The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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In ancient Greek folklore, the creation of the Milky Way came about when Hera released droplets of milk from her suckling bosom! It wasn’t her fault though, sneaky Zeus brought the infant Heracles to Hera to breastfeed when she was asleep and she woke up shocked, pulling the baby off her and thus creating the milky way. Think about that next time you’re stargazing.
Research from Britain has shown that the most commonly lost items are keys, phones, pens and glasses. That’s hardly surprising. What comes as a bit of a shock, though, is that the average person loses a staggering 3,000 possessions over the course of their lifetime, including 64 umbrellas!
Einstein was an exceptional human being – and his brain was out of the ordinary, too! A study found that his parietal lobe was 15% larger than average. That’s the region of the brain that is responsible for mathematical thought and spatial cognition.
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In ancient Greek folklore, the creation of the Milky Way came about when Hera released droplets of milk from her suckling bosom! It wasn’t her fault though, sneaky Zeus brought the infant Heracles to Hera to breastfeed when she was asleep and she woke up shocked, pulling the baby off her and thus creating the milky way. Think about that next time you’re stargazing.
Research from Britain has shown that the most commonly lost items are keys, phones, pens and glasses. That’s hardly surprising. What comes as a bit of a shock, though, is that the average person loses a staggering 3,000 possessions over the course of their lifetime, including 64 umbrellas!
Einstein was an exceptional human being – and his brain was out of the ordinary, too! A study found that his parietal lobe was 15% larger than average. That’s the region of the brain that is responsible for mathematical thought and spatial cognition.
There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
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