With every inhale, you are stepping into something far more expansive than it appears. The human nose can distinguish at least one trillion different scents, a number so large it feels slightly mischievous, like it’s challenging the imagination on purpose. That means your sense of smell is operating on a scale that surpasses the estimated 100 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Your nose is keeping up with the cosmos!
Pill bugs are actually crustaceans, not insects. They’re more like tiny, land-dwelling shrimp than other bugs. Pretty cool, huh?
Just be yourself, because no one is like you. If you’re a little weird, own it. The right people will like you for it.
‘She sells seashells by the seashore’ is about a real person. Mary Anning was an 1800s English woman from a poor family who dug up fossils on the beach and sold them to make money. She made many important scientific discoveries and her inspirational life inspired a song that eventually became a famous tongue twister.
Corn plants release water into the air in a process called “corn sweat” which can raise humidity levels by up to 10%. One Acre of corn can release 3,000-4,000 gallons of water per day.
People don’t sneeze in their sleep due to their brain shutting down the reflex.
Leonardo da Vinci loved animals. He would often buy animals in cages just so he could set them free.
The human eye is so sensitive that if the earth were flat and it was a dark night, a candle’s flame could be seen from 30 miles away.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.
The duty of the philosopher is to find the truth everywhere. ~ Nicolaus Copernicus