14 proofs that your life is one big lie.
Here you are, going about your business, believing stereotypes, and then it turns out that everything you believed is a lie.
No, wait, really. Trust me. Here are 14 incredible facts that will probably turn your world upside down.
Number fourteen - there is gravity in outer space.
There's gravity on the international space station, although it''s weaker than on the planet's surface.
The astronauts are basically falling very slowly along with the station, which results in weightlessness.
Number thirteen - Napoleon was quite tall.
The average height in France at that time was about 5' 3" to 5' 4", which means that the emperor at 5' 7"
wasn't short at all.
Napoleon disliked tall hats, preferring smaller ones, which diminished his stature a bit.
And the wrong assumption of a psychologist, along with a translator's error, gave birth to the 'Napoleon Complex' term
That actually has nothing to do with Bonaparte.
Number twelve - Coke in glass bottles is different from Coke in cans.
You're gonna love this one.
Taste is affected by a whole number of factors, including touch and smell.
The same drink in different vessels will taste different, too.
Sara Rich, a food chemist, thinks that polymers covering the insides of an aluminum can may absorb part of the taste and smell,
while glass is chemically inert (it has no taste nor smell).
This is probably why Coke in glass bottles is considered the most delicious. By the way, which kind is your favorite?
Number eleven - this is how towels are stacked in stores.
Some stores use all kinds of tricks for marketing or just plain convenience.
This is an example of an anti-theft solution: you have to call a shop assistant to bring you the item you'd like to buy.
Number ten - the Earth isn't round.
It has the shape of a geoid, but this information is reserved for people who aren't adept at the flat Earth hypothesis.
Number nine - Hello Kitty isn't a cat.
Anthropologist Christine Yano has researched Hello Kitty as a mass culture phenomenon for the last several years,
and she's positive
it's not a cat,
but a girl,
a self-contained character. The proof is that you'll never see Hello Kitty on all fours, and she also has a pet cat.
Meow.
Number eight - diamonds are cheap carbon in excess.
De Beers has a monopoly on the diamond market:
the company founders first bought diamond mines in South Africa in 1888
and then proceeded to buy in other places where these, as it turns out, not so precious stones were mined.
The sky-high prices of diamonds are the result of a marketing ploy of the company and its owners' stinginess. You're kidding.
Next thing you're gonna tell me is that not all potato chips are 100% potatoes.
Number seven - not all potato chips are 100% potatoes.
The secret of smooth and even chips is that there are only 40% potato flakes, while the rest is starch, flour, and water.
All the ingredients are mixed together and pressed in special molds.
Traditional chips are thin potato slices fried in oil, and you can recognize them by their uneven edges and texture.
Number six - not all paving blocks are actual blocks.
Now you know how these blocks are made. Of course, it's not done like this everywhere,
but it's cheaper and faster than actually laying out the blocks.
Number five - flying moths don't eat clothes.
Grown moths don't make holes in clothes: their offspring do.
A moth is only born and lives to lay down its eggs into fur, which then hatch,
and ravenous little maggots start eating the clothes.
Number four - owls have long legs.
Everyone knows owls can turn their heads at a 270 degree angle, but their long legs were discovered by accident:
someone just decided to lift the bird a little.
I'll have to remember that.
Number three - goldfish have a memory span of more than three seconds.
A 15-year-old Australian student busted the myth that goldfish have bad memories and remember only the last three seconds.
The school experiments show that the fish retain associative memory for at least six days,
and they're even capable of solving simple problems (such as the need to swim to another beacon if they haven't been fed at the first one).
I'm sorry. What was that about? Oh, memory. Yeah?
Number two - Chupa Chups isn't a US brand.
The world renowned lollipop was conceived by Enric Bernat from Barcelona, Spain,
and the logo was created by Salvador Dali himself.
In Spanish, the name is pronounced with an 'oo' sound, like in 'food.' Ooh, yummy
And number one - you can't stick your thumb into your nose. Don't even try.
Ha, yep, this was a check. You can, and that's what you've just done. Right?
So which in fact has impressed you the most?
Chupa Chups or Hello Kitty? Or anything else?
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Okay, you can take your thumb out of your nose now.