The kids have gone back to school–now keep your own brain sharp with these fun blogs, which are packed with fun facts, weird tidbits, and other stuff you probably didn’t know already. Posts range from serious to silly, but you’ll definitely pick up some great cocktail party fodder here.
There are Chinatowns on every continent except Antarctica. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by being bounced. You share your birthday with approximately 18 million people worldwide.
Just a fact each day, illustrated…did you know Coca Cola kills insects?
Not the typical armchair (desktop) tourist? If you’re looking
for “miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin,
gigantic flaming holes in the ground, phallological museums, bone
churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper,”
you’ll find them catalogued at this collaborative digital atlas, which
you can explore by region or category.
This blog reads scientific studies so that you don’t have to–and then condenses them into intriguing posts like “Things you didn’t know about sex” and “What does English sound like to foreigners?”
Mind Hacks explains the weird stuff that goes on inside your head. Don’t be alarmed, but…Twilight novels may be altering your brain.
