More Real News and Facts You Never Learn in Class

More Real News and Facts You Never Learn in Class

Two artists are making cocktails from human tears. You can use them to make a martini with extra sadness.

US marijuana growers are using $6 billion a year in electricity. That’s 1% of the country’s total usage.

The FitBark is an activity tracker like a FitBit, but for your dog. Soon, there will also be an app that lets you understand your dog’s emotions. Now you’ll be able to see how sad he is when you aren’t walking him enough.

The aptly named Defender pepper spray canister comes equipped with a camera and bluetooth, so that while you’re spraying an assailant, it can send their picture to the police and call for help.

Running very long distances can make your brain shrink. Scientists have found that after measuring, Ultra-marathoners’ brains shrunk as much as 6% by the end of a race.

“Night milk” is better at curing insomnia. Milk collected from cows at night has “enhanced sedative effects.”

Police in Pennsylvania said a former cab company employee accused of burglary was easily identified by his sweatshirt, which has his name printed on it.  Investigators said surveillance footage from the Veterans Cab Company in Unity Township shows a man breaking in through a window

In Connecticut, a pickle isn’t a pickle unless it bounces.

Gorillas and potatoes have two more chromosomes than humans do.

The human brain takes in 11 million bits of information every second but is aware of only 40.

So now that your brain is on overload, go back to studying.