14 PROOFS OUR LIFE IS A LIE

Here you are, going about your business, believing stereotypes, and then it turns out everything you believe is a lie. These 14 incredible facts will probably turn your world upside down!

14 PROOFS OUR LIFE IS A LIE

– There’s gravity on the ISS, although it’s weaker than on the planet’s surface.

– The average height in France at that time was about 5′ 3” – 5′ 4”, which means the Emperor wasn’t short at all.

– Taste is affected by a whole number of factors, including touch and smell. The same drink in different vessels will taste different, too.

– Some stores use all kinds of tricks for marketing or just plain convenience. This is an example of an anti-theft solution.

– It has the shape of a geoid, but this information is reserved for people who aren’t adepts of the Flat Earth hypotheses.

– Anthropologist Christine Yano has researched Hello Kitty as a mass culture phenomenon for the last few years, and she’s positive it’s not a cat but a girl, a self-contained character.

– De Beers has a monopoly on the diamond market: the company founders first bought diamond mines in South Africa in 1888 and then proceeded to buy in other places where these, as it turns out, not-so-precious stones were mined.

– The secret of smooth and even chips is that they’re only 40% potato flakes, while the rest is starch, flour, and water. All the ingredients are mixed together and pressed in special molds.

– Now you know how these blocks are made. Of course, it’s not done like this everywhere, but it’s cheaper and faster than actually laying out the blocks.

– Now you know how these blocks are made. Of course, it’s not done like this everywhere, but it’s cheaper and faster than actually laying out the blocks.

– Now you know how these blocks are made. Of course, it’s not done like this everywhere, but it’s cheaper and faster than actually laying out the blocks.

– Grown moths don’t make holes in clothes: their offspring do. A moth is only born and lives to lay down its eggs into fur, which then hatch, and ravenous little maggots start eating the clothes.

– Everyone knows owls can turn their heads at a 270° angle, but their long legs were discovered by accident: someone just decided to lift the bird a little.

– A 15-year-old Australian student busted the myth that goldfish have bad memories and remember only the last 3 seconds. The school experiment showed that the fish retain associative memory for at least 6 days, and they’re even capable of solving simple problems.

– Chupa Chups isn’t a US brand. The world-renowned lollipop was conceived by Enric Bernat from Barcelona, Spain, and the logo was created by Salvador Dali himself.

– You can’t stick your thumb into your nose. Don’t even try.