Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. Did you know that one of the gargoyles of the National Cathedral is Darth Vader?
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Being scatterbrained and disorganised can be annoying to people around you – but there’s a strong correlation between chronic disorganisation and higher intelligence and creativity. Scatterbrained people also have a broader-than-average range of interests, and when they come across as know-it-alls, that’s probably because, well, they know it all.
Your nose can smell at least 1 trillion scents. Scientists had long assumed our noses could distinguish about 10,000 odors. Human beings tend to think of themselves as visual first, auditory second, then touch and taste.
Venus is a blazingly hot planet. Temperatures on the beautiful planet reach an average temperature of 450 degrees Celsius! This is interesting because Venus is not the closest planet to the sun. That title goes to Mercury. However, Mercury has no atmosphere to regulate temperatures.
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Being scatterbrained and disorganised can be annoying to people around you – but there’s a strong correlation between chronic disorganisation and higher intelligence and creativity. Scatterbrained people also have a broader-than-average range of interests, and when they come across as know-it-alls, that’s probably because, well, they know it all.
Your nose can smell at least 1 trillion scents. Scientists had long assumed our noses could distinguish about 10,000 odors. Human beings tend to think of themselves as visual first, auditory second, then touch and taste.
Venus is a blazingly hot planet. Temperatures on the beautiful planet reach an average temperature of 450 degrees Celsius! This is interesting because Venus is not the closest planet to the sun. That title goes to Mercury. However, Mercury has no atmosphere to regulate temperatures.
Bram Stoker, an Irish author, wrote the classic gothic novel, Dracula, ushering the legend of the vampire into mainstream European and American culture. Though the novel is partially set in Transylvania, a region in central Romania, Stoker never travelled to Eastern Europe!
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