#8 How can Vantablack be so black?
I learned this today. Vantablack is the blackest material ever made because it absorbs 99.965% of light. Anything that you have in front of you right now is reflecting light…
I learned this today. Vantablack is the blackest material ever made because it absorbs 99.965% of light. Anything that you have in front of you right now is reflecting light…
I learned this today. Salt preserves food by removing the water and vinegar preserves food by increasing its acidity. The refrigerator was invented in 1834. Before that, people used ice…
I learned this today. The Earth wouldn’t really have seasons if it wasn’t tilted on its axis, and that is thanks to the moon. The Earth is tilted at an…
I learned this today. Labradors are used as guide dogs because of their temperament, but also because of their size. Guide dogs have been used for centuries. There is a…
I learned this today. Vultures can eat rotten meat that would make us very sick because their stomach acid is 100 times stronger than ours. If you or I were…
I learned this today. The necktie that most men wear today came about because King Louis XIV of France liked the knotted neckerchiefs that the Croatian mercenaries in his army…
I learned this today. Ketchup was created in the 17th century, but it wasn’t made of tomatoes. Ketchup began in Asia. The word ketchup either comes from the Hokkien Chinese…
I learned this today. We say, “the best thing since sliced bread”, but sliced bread has only been around since 1928. Humans have been eating bread for thousands of years.…