There once was a village named Resia in Italy. They flooded the area and the only thing left visible is the village’s bell tower. It is know known as Lago di Resia.
You glow in the dark! Too weak to see, human bioluminescent…
You glow in the dark! Too weak to see, human bioluminescent emissions vary by time of day.
An indoor vegetable factory in Japan produces up to 10,000 heads of lettuce per day…
An indoor vegetable factory in Japan produces up to 10,000 heads of lettuce per day and uses just 1% of the amount of water needed for outdoor fields.
The Aboriginal Mbabaram word for dog is “dog”. This type of coincidence…
The Aboriginal Mbabaram word for dog is “dog”. This type of coincidence is called a “false cognate” and there are many occurrences throughout the world.
The US has had a Native American vice…
The US has had a Native American vice president.
The original Price Is Right gave a contestant a real elephant…
The original Price Is Right gave a contestant a real elephant as a gag prize, and planned later to give the winner $4,000 instead. The winner complained and demanded an elephant as promised. The show finally conceded and delivered it to the contestant’s home in Texas.
Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park…
Reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park: as elk were displaced, saplings that would have been eaten by elk were spared, riverbank erosion was brought under control, and streams and rivers shifted their courses.
Vin Diesel helped produce and finance Riddick (2013) and even put…
Vin Diesel helped produce and finance Riddick (2013) and even put up his house as collateral to get it made. “If we didn’t finish the film, I would be homeless.”
Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in the American Pie films, was…
Seann William Scott, who played Stifler in the American Pie films, was extremely shy and nervous around women and did not have a girlfriend until he was 30 years old.
Cytokines, proteins that cause inflammation and tell the body…
Cytokines, proteins that cause inflammation and tell the body to go into “sickness mode” increase in number during depressive episodes. Researchers are beginning to investigate the link between depression and inflammation/allergic reactions in the body.