Hidden Blindness

We all have blindness, our brain coveres it up.

There are two things you brain covers up. When the eye moves and a small spot where the optic nerve exits the retina. 

Saccadic suppression – while your eyes jump, the brain briefly blanks out the visual stream so you don’t see a blurred smear.

Blind-spot filling – at the point where the optic nerve leaves the retina there are no photoreceptors; the brain simply invents the missing patch from surrounding information.

Your Cat Would Eat Your Corpse

 

If you pass away in your home and you have a pet cat, it will eat some of your corpse if you're not discovered. Your cat will jump on your chest because they can hear your heart beating and they can tell when it stops. They can also hear you breathing so if you stop breathing, the cat will know because their hearing is much better than ours and they can hear all your body functions. This information is confirmed by police officers that respond to discoveries of bodies in their homes, they have small portions of their bodies consumed by their cat. 

The good news is you won't care because you're not alive. It's not an act of malice, it is just the cat feeling hungry and eating to stay alive: the cat wants to survive. It would also help with the smell because there would be less rotting body mass. 

Unusual Chemicals

Water Silicon and Gallium all expand when they solidify. Most materials shrink when they solidify if they're melted. 

Gallium is the only metal that expands when it solidifies. It melts slightly above room temperature at 29.76 °c. It melts in the palm of your hand and if it is in a rigid airtight glass container, it would break the container when it solidifies again. 

See Air Traffic with FlightRadar24

If you ever looked at a plane flying above your home and wanted to know what airline it is and where it is going, you can. 

There is a website that shows all the air traffic in your area called https://www.flightradar24.com, they also have a phone app. 

You can see all the planes in the sky above you and you can click on the air planes and it will tell you all the details about the flight, the flight number, destination and origin. 

Sloths are better at holding Thier breath

It is known that some Sloths can hold their for about 40 minutes but many dolphins can only hold their breath for 10 to 15 minutes so

Sloths are better at holding their breath than dolphins. 

It is believed that the sloth can lower their whole metabolism so they can go for longer without needing to breathe in and out. 

Nintendo is older than you Think

Nintendo was founded in 1889—making the company over 135 years old.

Long before making video games, Mario, or Game Boys, Nintendo started as a small business in Kyoto, Japan, manufacturing handmade Hanafuda (Japanese playing cards). They went on to run playing card tournaments, operate a taxi company, run a chain of "love hotels," and manufacture plastic toys before eventually transitioning into electronic arcade games and home consoles in the late 1970s.

True First Flight

The first human flight was in France in 1783 in a hot air balloon. This means it predated the American constitution when they were officially recognised as a nation with a government. 

The first human flight occurred at the same time America formed into a nation.

It wasn't a powerd flight like the wright brothers but it was still a flight.

The Americans declared themselves independent in 1776, then around the same time they won the war against the British, two french men flew in a balloon in Paris. This was  just before the American constitution in 1787. 

Charles Manson and The Beach Boys

Brian Wilson's  song never learn not to love by the Beach Boys was created by Charles Manson the Leader of the Manson Family murder cult. 

Before Charles Manson got his followers to go on a killing spree, he met Brian Wilson, a band member of the beach boys and tried to get him to add one of his songs. Eventually he agreed but changed the lyrics and name of the song. The song was originally called cease to exist, the tune was identical but they played it in their own style. 

Fusion Cricket Ball

If you were to throw a cricket ball at 10 million miles per hour (a small fraction of the speed of light) , it would cause the air Infront of it to undergo a nuclear fusion reaction. The ball and the air Infront of it would turn into super heated plasma and detonate as a thermal nuclear explosion. 

The thermal nuclear explosion would vaporise everything in the area including the ball and the person throwing the ball along with the air in the ball's path.

The good thing is no one can ever throw a ball that fast, the energy required to push the ball at that speed would be enormous, perhaps comparable to the output of an entire power station over a short period of time. 

War Of The Worlds Movie Fact

In 'War of the Words' 2005 directed by Steven Spielberg, the grandparents are played by the stars from the original war of the words movie. 

