#1 | Pigeons can tell the difference between painting by
Monet and Picasso.
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| By Vyacheslav Argenberg - Source : Flickr |
In the 1995 study published in the Journal of Experimental Behavioral Analysis, the researchers reported being able to train pigeons to discriminate between paintings by Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso when the slides of their previous works were never seen before. When Picasso's image is upside down, small art connoisseurs can still say it is Picasso. Maybe that's why they like to land on statues.
#2 | Chewing gum boosts concentration.
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| By indrarado - Source : Flickr |
Next time you have difficulty focused, you might want to grab a gum
stick. A study in 2013 at the British Journal of Psychology found that the
subject chewing gum while taking part in memory challenges can stay focused on
a period of time longer than those who do not chew gum.
#3 | Space smells like seared steak.
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| By NASA Johnson - Source : Flickr |
When you see footage astronauts floating peacefully in space, have you
ever wondered, what does it smell? Well, according to some former astronauts,
the space does have a different odor hanging around post-spacewalk. They
describe it as a "hot metal" or "Searing Steak."
#4 | The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
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| By pan.li75 - Source : Flickr |
While Scotland is proud to boast monster Loch Ness, one of the most
famous fairy tales in the world, country that choose to make other mythic
animal, national animal: Unicorn. Even though this might look like a strange
choice, visit Scotland explained that Unicorn played an integral role in the
history of the country. Back in the 12th century, William I used "proud
beast" in the emblem of the Scottish royal.
#5 | The first computer was invented in 1940s.
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| By Cornellanense (talk) 07:14, 29 October 2008 (UTC) - Source : Wikimedia Commons |
These days, supercomputers are everywhere - and they really don't need a
lot of space at all. Have Xbox One posted in your living room? That's a
supercomputer. Hybrid laptops in your bag? That's a supercomputer too. (Don't
make us start things in your pocket ...) But when the supercomputers first
come, they need a lot, far more space. Look at the first in the world:
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC).
Initially built at the Pennsylvania University Engineering School, in
1946, ENIAC weighed 60,000 pounds and took rooms larger than most studio
apartments (1,500 square feet). Shortly after construction, ENIAC was sent to
the military, where it used to calculate the ballistic trajectory (translation:
missile launch) with frightening accuracy. At present, computer experts at Penn
Credit ENIAC with Heralding on "Dawn of the Information Age."
#6 | Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2
Billboard – without ever hitting No.1.
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| By vinylmeister - Source : Flickr |
Rock band John Fogerty has a strange difference because it has seen more
single on No. 2 on the chart, without ever hitting No. 1, rather than other
music actions. Between March 1969 and 1970, the band scored five singles 2 in
the Billboard Top 100- "Proud of Mary," "Bad Moon Rising,"
"Green River," "Travelin' Band" and "Lookin' Out My
Back Door" - But never saw one of the songs get to the top position. There
are no other actions that have doubtful honor since then.
#7 | The longest wedding veil was the same same length as
63.5 football fields.
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| By Faylyne - Source : Flickr |
When Maria Paraskeva, a woman from Cyprus, married in August 2018, her
goal didn't just say "I do." She was also determined to take record.
"My dream as a child has always been to break the Guinness World Record title for the
longest wedding veil." She explained. She fulfilled her dream with a lace
veil that stretched 22,843 feet and 2.11 inches, or for 63.5 football fields.
#8 | The English word with most definitions is “set”.
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| By eltpics - Source : Flickr |
According to Guinness World Records, "Set" has the largest
number of meanings of every word in English, with 430 different senses listed
in the 1989 edition of the second edition of the Oxford English dictionary. The
word "sets" notes with entries running 60,000 words, or 326,000
characters, and no other English words are approaching.
#9 | Superman didn’t always fly.
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| By Jason Csizmadi - Source : Flickr |
Superman's original comic book can jump over high
buildings in one bond. But then he had to go back to earth - because he didn't
fly. Only in the 1940s, when the animator for the new animation series decided
it would be too difficult to routinely draw it down his knee, it was decided
that Superman could go to the air. The reader must see a smooth animation, and
the superhero gets new strength.
#10 | The dot over
the lower case “i” or “j” is known as a “tittle”.
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| By ZIPNON - Source : Pixabay |
Small dot above lowercase "i" and
"j" have the real name: tittle. It is estimated that the expression
"to T" actually comes from the phrase "to tittle" - phrases
used in the same sense since the beginning of the 17th century. (The first tape
of this phrase is in 1607 playing women haters by Francis Beaumont and John
Fletcher, where the line reads, "I'll quote him to a tittle.")
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