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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