The Grandparents in the 2005 war of the words are played by Gene Berry and Ann Robinson.

They were the main stars of the 1953 version of the movie directed by Byron Haskins. It is hard to tell they were the original stars because they were aged and only appeared for a short time. 

Cartridge Based Arcade Machine

If you were wondering if there was an arcade cabinet that took cartridges: now you know.

The neo geo MVS arcade cabinet could take six neo geo cartridges. They worked differently to to the home console one and had a different shape but the games were the same code and quality. 

Instead of buying a new arcade machine, the Neo- Geo MVS could have new games or versions of the games added as cartridges and the Marquee could also be swapped out so it stayed up to date with the new games. 

Flag Flip

The meaning of some flags change when they are flipped over. 

If the Philippines are at war, their flag is flipped upside down so the red side is at the top and the blue side is at the bottom. The people in the Philippines know what it means. 

If you flip the polish flag 180 °, it resembles the Indonesian flag. The same is true of the Indonesian flag, if it is flipped upside down, it resembles the polish flag. 

Post Spice was on Sponge Bob

Victoria Beckham also known as posh spice from the Spice Girls music band did some voice acting for sponge bob. 

She was the voice of Queen Afridite. She said her son was a big fan of Sponge Bob so the roll was welcome. 

Back to the Future then Sponge Bob

The Voice of Flats the Flonder on Sponge Bob is Tom Wilson, he is the actor who plays Biff the Bully in back to the future. Flats the Flonder is a bully on sponge bob. 

Tom Wilson who plays Biff and Giff Tannen  in back to the future appears as the bully fish in sponge bob as the voice actor. 

Who Is Better at flying?

Who Is better at flying? Birds or Bats? 

Bats are better at precision flying and can fly through tight spaces. Their flight is more acrobatic, excuse the pun. They can make tight turns mid flight and fly through trees without hitting any branches. 

Birds are generally better at long distance and high speed flights, their feathers are fine tuned to make flying efficient over long distances. They soar high in the sky and exploit thermals and changes in the wind. 

Rock Age Paradox

If a rock on Mercury formed at the same time as a rock on Earth, the rock on Earth will be older than the rock on Mercury. 

Why? 

Because Mercury is moving faster than Earth and it is closer to the sun, the sun's gravity slows down time and so does speed. The faster you move, the more your time slows down. The more gravity is near you, the slower time passes. 

It's a paradox because in the example, both rocks formed at the same time, but the one on earth is older. 

Number 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street is the residence of the prime minister : leader of the United Kingdom. It looks like a small terraced house but it's actually the size of a small village. 

The part of the building you see the prime minister walk into is just a small part of a complex of buildings that are all joined together seamlessly. The space behind the front of the building back out some distance and contains offices, apartments and conference rooms. There is even a large hall for parties. 

World Cup Nations

At the time of writing this post just after the 2026 world cup, only 8 nations have ever won the football world cup. 

Brazil 

Germany 

Italy 

Argentina

France

Uruguay 

Spain 

And England

Brazil is the only country that has won the world cup 5 times 

England is the only country that has won the world cup only once. The other 7 nations that have one the world cup have done so at least twice; Spain only just won their second world cup title. 

Germany and Italy have both won the world cup 4 times. 

Trafalgar Lions

The lions in Trafalgar Square were all made with different moulds so they're all slightly different, they're looking in different directions. But they all weigh more than 20 tones. 

They were created in 1867 by sir Edwin Landseer. 

There is a myth that if Big Ben rings 13 times, they will come to life and protect London. The myth was mentioned as a joke by Pedro Pony in peper pig. Most people didn't get it though. 

British History Changed by Bacteria

One of the worst Kings in British History is Charles the 1st. He caused a 9 year long civil war in England and countless deaths. Eventually he was executed for treason. Did you know king Charles the first had an older brother. His name was Henry Frederick and he died at the age of 18 before he was crowned because he caught Typhoid Fever, a disease caused by a very common Bacteria. 

