Astronauts can grow approximately 5 cm in height when in space.
The lack of gravity in space causes the discs between the vertebrae to expand a little.
2013
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
Chimichanga means “thingamajig”.
Culinary historians and Arizona restaurants argue about exactly where and who invented the Chimichanga. Two Tucson restaurants claim bragging rights to creating the first Chimichanga.
2018
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.
CrazyPetFood.com was a pet food company based near Colchester & Chemsford in Essex. They provided all types of food & grooming tools.
Sadly, this company no longer exists.
2017
Virginia Woolf.
Writing Mrs Dalloway, where she skewered the role of ‘the perfect housewife’ and sowed the seeds for the feminist movement of the 1970s
2020
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.
They’re often afraid to participate in activities that many would characterize as fun, or of being happy.
2020
Figs can contain dead wasps.
Female wasps lay their eggs in male figs that we don’t eat, but sometimes the wasp will accidentally enter a female fig
2020
Light travels from the Sun to the Earth in less than 10 minutes.
The Photons emitted from the Sun’s surface travel at the speed of light to reach our eyes in only 8 minutes and 20 seconds.
2013
Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.
A Red Dwarf is a small and cool star in a later stage of its life
2020
Food is allowed to contain some amount of insects.
"While it might be unsettling to realize insects ultimately end up in the food we eat, many cultures across the world eat them whole as a part of their overall diet,"
2017
Humans DNA is 40% the same as bananas.
think of human DNA as a blueprint of a ranch home and banana DNA as that of a colonial-style home. In each house, a bunch of things are similar but the end products are both quite different.
2019
Queen Elizabeth can’t sit on the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones.
An old tradition prohibits the reigning English monarch from sitting on a foreign throne.
2019
Individuals who work in fields that have a high risk of financial instability tend to prefer more redistribution compared to their lower-risk peers with similar levels of income. 2006
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
The "Refrigerator Safety Act" Was passed because Early refrigerators would only open from outside and trap children.
Magnetic strips were used on fridge doors to create an air-proof seal that would open from the inside with a light push. Even tests with children were conducted.
2015
