Painters use brighter colours if they've lived through a heat wave, or the art supplies place has them in the clearance sale.

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In the US, ground pepper can contain up to 475 insect fragments per 50 grammes. Any more than this and it is sold as “A secret blend of herbs and spices.”

#USA #food #regulation #hygiene #safety #pepper #groundpepper #QI #notQI

When people can't see their skin, they are very bad at knowing if they have goosebumps or not. Though it’s of little concern now they have a working invisibility serum.

#skin #goosebumps #research #QI #notQI

Your hands are heavier than you think they are. No, even heavier than that. No, more. Heavier. Heavier. Keep trying. No, much heavier. C’mon. Heavier still. Uh, look, we’ll just leave you to it.

#anatomy #body #hands #measurement #facts #QI #notQI

Before cane sugar was introduced to Europe, food was often sweetened with bees.

#food #sugar #sweetener #european #cuisine #QI #notQI

Every day, about three hundred million Americans believe they are cleverer than they are.

#USA #America #confidence #QI #notQI

There is a gene associated specifically with falling for the schoolyard trick, “smell my cheese”.

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Word of the Day: ABULIA - an inability to spell indecisive.

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In 1907, an American magazine suggested that drinking beer was a good way to get drunk.

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Word of the Day: CREPITUS - the medical term for an addiction to pancakes.

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