26Best Husband
A study has shown that male Robins make the best bird husbands as they possess the capability to guess what their wives want to eat. Whether or not they saw what the females ate last, they can still get exactly what their partner wished for. They are also monogamous.
27. Giraffes were thought to be nearly completely silent because their long necks make vocal vibration difficult. However, researchers spent 8 years recording almost 1000 hours of audio at three zoos and discovered that giraffes produce a spooky, deep humming noise, almost like tantric chanting.
28. A U.S. FDA study showed that 90% of more than 100 drugs, prescription and over-the-counter, “were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date.” The U.S. military saved $260 million in five years by not discarding expired drugs.
29. In the late 1960s, some researchers reported that catnip gave people a marijuana-like high when smoked, but it turned out they had simply mixed up the two plants.
30. A scientific study found that starting high school one hour later than usual, allowed students to sleep more than half an hour more, and was associated with reduced sleepiness and increased academic performance.
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31Sarcasm
Researches at Harvard and Columbia concluded that sarcasm promotes creative thinking because both the expressers and recipients of sarcasm need to overcome the contradiction between the literal and actual meanings of the sarcastic expressions.
32. In the longest study of humans ever conducted, the 75 years long Harvard Grant Study found that professional success in life comes from having done chores as a kid.
33. The study that yielded the concept of the alpha wolf (commonly used by people to justify aggressive behavior) originated in a debunked model using just a few wolves in captivity. Its originator spent years trying to stop the myth to no avail.
34. A 2011 blind study showed that people overwhelming prefer “professional” abstract art over similar art created by toddlers. Participants even preferred professional paintings when they were labeled as being painted by a child.
35. A UK study found that in divorce cases, husbands engaged in affairs in 75% of cases, wives in 25% of the cases. 53% of divorces were marriages that lasted 10-15 years, 40% ending after 5-10 years. The study found that if a marriage survives over 20 years it is unlikely to end in divorce.
