Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
21
The world’s smallest book, “Teeny Ted from Turnip Town”, is 100×70 micrometers in size and requires a scanning electron microscope to read, as light beams are too large.
6
Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
27
"Strategic incompetence" is the art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don't know how to do them.
16
Every year around 1 billion Valentine cards are sent. After Christmas it's a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.
14
Each day, there are over 120 million sexual intercourse taking place all over the world.
301
No matter its size or thickness, no piece of paper can be folded in half more than 8 times.
-64
More than 10% of the world's salt is used to de-ice American roads.
54