Facts & Quotes™💡

In the United States, it was illegal for actors to wear army uniforms and portray the military negatively until the Supreme Court declared in 1970 that this violated the First Amendment. #countries

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“If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” - Louis D. Brandeis #quotes

The Moon is actually shaped like an egg, but appears round because the wide end is always facing Earth. #space

Caffeine boosts the power of aspirin and other painkillers, which is why it's found in some medicines. #knowledge

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Self-love helps you recognize which relationships to leave because they’re unhealthy. But it also helps you decide which ones are healthy enough to stay in, especially when your old pain shows up and tells you to escape. #tips

90% of the world's large fish population has disappeared within the last 50 years. #weird

​​Why sometimes Water freezes instantly with just a shake? The basic idea is this: when water freezes it forms ice, which is a nice regular crystalline structure. However, ice-crystals need a nucleation site, which is a point where the crystal can start to form, before they can actually start to form. In normal situations, water usually has some impurities which can serve as such nucleation sites, around which the crystal starts to grow and ice starts to form. However, if you use very pure water, there are no such "natural" nucleation points and so there is a chance that the water molecules want to form ice, but can't quite get around to it. As a result, the liquids are trapped in a "metastable" state well below their freezing point, but such a state has a precarious stability that can easily be disturbed. Shaking the bottle is one way to disturb this stability, as it gives a couple of the water molecules the chance to align in just to right way to start the crystallisation process, and once it's done, it is energetically favourable for the system to form ice, so all the other water molecules hop on as well. As a result, you would usually see the crystal "growing" in one direction until all the water becomes ice.

The Milky Way rotates at a speed of 168 miles per second In the last hour, you've traveled roughly 604,000 miles through space. #space

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The real gauge of friendship is how clean your house needs to be before they can come over. #thoughts

Hugging a loved one releases the hormone oxytocin, which lowers blood pressure, reduces anxiety, and can even improve your memory. #psychology

Snails can sleep for up to three years. #animals

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Never underestimate the power of genuine friendships. The right group of companions could be the difference in where you go, how you get there, who you become, and how much joy you feel along the way. #tips

Sitting on your wallet too often can lead to leg paralysis. #health

You can't feel it, but we're speeding through space at approximately 1.3 million miles per hour all the time Earth is orbiting the sun, which orbits the center of the galaxy, which is speeding through the cosmic wind of radiation discharged during the Big Bang. #space

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Cunningham's Law: The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it's to post the wrong answer. #lifehack