Some amazing random facts
#1 When masculinity was challenged, men reacted with more anger and with an increased endorsement of social dominance over women.
#2 Men who have low levels of testosterone served as a threat to masculinity and led to engagement in more “gender stereotypical behaviors,” like getting into physical fights and anger.
#3 Meanwhile, men who were told they had high testosterone levels were more likely to support gender equality and more likely to engage in stereotypically feminine behaviors, like caretaking or doing housework and don't show aggression easily.
#4 Dogs' sense of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans', but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds.
#5 Human friends may come and go, but a horse could be one of your most loyal, long-term buddies if you treat it right. Horses possess "excellent memories" that able to learn and memorize human words," and can hear the human voice better than even dogs can, due to their particular range of hearing.
#6. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. All the better for them to eavesdrop on your conversations and plot your demise.
#7. people rely on sight, sound and smell when it comes to being attracted to people, and all 3 senses play a vital role in making people attracted to one another.
#8. Attraction is largely due to a androgen steroid called androstadienone.This steroid is emitted through the human axillary region, and it has been linked with human attraction. This is because it’s odorous chemical compound, and people can smell it on each other when they interact with each other.
#9 Women are attracted to different things depending on where they are in their menstrual cycle. Studies show that when a woman is in her most fertile stage, she will prefer men who have more masculine features; deeper voices, more symmetrical faces (an indicator of strong genetics), competitiveness, and victory over other males.
#10. People have over 10,000 subtle facial expressions that can express their emotions. Whats more impressive is that most people can pick up on these subtle changes. We have evolved to be able to recognize emotions via subtle changes in facial expression.
#11 In nature, some plants and single-celled organisms, such as bacteria, produce genetically identical offspring through a process called asexual reproduction. In asexual reproduction, a new individual is generated from a copy of a single cell from the parent organism.
#12. Every 7 years your body completely replaces itself. 25,000,000 of your cells died while you read this sentence. It's okay though, your body made more than 300 billion new ones today. The cells that make up your body are dying and being replaced all the time. This happens so often that about every 7 years you have a completely new body of cells.
#13 Studies have also shown that people who dress well feel better about themselves and are generally happier.
#14 The phrase “dress for success” isn’t just for job interviews. The clothes you wear can affect your mood, and express the way you feel about yourself. Studies have shown that happy women are more likely to dress up, while depressed women are more likely to go out wearing sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt.
#15 Positive body language is easier to fake and control than negative body language. For example, if you are scared or repulsed by something, you may lurch backwards. However, if you want to pretend to be happy or interested in someone, smiling and using open gestures are relatively easier to fake.
#16. The first five—and especially the first three years—of a child’s life are the most important. They shape the brain’s organization, development, and functioning throughout life.
#17. The most common type of developmental delay in children is language and speech problems. Speech refers to verbal expression, such as the way words are formed. Language is more broad and includes expressing and receiving information, such as understanding gestures.
#18 Children who watch more than three hours of television, videos, or DVDs a day have a higher chance of conduct problems, emotional symptoms, and relationship problems by the time they are 7 than children who do not.
#19. Bulls don’t seem to care about what color is being waved in front of them. It turns out it’s the motion which triggers the bull to charge, not the color.
#20. Some prisons and psychological institutions in Europe are using pink paint in their interiors to help deal with violent prisoners or patents. Pink is believed to have calming and non aggressive influences on people exposed to the color. It is also believed to lower blood pressure.
#21. Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. However, white shows dirt and is therefore more difficult to keep clean than other colors. Doctors and nurses wear white to imply sterility.
#22. Persistent irritability can be a symptom of depression. If the world, your life, or your loved ones constantly tick you off, the cause might be something that's going on inside of you. That anger can lead to lashing out or withdrawing from those who love you. Neither one will get you what you need.
#23. Chronic pain can be another symptom of depression. At the same time, being in continual discomfort can cause you to become depressed. When you are depressed and in pain, it can be hard to know which came first.
#24. Depression a physical physiological disorder but we don’t know enough about the brain to be precise. That’s why psychology and cognitive science exist, because we can’t precisely fix depression so we have to abstract to higher order concepts. Neuroscience exists, but we are still making headway.
#25. Extrovert guys feel less awkward in new conditions and they are fast to grasp transformation in their life.
#26 Extroverts are often unfairly pegged as overly-talkative or attention-seeking. In reality, they simply gain energy from engaging in social interaction
#27. People who are high in extroversion need social stimulation to feel energized. They gain inspiration and excitement from talking and discussing ideas with other people.
#28. Extroversion clearly has a strong genetic component. Twin studies suggest that genetics contribute somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of the variance between extroversion and introversion.
#29. Xanthophobia is the fear of the colour yellow.
#30. Xenoglossophobia is the fear of foreign languages.
