The knowledge whale.
Here are 50 amazing facts to blow your mind.
In January 1961 The US Air Force accidentally dropped
two nuclear bombs in Goldsboro North Carolina
when a bomber broke in half in the air.
Fortunately the bombs didn't go off.
But if they did it would've caused more
destruction than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
People who are in love can actually synchronize
their heartbeats just by gazing into each others eyes.
awww that's so cute!
A single search query on google takes more computing
power than it did to land the Apollo 11 on the moon.
Exercising increases productivity.
Having a regular exercise routine can make you
happier, smarter, and more energetic
and thus last longer throughout the day.
In 2009, archaeologist discovered the fossils
of a primitive species of crocodiles that actually galloped.
They lived 100,000,000 years ago walked with the
dinosaurs and sometimes even ate them.
Allen Gans holds the world record for
the longest career as an ice cream man.
He's been serving ice cream since 1947
in the greater Boston area and knows
90 percent of his customers by name.
The Nasir Almoque Mosque in Iran is known
for its incredible stained glass windows.
When the morning sunlight shines through the windows
the interior of the mosque reflects
the windows like a kaleidoscope.
In 1995, NASA scientists experimented on spiders
to see how drugs like LSD, marijuana,
caffeine and peyote would effect them.
The results showed that spiders would spin webs
differently depending on the type of drug
that they were given and the more toxic the drug
the less organized their webs were.
In Dubai there's a weight loss competition
called "Your Child in Gold".
The campaign is aimed at early obesity
and the winners get 40 kilograms in gold.
The pet rock became so popular when it first came out
that within the first six months of its release
Gary Doll the inventor earned 15,000,000 dollars.
In 1963 Alfred Heineken designed
the "Heineken World Bottle", a brick that holds beer
that can be used to build houses.
Unfortunately the project never came into fruition
and the Heineken estate and museum are the only two
places in the entire world with a beer brick wall installed.
That sounds like a tasty wall.
The Gippsland lakes in Victoria, Australia
actually glow in the dark.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called
bio luminescence when naturally occurring
micro organisms in the water are disturbed.
Just don't drink it cus you'll be sick, glowing, but sick.
The world record for the most passengers carried
on a commercial aircraft was set
on May 24th, 1991 when over 1,000
Ethiopian Jews were evacuated to Israel.
The flight started with 1086 people in the plane
but ended with 1088 people because
2 of them had babies on route to Israel.
In the 1970's Senator Larry Pressler refused to
take a bribe that was offered from the FBI.
He was called a Hero for doing so but he didn't think
turning down should be considered heroic.
Fair point Senator.
There is a normal barbie called The Lamilly Doll
Where the doll has brunette hair, cellulite,
stretch marks, freckles, acne and more.
She was also given the proportions of a typical 19 year old.
When Gary Knell, The president and CEO of the
Sesame Street workshop was asked whether Bert and Ernie
were gay he responded that they're not gay,
they're not straight, They're puppets.
They don't exist below the waist.
Rockall is an uninhibited granite
islet in the Atlantic Ocean.
Fewer than 20 people have been there
which means that more people have landed
on the surface of the moon than have landed on Rockall.
Elvis Presley only ever failed one class
when he was in high school, music class.
A small village in Japan called Inakadate has
revitalized itself by creating rice paddy art.
This style of art is done by combining a range of grains
of rice in different patterns to create amazing images.
Towards the later years in his life
Voltaire developed a habit of living near country borders
so that he could escape by crossing the border
if his writing angered the authorities.
That's actually pretty brilliant.
Currently there are plans in Berlin to create
something called "The House of One", Which is a
synagogue, church and mosque all under one roof.
India's successful Mars mission in 2014
cost less than a Hollywood film production.
The mission cost 45,000,000 pounds.
While the movie "Gravity", Starring George Clooney
and Sandra Bullock cost 58,000,000 pounds.
Where are our priorities right now?
You are most likely to come up with a great idea
while doing something monotonous,
such as exercising driving or showering.
This is because we are most relaxed
and least distracted so dopamine
is flowing through our bodies and triggering our thoughts .
