the tales of horror and mystery by mB Château de Brissac; Brissac-Quincé, France As one of the tallest castles in France, the seven-story Château de Brissac is said to host the “Green Lady” who, as the castle’s website lays out, is the illegitimate daughter of King Charles VII. She was murdered by her husband after he discovered …
The Firefox logo isn’t a foxIt’s actually a red panda.It’s a common misbelief that the Firefox logo is a fox (I mean… it is in the name), but it is actually a red panda! Motorola produced the first handheld mobile phoneand their first phone call was to their rival. On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola …
Lucy in the sky with diamonds. A star in the constellation of Centaurus has a secret at its heart. At first it appeared to be a dim white dwarf, but it subsequently turned out to be incredibly dense, with the mass of the Sun crammed into an object only a third the diameter of Earth. …
The human body contains enough fat to make about seven bars of soap. Babies are born with more bones than adults. (Babies have 300 bones while adults only have 206.) Goosebumps developed to make our ancestors’ hair stand up, making them appear more threatening to predators. Did you know apples come from the same plant …
1. Polar bear fur is actually clear, and their skin is black. 2. Baby flamingos are born grey, not pink. 3. A woodpecker’s tongue actually wraps all the way around its brain, protecting it from damage when it’s hammering into a tree. 4.Goats have accents. 5.Dolphins give names to each other.
The founder of sportswear companies Puma and Adidas were brothers! Rudolf “Rudi” Dassler is the brain behind Puma, while his big bro Adolf “Adi” Dassler gave the world Adidas. Humans wouldn’t be able to taste food without saliva. The longest noodle ever made is more than 10,000 feet long. That’s almost two miles! Have fun …
