you may or may not have heard this before but it actually kind of keeps me up at night and I'm really sorry to have to do this to you but it's time you knew the truth we are living in an era of information overload the more we read hear and see the less we process and remember don't you just wish there was a way to remove the Clutter and get to the really good stuff well we believe here at list 25 we do that for you at least five times per week from the bizarre to the amazing and often unbelievable we bring you the facts you love to hear so let's get to it I'm Mike with list 25 and here are 25 interesting facts that'll make you question life 25 Mordor is a real place it really is its location however is a bit different from what we've read in tolkin Works Mordor is the home of saon the evil antagonist in The Lord of the Rings novels and movies and while JRR tolkin Middle Earth was a work of fiction Mordor is a real place according to USA Today it's a dark and mysterious area on Kon one of Pluto's moons that often looks exactly like an old or dried red blood stain and yes the creepy red spot was named after the novel not the other way around 24 the Moon is moving away from us while I'm discussing celestial bodies let me tell you something interesting about our Moon we all know that the moon circles around the Earth but not everyone knows that the distance between the Earth and Moon is increasing as the comparatively small Celestial body continues its planetary spinning it drifts 1. 48 in farther away from the earth each year which is roughly the same rate at which a human fingernail grows this means that the moon was much closer to us in the past scientists believe that when the moon was first formed it was only 14,000 Mi away today it's about 250,000 M away 23 some people are mind blind are you the type of person who can recall specifics about things that you're trying to remember but can't see it in your mind's eye most people can picture a loved one's face or the best meal they've ever had but other people's minds go blank when they try to do the same this condition is known as aphantasia aphantasia can be summarized as the inability to have visual memories when thinking of things in their absence people with a Fantasia can't picture how characters look or visualize the settings they're in while reading books they may also have difficulty remembering the face of a loved one who has passed away 22 your feet can taste garlic if you're one of those people that hate garlic don't ever step on it scientists recently revealed that you can taste the distinct flavor of garlic through your feet well you can't actually taste with your feet still supposed you place garlic under your feet in that case the molecules responsible for Garlic's Aroma allisin can penetrate through the skin getting into your bloodstream and travel to your mouth and nose where you quickly start to recognize the taste of garlic chemistry does wild tricks with food even changing the way you taste it literally 21 ladybugs are vicious cannibals I'm sorry to tell you this but every coloring book first grade story book Disney movie and Pixar animated film has Li d ladybugs aren't cute sweet bugs that we should make wishes upon they are in fact vicious cannibals and adult ladybug devours approximately 50 aphids sap drinking bugs that all gardeners despise every day however when there isn't enough food available they will eat ladybug larae and even other young ladybugs both of which have shells that are tender enough for an adult ladybug to chew 20 you could be one of the people with no inner monologue you know that voice in your head that goes through your thoughts and emotions no well as it turns out not everyone has internal monologue during 2020 a lot of people were astonished to learn that some people don't have an internal monologue while those who didn't have it were surprised to learn that other people actually do these people simply have quiet tranquil Minds for the biggest part of their days when asked if they ever get songs stuck in their heads one said yes it's probably the closest they get to having one and while they may not hear an internal voice they still read in their heads 19 most of us choose dogs over love dogs have long been acknowledged to be man's best friend but Americans are rapidly taking that to a new level according to a rover. com study conducted over 3 years published in 2017 54% of dong owners will end a relationship if their dog doesn't like their partner according to the report 94% of dog owners see and treat their dogs as a member of their family and 78% include their canines during significant family moments given that 1/4 of people bring their furry companions on first dates it might be a good idea to get dog treats instead of flowers the next time you go on a first date 18 the moon has moonquakes and we're causing some of them when we went to the moon we didn't just leave a flag and Footprints behind we actually left a couple of hundred bags of poop in urine too but I'm not here to talk about that today the Apollo Astronauts left seismometers meant to record thermal data on the moon's surface the equipment soon confirmed that the moon just like the Earth experiences earthquakes experiences moonquakes in fact scientists confirm that there are four