10We Evolved To Drink In our bodies today, an enzyme called ADH4 processes whatever alcohol we consume. Other primates have the enzyme, but it acts differently in many of them—and many of them can’t process alcohol like we can. Chemist Steven Benner, recreating enzymes present in our earliest ancestors, noted different types of ADH4 along our evolutionary tree. He traced our version back to a split in the tree 10 million years ago, when the gorilla and the ancestors of the chimpanzee branched off from other primates like lemurs and the orangutan....

Unfortunately, there area lot of ways to hurt our brains, some of which may be surprising. So let’s take a look at some of the ways a brain can be harmed, sometimes permanently, and (ideally) do just the opposite. 10 Not Exercising Enough We need to exercise. Yes, it’s tough, it takes time, and maybe it’s boring, but we need it. Our bodies need it. It’s recommended that we have at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day....

That’s not to say that we’re picturing everything wrong. The Arctic is full of ice, the English do like tea, and Russia really is a huge country. However, when it comes to other parts of the world, our mental impressions couldn’t be further from the truth. 10 Snake Charmers Are Illegal In India For a country as diverse and large as India, the stereotypes around it tend to be diverse as well....

As long as there have been popular musicians, they’ve been quick to throw shade at each other and their works. Many of the most famous musical rivalries—Salieri and Mozart and Tupac and Biggie—are straightforward and make at least some twisted sense. Others, however, are baffling. Some rivalries make you question the sanity of those involved, or at least why they’re allowed to have Twitter accounts. With that in mind, here are ten of the weirdest rivalries in music history....

But we didn’t stop there. There are other gods that never became quite as popular as Zeus and Poseidon. We’ve made gods for almost everything you can imagine—including some gods you’d never have guessed we needed. 10 CardeaThe Roman Goddess Of Door Hinges “Goddess of the hinge!” wrote the Roman writer Ovid, praising the great deity Cardea. “She opens the closed, by her power, closes the open.” The goddess Cardea, ruler over all things hinged and upon doors, isn’t particularly popular today, but she was a big part of the Roman religion....

10 The Order The Order is the most dangerous domestic terrorist organization in the past 30 years. Their goal—overthrow the US government and make the nation 100-percent white. Between 1983 and 1984, they got into counterfeiting and armed robbery to fund their mission. In July 1984, they had their most successful heist, stealing $3.6 million from an armored car in California. They also murdered talk show host Alan Berg and any member they thought might rat....

While numerous records have been documented, most are broken after a while, with many being broken numerous times after their initial recording. There are some that have never been broken, and while these certainly could be broken one day, they have stood since the day they were set. 10 People Who Set Disturbing World Records 10 World’s Tallest Man & Woman There are plenty of people many consider giants, but only one man has taken the record as the tallest giant in history....

If you’re willing that they be called mine, I’ll send you the poems for free. If you want them to be called yours, buy this one, so that they won’t be mine.[1] Despite ever more sophisticated means of detecting plagiarism, writers, journalists, and presidential hopefuls still keep trying to get away with it. Here are ten who didn’t. 10 The Romance Novelist Cristiane Serruya was a “bestselling” romance novelist when she was accused in 2019 of plagiarizing not one but dozens of other authors....

The Van Allen radiation belt has caught on fire and a US nuclear sub attempts to extinguish the “skyfire.” Although the science is thoroughly discredited (the Van Allen belt had recently been discovered and the science in the movie was largely speculation), the story told in Voyage remains popular. In this adaptation of the Bradbury classic, “firemen” are employed to burn books in a dystopian future. Fascinating note: According to Bradbury — who naturally knew better than anyone else!...

Top 10 Lesser-Known But Interesting Ancient Animals 15 Goats prefer happy people A study in 2018 revealed that not only can goats read human facial expressions; they also prefer interacting with people who are happy. A team of scientists at Queen Mary University of London detailed how 20 goats were shown images of both happy and angry human facial expressions and determined that they preferred looking at the happy face images....

The Hundred Years’ War did not last for 100 years but 116. It was actually a series of separate campaigns and battles which continued for 116 years (from 1337 to 1453). The Blitz was not a blitzkrieg, it was an example of strategic bombing. A blitzkrieg is “a headline word applied retrospectively to describe a military doctrine of an all-mechanized force concentrating its attack on a small section of the enemy front then, once the latter is broken, proceeding without regard to its flank....

Total Children: Tyche, Rhodos, Peitho, Eunomia, and Hermaphroditus. Aphrodite has always been synonymous with sexual pleasure. From her name we get the word aphrodisiac, which might tell you something about her. She was somewhat… promiscuous. She was often considered the goddess of love, but of course, she was more famous for the physical aspects of love. It’s surprising (to me, at least) that she wasn’t higher up on this list....

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SEE ALSO: 10 Creepy Things Social Media Does To Control Your Mind 9 The Human Skull Market In recent years, a niche circle of people has emerged online with a passion for collecting human remains. The macabre hobby has gained something of a cult following on social media. Since 2016, when eBay banned users from selling human body parts, the avid network of traders has used Instagram to buy and sell human skulls....

9 AD Didn’t Always Stand For Anno Domini Dionysius Exiguus wasn’t too thrilled that he was living in the year 240 AD. A devout Catholic, Dionysius knew that the AD stood for Anno Diocletiani, in reference to Roman emperor Diocletian. He is largely forgotten today, but if he is recalled, it’s for his relentless torture of Christians. After some careful study, Dionysus proposed renaming the AD Anno Domini—“in the year of our lord....

In 1926 Hoyos married Luis Mesa and became pregnant with his child. She miscarried and Mesa left her – moving to Florida. Tragedy followed tragedy and some members of her family became ill with TB – the dreaded disease which ultimately caught up with Hoyos as well. She began treatments with Tanzler who immediately recognized her as the woman of his vision and he sought to save her. Unable to hide his love for her he also began buying her gifts of jewelry and clothing....

When celebrities and other famous people cheat on their taxes, transgression quickly turns to scandal. In fact, big tax bills and high-profile reputations sometimes make celebrities attractive candidates for prosecution. And when the IRS decides to prosecute, they don’t hold back. In these ten cases, celebs who declined to dole out dollars to the government found themselves facing real prison time. 10 Wesley Snipes Wesley Snipes has had a storied career....

Here are ten of the weirdest and most fascinating music plagiarism cases. 10 Led Zeppelin vs. Spirit In 2014, The estate of Randy Wolfe of the band Spirit took Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to court, alleging that “Stairway to Heaven” copied their song “Taurus.” Musicologists testified that similarities between the two songs were merely a common musical device that had been in use for centuries. So, Spirit lost the case but appealed in 2018 (they lost) and again to the U....

So no need to sell candy or magazines or get pledges for that walk-a-thon! Here are ten charity challenges that were inspired by outside-the-box ideas. 10 Stop Playing That Song It is an interesting twist on fundraising when the aim is to irritate people into donating—a simple but effective strategy adopted by Tenino High School in Washington. One day in 2014, the school began playing the Justin Bieber song “Baby” on loop at every break (during recess, at lunch, and between classes) as annoyed students donated to make it stop....

Edward Heath Wikipedia Edward Heath was Prime Minister from 19th June 1970-4th March 1974. His time was difficult, particularly with domestic problems in Northern Ireland and tremendous industrial unrest. One of his great triumphs was the 1973 Sunningdale Agreement, which while short-lived, was the first real attempt by a Prime Minister to put a stop to ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. However, what Heath is most remembered for is bringing the UK into the European Economic Community....