Hyenas have been spotted to burst into a fit of laughter in times of conflict. Scientists have found out that their eerie "giggles" contain valuable information on their status, identity, age, etc.. They also laugh at very high frequencies when competing for food.
Head-banging, annoyingly loud music spurs growth.
Plants subjected to tortuous sounds actually GROW BETTER. A research conducted showed that plants "listening" to death metal genre grow more. Those in the classical music group grew at the second fastest rate while the control group grew at the "normal" rate. Hmm, maybe we can grow more if we listen to death metal as well.....
Misperceptionon on astronomy.
Alpha Centauri is a system of 3 stars. Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B and Proxima Centauri. Alpha Centauris A and B are 4.3 lightyears away from home. Proxima Centauri is 4.2 lightyears away. Therefore, the closest STAR to Earth is PROXIMA CENTAURI, NOT Alpha Centauri. And mind you, there IS such a thing as negative magnitudes to determine a star's brightness, contrary to the Malaysian perception of a bright star, which "should end at zero".
I got this from a cool astronomy blog:
In a survey run by the National Science Board, 47% of the people surveyed answered correctly when asked, "How long does it take for the Earth to go around the Sun: 1 day, 1 month, or 1 year?".
I hope it didn't take very long for you to figure that one out. ;P
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