Let’s get into the “purrfect” world of felines. From the sand cat that can go for weeks without drinking water to the first cat that went to space. Here are the 10 interesting cat facts for you to enjoy and be informed about.
You check under the sofa. Nope. You open the cupboard. Not there. You lie down on the floor and sneak a peek under your bed. Nah. No kitties there, just dust bunnies. Then, where’s your cat?! Oh no, could that crazy pet slip out through the back door?A wave of panic overwhelms you, and you bolt outside. Your backyard, once green and blooming, is now covered with a thick layer of rock-hard asphalt. Several large fake plants in pots make the dull landscape somewhat more upbeat.
You call your beloved cat to have his dinner. Sir Scratchy! Suddenly, you hear loud stomping. The dishes on the dinner table clink with every thump. A painting’s fallen off the wall! Is it an earthquake? No, that’s a cat the size of a pony walking into the dining room! It needs ten times as much food as the average cat. And it purrs like a tractor! No, Scratchy, stop rolling, you’ll turn over the cupboard! Well, this is one possible scenario for the evolution of animals in the future. Climate, water, oxygen in the air, and even gravity are factors that influence the course of evolution. For example, scientists predict that some bird species will gradually lose their warm feathers. In the future, they will basically look like sphinx cats with beaks and wings. The same thing might happen to our pets. Gradually, their fur will become shorter until they’re completely bald.
Well, it’s that time of year again: Spring cleaning! Making your way outside, you grab the duster and broom to get rid of all those cobwebs on your windows. They don’t stand a chance this time! Removing one cobweb after the other, you suddenly notice some weird shaped mud stuck under the eaves and porch! What’s this?It suddenly dawns on you: these have to be Mud Dauber Wasp nests! You’re probably thinking there’s a swarm of them around with so many nests being side by side! Luckily, Mud Dauber Wasps are solitary insects. Phew! All those little mud huts are filled with paralyzed spiders. Sometimes, even up to 500 spiders can be trapped in these lockers, just waiting for the wasp young to hatch.
Wham-bam! Something crashes to the floor. Glass shatters. In the silence and pitch-black darkness of your bedroom, the clatter is deafening. You’re almost certain it’s still too early to wake up yet. Grunting, you stretch your hand and grab your phone. 3.15 AM. You gotta be kidding me. Argh! This CAT!
Whether it’s something as simple as a button on your jeans, or something that’s part of a larger moving mechanism, here are 26 secrets to everyday things you probably didn’t know about.
Zzzzzzzzz doink! What was that on your arm? A bee, great. Not exactly a pleasant feeling. Painful, itchy, annoying, scary. We’ve all been there before. So, that happens because the bee jabs its barbed stinger into your skin and releases some venom. That venom contains proteins that cause pain and can affect your immune system and skin cells.
Aah, beautiful. You’re walking with your friend, and look up at the sky. The sun looks a bit different today... like it has some kind of ring around it, a rainbow-type thing. Huh... "Look at that!’’ Your friend pulls his head up out of his phone. “You shouldn’t look directly at the...stop everything,” he says. “It’s a sun halo, we need to find shelter now, unless you have the world’s biggest umbrella on you!”A sun halo is nature’s sign that there’s a snow or rainstorm on its way. It’s caused by clouds that are made of bazillions of small ice crystals, flying around at 20,000 feet (6 km)! Sunlight goes through those crystals, which causes the light to split and refract, like when there’s a rainbow. Now, don’t look at the sun halo directly. It’s gonna be tempting because it’s not something you see every day, plus it’s really beautiful... but ultraviolet light can burn the exposed tissue of your retina and cause serious damage. So not worth it.
Bet that you’re constantly battling with your family over screen time. We get it — the average person spends a staggering 3 hours and 15 minutes glued to their phone, checking it a whopping 58 times a day! But fear not, there’s still hope for quality family time. We’ve curated a list of 34 cool items that will make your family happily take their eyes off screens and enjoy some exciting time. Say goodbye to digital distractions with our top picks from Amazon.
Here’s a random thought: try to imagine the animals that could become the new top species...should humans go extinct, that is. Tricky, right? I mean, we are pretty cool with our high intelligence, fashion sense, ability to cook, and smartphones (even if we forget the passwords sometimes). But if we suddenly disappeared, which animals might evolve to develop our skills and build complex societies like we have? Or would they come up with something better?
