Facts

• During an experiment at New York University, a robotic fish was accepted by other fish and became their leader.
• If every ice sheet and glacier on Earth melted, global sea levels would rise by 260 feet—London and L.A. would be underwater.
• A French company can extract the smell of your dead loved one from their clothes and make a perfume out of it.
• Your brain uses one fifth of a calorie per minute.
• A man bought and melted down O.J. Simpson’s Player of the Year trophy to make pins for people who donated to battered women’s shelters.
• In Ancient Egypt, men could take time off of work to care for menstruating daughters and wives.
• If you have a song stuck in your head, one of the best ways to get it out of your head is to chew gum, according to a study.
• New studies show that reading a book before bedtime can improve a child’s brain function, imagination, and make a child more empathetic.
• New studies show that reading a book before bedtime can improve a child’s brain function, imagination, and make a child more empathetic.
• An unhappy friend decreases the likelihood of you being happy by 7%.
• A study discovered that, if you have a dog with you, people will be more generous towards you.
• A single can of Coca-Cola contains about 39 milligrams of caffeine, 61 milligrams less than the caffeine in an 8-ounce cup of coffee.