10 weird facts about the world that will blow your mind

12/14/2018

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Science Story: 10 weird facts about the world that will blow your mind

In Japan, it's possible to adopt an adult. Dead people can get goosebumps. You are more likely to become the President than to win the lottery. Read on to learn more weird and hilarious facts about the world.

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Science Story: Half the people in human history who have ever reached 65 years of age are alive today. — shutterstock

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Science Story: There is a kind of grape that tastes like cotton candy. — shutterstock

Special grapes were bred by a group of plant breeders from California. It can become a wonderful and healthy way to satisfy your sweet tooth!

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Science Story: One is more likely to become the President than to win the lottery. — shutterstock

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Science Story: Adult adoption is a common practice in Japan. — shutterstock

Adults are even adopted more often than children! Annually, 80,000 people are adopted in Japan, and 90% of them are males in their 20s and 30s. Adult adoption is done for various reasons, for example, to establish inheritance rights.

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Science Story: Writing was invented independently by the Egyptians, Chinese, Sumerians and Mayans. — shutterstock

Written language created in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, was the first one (circa 3200 BC).

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Science Story: If all the empty space from the atoms that make up human bodies was removed, the entire population of Earth could fit into an apple. — shutterstock

According to another theory, even a sugar cube would be enough.

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Science Story: The national anthem of Spain has no official words. — wikipedia Public Domain Mark

The anthem had lyrics in the past, but they are no longer used.

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Science Story: Dead people can get goosebumps. — pixabay

Such a reaction is caused by the rigor mortis, which occurs as soon as 4 hours after death. It make the muscles of the body stiffen. As the hair follicles retract, the raised bumps appear.

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Science Story: Rainbow can appear at night — wikipedia CC BY-SA

It's called a lunar rainbow or a "moonbow". Its formation is exactly the same as for a solar rainbow, but it looks white. Anyway, the 7 colors may be seen in long exposure photographs.

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Science Story: Michelangelo wrote a poem about how much he hated painting the Sistine Chapel — wikipedia CC BY-SA

In a letter to his friend, he called this work "a torture" and compared himself to "a cat hunched up in Lombardy".

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36 Comments

brianstratton

I've had the cotton candy 🍇 and they are WONDERFUL !! VERY tasty and smell very much like the candy. As far as the Sistine Chapel, I've had the pleasure of seeing it several times and in my humble opinion, Michelangelo got ripped off by the pope and church elders. That place is beyond all human comprehension. There are no words to describe the experience. Utterly stunning.

Joy Holbrook

My favourite was the fact that half of those who ever reached the age of 65 are alive today.

John Woods

It surprised me that the empty space in atoms could be used for any purpose. I had thought it was required so that the elements within could rotate.

Andy Anderson

Unfortunately I don’t understand what atoms are .

mldopeydoc

I really like de fact about an apple, atoms, & the world population

bina sarmah

I am not going to be president, so there is no way I will win lottery.

Melissa Payne

Only knew a few of them...fascinating!

Glenis Nichols

I'm not surprised about Micelangelo's discomfort, it must have been excessive, what surprises me is how he could make such beautiful pictures in that position.

David Holmes

Richard Perkins, I read it years ago and would like to read it again.

Dana Marie Jager

I have had the cotton candy flavored grapes; they are wonderful.

Dani Smith

Diane Thompson, today we have antibiotics and various protections which caused early death years ago. We have modern technology which, years ago, was viewed as witchcraft. Today it saves lives.