You know, garlic might not smell like roses because of the sulfur-containing compounds it has, but the odor won’t bother you before long since you’ll get used to it. As a benefit, that smell will have a calming effect, helping you sleep safe and sound. It’s even better if you eat it! Garlic contains vitamin B1 that is responsible for producing melatonin, a sleep hormone.
We all have similar curtains, taps, mirrors, laundry baskets, and other things in our bathrooms. But these things can be improved or replaced with better alternatives. This way, shower curtains will prevent water from splashing, washing your face and taking a bath will become much more pleasant, and you can make the place smell nice without any sprays.
If you’ve ever watched a cartoon about an elephant, you’ve surely noticed a scene where this huge animal is running from a small mouse. That’s because the myth surrounding them — the one about elephants being scared of mice — is as big and powerful as these animals are. It turns out elephants do not have any particular dread of these small rodents. But they don’t see well and tend to move a bit slowly. So, they may be spooked by a faster-moving animal or even a bird if they are caught off guard. Speaking of myths surrounding animals, we’ve all been told at one point that bats are blind.
Arrgh, they keep coming out of nowhere. Mosquitoes are among the most common insects globally, with over 2,500 species buzzing, annoying and biting people. It seems like you can’t escape their silent presence, and their incognito nibbles wherever you go. However, there is one place you can go where you don’t have to sleep under a protective net or keep bug spray next to you. Drum roll, please.... Ta-da! Iceland.
So, you’re at a restaurant having lunch when suddenly you hear people screaming. You look out the window and see everyone running away from something. You keep eating your meal. But ripples start forming in your soup, and they get wider and wider. Car alarms are ringing, and glass is shattering. The ground is rumbling. The TV loses signal. Wait — no TV? You drop your spoon and get outside. You see some large dark figures crawling around and heading towards you. Your heart is pounding. Your legs are shaking. Yet, you’re standing still and don’t try to run away like the others.
You can use peanut butter to make diamonds. Before you run to the supermarket to get all the peanut butter you’ll find there, here’s something you need to figure out first — how to recreate the conditions of the lower mantle of our planet. You’ll need to support such conditions for weeks just to create a tiny piece of diamond. Just so you know, the temperature should be 1,832˚F. Here’s something that will make you question everything you know: strawberries aren’t actual berries, but bananas are! Cucumbers, bananas, and kiwis are all classified as berries, while blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries are not.
Did you know that animals see the world differently from us? Take this: pigeons actually have better vision than humans! Crazy, right? So, let’s try to see the world from the animals’ eyes! Let’s start with snakes. Their way of seeing the world is totally different from ours. They have special infrared-sensitive receptors in their snouts. This allows them to see the radiated heat of warm-blooded mammals. Now, let’s move on to cows. These big guys don’t see colors as well as humans do.
Sometimes, commercials are so effective that viewers start craving things they had never even heard of before. And later, they realize that these things don’t have any outstanding characteristics. This is why many people have a bunch of items at home that only collect dust.
Washing your food is definitely the way to make sure it’s bug-free right? Mmmmm, not really. Next time you’re biting into a strawberry, try to forget what else you could be munching on as well!Soaking your strawberries in saltwater before eating them can help get rid of any pests left living on the fruit. You put them in the saltwater, returning a short time later.What you find on your strawberries is something more like a scary movie than a delicious treat! Little maggots crawling all over your fresh delicacy! What’s going on here?
Apart from being a great food additive and warding off vampires, garlic has cleansing properties that can make things more tolerable around the bathroom. And we can all use that. Freshly crushed garlic cloves contain a variety of antimicrobial properties. Allicin reduces the build-up of bacteria and fungi. The natural cleansing properties of garlic are not only great for the environment, but they can also help you avoid the need to constantly clean the toilet. Simply crush up a piece of garlic and put it into your toilet bowl before you go to bed. The next morning flush the toilet. Allicin has done the grueling task of cleaning the toilet for you. Doing this two times a week will ensure a very clean toilet bowl.
Imagine you’re a movie director looking for beautiful landscapes to shoot a movie. You walk along the picturesque Paraná River and find a perfectly round island in its delta. It’s slightly larger than a soccer field. You come back a few days later and see that the island has changed its position! It’s moved a little to the side and spun around its axis.
Welcome to an uninhabited island. How did we end up here? Well, I don’t know. But now we have to survive here for a couple of days, and I’ll teach you all I know. Gladly, wherever I go, I’m always prepared for a situation like this, so in this magical backpack, I’ve got everything we’re gonna need for survival.
