Most people experience the cross-race effect. Members of one race have difficulty differentiating between members of another. |
Every year, more than 10 people are killed by vending machines. |
Nike's slogan "Just Do It" came from the last words of a murderer on death row. |
There are approximately 12-27 million humans still enslaved worldwide. |
Nightingale poop is used in facials in Hawaiian spas because its urea softens the skin. |
There's a French company called Ultime Realite that you can hire to kidnap you for $1,600. |
According to proctologists, humans were not meant to poop while sitting on toilets, but in more of a squatting position. |
The Romans used crushed mouse brains as toothpaste. |
APOPO (an acronym for Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling: "Anti-Personnel Landmines Detection Product Development" in English) is a registered Belgian non-governmental organisation which trains African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis. APOPO's mission is to develop detection rats technology to provide solutions for global problems and inspire positive social change. |
Sweden and the Netherlands issue pink emergency passports as a 'punishment' for nationals who have lost their passports. |