Daily Random Facts

[DaveM]

Your body is younger than you. No matter how old you are, most of your body is less than 10 years old, because your cells are always recycling themselves. The epidermis recycles every 2-4 weeks, red blood cells are replaced every 4 months, and your skeleton turns over every 10 years. (Source, Source 2, Source...

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[CarlS]

Does this mean I will live forever?

 

[DaveM]

The Ouija Board named itself. According to its inventors, “Ouija” was the game’s response to the question of what it wanted to be called. They also claim that when they asked it what Ouija means, it ‘replied’: “Good luck.” (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[DaveM]

Ravens can spot a cheater and will shun one another for being unfair. The birds work together to get equal amounts of food – but if they notice another raven taking more than its fair share, they immediately lose trust and won’t cooperate with them in the future. (Source, Source 2)

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[DaveM]

X-rays were discovered by accident. While experimenting with cathode rays covered by thick cardboard in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen noticed a light being cast on a fluorescent board across the room. The first X-ray was of the hand of his wife, who saw the image of her bones and exclaimed ‘I have seen my death!’ So...

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[DaveM]

Kit Kats are made of Kit Kats. The manufacturers leave no Kit Kat uneaten, so every reject is mashed into a paste that’s used to fill the wafers. Because every imperfect Kit Kat was already filled with other imperfect Kit Kats, and some of the Kit Kats they’ll fill will also be rejected, every time...

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[DaveM]

Risk-taking is contagious. Studies show you’re more likely to take a risk on something if you see someone else do it first, even if you don’t know the outcome of their choice. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[DaveM]

Cruise ships have their own morgues. Roughly 200 people die on cruise ships each year, especially on those that carry a lot of seniors, so most ships have a small morgue on board and are prepared to store up to 10 bodies. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[CarlS]

How comforting!

 

[DaveM]

If you’re trying to figure out whether someone has a fake smile, look at their eyes. When you have a genuine smile, the corners of your mouth upturn, your cheeks raise, and the skin around your eyes crinkles. Known as the ‘Duchenne smile’, it happens involuntarily when you’re truly happy about something- so a smile...

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[DaveM]

There’s a rare type of blood that’s shared by only 43 people in the entire world. ‘Rhnull’ blood doesn’t contain any of the Rh antigens that 99.9% of humans have. It’s often called ‘golden blood’ because it can be given to anyone who has a rare Rh blood type, but there are only 9 active...

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[DaveM]

Actor Christopher Lee served in the British special forces during WWII. While filming The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, he was told to scream when his character gets stabbed. He replied, “Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.” (Source)

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[Greyfell]

And it probably still haunts him.

 

[CarlS]

And it probably still haunts him.

I expect it does!

 

[DaveM]

Business and economics majors are more likely to be psychopaths. (Source, Source 2, Source 3)

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[CarlS]

Whew! Glad I majored in forestry!

 

[Rocky]

Whew! Glad I majored in forestry!

I majored in being absent

 

[CarlS]

I majored in being absent

 

[DaveM]

In the time it took scientists to discover it, let it be a planet for 76 years, take away its planet status, say it might be a planet again, then change their minds, Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun. Due to it taking 248.09 Earth years for Pluto to circle the sun,...

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[CarlS]

I have never understood the planet status of Pluto thing.