A common species of bacteria changed the history of Britain. Many historians agree that Henry Frederick was much more popular and less provocative than his younger brother and would most likely not caused a prolonged civil war that created mayhem across the country. 

There is no way to prove this is true but we can agree history changed because of Bacteria, his older brother would have made different decisions and judgements so everything would be different. 

Black Velvet song Meaning

Black Velvet song is a tribute to Elvis Presley. 

The Song Black Velvet sung by Alannah Miles is often portrayed as a sensual seductive song but it's not, it is a tribute to Elvis Presley. 

Black velvet is actually the name of the hair dye Elvis often used because he had blond hair and wanted to appear more dark. 

The song is describing the huge effect Elvis had on American culture, people would buy black velvet hair dye and imitate him as if he was the prophet of a new religion. 

The song also describes what life was like in Elvis Presley's home town. 

Born in the USA song Meaning

At face value the song by Bruce Springsteen titled 'Born in the USA' seems like it is Patriotic but it isn't. It is about a war veteran that was abandoned by his society and forgotten by his government. He returned to his country and felt alone. The chorus born in the USA is the poor man's shouts of frustration.

The irony is the song has been played at government celebrations and sports events, even Ronald Reagan's team used the song during the American elections. 

You should inspect to lyrics before you use a song. 

Atoms and Light

Atoms are so small that even the smallest light wave skips over them like they're not there. We can see objects because the atoms that make up the object are joined together and act like a single structure. 

To see atoms, individual electrons need to be streamed at the object so the individual atoms reflect the electrons back towards the sensor.

It is very difficult to picture how small an atom is, a single cell is the size of a city compared to an atom. They are usually a single micron across. 

They are smaller than the light waves. 

Dirty Diana Song

The song by Michael Jackson Titled 'Dirty Diana' is not about princes Diana, he wrote the song before he met the princes. 

The song was Michael Jackson's way of telling off his fans for not respecting his personal space and boundaries. Some of his fans would get back stage passes and harass him or ask him to do inappropriate things. He was so angry that he wrote a song to tell them indirectly to leave him alone. 

Princes Diana met Michael Jackson at a charity event a few years later and she was aware the song was not about her.

Fresh Prince Ninja Turtles Connection

James Avery the actor that plays uncle Phill in the fresh prince of bell air is also the voice actor for shredder, one of the villains in The original Animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

James Avery plays a judge that lets his nephew, Will stay with him because his mum was worried about violent outbursts directed at him so he raises him as one of his own. 

When the shredder talks in the turtles , remember it is uncle Phill speaking. 

World Cup Paradox

FIFA decided they wanted to add a 32 team extension to knockout stages of the 2026 world cup. At the same time they didn't want to start with 16 groups. They chose to have 12 groups of 4 teams. 

The problem is the half of the teams that pass through are 24. To fix the disparity they select the 8 best relegated teams and let them through. 

They added a 32 team extension to the knockout stages to make the tournament last an extra week and increase audience retention. 

It is not clear why they didn't want 16 groups and settled for just 12. I would speculate that the group stages would last too long and the least skilled portion of the league would be too much worse than the best teams causing embarrassment to the nations, they would get scores like 16 - 1 or something like that. 

Antarctica Dessert

The continent of Antarctica is a giant dessert, it receives less than 200 millimetres of snow or rain per year on average. The snow that does fall on Antarctica doesn't melt so it builds up and gets blown inland by the wind and eventually accumulates into glaciers. 

If you lived on Antarctica you would find it hardly ever snows but the small amount of snow in the coastal areas gets blown inland by the wind. If you lived near the south pole, you would probably never see it snow and there would be dry valleys with no ice on them.

Throne Invasion

In Buckingham palace there is a throne where no one is allowed to sit except the current king or Queen. Prince Andrew brought his two friends Kevin Stacey and Ghislaine Maxwell and got them to sit on it. 

All three of them were close friends of Jeffrey Epstein the pedofile financier that later died in prison. 

AI QR Barcode

If you ask chat GPT to make a qr barcode for a short text information, it will. 