types of moonquakes shallow deep thermal and those caused by meteorite impacts but more recently researchers made an exciting Discovery some of the thermal earthquake data gathered by Apollo 17 Mission instrumentation confirmed that the moon also experienced a fif th and unexpected type of moon Quake Quakes coming from the Apollo 17 lunar lander base itself this new phenomenon is not caused by the moon but it adds to our seismic knowledge of the celestial body which is crucial for future lunar exploration 17 the Pledge of Allegiance started out as a PR stunt I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation how many times as a child did you stand and say those words while it may feel that the Pledge of Allegiance has been around forever it was actually only written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy as part of a competition to increase the sales of the weekly children's magazine youth's companion while today's pledge is very close to Bellamy's original version it has gone through a few significant changes throughout the years notably the phrase under God wasn't introduced until 1954 16 you lose 30% of your ability AB ility to taste while flying that could be why airplane food has such a terrible reputation what's the deal with airline food well that the elevation of an aircraft can have a negative impact on how well we're able to taste things in a 2010 research project carried out by Germany's fronhofer Institute of building physics the lack of moisture at high elevations as well as low pressure decreases a person's taste bud sensitivity to sweet and salty foods by roughly 30% add to that the fact that dry cabin air impairs our ability to smell and our ability to taste is reduced even further 15 a sneeze at 60 M hour closes your eyes for almost 50 ft you may or may not have heard this before but it actually kind of keeps me up at night when you sneeze your eyes close for a brief instant however if you sneeze while driving at 60 mes an hour your eyes will be closed for approximately 50 ft according to one 2014 study drivers who temporarily lose vision due to sneezing cause 2,500 accidents in England every week yeah every week now what are those stats in the us where we have more land mass and significantly more cars on the roads I actually shudder at the thought according to one earlier study more than 2 million drivers have crashed while driving simply because they sneezed this suggests that 7% of adults have been involved in a car accident due to sneezing 14 you've been eating bug poop and enjoying it and I'm really sorry to have to do this to you but it's time you knew the truth shellac is an ingredient in candy at all things sweet that most people like to refer to as confectioner glaze that's because it gives all candies and sweets like jelly beans and candy corn its beautiful hard and shiny coating but whatever you prefer to call it shellac which we've also used as a wood finish and brush on colorance is extracted from the secretions left by the female Korea laca insects Yes dear friends bug poop I bet those jelly beans have just lost a lot of their flavor huh 13 woolly mammoths were still alive in Russia when the pyramids were being built I know most of us picture the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago when we think of woolly mammoths Majestic ancient hairy creatures who ram the Earth long before we came onto the scene however these massive beasts were actually still around when the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built between 2580 and 2560 BCE according to the BBC the last wly Mammoth vanished from Wrangle Island in Russia's Arctic Ocean territory a mere 4,000 years ago 12 laughter as a defense mechanism I am incredibly ticklish I don't know about you that's why I'm not sure how I feel about the following fact there's a reason it's practically impossible not to chuckle when someone tickles you and it has absolutely nothing to do with the situation being hilarious instead your body is most likely using a natural defense mechanism scientists from Germany's University of tubing discovered that when we're tickled the portion of the brain that expects pain is activated because our brain believes we're in danger we may strike at whoever is tickling us or laugh which is an act of submission now I always tell you guys if you guys see me out and about most likely at Disney feel free to come up to me and say hello please don't tickle me now I'm extremely tickl don't do that I am extremely ticklish 11 our bodies glow literally men for years you've had to listen to women complimenting each other on that beautiful pregnancy glow and while a pregnant woman does experience numerous hormonal shifts that lead to brighter skin we don't have to feel left out anymore a couple of years ago it was discover that we all glow literally while it may be hard to see with the naked eye the human body emits a modest amount of visible light visible in the scientific sense the illumination is around 1,000 times less intense than the level of light that we would really be able to see researchers in Japan employed a special camera to track this glow and discovered that it fluctuates throughout the day with the body generating the least amount of light around 10 a.
m. and the most around 400 p. m.
