The reason your nose runs when you cry…
Here are some fun facts to help get you through the day and look like the most informed person at the water cooler…
Fun (or not-so-fun) Facts:
- The reason your nose runs when you cry is because your tears drain into the “nasolacrimal ducts,” which run down each side of the nose. There, they mix with nasal mucus . . . or snot . . . while the rest flows onto our face. So, you’re not making more mucus when you cry, it’s just tears overflow.
- Maryland’s state motto is an Italian phrase “Fatti maschii, parole femine,” which translates to “Manly deeds, womanly words.”
- Jean-Claude Van Damme’s first credited movie role was “Gay Karate Man” in a movie called “Monaco Forever” in 1984.
- Vincent van Gogh didn’t start painting until he was 27, and he died when he was 37. In those 10 years, he finished about 860 paintings . . . or an average of one about every four days. And only one of them sold while he was alive.
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania was the capital of the U.S. for exactly one day . . . September 27th, 1777. Philadelphia was the capital before that, but the British had just captured it, so it moved there . . . then to York, Pennsylvania for about nine months.
(Self / Wikipedia / IMDb / Biography / Mental Floss)
Strange and trending news:
- As everyone knows, today is 9/11. And just a few days ago, two more victims were identified. The man and woman are the 1,648th and 1,649th victims, and they were ID’d through advanced DNA testing of their remains. (Full Story)
- On a lighter note, it’s also National Make Your Bed Day.
- According to a study, the classic Southern American accent has been slowly fading away, and the younger generations are to blame. (Full Story)
- 16% of people claim they never go down internet “rabbit holes.” (Full Story)
- According to new research, 49% of Americans in serious relationships admit to thinking about someone besides their partner during sex. (Full Story)
- Researchers say that having a favorite Disney princess can actually improve a child’s body image. (Full Story)
- A 32-year-old man in Pennsylvania earned a new Guinness World Record by going to the movies 777 times in a one-year period. (Full Story)
- This is wild: A storm in Louisiana caused a Taco Bell sign to fall on a CAR . . . trapping someone inside. It looks gnarly . . . and could have been BAD . . . but miraculously, it sounds like no one was seriously injured. (Full Story)
- A Nevada rapper was arrested on a murder charge after he “confessed to the murder in his lyrics.” (Full Story)
