World Facts

Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is the oldest hotel in the world. Situated in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, the hot spring hotel was founded in 705 CE, and it has been operated continuously by 52 generations of the same family for over 1,300 years. @worldtruth #facts🫨

This bright electric blue stick insect is called Achrioptera fallax, and they are found in Madagascar. They do not attack or bite people, and feed mainly on leaves of raspberry, bramble, oak and eucalyptus. @worldtruth #facts🦟

This upside-down fig tree has grown in the ancient ruins of Baia in the city of Bacoli, Italy. The tree sprouted from the ceiling of the arch, and no one is sure how the tree ended up there or how it managed to survive. It grows every year and even bears fruit! @worldtruth #facts🌲

When you first meet people it is common to forget their names - a phenomenon called the ‘next-in-line' effect. This is because people are too worried about themselves, and what they'll say next, to focus on remembering the names of people they're introduced to. @worldtruth #facts🫨

When the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami flooded his neighborhood and destroyed his home, Hideaki Akaiwa grabbed a wetsuit and swam over 600 feet and waded through underwater debris and hazards to rescue his wife and mother. But he did not stop there, he continued to look for more survivors for a week after the calamity. @worldtruth #amazingfacts❤️

Astronaut, Charles Duke, left a plastic-encased photo of his family on the moon. The back of the photo was thumb printed and signed by his family, and there was a message that said, "This is the family of Astronaut Duke from Planet Earth, who landed on the Moon on the twentieth of April 1972." @worldtruth #space👨🏽‍🚀

Forming new healthy habits For example, everyone knows that it is extremely important to wake up your body with a glass of clean water. But how to make it a healthy habit? Write it down👇🏻 ✔️ Form a strong need by clearly defining for yourself exactly what the benefit of the new skill is. ✔️ Strengthen the need. Find something related to the habit, for example motivating stories from other people. This will allow your brain to see the importance of the habit to you. ✔️ Work with explanations and challenges. The brain will resist as hard as it can, but you'll outsmart it - give it clear facts about the importance of the habit, write out all the explanations in advance and work through them. ✔️ Come up with a simple trigger. For example, if you want to start the day with a glass of water, set a wave noise on your alarm clock. ✔️ Define a reward. Habits are driven by longing. If you understand how to trigger it, the new habit will be much easier to form.

Captured on camera for the first time ever, 700 hundred six-month-old emperor penguin chicks were filmed taking a breathtaking leap off of a 50-foot cliff in west Antarctica. @worldtruth #nature

🐧 Captured on camera for the first time ever, hundreds of six-month-old emperor penguin chicks were filmed taking a leap of faith off of a 50-foot cliff in Antarctica.

A Life of Isolation: Mihailo Tolotos the only man in history to never saw a woman and the Monastery Mihailo Tolotos, orphaned at birth, was raised in a secluded monastery on Mount Athos where women were strictly forbidden. This unique upbringing meant he lived his entire life without ever seeing a woman. Immersed in the routines and teachings of the monastery, Tolotos led a quiet and contemplative life dedicated to his faith. His story, ending with his death in 1938 at the age of 82, highlights the extraordinary circumstances and sacrifices associated with the pursuit of spiritual devotion and the traditions upheld by the Mount Athos monastery. @worldtruth #weirdfact