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 shortest scientific –ology word is "oology."
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • The horse on the Wyoming license plate is named Steamboat.
  • Bubble wrap was originally intended to be used as 3D wallpaper.
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