Interesting Facts

    Interesting Facts

    All kinds of interesting facts that are intriguing and good to know. Get up to speed on the latest interesting trivia.

    Napping After Learning
    Napping After Learning
    Taking a nap after learning something can help your retention of it.
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    Invention of the Microwave
    Invention of the Microwave
    The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
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    Increased Creativity
    Increased Creativity
    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    Money Can Buy Happiness
    Money Can Buy Happiness
    Money can buy happiness, but researchers have found that its emotional well-being benefits max out at a salary of about 75K a year.
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    Music and Productivity
    Music and Productivity
    Listening to music while working helps to create a positive mood, and helps you to become more productive.
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    WWOOF
    WWOOF
    WWOOF is an international program that allows you to travel the world, with food/accommodations covered, in exchange for volunteer work.
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    Grumpy Cat
    Grumpy Cat
    The cat featured in the popular internet meme "grumpy cat" has a permanently grumpy face due to feline dwarfism. Her real name is Tardar Sauce.
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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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    Beowulf Mansion
    Beowulf Mansion
    There's a rentable mansion that's located where Beowulf was based.
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    Stud Poker
    Stud Poker
    "Stud Poker" got its name when a drunk Civil War vet gambled a horse.
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    Cuddle Mattress
    Cuddle Mattress
    There is a bed called the Cuddle Mattress that it is divided into layers of foam for your arm to slip though.
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    The World Ship
    The World Ship
    There's a cruise ship named "The World" where residents permanently live as it travels around the globe.
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    Camping Can Help to Reset Body Clock
    Camping can help to reset your body clock, according to research.
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    Funeral Poets of Amsterdam
    If you die in Amsterdam with no next of kin and no-one to attend your funeral, a poet will write a poem for you and recite it at your funeral.
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    Walt Disney World: Second Largest Purchaser of Explosives in U.S.
    Walt Disney World is the second largest purchaser of explosives in the United States, after the Department of Defense.
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    Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
    Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.
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    Tsunami Stones
    Tsunami Stones
    Around 300 ft uphill from the highest water level reached by the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami sits a centuries-old stone marker that warns: “Do not build your homes below this point!”
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    Crayola Smell is One of the Most Recognizable Scents to Americans
    The smell of Crayola crayons is so familiar that it is 1 of the 20 most recognizable scents to American adults.
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    Mincome
    Mincome
    An experimental program in Canada in the 1970s gave everyone a minimum income just for being a citizen.
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    Hugging your pillow while sleeping indicates that you miss someone
    Pillow hugging while sleeping is a subconscious indication that you miss someone.
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