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12 Things You Didn’t Know
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1.1. 1. There’s no scienti c evidence con rming that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 2.2. In the late 1800s, America’s rst female mayor was put on the ballot as a joke. She won the election by a landslide. 3. 3. When Steve Jobs was on his deathbed, he requested ve di erent oxygen masks so he could choose the one with the best design.4. 4. Couples who get less than seven hours of sleep a night are5. more likely to have hostile arguments. 5. The Chinese government owns nearly all the giant pandas in the world. American zoos pay up to6. $1 million a year to rent each one. 6. Reading for 20 minutes a day exposes you to roughly 1.8 million words a year. 7. 7. Water may taste strange when it’s been left out overnight because it absorbs gases from the air. 8. 8. if you drive to an airport without dying, you’ve already survived the deadliest part of airplane travel. 9. 9. Laughing boosts the immune system, burns calories, and reduces stress hormones, making it a healthy activity.10. 10. Actress Kathryn Beaumont rst voiced ‘Alice’ in “Alice11. in Wonderland” when she was 13 years old, then did so again at age 64 for the video game “Kingdom Hearts”. 11. Simply looking at photos of nature can help reduce stress and boost your mental health. 12. A toxic work environment can triple your chances of developing major depression.
Throughout his lifetime, 85-year-old philanthropist
Charles F. Feeney has given away $8 billion—he now has $2 million to live on. 2. New research has found that the more visually creative a person is, the lower the quality of their sleep. 3. Subscriptions to streaming music services increased by 50% in 2016, totaling 92 million.
According to an extensive study, the best day to buy 4. plane tickets is Sunday—especially if you’re booking more than 21 days in advance. 5. Studies show that, when it comes to food, the human brain is bad at judging quantity increases but accurate at judging quantity decreases. 6. A new U.S. study has found that economy round-trip and one-way airline tickets are the lowest they’ve been since 2013. 7. By 2050, it’s estimated that four trucks of plastic waste will be added to the ocean every minute.
Research shows that kids are more likely to be hon8. est when they know it will please their parents, even if their parents still punish them. 9. A recent study found that higher blood pressure in an expectant mother is associated with having a boy. 10. In 2015, Americans wrote out 17.3 billion checks. In the same year, they made 69.5 billion debit card purchases. 11. According to a survey, 67% of hiring managers cite lack of eye contact as the biggest mistake candidates make in interviews.
New research has found that the NFL players that incur the most penalties get arrested more than their teammates.
Ichiro Suzuki, baseball’s all-time hits leader, learned 1. Spanish nents. just for the purpose of trash talking oppo2. The average American woman as the average 1960s man. now weighs as much 3. Research shows that the creativity may begin in the cerebellum, rather than the “right brain.”
Making art has been found to lower stress hormone 4. levels in most people, regardless of skill.
A U.S. study found that the most disproportionately common interest found on people’s resumes in New 5. Hampshire is “Bigfoot.”
The design of the tallest residential building in the world, 432 Park Avenue in Manhattan, was inspired 6. by a trash can.
On average, early risers writing emails between 4am 8. and 8am make 11.8 mistakes per 100 words.
A study found that only 24% of Canadians know that
Queen Elizabeth II is their head of state. 9. Research has found that, on average, a person’s social media writing contains three times as many 10. mistakes as their emails.
Amy Schumer is the only woman ever to land on
Forbes’s list of the world’s highest-paid comedians. 11.
According to USDA projections, by 2025 Americans will consume 219 pounds of meat per year on average.feeling to occur.
1. The world’s first labor strike was held on the site of a pyramid.
The world’s oldest hotel has been operating since 705 2. AD in Japan.
The name tag on Heath Ledger’s nurse uniform in 3. “The Dark Knight” read “Mathilda” the name of the actor’s daughter. 4. One man, without help and without proper construction tools, spent 34 years building the Watts Towers, which still stand in Los Angeles. 5. Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate of any
U.S. state, and New Orleans has the highest incarceration rate of any city in the state. 6. Samsung has been granted a patent in South Korea for contact lenses that project images directly into the wearer’s eyes. 7. By 2017, it is estimated that nearly 207 billion emails will be sent every day. 8. Studies suggest that gifted people often have bad handwriting because their brains work faster than their hands. 9.
Cheetos are naturally gray before they are given a bright orange artificial color. 10.
Looking through Instagram accounts of healthy meals can actually trick you into enjoying those foods 11. more than you otherwise would, a study found.
Women are statistically better drivers then men.
It cost $15 million to build Disneyland’s New Orleans
Square—the amount the U.S. paid for the real New
Orleans in the Louisiana Purchase.
1. The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair. 5.
The shortest war in history was between
Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar 6. surrendered after 38 minutes.
A polar bear’s skin is black. Its fur is not 7. white, but actually clear.
Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland 8. because he doesn’t wear pants.
More people are killed by donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes. 9. Shakespeare invented the words “assassination” and “bump.” 10.If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white. 11.The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
MC Hammer once challenged Michael Jackson to a dance-off. All of the Rugrats were voiced by women. In a group of 23 people, there is a 50% chance that 2 of them will share the same birthday. You can control the volume of a YouTube video by using the up and down arrows on your keyboard. In New York City, about 1,600 people are bitten by other humans every year. 50% of Netflix users watch an entire season of a show in a week. Studies show the key to happiness is spending your money on experiences rather than possessions. Air Jordans were banned from the NBA, however Michael Jordan always wore them as Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game. Studies show Americans ages 18-29 are far more stressed out that anyone else in the country. Cotton candy only costs about six cents per serving to make, including the cardboard cone. According to NASA, the perfect nap should last no more than 26 minutes.
12.12. 12. 12.12. Studies suggest that eye contact must be held for about 8.2 seconds for that “Love at first sight”
feeling to occur.
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