Knowledge is something that can always be improved. At the same time, it’s also a thing that no matter how much effort you put in, you’ll have some blind spots because it’s impossible to know absolutely everything, isn’t it? There are things that we are doomed to never learn about. But today’s list isn’t about them. Instead, it’s about the things many people don’t know but can learn about. And when is a better time to start thannow?More info:RedditThis post may includeaffiliate links.
Knowledge is something that can always be improved. At the same time, it’s also a thing that no matter how much effort you put in, you’ll have some blind spots because it’s impossible to know absolutely everything, isn’t it? There are things that we are doomed to never learn about. But today’s list isn’t about them. Instead, it’s about the things many people don’t know but can learn about. And when is a better time to start thannow?
More info:Reddit
This post may includeaffiliate links.
If you want to stop and have a chat, you won’t die if you move out of the walkway.
Ctrl Backspace deletes the entire word.
A burial plot is called a graveyard if it’s part of a church lot. It’s called a cemetery if separate.
Probably many of us have heard the saying that “knowledge is power” at least once in our lifetime. Thisphrasecomes from the Latin aphorism “scientia potentia est” (the words can be placed slightly differently, but it doesn’t change the meaning). Commonly, it’s attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, as the expression “ipsa scientia potestas est” (‘knowledge itself ispower’) occurred in his book “Meditationes Sacrae” (1597).
The only difference between chemistry and biology is life. If it’s alive, it’s biology, if it’s not its chemistry.
Scuba is an acronym, standing for self contained underwater breathing apparatus.
A company called Warner Chappell Music collected licensing fees for use of the song “Happy Birthday to You” all the way until 2015. That’s why characters in movies often sing other songs like “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” and restaurant chains often have their own birthday songs they sing to customers.
Yet, even though knowledge is power, everyone carries different levels of it. And this leads to the phenomenon of the “curse of knowledge” or “the curse of expertise.” It’s a cognitive bias where people incorrectly assume that everyone knows as much as they do on a certain topic. This makes it hard for them to imagine what it’s like to not have that knowledge.
Out of 120songstapped out during the experiment, only 3 were guessed correctly. Yes, only 3! Apparently, when a tapper taps, they hear the tune in their mind along with the taps, while the listener only hears the uncoordinated tapping sounds. And due to the curse, the tappers couldn’t see why it was so hard for listeners to understand the tune.
Irukandji jellyfish grow only to about 1 cubic cm in size, but have an incredibly painful sting. One symptom of the sting is a strong impending sense of doom. Victims have begged their doctor to be killed as they were certain they would die anyways.
Bananas are berries, and Antarctica is a desert.
Mammals pee an average of 22 seconds, no matter if mouse or elephant.
This works with any other type of knowledge. Knowing some piece of information makes it hard to understand how others don’t know it, hence the curse in the phenomenon’s name.
And it’s not the only thing that’s so cursed about it. In fact, this phenomenon creates quite a fewproblemsbetween people:
So, be aware that as you learn new things from this list, you might fall for the curse of knowledge. After all, as the question that prompted this thread suggests, the majority of people don’t know these facts, so don’t forget that!
Squirrels run faster up trees than on flat surfaces.
Font describes the variation in style in which something is written: size, italic, bold, all caps etc.Typeface is the variation in the style of letters (Arial, Times New Roman, Comic Sans) that most people refer to as fonts.
Most the people involved in the Hindenburg disaster lived.
The Amazon River is over 4,000 miles long and doesn’t have any bridges that cross it.
SONAR stands for SOund NAvigation and Ranging.
The amount of [crimes] that happens on cruise ships. Most of them unresolved too.
An 18 inch pizza is more than two 12 inch pizzas.And to do the math, the surface area of a circle is pi x r squared.Pi is the constant. 18 in pizza has a 9 in radius, or r. 12 inch has6. 9 squared is 81, 6 squared is 36. 36 x 2 is 72. 81 is greater than 72.
If your nerve is broken in the wrong way, the nerve will send a pain signal to the brain and it won’t stop.
Centralia PA, Its a ghost town in Pennsylvania. Somehow they managed to set a coal mine on fire and its been burning since 1962. There are still a few people living there apparently but there are noxious fumes venting out of the ground so the government doesn’t allow new people to go there.
The difference between a million and a billion, is approximately a billion.
The bow-wow theory of language (aka the onomatopoeic theory), which states that our imitation of natural sounds is the basis of language development.
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Everything is made of chemicals and every single one of them will kill you with a sufficient dose.
Your eyes have a separate immune system from the rest of your body. If they get damaged in such a way that it affects anything other than your eyes, your regular immune system can attack the damage and will not recognize them, meaning your own body can permanently blind you.What’s worse, your body cannot tell the difference between either eye. If one of them gets infected or damaged, your immune system can attack your healthy eye and take away your sight entirely.
Sharks predate trees.
The only Spanish-speaking country in Africa is Equitorial Guinea. Its capital, Malabo, is on an island slightly northwest of the country’s mainland.
The tip of a shoelace is called an aglet.
Water doesn’t conduct electricity.Edit cuz I should probably explain; pure water doesn’t conduct electricity. Getting water to that level of purity is relatively costly however.
If you get a tooth abscess on the maxillary (top arch) canine to canine. It needs to be taken care of ASAP. The area is called the triangle of death when it comes to abscess or infections.Source: Dental HygienistAlso
Migatte-no-Blakae said:A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock ticking in reverse is correct FOUR times a day.peckx063 explained:Start one at midnight going forward and one backward. After six hours they’ll both be at 6, after another six hours they’ll both be at 12, after another six hours they’ll both be at 6,after another six hours they’ll both be at 12.
You can collapse your lungs from laughing.
The human body has no means of sensing “wetness”, and thus doesn’t know what “wetness” is. It can only sense temperature and pressure. Put on a latex glove and submerge your hand in water, and it will feel wet.The movie The Fifth Element is the only movie to reach general audiences, in which the protagonist and antagonist are never made aware of one another, let alone meet on screen.Domestic cats have what’s known as a “Non-Fatal Terminal Velocity”. Which means that, provided they are of healthy age and weight, you could punt one out of a 747 at cruising altitude and it would hit the earth with no measurable damage.To temporarily reduce, or remove entirely, the symptoms of tinnitus, cover your ears with your palms as hard as you can, and ensure you middle fingers are touching behind your head, then rapidly tap the entire length of your fingers against the base of your skull.You may own your phone, as in the piece of hardware in your hand, but you own exactly none of the things it can do. Remember that when texting, taking pics, posting online, or anything else you do.
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