Daily Random Facts

[DaveM]

A hummingbird’s tongue is so long that it curls up into its skull and around its eyes when not in use.

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[DaveM]

The inventor of rolled toilet paper filed an original patent in 1891 that included illustrations of the paper hanging OVER the roll, not under it.

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[DaveM]

People who find it easy to keep time musically are more likely to have a high IQ. Even if you’re not a ‘musical person’, if you can accurately tap out a beat, you’re probably more intelligent than someone who can’t.

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[DaveM]

Having frequent sex can boost brain activity in people over 50.

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[Vector]

And blow out your back.

 

[DaveM]

There’s a section of Yellowstone National Park where you could probably get away with murder.

The ‘Zone of Death’ is a 50- square-mile area on the Idaho side of the park that’s entirely uninhabited. If you committed a crime within the zone, there could be no jury because nobody lives there, a trial would be impossible, and, therefore, you could not be convicted.

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[DaveM]

Anxiety and depression medications are 3 times more likely to make you feel better if you think they’re going to work.

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[DaveM]

Iridescent deli meat is perfectly normal.

A rainbow or ‘oil slick’ effect sometimes happens when meat is cut ‘against the grain,’ because slicing through bundles of muscle fibers can result in a greasy surface that is perfect for light diffraction- but it’s still safe to eat.

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[DaveM]

Dogs sometimes lie awake at night worrying about their problems.

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[DaveM]

The man who created the Pringles can, Fredric Baur, was so proud of his invention that he had some of his ashes buried in one when he died in 2008.

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[DaveM]

You get happier as you get older.

A 32-year study found that the largest percentage of people who reported being ‘very happy’ were over 80. Some of the factors that indicated happiness were having a significant other, being healthy, and having no children.

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[DaveM]

theuselessweb.com helps you waste your time by taking you to countless random websites that are mildly entertaining, but completely useless.

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[DaveM]

Contestants in the 2017 Miss Peru competition used their platform to bring awareness to violence against women.

Instead of stating their body measurements when they stepped up to the mic, the women reported statistics like “the 65% of university women assaulted by their partners” and “more than 80% of women in my city suffer from violence.”

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[DaveM]

Taking a week-long break from Facebook can give your social life a boost, make you feel happier, and improve your ability to concentrate.

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[DaveM]

The loudest sound ever heard on Earth was the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.

The Indonesian volcano ruptured the ear drums of sailors 40 miles away, and people 3,000 miles away reported it as “a distant roar of heavy guns.” To put that in perspective, it would be like sitting in Boston and hearing a noise that came all the way from Dublin.

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[DaveM]

Traffic jams would be greatly reduced if people stopped tailgating.

2017 research from MIT shows that if we all kept an equal distance between both the car in front of and the car behind us, like how birds fly in flocks, we would get to our destinations nearly twice as fast.

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[DaveM]

‘Share tables’ help keep kids from going hungry and reduce food waste in schools across the US.

When schools set up share tables in their lunchrooms, anyone can leave their unopened food and drinks on the table instead of throwing them away, other kids can stop by and take whatever they’d like, and the leftovers are usually donated to food banks or used in after-school programs.

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[DaveM]

The Beatles refused to play in front of segregated audiences. It was written as a stipulation in their contracts, and at a 1964 concert in Jacksonville, FL, John

Lennon said: “We never play to segregated audiences and we aren’t going to start now. I’d sooner lose our appearance money.”

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