Curious Mind Blowing Facts - 57
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Short Sleeper Syndrome (SSS) is a rare genetic condition where individuals naturally require significantly less sleepβtypically 4β6 hours per nightβthan the average adult (7β9 hours). Unlike insomnia, people with SSS do not experience daytime fatigue or health repercussions from reduced sleep. This trait is linked to specific gene mutations, such as DEC2, which regulate sleep efficiency. SSS is considered a benign variation rather than a disorder, affecting a small portion of the population.
Famous Individuals Associated with SSS include:
1. Nikola Tesla (Inventor): Reportedly slept only 2β3 hours nightly, attributing his productivity to intense focus and brief naps.
2. Margaret Thatcher (Former UK Prime Minister): Famously thrived on 4 hours of sleep during her political career.
3. Thomas Edison (Inventor): Known for his disdain for sleep, he slept in short intervals, viewing it as unproductive.
4. Winston Churchill (Former UK Prime Minister): While not confirmed, he famously adhered to a 5-hour nighttime sleep schedule supplemented by daytime naps.
Historical accounts of sleep habits (e.g., Leonardo da Vinciβs polyphasic patterns - segmented periods of sleep throughout the day) are often speculative. Modern figures like Elon Musk or Martha Stewart may prioritize work over sleep, but this reflects lifestyle choice rather than confirmed SSS. Genetic confirmation is rare, so many cases remain anecdotal.
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The idea of a "red phone" straight from the U.S. president to Russiaβs leader is a myth. Instead of a direct phone line, the Moscow-Washington hotline is a secure system for sending written messages. Originally, it used telegraph machines, then teletype, and later fax. Today, it runs on encrypted emails over a secure computer network. This setup avoids rushed decisions in a crisis. Leaders and their teams have time to think before responding, reducing the risk of misunderstandings that could lead to war.
Another benefit is security. A phone call could be hacked, tapped, or misunderstood due to language differences. Written messages ensure clarity and accuracy. The system is tested every day to make sure it works, and it has been used in several crises to prevent conflicts. By allowing careful communication during tense moments, it helps both sides avoid dangerous mistakes.
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Caves form when limestone dissolves. Rainwater absorbs carbon dioxide from the air and soil, creating a weak acid. Over time, this acid wears away limestone along cracks and layers, gradually expanding them into caves.
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An estimated 46 per cent (7.35 million) of Canadian households didnβt have a TV subscription with a cable, satellite, or telecom-based provider in 2024, according to a new report from Convergence Research.
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The Ballad of Chevy Chase tells the story of a brutal battle between English and Scottish forces over a hunting dispute in the Cheviot Hills. According to the ballad, Percy, an English nobleman, leads a hunting party into Scottish territory, provoking Earl Douglas. In response, Douglas gathers his men, and the two sides clash in a bloody fight. Both leaders die, along with many of their warriors, but the battle ultimately favors the English.
The battle described in the ballad is believed to be based on real conflicts between England and Scotland, possibly the Battle of Otterburn (1388) or another border skirmish. Over time, different versions of the ballad emerged, some emphasizing the heroism of the fallen leaders, while others focused on the tragedy of war. It remained popular for centuries, admired for its vivid storytelling and patriotic themes.
A tract of land in British America was named "Cheivy Chace" by 1725, and was in the 1890s and early 1900s developed into the affluent areas of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C.
The ballad inspired the childhood nickname and adult stage name of the American comedian and actor Chevy Chase (born Cornelius Crane Chase, 1943).
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The average of Taylor Swiftβs 10 albums is 3 minutes and 43 seconds per song.
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BOBBY CALDWELL - What You Won't Do For Love
In 1978 Bobby Caldwell recorded his self-titled debut album on Miami's notorious disco soul label T K Records. The album featured his only top 40 hit, his quiet storm classic What You Won't Do For Love. In an effort to ensure airplay of the R&B format album, the label intentionally portrayed Caldwell in Silhouette on the album cover and in promotions. In 1979, Billboard Magazine nominated Caldwell for best new black R&B artist of the year, he didn't win after they - and the rest of the world - discovered he isn't black. Caldwell has built a 35 year career on the popularity of this song, which has been sampled over 50 times, including by rapper 2Pac on 1997's Do For Love.
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You know how TV and Movies use the telephone prefix 555-β¦?
They also use 2GAT123 as a fictional license plate number. It is used to prevent difficulties for a real person who might coincidentally have the same license plate number as one appearing in a movie.
Many states have reserved the number "123 SAM", "SAM 123", and in some cases the vanity license plate "SAMPLE" for use as sample and fictitious license plates.
The wenis, sometimes spelled weenus or weenis, is a loose flap of skin underneath the joint of a human elbow.
More than 95 percent of the world's digital communications rely on a network of 1.4 million km of fibre optic deep sea cables.
Merry Claytonβs voice cracking when she sings βmurderβ on Gimmie Shelter still gives us chills.
Andy Warhol literally sent the first dick pic to space. In November 1969, the picture, called a wafer, was smuggled in a insulation pad of the Apollo 12's landing module. It is still on the moon.
βNew York Sculptor Says Intrepid Put Art on Moon,β New York Times, Nov. 22, 1969 (left).
Actual size of the ceramic wafer (right).
βThe Moon Museumβ contained drawings by six leading contemporary artists of the day: Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, David Novros, Frosty Myers, Claes Oldenburg, and John Chamberlain.
The six drawings were miniaturized and baked onto an iridium-plated ceramic wafer measuring just 3/4β³ x 1/2β³ x 1/40β³, with the assistance of engineers at Bell Labs. Warholβs contribution (which was strategically hidden by a thumb in the Times article), is described as βa calligraphic squiggle made up of the initials of his signature.β In reality, itβs a simple depiction of a phallus.
Another curious fact: Andy Warholβs maternal Aunt married my Grandmaβs Brother.
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Iβm glad you taught us what the wenis is! In all my years of anatomy I did not know thatπ€£
When Chuck Norris does a push-up, he isnβt lifting himself up, heβs pushing the Earth down.
I like how the artwork depicts the guy with three legs - one hiding under the other, and the top on bent in the wrong direction and splayed out like a a broken bird wing!