a rhythm the scientists attribute to changes in our metabolisms 10 when left-handed people use right-handed equipment they have a one in 4,400 th000 chance of dying being a left-handed person in a right-handed world is not always easy in fact it can be downright deadly while our left-handed Brethren and sist might be light years ahead of us when it comes to creativity daydreaming imagination and intuition more than 2500 left-handed people die every year as a result of an injury caused by equipment built for right-handed people as it turns out the right-handed power saw is the most deadly item so to our Southpaw fans please stay away from those it is just not worth it nine snails have teeth I'll be get thousands yes thousands of tiny microscopic ones and now I just can't unsee it snails come across as relatively simple creatures with distinguishing characteristics like shells and slime however some species have an unusual feature according to the Natural History Museum they have a ribbon-like tongue and a jaw called a radula with thousands of tiny little teeth that allow the Ferocious slime monsters to tear and rip apart their food into smaller more manageable bits I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to pick one up the same way again you know what I'm I'm done gardening actually I I fed a snail broccoli it was kind of adorable eight dogs evolve to manipulate humans you know that cute puppy eyed look your dog loves to give you whenever he wants something from you it turns out that while it's 100% adorable it's also 100% intentional and something they've learned to do after becoming Man's Best Friend according to a 2019 study published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences domesticated dogs have evolved to have tiny facial muscles around their eyes something wild wolves do not have these muscles allow our pets to communicate with us by lifting their brows to appear on happy or pouting I wonder if that's why we prefer them over our partners seven bed bugs have been around since the dinosaurs have you ever found yourself in the unfortunate situation of sharing a bed with a couple of hundred bed bugs it itches a lot bed bugs are nearly impossible to eradicate and can spread quicker than water cooler gossip according to scientists that might be why they've survived for so long in a 2019 study published in current biology scientist determined that the bugs have been around since the time of the dinosaurs first appearing some 115 million years ago While most of us are not thrilled to hear this fact I mean we now know cockroaches weren't the only bugs to survive the meteor and subsequent events it proved that the evolutionary history of bed bugs was far more evolved than anyone had previously thought opening up other areas for future studies now what were they called before beds were invented hm bugs six human bodies are still evolving if you thought the human body was done evolving think again some people it turns out have a bone in their knee called a fabella and while this particular modest bone with its unknown purpose was at one point fading away it has become increasingly prevalent over the last century and a half in 1875 over 1/8 of all people tested had a fella by 1918 the number had fallen to 11% how however by 2018 39% of people had this mystery bone unfortunately you won't know if you're one of the 39% unless it gets picked up with an MRI or an x-ray as the bone is located behind the knee five you have a 3-in long nail in your body or at the very least the components of one iron is a vital nutrient when it comes to the human body it helps your red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body a feature that is critical for energy production that's why an iron deficiency can cause feelings of exhaustion and fatigue a healthy adult possesses roughly 3 G of iron which if extracted and melted down could produce a 3-in long nail in that same vein the iron inside about 250 large men will be enough to make an average siiz Medieval sword creepy I know but that fact was just too good to keep off the list four some jellyfish are Immortal there are enough interesting facts about jellyfish that they could get a whole list of their own jellyfish are fascinating creatures for an array of reasons they come in a variety of forms sizes and colors they have no brains and sting over 150 million people every year and some are deadly but the most astounding part of these creatures is that one species tropis Dorney responds to potentially dangerous circumstances by reverting to an earlier form and restarting its growth process so in a way they portal three King Charles owns a car that runs on cheese and wine no that is not a mistake cheese and wine and here we were thinking that we knew everything about the royal family although he doesn't use fuel in this car climate environmentalists believe cheese and wine are not ideal fuel Alternatives because they lead to deforestation in an interview with the BBC about climate change and his efforts to reduce his carbon footprint King Charles acknowledged that his his gorgeous old db6 Ran on bioethanol fuel made from wine and cheese yes the classic Aston Martin has a diet fit literally for royalty the fuel is made by Green fuels a glosser Shure based company that collaborated with Aston Martin Legacy specialist RS Williams limited to turn the king's db6 into a cheese and wine machine that's delicious fuel I'd eat that I could run on cheesee and wine not really big drinker so just cheese two 14 people control an important aspect of the internet with seven keys have you ever heard of the key ceremony yeah neither have I the key ceremony is a secret or maybe not so secret Gathering of a few individuals who wield unbelievable authority over the Internet these seven key holders according to the guardian are handpick Security Experts who meet every three months and whose different digital Keys create one master key that in turn manages one of these Central security measures at the heart of the worldwide web as part of a global effort to secure the domain named system or DNS and the internet these Specialists have exclusive access to the DNS which is basically a directory of everything online every time they come together they flush out fake and harmful addresses one of which is not list25. com that is a real thing check it out one we are just one of 8. 7 million species on Earth environmentally it's obvious that humans are geoengineering the planet as such there's no doubt that we are significant and not just a blip in the cosmos however while we might be dominating the planet with our sprawling cities and almost Limitless technology we are in fact just one species among 8.
7 million that exist along one another here on planet Earth according to a 2011 study published in the Journal of P biology there are 7.
