The center of the Milky Way smells like rum & tastes like raspberries.
Discovered by the IRAM radio telescope, a chemical called ethyl formate which gives rum its distinct smell and raspberries their distinct flavor.
2020
The “Pregnancy Glow” is Real.
More blood is brought to the blood vessels and there is an increase in oil gland secretion, therefore, “pregnancy glow” occurs.
2020
The "Refrigerator Safety Act" Was passed because Early refrigerators would only open from outside and trap children.
Magnetic strips were used on fridge doors to create an air-proof seal that would open from the inside with a light push. Even tests with children were conducted.
2015
Astronauts can grow approximately 5 cm in height when in space.
The lack of gravity in space causes the discs between the vertebrae to expand a little.
2013
Food tastes different when you’re flying.
The combination of dryness and low pressure reduces the sensitivity of your taste buds to sweet and salty foods by around 30%
2020
Robbers Cave Experiment.
This experiment, which studied group conflict, is considered by most to be outside the lines of what is considered ethical
2008
In “As We May Think” (1949), Vannevar Bush imagines the “memex”, a desk-like device where people could search through a library of articles.
This is why we created pointpress
1949
The Kurilian Bobtail Is A Natural Cat Breed Which Evolved In Isolation.
they are described As Clever And Gentle, And They Love Playing In The Water.
2020
Hot chocolate tastes better out of an orange cup.
A new study finds that the color of the vending cup used to serve hot chocolate can alter its taste and smell
2013
The International Space Station is the largest manned object ever sent into space.
The (ISS) sits roughly 250 miles (400 km) above the Earth and is the third-brightest object in the night sky.
2020
The Bone Wars. In the late 1800s two Rival Paleontologists Sought to Disgrace each other.
Both paleontologists were ruined financially, but their efforts led to the discovery of 136 new species of dinosaurs.
Scottish scientists were awarded £250,000 in funding to breed sheep who fart less.
They will attempt to create more animals who have the least impact on the environment
2019
In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that could see through people’s clothes.
The cameras had a special lens that use's infrared light to use as night vision.
2016
HIV's Patient 0.
AIDS ‘patient zero’ is believed by scientists to have lived in Cameroon Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
2011
