15 Now-You-Know Facts That Slap
"My name is David Wren. I'm a scientist, and my job was to study the strange things in this universe. Like what makes the sun hot enough to shine on us all. Or why we can't hear stars when they explode, because their light would reach our planet millions of years later.
"And I had to find answers that no one else could see. My boss, the head of my research organization, said there was a good chance that if I couldn't do it, none of us could do it. I don't want to say I had a hard time accepting that. But I did have problems, which is why I'm writing down everything here so that someone—I mean, some future David Wren or maybe just someone who's a better scientist and cares more about the world around them—can try and get to the bottom of all this. To finally finish the job I couldn't do. To fully understand, once and for all, the science behind this strange list of fifteen facts. Here it is:"
Romans used pee to clean their teeth.
Rubik took a month to solve his own cube.
A jail just for bears exists in Canada.
When water isn’t wet enough, make it wetter.
The “American Gothic” couple are not husband and wife.
Alaska is so west, it wraps back around to the east.
The moon looks different depending on what hemisphere you’re on.
Killer whales are snacking on moose.
A donor kidney recipient keeps the kidney that is being replaced.
Nukes
Voting on War
We almost nuked North Carolina.
An underground fire in PA has been burning for decades.
Lemurs rub bug guts on their booties.
Boxing
