24 Interesting Facts You Should Know
An amazing collection of trivia facts you probably haven't heard of before.
Published 2 years ago in Wow
An amazing collection of trivia facts you probably haven't heard of before.
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Scientists speculated there are other planets orbiting distant stars, but haven't had a clear evidence of this fact up until the 1990's. And the majority of currently known exoplanets (almost 5000, as of now!) have been discovered well into 2000's, which means that humanity is at the very beginning of its discovery journey regarding other planetary systems.With James Webb telescope being extremely close to finalizing its calibrations as we speak, we will be able to not only discover hundreds, if not thousands of new planets (and stars and galaxies), but also detect whether there are traces of alien civilizations on them. We should all be very excited about this, as this is unprecedented, and a HUGE deal for science and our species as a whole.13
Ok, this fact has connected facts:In late 1800s girl killed herself by jumping from bridge on Sienna river and she was known as The Unknown Woman of the Seine.When the guy who worked in morgue saw her, he thought she was beautiful and ordered a plaster cast of her face.Fast foward to 1960s, CPR was invented and they needed a doll to train people. So they partnered with Norwegian producer of medical devices. That guy decided to use the plaster cast of Unknown Woman of the Seine and named the doll Anne(Annie) because his doughter was named Anne(Annie).While performing CPR, people were trained to talk to a doll(person) so there is that common phrase:"Annie! Annie are you ok?"Fast foward to when Michael Jackson decided to put that phrase in his classic "Smooth Criminal".17
Your nose is impacting your vision 100% of the time.However, since your "picture" you see is just an interpretation by your brain, your brain erases your nose as useless information. You'll only see it, if you really concentrate on it, if you close one eye, or if you put your finger on the very tip of your nose.It seems like a harmless fact until this thought enters your head..."Your nose is real. Your brain removes it from your vision as useless, but it is very much there, and very much real. What other things is your brain removing from your vision?"It's wild to think that your entire life experience is just your brain doing it's best to interpret your senses. And that it's definitely not a "perfect" system. It could be interpreting everything incorrectly, and we collectively wouldn't have any idea.