Did You Know? 30 Facts That Will Surprise Even the Smartest People

We are sure that we know our world backward and forward and that there is nothing left that can surprise us and make us say “Oh, wow!” But we are wrong. Bright Side has collected 30 facts that will make you understand that there are still many things in the world that can surprise us. At least, a little.

SUMMARY: - A cockroach can live a few weeks without its head. It will eventually die of hunger. - The iPhone, the Harry Potter books, and the Rubik’s Cube are the top 3 most sold products in human history. - The Bombay phenotype is a phenomenon whereby certain elements of the blood are missing. - Only 5% of the population of Brazil lives in the Rio Grande state. However, this is the place where 70% of all Brazilian models are from. - The Pokemon characters Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan were named after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. - The Spanish word “esposas” means both “handcuffs” and “wives.” - When you gain or lose weight, your fat cells don’t disappear — they just change their size. - 99% of the microbes that live inside humans are unknown to science. - A paper cut is more painful than a regular cut because such a wound almost never bleeds, so the nerve endings stay open to the air, which irritates them. - When you take a hot bath, you burn as many calories as you would if you went for a 30-minute walk. - When his body was exhumed in June 2017, Salvador Dali’s mustache was exactly the same as on the day he died. - In 1939, American composer and pianist Earl Wild gave the first concert in the world that was broadcast on live television. 58 years later, his performance was the first online concert on the internet.

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