At least three major historical conflicts were started over access to salt.
Self-discipline better predicts success than IQ, according to research.
It rains diamonds on Jupiter.
Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas.
North Korea and Finland are separated by only one country.
Nintendo's Mario has his own LinkedIn page that includes his roles in various video games.
Food waste generates a significant amount of the greenhouse gas methane when it's buried in landfills, but not when it's composted.
Eating bananas, pasta, almonds, grapes, oatmeal, chocolate, watermelon, orange juice, cornflakes, and tuna can help relieve stress.
Sunflowers can be used to clean up radioactive waste.
Your eyes move all over the place while you dream because they are tracking the imagery you're seeing, just like they do when you're awake.
According to a research by Professor Edward Wasserman of the University of Iowa, pigeons can distinguish identities and emotional expressions on human faces, letters of the alphabet, misshapen pharmaceutical capsules, and even paintings by Monet vs Picasso. Their visual memory capacity is equally impressive, with a proven recall of more than 1,800 images.
Alto eventually evolved to Xerox Star in the 80s, and became the first commercial operating system with GUI.
European forests, which provide wood for making paper and many other products, have grown by over 44,000 km square over the past 10 years. That's more than 1,500 football pitches every day.
In a wide variety of species, who befriends whom strongly influences how individuals and the larger group behave.
Pretending not to care is the habit of someone who generally cares the most; a process known as emotional defense mechanism.
J.K. Rowling was the first author to become a billionaire from writing books.
There are more atoms in a teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
Avocados are poisonous to birds, cats, dogs, rabbits, and basically ALL pets.
Studies have found that humans start showing off when they’re only 9 months old.
When a secretary at Apple was late because of car trouble, Steve Jobs gave her a Jaguar and told her not be late anymore.
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station can see about 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets a day.
Scientist David Gruber and his team in the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands have sighted the world’s first biofluorescent reptile - a glowing hawksbill sea turtle.
Over 700 beehives hang from the face of a steep cliff at Hubei, China’s Shennongjia Forestry Reserve.
A gap between two teeth is called a diastema.
From 1976 to 1987 there were no red M&M’s.
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