1. Because of impossible beauty ideals in Russia, many women there apply permanent blusher to their lips; tattooing red, pink, or nude colours to appear fuller and more defined.
2. In 2024, China unveiled the BV100 battery. It uses Nickel-63 as its radioactive source and has an estimated lifespan of 50-years!
3. There were five Brontë sisters. Three were writers. Charlotte was the most prolific.
4. Last year, a whole spoonful of micro-plastics was discovered inside a human brain.🧠
5. A Greek politician was once given an entire island 🏝️ as a bribe!!!
6. The Telegraph has a dedicated section for anti-woke stories, and it is utterly pathetic. 🤭
7. 104 million Americans have a reading level equivalent of 11–14 years old. Which means over a third of country is functionally illiterate.
8. According Northern Ireland urban myth, Catholics kept their toaster on the kitchens counter. Protestants kept in the cupboard.
9. In Norther island, ‘Soup Drinkers’ is a derogatory term for Catholics who, driven to starvation, accepted soup from Protestant-run soup kitchens in exchange for converting to Protestantism. 🥣
10. Because carbon is the fourth most common element, diamonds are abundant in the universe. Wood, which only grows on earth, is significantly rarer! 🪵