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20 Facts That Will Absolutely Demolish Everything You Thought You Knew
20 Mind-Blowing Facts That Will Shake Your World
- Strawberries Aren’t Berries: Despite their name, strawberries are actually an aggregate accessory fruit.
- Bananas Are Berries: While strawberries aren’t, bananas are! They’re considered berries because they develop from a single flower and contain seeds.
- Your Brain Can Create Its Own Reality: Our brains can fill in gaps in our perception, leading to optical illusions and false memories.
- You Were Once a Single Cell: Every human being started as a single fertilized egg cell.
- Your Body Replaces Itself: Your body is constantly renewing itself, with new cells replacing old ones.
- The Universe is Expanding: And it’s doing so at an accelerating rate.
- Time Isn’t Real: It’s a human construct to understand the sequence of events.
- You’ve Never Actually Touched Anything: Atoms don’t actually touch; they repel each other.
- Your Brain Can’t Feel Pain: The brain itself has no pain receptors.
- Dreams Can Be Lucid: You can become aware of your dreams and control them.
- Your Nose Can Detect Trillions of Scents: The human nose can detect trillions of different scents.
- You’re Taller in the Morning Than at Night: Your spine compresses throughout the day.
- Your Stomach Lining Renews Itself Every Few Days: This protects it from the acidic environment.
- You Shed Skin Cells Every Minute: Your body is constantly shedding skin cells, which are replaced by new ones.
- The Earth’s Core is Hotter Than the Surface of the Sun: The Earth’s inner core is incredibly hot, reaching temperatures of over 5,000 degrees Celsius.
- The Great Wall of China Isn’t Visible from Space: Contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China isn’t visible from the moon or even low Earth orbit.
- The Universe is Mostly Empty Space: Despite the vastness of the universe, most of it is empty space.
- Your Tongue Doesn’t Have Taste Zones: Different parts of your tongue can taste all flavors.
- The World’s Deepest Ocean Trench Could Swallow Mount Everest: The Mariana Trench is deeper than the height of Mount Everest.
- You’re Related to Every Living Thing on Earth: All life on Earth shares a common ancestor.
