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Close-up of bronze third-place medal with red, white, and blue ribbon

Bronze Olympic medalists are statistically happier with their placement than silver medalists.

The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom against a stylized background resembling the Union Jack

The motto on the United Kingdom’s Royal Coat of Arms is in French. The motto is “Dieu et mon droit,” which means “God and my right.”

Shakira performing on stage

Shakira was turned down by her school choir in second grade, with her teacher criticizing her strong vibrato as sounding “like a goat.”

Colorful Froot Loops cereal pieces in red, green, yellow, orange, purple, and blue

Despite Froot Loops being different colors, they are all actually the same flavor.

Rocky Martian landscape with dusty hills under a bright sun

NASA scientists reported in 2015 that Mars once held more water than Earth’s Arctic Ocean, forming a vast ocean that covered up to 19% of the planet’s surface.

Close-up of a brown and white cow standing in a grassy field

There is a rare psychological disorder called boanthropy, which makes people believe they are a cow or ox.

Laser device emitting red light onto skin with visible hair growth

In some rare cases, laser hair removal can instead stimulate hair growth.

Colorful gas clouds and stars in the Orion Nebula

The Orion Nebula, in the Orion constellation, is a giant cloud of gas that’s constantly forming new stars.

Milky Way galaxy visible in a star-filled night sky above a forest silhouette

Approximately seven new stars are formed each year in the Milky Way.

Pino, a blue bird from the Netherlands' version of Sesame Street, with colorful feathers and a cheerful expression

In the Netherlands’ version of “Sesame Street,” instead of Big Bird, they have a blue bird named Pino. He was later established as Big Bird’s cousin.

Star-filled night sky with Milky Way over mountains reflected in calm water

In perfect conditions, there are around 5,000 stars visible to the naked eye when you look up at the night sky.

Yellow barrels with radioactive warning symbols piled against a wooden fence

The element uranium, discovered in 1789, was named after the planet Uranus, which had been discovered just eight years earlier.

A stegosaurus standing in a desert landscape, showcasing its spiked tail or thagomizer and plated back

The group of spikes at the end of stegosaurid tails is called the “thagomizer.” They had no distinct name until the term was coined in 1982 by a cartoonist.

Man stands on a dock near a net bag full of hagfish dripping slime

As a defense mechanism, hagfish excrete a slime that expands by 10,000 times in a fraction of a second, and is 100,000 times softer than Jell-O.

Ice plume erupting from Enceladus with Saturn and spacecraft in the background

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has active ice volcanoes that spew ice out into space.

Black-and-white portrait of John D. Rockefeller wearing a three-piece suit

In 1916, John D. Rockefeller became America’s first billionaire; adjusted for inflation, that’s equivalent to over $30 billion today.

Bright galaxies and stars scattered across deep space with glowing clusters

The largest known structure in the universe is the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, a vast cosmic filament composed of galaxies that spans over 10 billion light-years.

The Hubble Space Telescope orbiting Earth

Although telescopes can observe distant galaxies, they cannot see small objects, such as the flag on the Moon, due to limitations in angular resolution.

Black dagger and double dagger symbols on a light blue background

The † symbol is usually written beside a person’s name to indicate that they have died; however, it actually represents a dagger, not a crucifix.

Person sleeping under white blankets in a dimly lit room

Staying up all night can sometimes improve mood in depression. This is because not sleeping boosts brain activity and increases dopamine, a mood-enhancing chemical.

Prisoners in orange uniforms walking and standing in an outdoor area surrounded by fencing in a Mexican prison

Non-violent prison escapes in Mexico aren’t criminally charged, as they acknowledge the natural human instinct to seek freedom.

DNA strands intertwined with virus particles on a red background

As much as 8% of the human genome is made up of ancient viruses that our distant primate ancestors survived.

El Gordo galaxy cluster filled with numerous distant galaxies and stars

The galaxy cluster known as El Gordo (Spanish for “The Fat One”) held the title of the largest known galaxy cluster from 2012 to 2024.

Person using a manual can opener on a sealed metal can

The can opener wasn’t invented until almost 50 years after the can. Earlier methods to open cans included the use of a hammer and chisel.