Top 10 Weirdest Phobias | Always Learning!
We all have things that we fear and our fears are often ones that seem irrational to other…
The Neanderthals’ large eyes may have caused their extinction.
Why did the Homo sapiens survive and the Neanderthals didn’t? Scientists now believe the Neanderthals’ large eyes…
A substance from fish bladder is used to make wine and beer.
Isinglass is a substance found in the swim bladders of fish and once dried, it is used…
Throughout your life, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
Throughout your life, you will produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools.
Spartan men were not allowed to marry until they were 30.
In Sparta, men were required to live in military barracks until they were 30. Only after could…
Axolotls retain their larval form for life.
While some salamanders are born as adults, axolotls never become adults. Instead, they retain their gills for…
In Ancient Greece, throwing an apple at someone was a marriage proposal.
This comes from the Greek myth wherein Eris, the goddess of mischief, threw a golden apple in…
Ancient Egyptians wrote using only consonants.
The form of writing used in Ancient Egypt called hieroglyphics has no vowels or punctuations, only consonants.…