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Humans are psychologically hardwired to blame the victim, as we crave predictability. It’s easier for us to accept that those who suffer deserve it than the opposite.
The Anno Domini (A.D.) system was proposed by a monk in 525 A.D. to calculate the date of Easter, but widespread adoption did not occur until the 9th century.
There is a town in Nebraska called Monowi with a population of one. The only resident is Elsie Eiler, who is the mayor, bartender, and librarian.
As of 2024, studies indicate that in China, over 70% of captive Asian elephants are overweight or obese.
Thioacetone, one of the worst-smelling compounds known to man, can make people within a half-mile radius vomit and pass out due to its extremely unpleasant odor.
S. E. Hinton wrote “The Outsiders” while she was in high school because she was unsatisfied with the young adult books available at the time.
Brazil may be in South America, but because it borders French Guiana, a French territory, it also shares a border with the European Union.
No reigning British monarch has entered the House of Commons chamber since King Charles I attempted to arrest five MPs in 1642.
Ivan the Terrible’s lost library, said to contain ancient texts, has inspired centuries of treasure hunts but remains undiscovered.
Cacti are the perfect low-maintenance houseplants because they don’t need much water, thrive in bright light, and can live 10 to 20 years indoors.
Discovered in 1997, Chariklo is an asteroid in the outer Solar System and the first known asteroid found to have its own rings, which were detected in 2013.
There is a rare psychological disorder called boanthropy, which makes people believe they are a cow or ox.
In the 1987 re-recording of “Here I Go Again,” Whitesnake changed “hobo” to “drifter,” so the lyric would not be misheard as “homo.”
Because Mars has much lower gravity than Earth, a person who weighs 160 pounds on Earth would weigh about 61 pounds on Mars.
The glass harp is a musical instrument created from water-filled wine glasses, played by gently running wet fingers around their rims.
Helen Keller was related to Confederate General Robert E. Lee through her paternal grandmother, who was his second cousin.
Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi lost his fingertips in a factory accident. He had to down-tune his guitar strings to keep playing, giving the band their iconic sound.
In 1998, grade school children in Aurora, Colorado, raised $35,000 to buy the freedom of child slaves in Sudan.
The tallest astronauts to travel to space are James D. Wetherbee and James van Hoften, both standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 meters) tall.
The iconic tornado in The Wizard of Oz was crafted from a 35-foot muslin sock, suspended on a crane and enhanced with dust effects, costing around $230,000 today.
Fidel Castro outlived 638 assassination attempts, including plots involving poisoned cigars and explosives, before dying of natural causes in 2016 at the age of 90.
