According to one National Geographic study, when Nobel Prize-winning scientist Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, he left precise instructions for disposal of his remains. Einstein did not want his corpse or brain to be revered or studied. Therefore he directed those in charge of his remains to "cremate them, and disperse the ashes surreptitiously to dissuade idolaters." However, Thomas Harvey, the pathologist on call when Einstein died at Princeton Hospital in New Jersey, did not strictly adhere to their orders. Instead, he kidnapped Einstein's brain. Things just got weirder from there. When Einstein's family learned about the crime, his son allegedly did not protest. Harvey could retain the
We generally know about the two chocolates, i.e., white chocolate and dark chocolate. But the white chocolate is not the real chocolate, you believe it or not, but it's a fact. As white chocolate does not contain any chocolate liquor or cocoa solids such as milk or dark chocolate. However, white chocolate does contain a small number of cocoa beans.
Everyone who has backyard chickens can verify that their birds recognize them and each member of their family. They can also recognize various animals, such as your dogs and cats. Chickens remember places and various members of their flock, even if they haven't seen them in months.
Various people believe that chickens have poor vision and are colorblind. Still, they actually have greater color vision than humans, thanks to a well-organized eye with five different types of light receptors that allow them to see many colors in any given portion of the retina.
The tongue is basically measured from the epiglottis to the tip. And it has been found that the average length of the tongue in males is 3.3 inches and that in females is 3.1 inches. Moreover, as per the Guinness World Records, an American Man called Nick Stoeberl holds the record for longest tongue with a length of 3.97 inches. So, how long is your tongue??
Have you ever thought of a tongue getting fat? But it gets fat when the other parts of the body get interesting, right? There is a correlation between tongue fat volume and obesity. So, the tongue also gets fat when the body of a person does. Notice this from now on!
Don't worry, the Swedish politician who wrote the letter of candidacy in 1939 did so sarcastically and afterward rescinded his nomination. In an even more ironic twist, Hitler barred Germans from accepting the prizes four years before his own name was called.
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