle iron.
Flashlights are better at warding off muggers than any other safety weapons.
The wood frog can hold its pee for eight months.
Eating blue cheese can cause strange and vivid dreams.
National Donut Day was created as a way to honor Salvation Army volunteers who served donuts to soldiers during World War I.
People in India read an average of 10 hours and 42 minutes every week. This is the most time of any country on Earth.
Geckos can turn the stickiness of their feet on an off at will.
If you leave the little piece of cotton in your pill bottle, it will trap moisture and deteriorate your pills.
There’s a Chrome extension called Showgoers that will sync your Netflix player with others so you and your friends can watch shows together in real time. When you can’t be together, that is.
It’s nearly impossible for your brain to handle walking and using the phone at the same time. It causes inattention blindness, which means you can identify a blurry object but won’t be able to tell what it is.
Dull knives are more likely to cut you than sharp knives because you use more pressure when wielding a dull knife.
Lunana is a condition caused by depression that can altar the white half-moon shape at the base of your fingernail.
You can still vote if you show up last minute. Any person standing in a polling line, no matter how late they joined, is legally allowed to vote.
If you take an aspirin at the first sign of heart attack, chances are you could save yourself from the full effects. It prevents the platelets from forming blood clots and decelerates the condition.
Super glue can be temporarily used as stitches in an emergency.
In the late 1800s, you could buy divorce papers from a vending machine for $2.50 in Corinne, Utah.
Most fatalities from house fires are caused by smoke inhalation and not the actual flames.
For the first year, a newborn blue whale gains about 200 pounds a day.
On the top of Mt. Everest, the boiling point of water is 162 °F. This is about 50 degrees below the boiling point of water at sea level.
In 2017, the word ‘whatever’ was voted the most annoying word for the 9th year in a row by Americans.
80% of plane crashes happen within 3 minutes after takeoff or 8 minutes before landing.
Fat cells don’t disappear when you lose or gain weight, they simply change size.
The iPhone, Harry Potter books and the Rubik’s cube are the most sold products in history.
The color people see when there’s no light actually has a name. It’s called Eigengrau, or intrinsic grey.
In 1953, Swanson had around 260 tons of frozen turkey left over after Thanksgiving, so they packaged them into trays as meals and the tv dinner was invented.
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