Have you ever wondered why birds tend to fly in circles? It’s because of thermals. Thermal is like a big bubble of warm air that rises up from the ground. Have you ever flown a kite on a windy day and watched it go up and down? Imagine if the wind was warm instead of cold, and instead of a kite, you were a bird or a glider. So yeah, that warm wind would be a thermal!
Our ears can only hear sounds that fall within certain frequencies. Anything lower than 20 Hz is infrasonic, and anything higher than 20 kHz is ultrasonic. But even within that range, there are still some sounds that we can’t hear. It’s like the universe is pranking us! Luckily, many of these sounds are annoying, and we wouldn’t really want to hear them all the time anyway.
As Shakespeare put it, all the world’s a stage, and we bet it’s easier to play on it if we have little cheat codes. We might do perfectly without them, yet those little things provide such a great relief that we don’t want to get back to the old way of doing things. These 14 people cracked life’s codes and kindly shared their excellent and practical tips.
For princesses in Disney movies, it’s usually enough to smile or sing a nice song to attract wild visitors from the forest and enjoy the company of animals, birds, and insects. In real life, however, it takes a bit more effort to see furry and feathery friends in your garden or backyard, but it’s totally possible. On Amazon, you can find all kinds of feeders that will attract birds and animals to your garden and make them stay. And if you want to go even farther, you can install a nice nester in your garden and see little baby birds hatch.
Collecting is a hobby that dates back at least 105,000 years, when people collected crystals in South Africa. Some people collect as a hobby, others for the joy of it, and some do it as a way to pay homage to their favorite team, artist, or town. There are so many other hobbies that people choose to do, including skydiving, harvesting wild vegetables and many more. And there are some celebrities out there that have some of the most interesting hobbies.
Oil stains can be removed from clothes by applying baby powder to the stain and letting it sit to absorb the oil. To open any stubborn jar, like a pickle container, put its lid under hot water for one minute. You will be able to open it without any help. It’s not just life hacks that can be so ingenious, but also certain products that will make your daily life even easier.
Some movies remain forever in our memory, even if years go by without watching them. That’s not surprising, since it’s hard to forget a truly immersive experience that takes you to fantastic worlds for a few hours and shows you exciting adventures. People who grew up watching The Mummy movies have a unique feeling of nostalgia when rediscovering Ancient Egypt and the universe created by the franchise.
Although it was initially rejected by test audiences, The Mummy became a huge box office hit soon after its original release. This made the iconic duo of Rick and Evelyn, played by Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, return to the big screen soon after for a sequel, which was also a commercial success.
Take a minute to think of how perfect our lives would be if there were no spiders at all. Or, at least, if there was a way to capture these creepy crawlers without getting too close to them. TA-DA! Thanks to the universe, the spider catchers exist and are ready to turn this idea into reality. No more “AAAAAAH! It’s on me, it’s ON MEEEE!” Check out this item in action, get your wallet ready, and forget about shrieking, running, and crying forever.
Sometimes getting near certain animals, birds, insects, or plants could be a terrible idea. Though at first, all those things may look inviting (some are even adorable). Take for instance slow lorises. Super-cute creatures on the outside and pretty deadly if you go “aww,” approach them, and try to pet them.
We have been using incense sticks for thousands of years. During this time they have been used for many different purposes like meditation, ceremonies, against insects, and more. However, back then the scents were limited, while today we have so many various fragrances and shapes to choose from, so we can actually find the one we really need. That’s why we at Bright Side picked the best scents by reading the reviews people left, and we think you’ll find this list very useful. And don’t forget to check out the bonus part, we have really cool incense burners for you.
A luscious indoor garden has the power to turn any space into a little piece of paradise. Although plant growth may seem so effortless, keeping your greenery healthy and vibrant can sometimes be a bit challenging. At times, it can seem that no matter what we do, our homemade oasis just doesn’t seem to be thriving. And as it turns out, common problems that occur with houseplants are not always easy to spot in time.
#Lifehack is one of the most popular hashtags on social media, and videos related to this topic can register up to millions of views. It’s no surprise that people are always looking for ways to make their lives easier. With the everyday hassles and endless to-do lists, techniques that help us save time and resources do come in handy. Plus, they give us a sense of independence when we are able to fix problems by ourselves.
Most of us agree that we have our own unique food patterns that may seem strange to some, but we have become used to them, and they have become a part of our daily meals. These superstars are unlike any other because they have bizarre habits that people find fascinating.At Bright Side, we compiled a list of celebrity eating habits that made us question how they developed these patterns.
