31 Random Bits of Trivia We Poured Into a Sensory Deprivation Tank to Increase Buoyancy

Your brain deserves a little reset
31 Random Bits of Trivia We Poured Into a Sensory Deprivation Tank to Increase Buoyancy

You must be so bombarded with information lately — and we’re fully aware that a batch of random facts is just adding to the pile — so maybe it’s time for a little mind-clearing. We’re no experts in transcendental meditation or anything, but we hear good things. 

As long as the clearing of one’s mind doesn’t permanently erase these facts. It’s not like a factory reset or anything, right? Hmm, maybe we should research things before recommending them all willy nilly. 

Hurricanes

So, space hurricanes exist CRACKED.COM Scientists spotted a swirling mass of plasma hundreds of kilometers above the North Pole. Instead of water, it rained electrons.

The Catholic Church

CRACKED THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAN DIEGO IS FACING 400 LAWSUITS FOR CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE. Some of which date back to 1945, and the diocese estimates it would cost them $550 million to settle all of the cases. The diocese is pretty big -- it covers 8,800 square miles and has over 100 active priests.

AP 

Apollo 13

Astronauts are really into watching space disaster movies on the ISS. They have movie nights on the ISS, and they watch movies on a screen and projector- they love sci-fi and disaster movies set in space, like Apollo 13. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Source: The Naked Scientists

Christopher Columbus

Who stole Columbus' letter from the Vatican? CRACKED.com A copy of a letter Christopher Columbus had written aboard the Nina in 1493, detailing his many exaggerations about the bountiful islands he 'discovered in Southeast Asia, was given to the Vatican and sealed away forever. In 2011 it was discovered the letter in the Vatican's possession was a forgery, and the original was unknowingly purchased by some dude in Georgia in 2004. In fact, most 15th-century copies of this letter, stored in libraries across Europe, had also been stolen and replaced with forgeries.

The Sun

The Sun takes up 99.8% of our solar system's mass. The yellow dwarf star (an average size for a star) is the most significant object in our solar system. Its gravity holds the whole thing together. CRACKED.COM

Source: NASA

Leonardo Da Vinci

No one knows who the Mona Lisa is. one of the most provocative theories is that it is a self portrait of Leonardo da Vinci as a woman. CRACKED COM

Stonehenge

CRACKEDcO COM In 1923, an archeologist found this bottle of port beneath Stonehenge. SInutilal nur Another archeologist had left it in 1802, with a no

Halloween

Hatoween costumES were meant o be scary enough to frighten ghosts. In the ancient Celtic precursor of modern Halloween, people dressed as witches, gho

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