Sunday, May 19, 2013

Did you know?

So many gems in the sea of tweets, here are some to refresh your brain

@UberFacts Atychiphobia is the fear of failure.

@UberFacts "Scopophobia" is the morbid fear of being seen or stared at by others.

@UberFacts It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

@UberFacts Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including at least 50 of that cause, initiate or promote cancer.

@UberFacts Falling coconuts kill 150 people every year.

@UberFacts Listening to loud music interferes with your vision. This is why we usually take our headphones out to look at something far away.

@UberFacts Sleeping for less than six hours any night skews the productivity of your immune system, metabolism, and the body’s response to stress.

@firstworldfacts Since we spend roughly 20 years asleep, our dreams are technically considered to be an alternate reality.

@UberFacts Tobacco kills one person every 8 seconds.

@UberFacts Scientists estimate that smoking a cigarette takes 11 minutes off of your life - A pack of 20 takes 3 hours - A carton takes 1.5 days.

@firstworldfacts Watermelon can help relieve stress and anxiety, as well as keep you energized and boost your metabolism.

@UberFacts Individuals with higher IQs are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression because of increased brain activity.

@UberFacts Cherophobia is the fear of being too happy because you think something tragic will happen.

@UberFacts Jellyfish and lobsters are considered biologically immortal - They don't age and will never die unless they are killed.

@UberFacts Listening to music helps aid digestion.

@UberFacts People are more likely to remember the first and last things they read on a list than anything else.

@UberFacts Mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history.

@SciencePorn An award winning middle school science project showed, on average 70% of the time ice from fast food restraunts is dirtier than toilet water

@firstworldfacts The brain is a powerful thing. Worrying about getting sick can actually make you sick.

@UberFacts Globally, baby boys are 25% more likely to die in infancy than baby girls.

@firstworldfacts Laughter has been proven to cut down stress levels by 50%.

@firstworldfacts Love is chemically similar to drug addiction.

@UberFacts Eating chocolate 3 times a month can help you live longer as opposed to overeating chocolate, or not eating it at all.

@UberFacts Although outlawed by the British empire in 1837, owning a slave was not a criminal offense in the UK until April of 2010.

@UberFacts 11% of Greece's homeless population have a university degree.

@UberFacts Bigorexia (Muscle dysmorphia) is a disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with working out because they are not muscular enough.

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