The hard fangs, large cranium, and scaly skin prompted most to believe this was an alien. Only after it was certified human did the subject of its size, mutations, and provenance emerge. None of the solutions were ever discovered.

Consider how long it would take you to change all of your car's tyres and refuel it. Approximately 2 hours? According to Motorsports.com, the typical F1 crew changes tyres in roughly 3.0 seconds. This period is critical since builders are also evaluated at the conclusion of the season. For the driver, this implies he'll be more concerned about finishing the race on time. The record for the quickest tyre change was set in 2016 by Massa's pit crew, who replaced the tyres in 1.92 seconds. They beat Red Bull's previous record of 2.05 seconds. Look for the video on YouTube. To the naked eye, it does not appear to take even a second.

Queen Victoria ruled for 63 years, and up until September 2015, was the longest reigning British monarch. The current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II—celebrating her Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the throne—now holds the title.

British lieutenant-colonel Charles Howard-Bury discovered enormous footprints that were roughly "three times" the size of a typical human's while hiking around Mount Everest in 1921. His story was quickly picked up by Henry Newman of the Calcutta Statesman, who printed the description as metch kangmi, which he mistranslated as "abominable snowman." His guide claimed they had been left by a met-teh kangmi or "man-sized wild creature."

Flatfish are fish with a flat body and both eyes on one side of the head. Flatfish species found in Florida waters include flounder, sole, and halibut. Flatfish live on the bottom and are frequently partially submerged in sand or mud, waiting for food to swim past. Some flatfish species may alter their color to blend in with their environment.

The light is the world's most effective light source. The chemical reaction's energy is nearly entirely released as light.

Stephen Strange's life is difficult. If someone does not take measures, even sleep might be fatal. Stephen collapses at his desk in Strange Tales #122, capping off numerous restless days. When he awakens, he is confronted and defeated by a strange robed person. None of Doctor Strange's magical abilities function. He now understands why: he's dreaming, and Nightmare is scripting the script. In his tiredness, Stephen failed to recite the incantation that guards against such things. Despite Nightmare's supremacy in dreams, Stephen manages to outsmart him and return to the waking world. The cost of being unable to sleep comfortably is enormous.

Every country has a few outdated laws which didn't quite catch up with the times, but some of the laws in Bangkok will really leave you scratching your head as to the reason they were formulated in the first place. You might inadvertently commit a crime if you:

-Leave the house without wearing underwear 
-Drive a motorized vehicle bare-chested
-Use a durian fruit as a weapon; the fine levied will be determined according to the number of thorns that strike the victim
-Step on the currency, as it contains the image of the King and must not be disrespected 

 

"I didn't like the guitar," Lisa Kudrow admitted of Phoebe Buffay's musical instrument of choice. "It wasn't sinking in with me. So I'm pretty sure I asked, 'What if she plays the bongos?'" They eventually brought in a guitar teacher, but that didn't last long. Kudrow learned a couple of chords before declaring that she was finished with the lessons. She reasoned that Phoebe would only know a few chords anyway. And thank goodness, because "Smelly Cat" is perfect as is.

A treaty was drafted between the two countries in 1898, leasing Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years. As a result, Hong Kong became a Chinese Special Administrative Region on July 1, 1997.

In 2007, the Yonsei Medical Journal published a major example of scientific support for the Law of Attraction. Ji Young Jung et al., from Korea, discovered a high link between optimistic thinking and overall life happiness in the population. This is consistent with the views of academics who advocate positive thought activities to increase manifestation potential. "These findings suggest the promise of positive thinking as a method for psychological interventions aiming to increase life satisfaction," the authors of the medical journal paper wrote.

Egypt is home to one of the world’s largest dams. The Aswan High Dam is the world’s largest embankment dam, spanning across The Nile separating Egypt from Sudan and creating Lake Nassar. Lake Nassar is one of the world’s largest reservoirs.

While this seems like a great feat, when we cycled from Egypt to Sudan, we saw the devastation that this dam caused. At one time, Sudan was lush and green along the Nile and even tourists from the UK would vacation in Wadi Halfa in Sudan. Today, it is a dried-up mess thanks to the damming of Lake Nassar.

Finding previously unknown organisms in the depths of the ocean may sound like something out of a science fiction horror film, but a 2020 study of a deep-sea volcano near New Zealand, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, uncovered "over 90 putative bacterial and archaeal genomic families and nearly 300 previously unknown genera." Hydrothermal vents, like deep-sea volcanoes, have been connected to the "beginning of life" in certain studies. So, are we seeing the beginnings of future land-dwellers? We'll have to wait and see what happens.

Marie Curie made history in 1903 when she shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband, Pierre, and physicist Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity, being the first woman to do so. Her second Nobel Prize in chemistry, which she received in 1911, was even more historic: she became the first person to win the prize twice. She is also the first person in history to have received Nobel Prizes in two distinct fields.

While only one woman has ever won the Academy Award for Best Director, only one has ever been nominated for Best Cinematography. Rachel Morrison received the award for her performance in "Mudbound" in 2018. Morrison wrote for "Time" magazine about what that meant to her and the other female cinematographers in the industry.

Snow crystals usually form unique patterns, but there has been at least one instance of identical snowflakes in history. Two snowflakes collected from a Wisconsin storm were confirmed to be twins in 1988 at a Colorado atmospheric research centre.

This is from research done by Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, though five other sleeping positions have been identified: the log, yearner, starfish, soldier, and freefaller.

 

Although we are accustomed to seeing spider silk in the form of webs, did you know that it is actually a liquid? When the silk is exposed to air, it hardens, allowing them to create and build their webs.

This seed is encased in a poisonous, kidney-shaped shell. Anacardic Acid, the poison, is identical to the toxin found in poison ivy. This oily substance irritates the skin, generating an allergic reaction. Because of the poisonous chemical on the shell, cashew nuts are not sold in their shells like peanuts.

Kale has been dubbed the ideal superfood because it is loaded with vitamins and minerals like beta-carotene, vitamin C, and the bone-building vitamin K. Everyone does not enjoy its pungent flavor.

Cowlicks aren't the only thing that can grow on your head; they can also grow on your eyebrows! They typically occur more frequently in people with curly or wavy hair.

Thanks to its microscopic budget and major success at the box office, the 2007 film Paranormal Activity, scored a return on investment of 19,758 percent, absolutely blowing away the next most profitable film (2015 horror film Gallows, with an ROI of 6,843 percent). It cost just $60,000 to make and another $400,000 or so to market, yet ultimately brought in more than $89 million.