Interesting Trivia

  • Women are two times more likely than men to be able to touch their nose with their tongue.
  • The left-hand fingernails of an Shridhar Chillal of India were over 20 feet long.
  • Gossiping has positive effects on women -- It elevates levels of progesterone, a hormone that reduces stress and feels good.
  • Research shows that attractive people are more likely to be self-sufficient and less likely to co-operate.
  • Cryptomnesia is when a person thinks they've created a new idea, but are actually just remembering someone else's idea.
  • The brain has a hard time looking at the colors red and blue when they're next to each other. This is called "chromostereopsis."
  • Cryptomnesia is when a person thinks they've created a new idea, but are actually just remembering someone else's idea.
  • The average woman smiles 62 times a day. The average man smiles only 8 times.
  • The word "bride" is derived from an old English word meaning "cook."
  • According to a new study in 2012 by Dr Thomas Denson, of the University of New South Wales - if a person uses one's non-dominant hand to stir one's a drink, it helps train one's self-control.
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