10 MIND BLOWING FACTS 1
1. If you post something on Facebook, Facebook has the right to do whatever they want with it. That means they can use your posts in promotional content, give your information to advertisers and more. You should know this!
2. It has been found that frigate birds a family of seabirds found across all tropical and subtropical oceans can sleep in flight without colliding or falling from the sky with only one eye closed and one cerebral hemisphere at a time.
3. Bulls, along with all other cattle, are colorblind to red. Thus, the bull is likely irritated not by the red color, but by the cape's movement as the matador whips it around. They'll charge whichever object is moving the most.
4. There are people who can actually see, smell and physically taste music. This is an example of a phenomenon known as synesthesia. Synesthesia report seeing symphonies in spectacular colors, smelling and tasting. Isn't that incredible?
5. The longest time that a place remained without rain was Arica, Chile - from October, 1903 to January, 1918 - 14 year!
6. Chameleons do not change their color to blend in with the surroundings. They do it to control their body temperature and communicate with others of their kind. By changing its color, a chameleon can also signal its state of mind to other chameleons.
7. Tens of thousand of years before there were movies, there was popcorn. Archaeologists have found 80,000 years old corn pollen below Mexico City. Because this pollen is almost exactly the same as modern popcorn pollen, researchers believe that "cave people" most likely had popcorn.
8. The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
9. In the year 1902, President of the USA Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt helped rescue a bear which inspired Clifford Berryman to make a carton version of the famous story. A store owner decided to make toy bears after seeing the cartoon and named them "Teddy Bear" after Roosevelt.
10. Singer Akon's full name is "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Bongo Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam".
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