Mind-blowing Facts That Literally Nobody Has Heard Before

Neutrino Coming Through!

There are objects that are smaller than neutrons that are called neutrinos. Neutrinos have a rumored mass of zero (we're genuinely not qualified to explain quantum physics, we wish we could elaborate more on this one), and float freely between atoms. Neutrinos are so small and so plentiful that literally, every millisecond of your life, trillions of neutrinos pass through your body around the atoms that make up the molecules of your cells. 

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The More You Know

  • The first commercial airplane flight lasted 23 minutes.
  • There's a "floating rainforest" in the sea.
  • The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
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