"The Great Gatsby" originally sold very poorly with only
20,000 copies sold in the first year it was published.
In fact, F.Scott Fitzgerald died
believing that his work was a failure.
If he could only see it now.
It isn't entirely true that no two snowflakes are alike.
Snowflakes actually fall in only one of 35 different shapes.
Edgar Allen Poe once published a novel where a ship crew
becomes stranded with no food an one member named
Richard Parker is sacrificed for food.
Disturbingly just 45 years later in 1884,
a yacht sank on route from England to Australia.
The four men crew didn't have enough food to survive
and one boy was killed by the other three for food.
His name was Richard Parker.
George R.R. Martin was so impressed with Jack Gleeson's
portrayal of Joffrey in "Game of Thrones that he sent him
a personal letter saying congratulations on your
marvelous performance, everyone hates you.
Arch West, the inventor of Doritos
was buried with Doritos sprinkled over his body.
In 2014 a man named Christian Poincheval invented
a range of pills aimed at making people's farts smell
like either chocolate or roses.
The chocolate one is called "Father Christmas Fart Pill!"
This is Missy the most valuable cow in the world.
She produces 50 percent more milk than the
average cow and has superior genetics.
Her worth is 1.2 million dollars and
her embryos are in high demand.
One of the biggest reasons why night vision goggles
are green is because the human eye is the most sensitive
to light wave lengths near 555 nano-meters aka green
and can differentiate between more shades of
this green than any other color.
In 1923, Bobby the wonder dog tracked 4105 kilometers
across the United States to reunite with his owners
after he got lost in Indiana during a family road trip.
Property owners in New York City can actually request
to have trees planted on their street for free.
They're even allowed to suggest what species to plant.
Betty Davis and Joan Crawford were long time rivals.
When Joan Crawford died Betty Davis said
"You should never say bad things about the dead only good."
"Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
Microwaves use more electricity to power their clocks
than they do to heat up your food.
So you should probably think about unplugging
them when you're not using it.
There is something called non visible art where works are
imagined by the artists and described to the audience.
In 2011, a woman named Amie Davidson bought a piece
for 10,000 dollars saying she identified with
the ideology of the non visible art project.
There's a sucker born every minute.
There is a 61 meter long pink stuffed bunny on
the top of a hill in the Piedmont region of Italy.
It's there for hikers to enjoy
and should decay completely by 2025.
Tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis lost against Jimmy Connors
16 times before finally winning one game.
After winning he said "Nobody beats
Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row."
What a funny guy.
Here in Canada we have a candy called Maple Taffy
that's made by pouring molten maple syrup onto clean snow
so that the cold from the snow rapidly thickens
the syrup to create a soft candy.
Its unreal.
Cats have adapted to fall from great heights.
When they fall they reach terminal velocity and they
twist their bodies so that they can position their
feet under their bodies to land themselves.
It's Evolution!
Muhammad Ali once invited Billy Crystal to go
on a run with him at a local country club.
Crystal accepted the invitation but couldn't go
because the club restricted Jews.
Because of that Ali never went back to that club.
In 2012 a man named Seth Horvitz ordered a TV from amazon
and instead got a military grade assault rifle instead.
Can't plug a PlayStation into that.
The Walled City in St-Malo France
is notorious for being a safe haven for pirates.
A study done in 2010 shows that women
are more attracted to men who wear red.
The color makes men appear more powerful and
higher in status which leads to the attraction.
James W. Rogers was the last man to ever be executed by
a firing squad in the United States.
His final request was for a bullet proof vest.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Canada was actually
the first western nation to declare war on Japan.
The United States followed the day after.
There are a total of 15 countries
with absolutely no military force including,
Costa Rica, Liechtenstein and Samoa.
In Germany there's something called Street Pong where there
are touch screens installed on traffic lights so that
you can play pong with people across the street from you.
Research from 2014 shows that sleep patterns are linked
with important character traits and behavior and that people
who stay up late tend to take more risks than early risers.
According to research our voices change
when we find people attractive.
These vocal modulations tend to be subtle
and the speaker usually isn't conscious of the change.
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