The longest book in the world is called, Umm excuse my french, “A la recherche du temps perdu”. Translated to english it means “A remembrance of things past”. This book is recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as the longest book in the world because it measures character count. A staggering 1.6 million […]
Researchers did a study and found that the ideal time to work should be 16 minutes. Any less and we don’t feel like leaving home for work or we misjudge the time and run late. On average people around the world spend 40 Minutes travelling to work and another 40 minutes back home. Most of […]
The word “Distracts” originates from two latin words and it means to “Draw away”. In the 1950s, the word “distract” was originally used to mean “Disorder of the mind, frantic and mad!” Today, however, being distracted is a part of life. It’s almost taken for granted. Every minute of the day we are distracted with […]
Viktor Frankl is a Holocaust survivor from world war 2. His most famous work is called Man’s Search For Meaning. In the book, he describes his time in the Nazi Concentration camps and talks about how in the midst of all that evil, he found the will to live. If you are unfamiliar with world […]
It is popularly believed that an Ostrich, when threatened, will bury its head in the sand. It does this to hide, not realising that only its head is hidden and the rest of its huge body is clearly visible.This is a hilarious visual image. This huge bird thinking that it is now invisible because it can […]
Kyle Macdonald got an idea of trading an ordinary paper clip for something bigger and better. So he put an ad on Craigslist asking if anyone wanted to trade. Someone then traded in his clip for a fish pen. The fish pen was then traded in for a doorknob with a funny face on it. […]
Did you know that loving of how old books smell has a name? It’s called Bibliomania. It’s actually quite common. Picking up and smelling a book. The unique smell comes from chemical reactions that take place over time. Two components, Cellulose and lignin, break down to form these aromatic chemicals. The fragrance is described as […]
Eighty percent of all the New Year resolutions will be broken by the second week of February. Another study suggests only 8% of all New Year resolutions will actually make it through the whole year! So then why do so many of us decide to make new year resolutions? Even worse. Each time we fail […]
By procrastinating something we feel actual physical pain! Medical imaging studies have shown, that when procrastinators are given a task to do, and they avoid it. The pain centers of the brain light up. It is because they feel physical pain just thinking about it! Do you have certain things you avoid doing? What are […]
Did you know that British research learned that an average 10-year-old child, will have about 238 toys? But will only play with about 12 of them. Or how about that America only accounts for 3.1% of the total children in the world. Yet accounts for 40% of the world’s toy consumption. Over the last 50 […]
