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1. The human brain remember more negative memories than positive ones. This is due to the negativity bias the brain sets up as a defense mechanism.
2. Short female drivers that sit close to the steering wheel are the most likely to be killed by an air bag.
3. Sunglasses make people look more attractive because they give the illusion of a chiseled bone structure on top of a soft-featured face.
4. While children of identical twins are legally first cousins, genetically, they are actually half siblings.
5. Swans form monogamous pair bonds that last for many years. If one swam dies, its partner may mourn or at least remain celibate for several seasons.
6. While reading, people are prone to subconsciously take on attributes to that of fictional characters as if they were their own. This phenomenon is 'experience-taking'.
7. The first animals in space were fruit flies, launched in a V-2 rocket by the US in 1947. The fruit flies were recovered alive.
8. President Obama gets to watch advanced episodes of "Game of Thrones" episodes before the rest of the world.
9. A California man who made a personalized license plate that said "No Plate and received more than 2500 parking tickets.
10. In Japan, the odds of being killed by a gun is about the same as an American's chance of being killed by lightning.
11. According to recent research, there is a correlation between a poorer sense of smell and psychopathic personality traits.
12. In 2008, Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for US $44.6 billion. Yahoo rejected the offer. In 2016, it was sold for just US $ 4.8 billion.
13. According to recent research, new friends become better friends over time if they have similar levels of social anxiety.
14. A man once sued Warner Bros, and won, after he was injured while fainting during a 1974 screening of the "The Exorcist."
15. In New Zealand, it is legal to name your kids the following names, "Sex Fruit", "Fat Boy", "4Real", "Cinderella Beauty Blossom", and "Fish and Chips."
16. According to the Vatican, Catholics can reduce their time in purgatory by following the Pope of Twitter.
17. Colors fade in the sun because, over time, their molecules are being ripped apart by sunlight's high-energy UV light.
18. Eggs boiled in the urine of young virgin boys are a spring delicacy in Dongyang, China.
19. In 2013, Iran passed a law allowing men to marry their adopted daughters, as young as 13 years old.
20. In Kawasaki Japan, there's a penis festival on the first Sunday of every April.
Enjoy!
1. The human brain remember more negative memories than positive ones. This is due to the negativity bias the brain sets up as a defense mechanism.
2. Short female drivers that sit close to the steering wheel are the most likely to be killed by an air bag.
3. Sunglasses make people look more attractive because they give the illusion of a chiseled bone structure on top of a soft-featured face.
4. While children of identical twins are legally first cousins, genetically, they are actually half siblings.
5. Swans form monogamous pair bonds that last for many years. If one swam dies, its partner may mourn or at least remain celibate for several seasons.
6. While reading, people are prone to subconsciously take on attributes to that of fictional characters as if they were their own. This phenomenon is 'experience-taking'.
7. The first animals in space were fruit flies, launched in a V-2 rocket by the US in 1947. The fruit flies were recovered alive.
8. President Obama gets to watch advanced episodes of "Game of Thrones" episodes before the rest of the world.
9. A California man who made a personalized license plate that said "No Plate and received more than 2500 parking tickets.
10. In Japan, the odds of being killed by a gun is about the same as an American's chance of being killed by lightning.
11. According to recent research, there is a correlation between a poorer sense of smell and psychopathic personality traits.
12. In 2008, Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for US $44.6 billion. Yahoo rejected the offer. In 2016, it was sold for just US $ 4.8 billion.
13. According to recent research, new friends become better friends over time if they have similar levels of social anxiety.
14. A man once sued Warner Bros, and won, after he was injured while fainting during a 1974 screening of the "The Exorcist."
15. In New Zealand, it is legal to name your kids the following names, "Sex Fruit", "Fat Boy", "4Real", "Cinderella Beauty Blossom", and "Fish and Chips."
16. According to the Vatican, Catholics can reduce their time in purgatory by following the Pope of Twitter.
17. Colors fade in the sun because, over time, their molecules are being ripped apart by sunlight's high-energy UV light.
18. Eggs boiled in the urine of young virgin boys are a spring delicacy in Dongyang, China.
19. In 2013, Iran passed a law allowing men to marry their adopted daughters, as young as 13 years old.
20. In Kawasaki Japan, there's a penis festival on the first Sunday of every April.
Enjoy!
