Misophonia is a psychological disorder in which normal sounds coming from another person, such as breathing, yawning, and smacking, cause anger and irritation.

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Multitasking is actually impossible When we think we're multitasking, we're actually context-switching. Meaning, we're quickly switching back and forth between multiple tasks; rather than performing them simultaneously.

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Men more often prefer to remain single than women.

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Spiders don't have muscles in their legs; they move them using a hydraulic system powered by their blood pressure

When they die, their legs curl up because the blood pressure is gone.

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A volcano is considered active if the last eruption occurred no earlier than 11,000 years ago.

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Dolphins have little mustaches when they're born.

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It can take 2–3 years for a single pineapple to fully mature.

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Crows holds grudges.

In 2010, researchers in Seattle found that formerly captured crows were able to remember the face of their abductor even years after the incident. Once they identified the suspect in question, they would threaten them by diving down and swarming the person that they had felt threatened by years before.

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If you were to die in space, your body would not decompose since there is no oxygen.

You would simply freeze/be mummified.

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In the 18th century, England banned lipstick

It was considered witchcraft that induced men to marry.

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Every minute of the day, one billion tons of rain falls on Earth.

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Apophenia: The human tendency to see patterns and meaning in random information.

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The blue macaw is no longer found in the wild. All remaining representatives of this species are kept in captivity by private collectors.

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Every cow and bull on Earth today is descended from a herd of just 80 animals that were domesticated almost 11,000 years ago.

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There's a reason there's a hole in your pen caps.

And that's because they're a choking hazard without them. "In addition to help prevent the pen from leaking, all of our BIC caps comply with international safety standards that attempt to minimize the risk of children accidentally inhaling pen caps. Some of these vented caps … have a little hole in the top to comply with the existing safety standards," the BIC pen company explains on its website.

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When a person lies, they experience an increase in temperature around the nose

This is known as the “Pinocchio Effect".

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Before they die, cats in their last days begin to show attention to their owners, so they say goodbye.

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The whale's heart only beats nine times a minute.

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With age, more and more people start snoring.

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Ultracrepidarian: A person who gives opinions on subjects they know nothing about.

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