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Don't touch your face while you sleep!
Okay, so, this is a weird one. At first, I thought I was wrong. I thought, "Maybe it wasn't this". I thought maybe if I changed my diet for the better, maybe if I drank more water before going to bed, something would help. But no, it didn't help. So instead, another thought occured. "Hey! Why not test this theory out fully?" So, I plucked up the courage in order to see for myself. I tried this two or three different times on purpose, and I have to say this. Don't touch your face while sleeping!
By Fergus Thomson5 years ago in FYI
Don't Look Up
When people think of bats and Texas they typically think of the bats under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, but it is a little known fact that Houston has its own bats too. Located under the Waugh Bridge where it passes over Buffalo Bayou Park, the Waugh Bridge Bat Colony consists of an estimated 250,000 Mexican free-tailed bats, so named because of the lack of webbing or membrane between their tail and their hind legs.
By Zane Larkin5 years ago in FYI
Things You Didn't Realise Were Norwegian
When you're from a small country, seeing things around the world that were made by your nationals is a pretty good feeling. A lot of the time though, we're unaware of the origins of the stuff around us. Think of how many things such as inventions, dishes, and songs that we just consider normal, with no thought given to where they're originally from. Here are a few that you might not know are actually Norwegian.
By Tone Breistrand5 years ago in FYI
Where did the Phrase “Bye Felicia!” Originate from?
In today’s society we often hear people using the saying “bye Felicia!” as they storm out the door signifying “get out of my face.” It’s used all the time in the everyday modern world. There are some interesting facts on where the saying originated from as well as its actual meaning.
By Sadie Colucci5 years ago in FYI
Some People Can't Recognise Faces
We take a lot of things in our lives for granted, one of them being that we can recognise the people around us. Unfortunately, this is an ability not everyone has, specifically people with prosopagnosia, also called face blindness.
By Tone Breistrand5 years ago in FYI
Heroin in tampons and morphine for young children
Industrially produced medicines were used for all kinds of complaints from the middle of the 19th century onwards. Heroin was considered a good cough expectorant, morphine as a sleeping pill. Even children were given hard drugs.
By AddictiveWritings5 years ago in FYI
5 Must-See Movies filmed in Berlin...
There is no doubt the two World Wars shaped this city, or at very least left a significant scar across its face, but Berlin is so much more than that. If you're like me, you love the rich history and culture of Berlin, but find it difficult to locate anything to read or watch about this ever-changing city without hearing about you know who. Never fear, I have listed five must-see movies featuring Berlin that do not include war. Prost!
By Jenna Heartgrove5 years ago in FYI
Of Libraries and Bad-Ass Librarians
True story. In the Sahara Desert in the mid 2000s, following the global chaos of the 9/11 terror attacks and in the wake of al-Qaeda and Isis insurgencies across much of the Sahel, the semi-arid African region that borders the southern edge of the world’s largest, most expansive desert, a small band of self-taught antiquarians and librarians vowed to hide priceless ancient Arabic texts written on parchment and bound in books, some dating back to the 15th century and earlier.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in FYI
