In 2007, tardigrades were sent into orbit and exposed to the vacuum and radiation of space for 10 days. Most survived. Some even reproduced afterward. They don't care about your extinction concerns.
Einstein's relativity isn't theoretical—it's in your pocket. GPS satellites experience less gravity and move fast, causing their atomic clocks to tick 38 microseconds faster daily. Without corrections, your location would drift 10km per day. Physics is inconvenient.
There are roughly 3.3 million saunas in Finland—that's one for every 1.6 people. Parliament has one. The Burger King in Helsinki has one. Some people are born in them. Priorities seem clear.
Those elegant bubbles rising in your glass? They nucleate on tiny imperfections and debris in the glass. Perfectly clean glass produces almost no bubbles. Your celebration is powered by impurity. Happy New Year.
For coffee to be labelled decaf, it must contain less than 0.3% caffeine. Small amounts still remain, even after processing.
More coffee knowledge on Nescafe.com →Before adopting the Gregorian calendar, the British Empire started each year on March 25th. The switch required skipping 11 days entirely. Time is a construct, and we've redesigned it repeatedly. Happy arbitrary endpoint.
The cashew 'apple' is a swollen stem that develops above the actual nut. Each apple produces exactly one cashew, which must be carefully extracted from its toxic shell. Your snack required surgical precision.
In physics, a jiffy is the time it takes light to travel one centimeter. Computer science uses it differently. The casual phrase has been scientifically co-opted. Language becomes measurement eventually.
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was famously precise about his coffee, reportedly using exactly 60 beans per cup and counting each one by hand.
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