Albert Einstein once remarked: “I don't have much talent. I'm only passionately curious. If you want to get on the road to these incredible benefits, like Einstein, read these interesting facts. They are guaranteed to pique your curiosity and make you feel like a complete genius, boosting your confidence in the blink of an eye!
1. There are more combinations of card decks than atoms on Earth
Don't blame your bad hand at the poker table for luck. It's really just a matter of mathematics, as there are more ways to build a deck of cards than the total number of atoms on Earth!
If a deck of cards is shuffled properly, there is a fairly high chance it will come out in an arrangement that has never been before, because the 52-card deck has an astronomically large number of permutations. Simply put: this is a 69-digit number!
2. More than half of Shakespeare's characters die in the same way
William Shakespeare had a flair for drama, but he also relied on some proven tropes, including the ways in which he killed his characters. When The Guardian released data from Shakespeare's open source in 2016, they found that most deaths (54 out of 100 deaths in all of his plays) were stabbed to death.
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The second most common cause of death was poisoning, although only four characters met their creator this way.
3. All water on Earth will form a ball 1384.04 km wide
About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. However, it is difficult to fully understand how much water actually is. Fortunately, NASA is putting this into perspective. They explain that if we could somehow collect all the water on the planet together, it would form a huge ball 1384.04 km wide. For comparison, the Earth itself has a diameter of 12,741.98 km.
4. Two asteroids revolve around the Earth, like the Moon
When you look up at the night sky and see the moon shining, you may not think that she is not alone up there. In addition to our moon, there are two asteroids that revolve around our planet. One asteroid, Krayt, orbits the Earth, while Asteroid 2002 AA 29 follows a horseshoe-shaped path. Because of this, he approaches us every 95 years.
5. Babies blink less often than adults
We blink to keep our eyes clean and hydrated. However, it turns out that some of us blink a lot more than others. In particular, adults tend to blink about 15 times per minute, while children only blink an average of two or three times in the same amount of time.
6. Antarctica is the only continent without meadows
Antarctica is an amazing place that boasts incredible frosty landscapes, incredibly cold temperatures and volcanic activity. It is also "the windiest, driest and coldest place on Earth." Another thing that makes it stand out is that it is the only continent on Earth without grasslands.
7. Human corpses can continue to move for over a year after death
The idea that a body moves after a person dies sounds like something out of a horror movie, but it might just be a natural occurrence. Corpses can continue to move for over a year after death, according to a 2019 study led by Australian researcher Alison Wilson.
“What we found was that the arms were moving significantly, so the arms that started at the bottom of the body were away from the body,” she told ABC News. "One hand pulled back and then came back to touch the edge of the body a little bit again."
The movement is thought to be the result of a decomposition process that causes the ligaments of the corpses to dry out and contract, stretching the limbs as they do.
8. Spain has a chapel inside a volcano
If you want to visit the Chapel of Santa Margarita de Sacot, you don't just need to head to northeastern Spain, you also need to descend into the crater that sits inside the 682 meter long volcano.
The original structure was built in the Middle Ages and unfortunately collapsed from an earthquake. However, the site is still home to a tiny Romanesque stone building with one nave and bell tower.
9. In Canada, some license plates are shaped like a polar bear
Travel to Nunavut, Canada and you will notice something that any nature lover will appreciate: the province has license plates that look like polar bears.
And although the government considered a new design a few years ago, animal-inspired decals can still be seen on vehicles traveling around the country.
10. Grave robbers once stole Charlie Chaplin's body
Charlie Chaplin may have become famous for making people laugh, but what happened to his body after he died is not at all funny. After Chaplin's death in 1977, his remains were buried in a cemetery in the Swiss village of Corsier-sur-Vevey, which is located in the hills above Lake Geneva.
However, on March 2, 1978, two men stole the body and contacted Chaplin's widow, Una, to demand $ 600,000 for the return of the body, while threatening her children. A police investigation led to the arrest and conviction of the robbers and the restoration of the body, which was subsequently reburied in a concrete grave.