You can ask it to make a qr barcode for a web page, the password for an internet connection and even a plain text message. 

Other ai systems will also draw a bar code for you if you word it correctly. Sometimes you have to specify that you want it sketched as an image because it will just give you link to a website that does it for you instead. 

This one was made by Gemini. 

You don't need AI to make a QR barcode for you, you can use a specialized app or website if you wish but it is cool that they can do that.  

Saeeey Gaaaaar

In Italy the brand name Sega is a swear word. It means to use a saw but when you say sega to a person it means to M*sterbate. When they shouted out their logo at the start of sonic the hedgehog, it is like shouting W*nker. 

I'm guessing they would turn the volume down when they first turned on the console. 

In some forums people are debating if that is the reason they didn't shout the logo in sonic 3. There is no proof they stopped shouting their logo because of the Italians and the company itself never revealed why. 

If you're not Italian then it would have sounded futuristic and cool. 

Smallest Bear

If you were wondering what the smallest species of. Bear in the world is, it's the Sun Bear. 

They grow to be about 25 to 30 kilogrammes, they could be picked up if they didn't bite you first. They are native to Indonesia and Thailand and are found in the tropical forests. 

They are very good at climbing trees and they have a very long tongue to stealing honey from bees hives. 

Michael Jackson Vitiligo

The singer Michael Jackson was asked by Oprah Winfrey in 1993 why he bleached his skin. He said he had Vitiligo, an auto immune disease. His immune system would attack his melanocyte cells in his skin and cause white blotches to appear. The melanocyte cells produce the dark pigment. 

The only way he could cover his condition is to have most of the pigment removed. 

His claim of Vitiligo was later confirmed by an autopsy and various doctor testimonies after he died. 

Up until that point, many people didn't believe him and thought he hated his own race. His Brothers later came forward and confirmed that he has a autoimmune skin disease that would otherwise cause him to look like he was disfigured. 

White people also get Vitiligo, it causes their beige skin to have white blotches like a leopard. In people with dark skin, the condition can leave them looking like an albino with bruises. 

Kiwi Fruits

Kiwi fruits are not native to new Zealand, they're actually native to china and we're originally called Chinese goose berries but new Zealand farmers enjoyed growing the fruits and it was very popular there. 

You can eat the skin on a kiwi, it is edible. They are actually classified as berries. 

The black seeds in the middle of the fruit are also edible. 

Kiwi fruits contain more vitamin C than oranges. They are high in vitamin C and fibre. 

Kiwis grow on vines just like tomatoes and grapes. The vines on kiwis and last a long time; they're very durable. 

Suicide more than Homicide

One thing that is consistent around the world is you're more likely to die from suicide and homicide. This is true regardless of what part of the world you live in. Usually you're statistically twice as likely to die from suicide than murder or manslaughter. 

After looking through some notible sources 50

Facts that should change the world by Jessica Williams and various world health organisation reports, suicide is one of the most common causes of death. 

In young people 15 to 29 years old , suicide is the leading cause of death. This is because young people don't usually die from heart disease or cancer. 

It is hard to clarify the exact rate because it varies by country, gender and age group but most sources agree that more the one percent of deaths world wide are from suicide. That's one in one hundred people. 

Five Hundred mini drones

If you bought 500 mini drones (the ones that cost less than £10), and worked out how to make them all fly in tandem and connected them with strings to a parson, the person would be able to fly. 

It could even be possible to fly a person with 350 mini drones if the person was small and weighed 75kg or less and they jumped off a platform. 

The Philippines

The Philippines is one of the largest island archepelegos in the world, it contains more than 7500 islands.

It also has several creatures that native to them and can't be found anywhere else in the world like the philipine eagle, huge and powerful but endangered and the philipine long tailed macaque. 

Unfortunately the Philippines is in the ring of fire so they are subjected to powerful earthquakes from time to time. 

Human Composition

If all the material in your body fragmented into the individual elements, most of it would dissipate into the air because it would be gas.

Most of your body elements are gases when they're not in chemical bonds. Oxygen, Hydrogen and Nitrogen would blast out in a plume of particles that are freed from their bonds. 

