There is a wire called an eruv that hangs above Manhattan encircling much of the borough, acting as a symbolic boundary that turns the public streets into a private space, much like one’s own home that allows Jewish people to move about freely without having to worry about breaking Jewish law. The post There is… Read More »
Vermont passed a law in 1999 that the state pie is Apple and one must make a “good faith effort” to serve it with either a glass of cold milk, 1/2 oz. of cheddar cheese, or a large scoop of vanilla. The post Vermont passed a law in 1999 that… appeared first on Crazy Facts.… Read More »
Two regions of the brain, reward pathways and the hippocampus, physically shrink when we’re clinically depressed and gaming reverses that damage. Gameplay hyperstimulates areas of the brain associated with motivation, goals, learning and memory; making it the neurological opposite of depression. The post Two regions of the brain, reward… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
Yaupon, a holly bush indigenous to the south-east United States, was once the most widely consumed caffeinated beverage in the Americas, so popular that the British East India Company deemed it a threat to their control of the tea market. The post Yaupon, a holly bush indigenous to the south-east United States… appeared first on… Read More »
unbelievable-facts: Seven years after the People’s Republic of China was established, Mao Zedong allowed people to express their opinions on the way the country was being run in a campaign called the “Hundred Flowers Campaign.” Once this happened, those who said things against the government were then jailed or unheard of since. Source
Reverse Racing was a huge and very challenging motor sport in the Netherlands thanks to the sale of DAF cars that had no speed limit for driving in reverse. It was eventually stopped because those cars were becoming collectors items and the sport was considered too dangerous. The post Reverse Racing was a huge and…… Read More »
One of the most important mathematical books ever written, Principia Mathematica, needed 360 pages to prove that 1 + 1 = 2. The book itself is considered so advanced and hard to understand that it’s rarely used in academia at all. The post One of the most important mathematical… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
In 1911, physicist George de Hevesy suspected his landlady was bulking up his meals with leftovers; he proved it by sprinkling radioactive material over his dinner and detecting it in the next day’s portion. The post In 1911, physicist George de Hevesy suspected… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source