2.
There’s an 80% chance your toothbrush has fecal matter on it. Even if it’s stored in a closed container. Even toothbrushes stored outside the bathroom may be contaminated with fecal matter.
8.
Pirates wore eye patches not because they were missing an eye, but to keep one eye adjusted to darkness. This let them switch quickly between bright sunlight above deck and the dim conditions below deck, giving them an advantage in battle or while moving through the ship.
11.
Believe it or not, the largest tire manufacturer in the world is…Lego.
12.
Roses are among the oldest plants on Earth, with fossils dating back 35 million years. The oldest living rose, which grows on a wall at Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany, is over 1,000 years old — and amazingly, it even survived a World War II bombing.
15.
On August 9, 1996, production on Titanic took an unexpected and alarming turn when almost 80 cast and crew members were sent to the hospital after eating clam chowder on set. At first, the incident was thought to be a case of food poisoning, but a Nova Scotia newspaper later reported that the chowder had been deliberately spiked with PCP. Among those affected were actor Bill Paxton and director James Cameron.
16.
It’s wild to think about, but none of us have ever actually seen our own faces — only reflections and images. Every time we look in a mirror or scroll past a photo, we’re only catching a filtered representation. The world sees us directly, but we only know ourselves through glass and pixels.
17.
Stop signs used to be yellow.
19.
“Paul Winchell, who voiced Tigger in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, invented an artificial heart.”
21.
Before people became obsessed with painting fake freckles on their faces, people wore fake moles made of things like silk, velvet, and even mouse skin as a fashion statement.
22.
The dot over the lowercase letters ‘i’ and ‘j’ actually has a name.
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