Check out a lot of curious facts that will make you smarter
1 - Did you know that we are unable to detect smells while we are sleeping? We can “smell” odors in dreams, but not during sleep.
2 - According to a lifelong survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2013, we have crossed our path with at least 16 killers.
3 - During pregnancy, if a pregnant woman suffers damage to any internal organ, the fetus sends stem cells to the affected tissue to speed up the healing process.
4 - General Electric is the only company in business today that appears on the original list of Dow Jones, the US stock index of 1896.
One of the effects of global warming and rising temperatures on the planet is that flowers are emitting less odor.
6 - There are 770, 000 people living in England today who do not know how to communicate in English.
7 - All galaxies, regardless of their size, complete a rotation every billion years.
8. During the filming of "The Wizard of Oz, " actress Judy Garland, then 16, had to follow a diet consisting of chicken soup, coffee, and 80 cigarettes a day.
9 - A survey revealed that gym weights have 362 times more bacteria than a toilet seat.
10 - The production of the album "The Black Album" by Metallica was so troubled that of the four members of the group, three divorced their wives until the project was finalized.
11 - Did you know that colonies originally appeared as protection against plague, since people believed that bad odors transmitted the disease?
12 - The oldest astronomical clock in the world is in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and has been in operation since 1410.
After spending seven years studying human urine, scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada, found that it contains 3, 078 different chemical compounds.
14 - A survey revealed that 80% of those responsible for mass shootings had no interest in violent games.
15 - One survey found that one in three children learn to use the tablet even before learning to speak.
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