Interesting facts about anything and everything

Interesting facts about anything and everything

It is said that knowledge enhances our overall wellbeing. So, we thought about sharing some facts that may leave you scratching your head. They are so unbelievable!

Let’s see how many of these did you know.

There are black apples in the world

We have all heard about red apples, but did you know that in Tibet, there are black apples? Known as the black diamond apples, these apples are actually a very dark shade of purple and from the inside they are just like our regular everyday apples.

In Japan, there is a hole-in-one insurance for golfers

How many times in life have you done something brilliant and then your friends have asked for a party. In Japan, just for this occasion there is a hole-in-one insurance for golf enthusiasts and yes, it is very popular.

You cant hum while holding your nose.

Now, enough said, just try that already! To make a humming noise, you need to pass air through the larynx and you can’t do that when no air is exhaled.

There is a specie of Jellyfish that is immortal

Immortality is real! Well, at least for a specie of Jellyfish called turritopsis dohrnii that can revert back to its juvenile stage after maturing and remain immortal.

9 out of 10 largest pharmaceutical companies spent more on sales marketing than researching new drugs

Saving lives is important. So is letting the world know about it. That probably explains how majority of the companies in the industry spent nearly 2 times more on sales marketing than actual R&D.

A lot of car commercials are actually shot in miniature

See those ads and want to just go out on a vacation and long drive? Well think again! A lot of car ads are created using miniature models shot by some of the best photographers in the world.

Static on your TV is caused by the big bang

Now this is what we call a goose bump moment. Around 13.8 billion years ago, the Big Bang caused a release of a lot of energy that kept bouncing on the cosmos. This energy is now called a cosmic microwave background and is responsible for a sizeable amount of static on televisions.

Sources:

https://www.today.com/food/black-apples-are-real-thing-here-s-why-they-re-t151239

https://knowledgenuts.com/japanese-hole-in-one-tradition/

https://bestlifeonline.com/blow-your-mind-crazy-facts/

https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/on-exhibit-posts/the-immortal-jellyfish

https://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8018691/big-pharma-research-advertising

https://petapixel.com/2019/03/13/these-car-ads-were-shot-with-toy-cars/

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/static-on-your-tv-is-caused-by-the-big-bang/

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