These Wild Food Facts Will Make You Think Twice About Your Next Meal

It’s All in Your Mind

 

Peppers are hot due to a chemical compound called capsaicin, which bonds to your sensory nerves and tricks them into thinking your mouth is actually being burned. Mind over matter.

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The More You Know

  • There is a museum of bad art.
  • Your brain is sometimes more active when you're asleep than when you're awake.
  • A cow-bison hybrid is called a "beefalo."
  • The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached from one end.
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