In darkness, your senses of touch and hearing are heightened
The brain shifts focus to amplify sensory cues, helping you pick up on subtle sounds and textures that would otherwise go unnoticed
Gratitude boosts both mental and physical health
Neuroscientists found that practicing gratitude regularly can rewire your brain to be more generous, charitable, and altruistic
A full moon always rises at sunset
A new moon always rises at sunrise
A first-quarter moon always rises at noon
A third-quarter moon always rises at midnight
A black hole in the M87 galaxy is shooting a plasma jet across space, stretching over 3,000 light-years from its core
The M87 galaxy is about 55 million light-years away from Earth — meaning that the light we see from its jet today was actually emitted 55 million years ago
In Ancient Greece, every year, Athenian citizens carved the name of someone they disliked on a tile. If enough people wrote the same name, that person would be forced to flee Athens for ten years
These tiles, called 'ostraka,' gave rise to the word 'ostracize'
Adolf Hitler was convicted of High Treason in 1924, for which the penalty could have been de*th. The judges sentenced him to five years, holding sympathy for his patriotic motives
Hitler was released after serving just nine months and became a dictator within eight years