The largest solid substance left behind would be carbon, nearly 20 kg of carbon would be left behind and a bunch of reactive metals, calcium, potassium, sodium and a bit iron and zinc. There would also be nearly a killo of Phosphorus. 

Frogs And Toads

Toads are Frogs but with additional attributes. Toads and frogs are both a part of the Anura family. They are both frogs but toads have some attributes that sets them apart, they tend to have dryer skin with bumps on it to allow them stay away from water for longer. The bumps on their skin is not warts, it is a gland that excreates oils to protect their skin from drying out.

They also have shorter legs and tend to be bigger in size. When toads lay eggs, they're usually in long strings. Sometimes it is hard to classify toads or frogs because the have attributes from the other group. 

Grokipedia Upgrade

At the end of 2025, roughly at the end of November, Grokipedia was upgraded to version 0.2. It now listens to user input and decides if they it should upgrade the articles. It also produces a lot of its own images. Xai created Grokipedia to create a product that is non biased and focused on the truth. 

This is the website for Grokipedia : https://grokipedia.com/

The xAI machine that generated Grokipedia works around the clock researching thousands of books and published reports and various other trusted documents and even videos in search of a report that shows the truth. When it is satisfied it has found the truth, it generates articles for people to search and read. 

It will be interesting to see what they do next. 

Three Hearts

Octopuses have 3 hearts, 2 hearts for the gills and one bigger heart for the rest of the body. 

Everything about the octopus anatomy is strange from our perspective. They have a small brain for every one of their arms, they have human like eyes with lenses that can focus light and the probably see the world like us. 

They also have a bigger brain that connects the smaller brains together so they have 9 brains that work in tandem. 

They are very interesting creatures. 

Did You Know : MSF

Did you know the Clock radio Signal that sets the clocks in Britain often difts off across Europe. This is because it uses a long wave frequency and can sometimes get reflected off cloud clouds or charged parts of the atmosphere.

The transmitter is located in Cumbria in the North of England but it can easily jut out across Ireland and parts of north Europe. 

The signal carries the date and time and the day of the week. All the information needed to a decent radio controlled clock. 

Mega Man Watch

You can now buy a mega man gaming watch from the same company that makes the atari watch 'My Play Watch'. 

This is the official mega man gaming watch page : My Play watch| Mega Man gaming watch.

Mega man was a popular side scrolling game at the end of the '80s and early '90s. It features all sorts of enemies and boss fights and there are different types of mega man to chose from. 

The functionality of game play is reduced slightly because the of size of the watch and lack of controls but it is very much a mega man watch. 

Clamshell Pocket Retro Computer Games

The company Hyper mega tech, a part of Blaise entertainment has released 2 classic portable handheld games consoles. 

They both come with 25 games each, all of them have 8 bit graphics although some of them were made recently as a homebrew indy project. They also both have a clam shell design and fit in your pocket. 

I found this Scottish guy that tried out all the games and gave a verdict , he goes by the YouTube alias 'Crazy Burger and gave a very comprehensive review of all the games : Pocket C64 , ZX Spectrum. 

These new systems won't take the vercade cartridges but they have a large folding screen and have 25 games preloaded. 

Fluid Thoughts

Your Brain is surrounded by spinal fluid, a fluid that is mostly made of water. The Brain floats in this fluid and is surrounded by it so there is reduced pressure on the base of the brain.  The fluid surrounds the brain and the spine and helps to absorb shocks and to 

Your Brain is also 70% water. 

Your thoughts and emotions emerge from water because your brain is mostly water and it is surrounded by water. 

Europe's Biggest Amusement Park

The Largest Amusement Park in Europe is located in Russia and is Called Kudikina Gora and it about 500 hectares.

 Alton Towers in Britain is second place but is crammed with rides and attractions. Disneyland is not even on the top ten list; that because a large part of the park is a resort the actual amusement park area is only 50 hectares. 

You could say Kudykina Gora has a lot of potential because it is so much bigger than the other amusement parks.