In rare cases, traumatic brain injuries can cause FAS, or foreign-accent syndrome.
This results in a patient's native speech taking on entirely new tone, or accent.
2016
Pirates wore earrings because they believed it improved their eyesight.
they believed that the precious metals in an earring possessed magical healing powers.
2011
In the 16th Century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if they didnβt provide enough coffee for them.
By the late 15th century coffee had become a common beverage in the Near East, but the Ottoman Turks had mastered the art of it
2017
As part of military training recruits are sprayed with pepper spray and then required to engage in combat.
This is to familiarize them with the sensation and allow them to handle a real life situation
2015
In contrast, plants grown in nutrient solution produced more and longer root hairs in low P conditions.
Low Phosphorus solution makes longer root hairs?
The βPregnancy Glowβ is Real.
More blood is brought to the blood vessels and there is an increase in oil gland secretion, therefore, βpregnancy glowβ occurs.
2020
There are approximately 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way.
Out of all the known galaxies, the Milky Way is the one that contains the most stars.
2017
Cauliflower comes in multiple colors.
White cauliflower is by far the predominant type of this cruciferous vegetable, but purple, orange, and green varieties also exist.
2020
Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The introduction of the potato explains the 25β26% of the increase in old world population
2011
in 1974, a trainee who failed to become a US Army pilot stole a helicopter.
He intended to personally surrender to President Nixon, and landed on the South Lawn of the white house
2020
Sylvester Stallone holds the record for the most Raspberry awards.
with a whopping 14 nominations for worst actor and a further 3 for worst supporting actor
2020
There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.
2012
Michelangelo and Leonardo were commissioned to paint frescos in the same room. They hated each other, bickered, and neither completed their work..
Today you can walk around Florence seeing ghostly images of the two lost masterpieces.
The Rarest natural Hair color in the World is Red. Only 1-2% of the World has Natural Red Hair.
Second is blond, with 3%, then brown/brunette, with 11%, and finally black with 75-85%.
2020
When Led Zeppelin bought a Private Jet.
Drummer John Bonham once flew the band from New York to LA even though he didnβt have a pilotβs license.
2017
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that could see through peopleβs clothes.
The cameras had a special lens that use's infrared light to use as night vision.
2016
Samuel J. Seymour, a five-year-old boy who witnessed the Lincoln assassination.
At 96 Seymour was a guest on the TV show. he felt bad for Booth, thinking Booth had fallen out of the box
2020
The first ever black hole photographed is 3 million times the size of Earth.
The photo was released in April 2019 and shows a halo of dust and gas 310 million trillion miles from Earth.
2019
