1.To tell a real diamond from a fake, you need to breathe on it: a fake one will become foggy, and a genuine one will stay clear.
2.A cockroach can live a few weeks without its head. It will eventually die of hunger.
3.Galileo Galilei’s middle finger is stored in The Museum of Science in Florence.
4.The iPhone, the Harry Potter books, and the Rubik’s Cube are the top 3 most sold productsin human history.
5.The Mona Lisa was in Napoleon Bonaparte’s bedroom for a few years.
6.The Bombay phenotype is a phenomenon whereby certain elements of the blood are missing. It results in a person having a mixed blood type. Only 0.0004% of the world’s population have such blood. There is even a special storage of this blood so that people who have it can have a blood transfusion if necessary. What is curious is that this unique blood type can be transfused to any person with a regular blood type.
Besides the senses that we all know, such as smell and touch, a person also has another sense: proprioception(being aware of the position of one’s body parts).
7.Only 5% of the population of Brazil lives in the Rio Grande state. However, this is the place where 70% of all Brazilian models are from.
8.Bananas have a curved shape because they reach for the sunlight when they grow.
9.Mayday is the word that is used instead of SOS in radio chat.
10.The Pokemon characters Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan were named after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
11.The Spanish word “esposas” means both “handcuffs” and “wives.”
12.The blue bird from the Twitter logo has a name: Larry. The creators of the social network named the bird after basketball player Larry Bird.
13.In the high mountain forests of Nepal, there are giant bees. The length of their bodies can be up to 1.1 inches. These bees produce special honey that can cause a person to hallucinate. The Gurungs that live in that part of the Himalayas collect such hallucinogenic honey.
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