Bonus fact
Mageirocophobia is the fear of having to cook.
#2 Men who have low levels of testosterone served as a threat to masculinity and led to engagement in more “gender stereotypical behaviors,” like getting into physical fights and anger.
#3 Meanwhile, men who were told they had high testosterone levels were more likely to support gender equality and more likely to engage in stereotypically feminine behaviors, like caretaking or doing housework and don't show aggression easily.
#4 Dogs' sense of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans', but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds.
#5 Human friends may come and go, but a horse could be one of your most loyal, long-term buddies if you treat it right. Horses possess "excellent memories" that able to learn and memorize human words," and can hear the human voice better than even dogs can, due to their particular range of hearing.
#6. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. All the better for them to eavesdrop on your conversations and plot your demise.
#7. people rely on sight, sound and smell when it comes to being attracted to people, and all 3 senses play a vital role in making people attracted to one another.
#8. Attraction is largely due to a androgen steroid called androstadienone.This steroid is emitted through the human axillary region, and it has been linked with human attraction. This is because it’s odorous chemical compound, and people can smell it on each other when they interact with each other.
#9 Women are attracted to different things depending on where they are in their menstrual cycle. Studies show that when a woman is in her most fertile stage, she will prefer men who have more masculine features; deeper voices, more symmetrical faces (an indicator of strong genetics), competitiveness, and victory over other males.
#10. People have over 10,000 subtle facial expressions that can express their emotions. Whats more impressive is that most people can pick up on these subtle changes. We have evolved to be able to recognize emotions via subtle changes in facial expression.
#11 In nature, some plants and single-celled organisms, such as bacteria, produce genetically identical offspring through a process called asexual reproduction. In asexual reproduction, a new individual is generated from a copy of a single cell from the parent organism.
#12. Every 7 years your body completely replaces itself. 25,000,000 of your cells died while you read this sentence. It's okay though, your body made more than 300 billion new ones today. The cells that make up your body are dying and being replaced all the time. This happens so often that about every 7 years you have a completely new body of cells.
#13 Studies have also shown that people who dress well feel better about themselves and are generally happier.
#14 The phrase “dress for success” isn’t just for job interviews. The clothes you wear can affect your mood, and express the way you feel about yourself. Studies have shown that happy women are more likely to dress up, while depressed women are more likely to go out wearing sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt.
#15 Positive body language is easier to fake and control than negative body language. For example, if you are scared or repulsed by something, you may lurch backwards. However, if you want to pretend to be happy or interested in someone, smiling and using open gestures are relatively easier to fake.
#16. The first five—and especially the first three years—of a child’s life are the most important. They shape the brain’s organization, development, and functioning throughout life.
#17. The most common type of developmental delay in children is language and speech problems. Speech refers to verbal expression, such as the way words are formed. Language is more broad and includes expressing and receiving information, such as understanding gestures.
#18 Children who watch more than three hours of television, videos, or DVDs a day have a higher chance of conduct problems, emotional symptoms, and relationship problems by the time they are 7 than children who do not.
#19. Bulls don’t seem to care about what color is being waved in front of them. It turns out it’s the motion which triggers the bull to charge, not the color.
#20. Some prisons and psychological institutions in Europe are using pink paint in their interiors to help deal with violent prisoners or patents. Pink is believed to have calming and non aggressive influences on people exposed to the color. It is also believed to lower blood pressure.
#21. Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. However, white shows dirt and is therefore more difficult to keep clean than other colors. Doctors and nurses wear white to imply sterility.
#22. Persistent irritability can be a symptom of depression. If the world, your life, or your loved ones constantly tick you off, the cause might be something that's going on inside of you. That anger can lead to lashing out or withdrawing from those who love you. Neither one will get you what you need.
#23. Chronic pain can be another symptom of depression. At the same time, being in continual discomfort can cause you to become depressed. When you are depressed and in pain, it can be hard to know which came first.
#24. Depression a physical physiological disorder but we don’t know enough about the brain to be precise. That’s why psychology and cognitive science exist, because we can’t precisely fix depression so we have to abstract to higher order concepts. Neuroscience exists, but we are still making headway.
#25. Extrovert guys feel less awkward in new conditions and they are fast to grasp transformation in their life.
#26 Extroverts are often unfairly pegged as overly-talkative or attention-seeking. In reality, they simply gain energy from engaging in social interaction
#27. People who are high in extroversion need social stimulation to feel energized. They gain inspiration and excitement from talking and discussing ideas with other people.
#28. Extroversion clearly has a strong genetic component. Twin studies suggest that genetics contribute somewhere between 40 and 60 percent of the variance between extroversion and introversion.
#29. Xanthophobia is the fear of the colour yellow.
#30. Xenoglossophobia is the fear of foreign languages.
Bonus fact
Mageirocophobia is the fear of having to cook.
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