It’s always great to know the latest and most popular bits of trivia. This is especially true if you want to keep up with your smart friends. With this in mind, we curated these 10 facts for you trivia lovers. They should be right up your alley if being “in the know” tickles your fancy. They range from the secret origin of “sister” canines to the truth of zombie viruses, giving you a ton to impress your friends during the next happy hour.
1. Foam isn’t classified as a liquid, a gas, or a solid. It’s all three at the same time.
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Little is known about the physics of foam because it’s impossible to test in the gravity on Earth.
2. Science hasn’t found an answer to why static electricity works between similar objects, or even dissimilar ones.
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All they know is that it happens, even when nature says it shouldn’t.
3. Moths are attracted to light, but scientists have no idea why.
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They’re only attracted to man-made light. Otherwise, they’d all be heading for the sun about now.
4. Stop hiccups by pressing on your eyes or pulling your ear.
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Rectal massage is also effective, but only in extreme cases.
5. Kids today are likelier to outgrow an allergy than previous generations.
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Again, science is stumped.
6. Migraines run in families, but we don’t know why they’re caused.
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There often seems to be a trigger for them. However, in lab tests, the triggers were never consistent in bringing on a migraine.
7. Viruses are neither alive, nor dead.
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Science can’t classify them since they don’t have the metabolic necessities of life, yet they reproduce (only in a host).
8. We have no idea why people age, or age at different speeds.
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Maybe it’s external factors. Perhaps it’s due to a buildup of human waste. Either way, we don’t have the answer.
9. Science has no explanation for what “colors” are.
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The amount of color we see depends on the number of receptors we have. Too few receptors leads to colorblindness; too many equals tetrachromats, who can see more colors than exist in the normal color spectrum. To them, the rest of us appear colorblind.
10. Though dogs reportedly were domesticated for at least 33,000 years, they may not have been the same “dogs” we see today.
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Scientists believe they may have existed as a “sister” species, with the canines we see today evolving from wolves, only to then mysteriously come into the world later.
(via Listverse)
I’m sure to be a hit during trivia night after reading these. My friends don’t stand a chance!
