It happens all the time when you get chilly. Those hairs on your arm stand up and you get goosebumps. What causes this though?! It’s all thanks to something called the Arrector pili muscles. They are fan-shaped muscles at the base of each hair follicle. These cause the goosebumps. The way it works is that…
Anytime you see a chef you’ve probably noticed their big white hat with all the pleats in it. Traditionally, the hat is made with 100 pleats. Each pleat is meant to represent the 100 ways to cook an egg! How fun is that?! Photo credit: Getty Images
There are a lot of different theories on this but one study suggest that the dark and light spots on a cow’s coat of hair is actually to confuse the vision of horseflies. The spots somehow change how the polarized light is reflected and stops the flies from landing on the cow. What a cool…
Trick question! They aren’t white at all. Polar bears actually have two layers of clear fur which come across as white to the human eye. Their skin underneath is actually black, highlighted the white effect even more. Photo credit: Getty Images
If you brushed your teeth this morning you might have noticed this. Some toothpaste have those red and blue lines? Are they just for show? Or do the mean something? Back in the 1970s solid white toothpaste was just meant to clean the mouth. But more and more customers wanted it to freshen their breath…
You’ve felt that feeling before. You see, think, or smell a juicy burger or delicious slice of pizza and your mouth instantly starts watering. It might be happening to you right now just reading this. But why? It’s all because of our reflex system which is essentially preparing our bodies for the food we are…
You’ve probably eaten M&M’s a million times, but have you ever wondered what the M’s actually stand for? Each one stands for one of the two creators of the candy, Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie. They were the two businessmen who originally created the candy-coated chocolates. The two actually butted heads a lot back in…
I’m sure you took a million family photos over the holidays and inevitably someone yelled out “SAY CHEESE!” to get everyone to smile. But why do we do this? Why cheese? The most popular theory behind it is that the word “cheese” is the perfect term to get you to make a great smile. The…
You’ve heard it many times, probably even used it yourself. But it’s such an odd phrase that like me I’m sure you’re wondering where exactly “let the cat out of the bag” came from? Centuries ago merchants who sold piglets to people in markets used to sometimes fool the customer by switching out the pig…
The original idea of leaving treats for Santa and his reindeer dates all the way back to ancient Norwegian mythology, but Americans started doing it as a tradition during the Great Depression in the 1930s. It became a sign of showing gratitude during what was a time of struggle back then. We’ve been doing it…