Heroin comes from the seeds of the plant called opium poppy, combined with morphine. Although the opium poppy was cultivated since at least 5400 years ago, it was not until 1874 that swiss scientists decided to combine morphine with other substances in order to create more powerful drugs.
This list of lost films will surprise you
You would expect Hollywood to do a good job preserving films. After all, that’s how they make their money. But mistakes do happen, and more often than not they are so big that result in complete movie losses. [Read more…] about This list of lost films will surprise you
Animals That Sleep A lot
We know that sleep is vital to our health. Researchers have stopped searching how important is sleep because even if sleep could be overcome there would be at least one animal that would figure it out. However, the more we study sleep, although we do not know exactly how anyone exactly benefits from it, it all points out that it is absolutely essential. [Read more…] about Animals That Sleep A lot
Why do we yawn?
Although science cannot truly explain why we are yawning, there are many theories as to why we yawn, that are just yet to be proven. Here they are: [Read more…] about Why do we yawn?
Top movies worldwide by ticket sales
We seem to think that Hollywood has taken a big hit in recent years due to piracy. This might be a good case but it seems that movies even when adjusted for inflation are now making more money than ever. Which are, however, the worlds highest grossing movies? [Read more…] about Top movies worldwide by ticket sales
Breast milk is the ultimate food.
Breast Milk is a perfect food for almost everyone. Although it might seem extremely strange to see a grown up person breast feeding, there are many facts you might find interesting about it. [Read more…] about Breast milk is the ultimate food.
Walt Disney was not Cryonically Frozen
Walt Disney, founder of The Walt Disney Company, died in December 15, 1966 just before the release of his final film, The Jungle Book. There is an urban legend, that his body was cryonically frozen. This rumor is circulating for many famous people but they circulate for little time. In Disney’s case things are different.
Confusing collective nouns
There are a lot of collective nouns for different kinds of animals. Some make sense some were just made by scientists to confuse us. Useless Daily a collection of the weirdest.
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How many searches are performed on Google?
Google is the world’s most used search engine. It contains several trillions of web pages that are indexed and crawled almost immediately every time a user conducts a search. It is not an easy task, and workload is huge. We found out how huge, exactly. [Read more…] about How many searches are performed on Google?
Why do zippers say YKK on them?
Zippers were designed relatively recently, in 1891 when Whitcomb L. Judson created the claps locker and then, in 1913 the swedish Gideon Sundback developed a zipper with metal teeth. Our story begins later, with metal and plastic, when a company was founded in Japan by Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikikaisha.
The company was dedicated to utilizing custom machines set to produce zippers. Right now it is by far the world’s largest producer of zippers of any kind, with 109 parent companies and factories in 71 countries.