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Cleopatra lived closer in time to the building of the first McDonald’s than to the building of the Sphynx and the Pyramids. Source

You’re more likely to keep being messy if your house is already dirty, and it’s probably stressing you out. A research team found that 84% of Americans claimed to be stressed out by needing to organize their homes. Since clutter causes anxiety and clean spaces are more relaxing, cleaning a little each day can calm you down. Source

The voices in “old-timey” movies and radio shows have a particular sound, but it’s not because people from the 1950s and back talked funny. Actors and announcers were trained in Transatlantic speech in order to hide regional accents, and it was impossible to hear the bass in old recordings before stereo technology was developed. Source

People usually rank their commute as the worst part of their day, but it doesn’t have to be. An experiment showed that people who talked to strangers during their daily commute had better experiences than those who kept to themselves. Forming a connection with the annoying guy on the bus instead of ignoring him can actually improve your mood. Source

Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets. It’s an old stereotype based on fiction. This is the only complete Viking-era helmet that’s ever been found. Source

A quarter of a million homes in Sweden are powered by the incineration of waste, but the country recycles so much that they actually run out of trash and have to borrow it from other countries. Source

Depois de ter sido diagnosticado com um câncer pancreático e ter respondido mal à quimioterapia em 2012, o ator e ex-guitarrista da banda Dr. Feelgood, Wilko Johnson (que interpretou o carrasco Illyn Payne nas duas primeiras temporadas de Game of Thrones) teve o tempo restante de vida estimado em, no máximo, dez meses. Mas dois anos depois, o cara ainda está vivo, participando de eventos e dando entrevistas por aí.

Hoje, foi publicada uma nota em que o cara confirma estar livre do tumor de 3kg depois da inovadora cirurgia de 11h a que se submeteu no início desse ano. Durante a cerimônia do Q Awards, que premia astros da música britânica (e onde Wilko foi homenageado com o “Icon Award”), ele falou ao correspondente do BBC News, Colin Paterson, que não estava sendo tão fácil lidar com o fato de que não vai mais morrer à qualquer momento.

Em 2013, Wilko saiu em “turnê de despedida” e ainda gravou um disco com o amigo Roger Daltrey, vocalista da banda The Who. “Eu achei seria a última coisa que eu ia fazer na vida”, ele confessou, mas felizmente estava errado, e ainda esperamos vê-lo de volta à Westeros um dia, quem sabe.

[Fonte: bbc.com]

If you’re feeling blue, drawing a picture of your favorite comfort food can cheer you up. A 2013 study showed that people who drew pictures of pizza and cupcakes had up to a 28% increase in their moods. Source

In 2014, a family called 911 after their cat swatted their baby in the face and then “went over the edge.” The 22 lb. Himalayan trapped them in their bedroom and “held them hostage” until police arrived and it “attempted to flee custody.” Source

The Golden Temple in India has a community kitchen that feeds the thousands of people who show up, regardless of their race, religion, wealth, or social status. Source

At Indiana Wesleyan University, students and teachers ordered 2 pizzas during a sermon to “do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.” They filled a collection basket with $1,200 and thousands of thank-you notes, then gave it to the shocked delivery driver as a tip. He used it to buy his kids’ Christmas presents. Source

That isn’t a butterfly in your stomach, it’s your 2nd brain. There are more neurons lining your gut than there are in your spinal cord so your digestive system can work without needing your brain. When you’re flooded with emotion, the neurons react and you get a “gut feeling.” Source

Watching live dance performances causes your body to respond as if you’re dancing too. A study showed that people watching dancers had specific motor responses to the movement. So if you see someone do an amazing pirouette, your body is secretly trying to do one too. Source

It’s harder to get accepted at McDonald’s Hamburger University in China than it is to get into Harvard. Source

Russia’s State Hermitage Museum hires cats to protect the artwork from rodents. The cats run around the attic and basement by the dozens, but there can’t be more than 60 at a time because they’ll start slacking off at work and getting into cat fights. Source

Organic farmer Tony Dighera has been experimenting with growing produce into plastic-molded shapes since 2010. He started with cube and heart-shaped watermelons, and this year he’s created pumpkins in the shape of Frankenstein’s monster, just in time for Halloween. Source

Eugene Lazowski was a Polish doctor who risked the death penalty to save Jews during the Holocaust by faking an outbreak of Typhus. He spread the fake disease across the town of Rozwadów, which the Germans had to quarantine. His actions saved 8,000 people from going to concentration camps. Source

When they were little kids, Eric promised his brother Quinn that if he ever won the lottery he would split it with him. He played the same numbers for 20 years and won $1 million in 2014. As soon as he found out, he called Quinn to let him know they’d be getting matching $335,000 checks. Source

There are over 70 documented cases of transplant patients experiencing the same thoughts and feelings as their organ donors did in life. People report everything from craving the donors’ favorite foods, to inheriting their talents. It’s posed a theory that the cells in our body can store memories. Source

Maureen Clemmons used Egypt’s historical clues to form the theory that pyramids were built using kites. To help test it, a team from Caltech raised a 15-foot, 6,900 lb. obelisk using only a kite, pulley system, and support frame. It only took 25 seconds to lift it. Source

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday that begins on November 1st, but it’s the opposite of Halloween. It brings families together to honor the dead, while Halloween is about scaring spirits away. Source

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Researcher Benjamin Radford says he’s traced the mystery of the chupacabra myth back to a housewife in Puerto Rico. She claims that before she saw the “creature,” she watched a film with very similar-looking monsters. She reported her story to the media in 1995, and the legend began. Source

The Chinese Mosaic Lines showed up in the Gobi Desert one day and no one really knows why. They were discovered on Google Maps, which sparked a frenzy of unproven theories. NASA thinks they’re a calibrating grid for spy satellites, but the Chinese Government isn’t talking. Source

Food tastes different when you’re on an airplane. The atmosphere dries out your nose, the air pressure numbs 1/3 of your taste buds, and low humidity levels give you cotton mouth. Even if airlines provided gourmet food, it would still taste like dirt after take-off. Since you can’t be expected to eat pretzels with cotton mouth, you might as well just drink your dinner. Source

Women like funny men because they appear smarter. Research shows that women have evolved to find intelligence attractive because clever guys are better at providing for their families, and that men who can make them laugh seem smarter than the ones who can’t. Source

From the “of course this is happening in Canada” department: In order to build a better community, police officers in Toronto recently started handing out “positive tickets” to citizens that are caught in the act of doing something good. Source

The quietest place on Earth is an acoustics and architecture test facility in Minnesota. The -9 decibel level is overwhelming because you can easily hear your own heartbeat, breathing, and stomach gurgles. Most people can’t last 20 minutes and are very confused when they leave. Source

All those light and fluffy-looking clouds you see in the sky actually weigh millions of pounds. The water droplets inside can weigh more than 500 tons, but they’re able to float because the air below them is even heavier. Source