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Dew-covered spider web suspended between plants in soft sunlight

Contrary to popular belief, we don’t eat eight spiders in our sleep every year. This myth was first shared in 1993 to highlight gullibility but ironically spread as truth.

Aerial view of Lincoln Cathedral surrounded by the city of Lincoln

From 1311 to 1549, Lincoln Cathedral stood as the world’s tallest building at 525 feet (160 meters) until its spire collapsed, after which St. Mary’s Church in Germany took the title.

Shower curtain with alternating black and white checkered pattern

The shower-curtain effect is when a shower curtain gets blown inward with a running shower. Scientists have proposed several theories, but no single cause is definitively proven.

Clusters of white water dropwort flowers with green leafy background

A water dropwort is a highly poisonous plant. If it kills you, it can cause you to smile after you die. This is called a “sardonic grin.”

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.

A grey horse standing on a grassy hill with trees in the background

One horse can have approximately 15 horsepower. Horsepower is about 746 watts. The term was coined in the late 18th century.

Radar image showing the ridged surface of Maxwell Montes on Venus

With its peak soaring to heights of 6.8 miles (11 km), the tallest mountain on Venus is Maxwell Montes.

Large cratered moon with debris ring orbiting near Saturn in space

In theory, there may be moons in the universe that have their own moons orbiting them. They are called subsatellites but are also known as submoons or moonmoons.

Bright explosion in space above Earth with debris and light trails

On July 9, 1962, the United States detonated a hydrogen bomb in space during the Starfish Prime test, an explosion about 100 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Saturn, with its prominent rings, floats in space above a brightly lit Earth

Saturn is slowly losing its rings to the planet’s gravity.

Two polar bears walking on snow

Female polar bears are around half the size of male polar bears.

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.

Colorful Sour Patch Kids candies covered in sugar

Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish are made by the same manufacturer, and red Sour Patch Kids are essentially Swedish Fish with sour sugar.

High-speed traffic on a multi-lane highway at night with long-exposure light trails from vehicles

Despite the German Autobahn’s worldwide reputation as a highway with no speed limits, approximately 30% to 40% of its sections are actually regulated by speed limits.

Niagara Falls with water cascading over cliffs, surrounded by lush greenery

In 1911, stuntman Bobby Leach became the first man to survive going over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel. He died 15 years later from slipping on an orange peel and getting gangrene.

Cross-section illustration of Venus showing its internal layers in space

Temperatures on Venus can reach as high as 870°F (470°C).

Calvin and Hobbes against a bright yellow background

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas wanted to make an animated “Calvin and Hobbes” movie. The author declined because he wanted to protect the integrity of the comic.

Multiple flying saucers hover over a desert landscape at sunset

According to the Drake equation, it’s statistically improbable that we’re the only form of intelligent life ever to exist.

Close-up of penne pasta in red tomato sauce with herbs

Cooling cooked pasta for 24 hours elevates its resistant starch levels, which can lower blood glucose spikes and serve as a prebiotic.

Uranus with faint rings and a blue-pink atmosphere in space

Uranus was the first planet ever discovered with a telescope.

Car interior view with the Moon and a satellite visible in space ahead

If you could drive your car to the Moon right now, it would take you about six months to get there at an average speed of 60 miles per hour (95 kilometers per hour).

View of Saturn in the sky above Titan’s orange, misty landscape with distant hills

Titan, one of Saturn’s moons, has low gravity and a dense atmosphere. If you attached simple wings to your arms there, you could fly just by flapping them!

Person in a brown coat working on a laptop at a wooden table

In 2016, American workers forfeited 206 million vacation days, resulting in $66.4 billion in lost benefits.

Bronze statue of Nikola Tesla in front of a building with rectangular windows

There is a statue of Nikola Tesla in Silicon Valley, California, that provides free Wi-Fi, honoring his innovative vision for wireless communication.