#1 | A dozen bodies were once found in Benjamin Franklin’s
basement.
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| By Ingfbruno - Source : Wikimedia Commons |
But are you aware of the fact that some skeletons are found in the
basement of Benjamin Franklin's London Home? The bones were found during house renovation
in 1998 and was identified from almost a dozen people, including six children.
"The most reasonable explanation is not a mass murder, but anatomical
school run by young friends Franklin and Protege, William Hewson," The
Guardian wrote.
It's not to say there is no funny business that happens. "The
awakening men can free the body stolen from the cemetery to the Thames pier at
the bottom of the road, while there is a weekly public execution on the hanger
on the other side of the park wall," Publication reported.
#2 | Kids ask 300 questions a day.
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| Source : Pxhere |
In 2013 U.K. Study of Littlewoods.com online retailers observed young
children and recorded questions they asked for adults around them. Children
tend to turn to their mother for answers, and these mothers finally answered an
average of almost 300 questions per day, or one question every two and a half
minutes, the study was found. Mothers report that the most difficult question
they requested includes "why is water wet?" And "What are shadows
made of?"
#3 | A pharaoh once lathered his slaves in honey to keep
bugs away from him.
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| By Dan - Source : Flickr |
Ancient Egypt Pharaoh is believed to be literally divine. The word
Pharaoh itself means "a big house," like in God's house. In fact,
King Pepi II, who was said to have ruled for 90 years, thought so high on
himself that when he was disturbed by insects, he would order that one of his
slaves covered in honey to lure fly away from himself.
#4 | Pringles aren’t actually potato chips.
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| By Like_the _Grand_Canyon - Source : Flickr |
Next time you see a can of Pringles, look closer - you won't see the
word "chip" anywhere on the packaging. That's because the pringle is
not made of thinly sliced potatoes, but the opposite of dehydrated potato
fragments is pressed into their typical satellite dish. That's what makes them
less oily. But when other potato chip manufacturers complain, food and drug
administration decided that Pringle could not be marketed as chips. The company
finally settled "potato crisp."
#5 | Bees sometimes sting other bees.
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| By Andreas Trepte - Source : Wikimedia Commons |
Bees are famous for their stings, but humans are not the only ones who
experience pain in the neck (or arms, or legs ...). In protecting their itching
from outsiders, some "beekeepers" will stay at the entrance and sniff
the incoming bees, said Marianne Peso from the Department of Biology, Macquarie
University. If there is an evil bee from another nest trying to steal some
nectar, the beekeepers will bite and even sting intruders.
#6 | “E” is the most commons letter and appears in 11
percent of all English words.
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| By TheDigitalArtist - Source : Pixabay |
Try writing a few sentences - anything. Now take a moment to see how
often each letter in the alphabet appears. Chances are you will see many
letters "e." That's because the vowel commonly used appears around 11
percent of all words in English, according to the Oxford dictionary. The next
most popular letter is "A," which appears around 8.5 percent of all
words. The least common letter is "Q," which appears in just 0.2
percent of words.
#7 | Some people have an extra bone in their knee (and its
getting more common).
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| By Joerg - Source : Flickr |
If you are under the impression that the human body has finished
evolving, think again. It turns out that some people have bones on their knees
called Fabella. And while this small bone with unknown goals while fading,
during the last century half, it was getting more common. Back in 1875, almost
18 percent of people who were examined had Fabella. That number fell to 11
percent in 1918. However, in 2018, 39 percent of individuals have this
mysterious bone.
#8 | There’s a giant fish with a transparent head.
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| By NOAA Ocean Exploration & Reasearch - Source : Flickr |
Our deepest levels are some of the least extrowned areas on the planet.
Because of extreme, cold and dark pressure at this depth, only the weirdest
creatures can survive there. This includes a giant tube worm, vampire squid,
goblin sharks, and viperfish with teeth so long so they can't close their
mouths. Perhaps the strangest, is Bareleye, a large fish with a fully
transparent head.
#9 | The total weight of ants on earth once equaled the
total weight of people.
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| By William Cho - Source : Flickr |
Entomologists estimate that there are at least one
million trillion insects and only one percent of that number are ants,
according to the BBC. And if you take all the ants (around ten thousand
trillion) and put them on one side of the giant scale, you can almost put
everyone in the world to another world and balance everything. Unfortunately,
when humans become heavier, this might not last today - but never did it.
Francis Ratnieks, Professor of Apikultur at the University of Sussex, told BBC
this might have been valid about 2,000 years ago.
#10 | The healthiest
place in the world is Panama.
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| By Matthew Straubmuller - Source : Flickr |
A small valley near the Volcán in Panama has gathered
differences in becoming the healthiest place in the world to live, according to
the 2018 report by international life. Called Shangri-La Valley, the area is
home to beautiful scenery, low living costs, and life expectancy that is much
longer than the surrounding area. Overall, the restrained areas of the world
have several common factors, according to rankings: warm climate, active social
scene, healthy food, and a slower rate of life that makes stress less daily.
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