40 Random Bits of Science and Tech Trivia to Make You the Belle of the Ball at Space Camp

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40 Random Bits of Science and Tech Trivia to Make You the Belle of the Ball at Space Camp

The First Instant Replay

The first instant replay 1963 CRACKED.COM The technology was ready just in time for the big Army-Navy game... at John F. Kennedy Stadium!

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MIT’s Pirate Certificate

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a pirate certificate. MASSACHVSETTS INSTITVTE OF TECHNOLOGY CRACKED COM This honor is achieved by students who complete the archery, sailing, fencing, and pistol or rifle shooting courses. The department frequently holds pirate in- duction days.

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Phantom Vibration Syndrome

THERE IS AN OFFICIAL NAME FOR WHEN YOU THINK YOU FEEL YOUR PHONE VIBRATING IN YOUR POCKET. SAMSUNG CRACKED COM Phantom Vibration Syndrome is the name for when someone thinks their phone is vibrating, but it isn't. The name might be new, but these kinds of phantom twitches happen regularly, it's only now that we have a device that is always with us to blame them on.

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Astronaut Ice Cream

FREEZE DRYING TECHNOLOGY During planning for the Apollo missions, NASA developed freeze drying which allows food to maintain nutrients with less weigh
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Firefighting Equipment

FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT SUIUGNTI The technology and material made for spacesuits have been used for firefighters' suits. CRACKED COM
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Artificial Limbs

ARTIFICIALLIMBS NASA'S shock absorbtion and robotic technology are used to develop prostheses. CRACKED COM
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Heterosexuality

The original meaning of heterosexuality was a desire for kinky, straight sex. Patta memorogy ing technology science piled technology. materials, knocked produce techniques body needs: goods technology Science and tech. any meth. tools method. particular technology and techniques process. indus- to research American) develop fusion officer sions In the 1901 Dorland's Medical Dictionary, the definition was just this: abnormal or perverted appetite toward the opposite sex. CRACKED.COM

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Neanderthal Intelligence

NEANDERTHALS WERE NOT DIM-WITTED. They were capable of complex thought, communication, and sophisticated technology. And they bred with modern humans. CRACKED.COM

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The Jeff Daniels Spider

A newly discovered tarantula-killing worm was named after Jeff Daniels The parasite Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi (named for Daniels' role in Arachnophobia) was discovered after a wholesale tarantula breeder was worried about an infection affecting his tarantulas. CRACKED.COM

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Hermit Crabs

Discarded tires are killing hermit crabs Tires that end up on the ocean floor become traps for hermit crabs, without a way for them to get out. CRACKED.COM

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Chips

CRACKEDCOMT CHIPS TRICK YOUR BRAIN SO YOU CAN KEEP EATING WITHOUT FEELING FULL. The brain fights overeating by making each bite of the same food succe

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson's daughter was So surrounded by the scientific mindset that she used the scientific method to test iF the tooth Fairy was real. Sh

Pants Fabric

A study shows a connection between pants fabric and sex drive. The study was conducted by Ahmed Shafik and examined the sex drives of mice when wearin

Management Training

According to a nationwide study by Career Builder, 58% of managers involved in the study said that they did not receive any management training prior to becoming managers. CRACKED.COM

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The Power of the Middle Initial

CRACKEDGO COM Want people to think you're smarter? Use your middle initial. A study in the European Journalof Social Psychology found that individuals

Universal Basic Income

A BIG STUDY FOUND UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME DOESN'T MAKE PEOPLE WORK LESS. A Finnish study gave 2,000 unemployed people €560 a month for two years (even if they got a job), and compared how they did with how people on unemployment did. The people on UBI had better mental health, confidence, and finances, and weren't less likely to look for work. CRACKED.COM

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