Interesting Facts For Curious Minds: 1572 Random But Mind-Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture And Everything In Between

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Just like people, some animals, such as cats and dogs, have a preference for using their left paws. Scientists even study this in animals, and they call it "lateralisation." The largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume. Believed to be a Tyrannosaurus rex turd, the fossilised dung (also named a 'coprolite') is helping scientists better understand what the dinosaur ate. Has your dog ever done something naughty? Ok, but would you take him to court over it? Up until the 18th century, animals could be accused of crimes just like people. Nothing fun like robbing a bank, most of these 'crimes' were either killing a person or damaging property. Finally people realised that animals probably didn't know what they were doing. So go easy on your dog next time he misbehaves! 60. The tallest ever human was a man called Robert Waldo Mirrors facing each other don't produce infinite reflections. Each reflection will be darker than the last and eventually fade into invisibility. Mirrors absorb a fraction of the energy of the light striking them. The total number of reflections mirrors can produce? A few hundred.

You don't like the sound of your own voice because of the bones in your head. This may be because the bones in our head make our voice sound deeper.Space' is technically only about 62 miles from the earth's surface. If you had a special car that could drive straight up, it would only take an hour to reach it! 58. Pineapples were once luxury objects The T.rex likely had feathers. Scientists in China discovered Early Cretaceous period tyrannosaur skeletons that were covered in feathers. If the ancestors of the T. rex had feathers, the T. rex probably did, too. A cloud weighs around a million tonnes. A cloud typically has a volume of around 1km 3 and a density of around 1.003km per m 3 – that's a density that’s around 0.4 per cent lower than the air surrounding it ( this is how they are able to float). The Moon looks upside down in the Southern Hemisphere. Compared to the Northern Hemisphere, anyway. This means that the ‘Man in the Moon’ is upside down in the Southern Hemisphere and looks more like a rabbit. You could sweat when you're anxious to alert others. One theory suggests we've evolved to sweat whilst anxious to alert the brains of other people around us so they are primed for whatever it is that's making us anxious. Brain scans have revealed that when you sniff the sweat of a panic-induced person, regions of the brain that handle emotional and social signals light up. When you're anxious your sympathetic nervous system releases hormones including adrenaline, which activates your sweat glands.

There are more bacterial cells in your body than human cells. The average human is around 56 per cent bacteria. This was discovered in a 2016 study and is far less than the earlier estimates of 90 per cent. As bacteria are so light, however, by weight, each person is over 99.7 per cent human. Being bored is actually a 'high arousal state' physiologically. This is because when you're bored your heart rate increases. Identical twins don’t have the same fingerprints. You can’t blame your crimes on your twin, after all. This is because environmental factors during development in the womb (umbilical cord length, position in the womb, and the rate of finger growth) impact your fingerprint.If you have a twin brother or sister, there's a higher chance that one of you might be left-handed. Some of the world's greatest composers, such as Ludwig van Beethoven and Sergei Rachmaninoff, were left-handed. Then Interesting Facts For Curious Minds: 1572 Random But Mind Blowing Facts About History, Science, Pop Culture and Everything in Between is the book for you! Are you ready? It's – DEEP BREATH – methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl… Actually, it would take you three hours to say out loud. It's a protein and scientists call it 'titin' so save time. 45. You will always see the same side of the moon! They were a feathered dinosaur with four wings, measuring up to 77 cm long, which is about the size of a crow. The ideal size for a pet, several million years ago. 26. Oranges are naturally green!