The book 3 SHADES OF BLUE: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool by James Kaplan notes that when Miles Davis moved to New York City at 18, he spent his first few weeks attending classes at Julliard and going to Harlem to see performances at Minton’s Playhouse and the Savoy Ballroom, as well as clubs on 52nd Street.
100 Mind-Blowing Cool Facts
Some fungi create zombies and then control their minds. The tropical fungus Ophiocordyceps infects ants’ central nervous systems. Once it has been in an insect’s body for nine days, it has complete control over the host’s movements. According to National Geographic, it forces the ant to climb trees, then convulse and fall into the cool, moist soil below, where fungi thrive. Once there, the fungus waits until exactly solar noon to force the ant to bite a leaf and wait for death.
The inventor of the tricycle personally delivered two to Queen Victoria. In 1881, Queen Victoria was on a tour on the Isle of Wight when her horse and carriage could not keep up with a woman riding a tricycle. Intrigued by the bike, the queen proceeded to order two. She also asked that the inventor, James Starley, arrive with the delivery. Though you might associate tricycles with toddlers, Queen Victoria made them cool among the elite at the time.
Amy Poehler was only seven years older than Rachel McAdams when she took on the role of “cool mom” in Mean Girls. Rachel was 25 as Regina George – and Amy was 32 as her mum.
The blood of lobsters is colourless. However, when their blood is exposed to oxygen, it becomes a blue colour. This is mainly due to the copper that is found present in the blue hemocyanin molecule in their blood. Now that’s some cool scientific did you know the facts?
Wine spoils when exposed to light. This is why wine bottles are often tinted to protect the quality of the wine. Ideally, despite the dark-tinted bottles, they should still be stored in a cool and dark place like a cellar.
Ice rinks will always go counter-clockwise. This is because the majority of people are right-handed. Those who do not know how to skate will often grab onto the railings on the outermost side of the ring. How’s that for cool did you know the facts?
Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf in his cap to keep it cool. Babe Ruth’s unusual way of keeping cool during games is one for WTF facts: He would take leaves off a head of cabbage and put them in a cooler. From there, he would take one and put it under his cap every two innings.
Sleeping in public is cool in Japan. Sleeping in public is a norm in Japan. You are extremely unlikely to get robbed if you fall asleep in public since it’s already a part of everyone’s culture.
One in 18 people have a third nipple. Caused by a genetic mutation, it’s known as polythelia. It’s cool, though. Just ask Harry Styles and Carrie Underwood!
Dogs sweat through their foot pads to help keep them cool. They also keep cool by panting.
You could survive for a couple of minutes in a leaky spacesuit. Although films such as Total Recall show instant explosions and rapidly puffed-up spacesuits, the effects of being exposed to space are slightly less dramatic. Although it would be unpleasant, you could survive for a couple of minutes. After around 10 seconds, you would lose consciousness. The lower pressure of the vacuum would cause your blood to boil, along with other body fluids (the moisture on your tongue, for example) – but this boiling alone would not be fatal due to the pressure maintained by our blood vessels themselves. Gas bubbles would form in your bodily fluids, causing your body to swell up and bloat. The low humidity of space would cause you to cool down rapidly, and your eyes may freeze over. Within one to two minutes, the lack of oxygen would be deadly. The stress of the situation may make these symptoms worse – you would become oxygen-deprived more quickly. A rapid decompression would cause damage to your lungs, eardrums and sinuses, along with bruising and bleeding from soft tissues.
Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery. This is one of our favourite facts about space, and perhaps the most memorable (if you want to impress your friends next time you’re sharing cool facts. Neptune takes a whopping 165 years to complete one full orbit around the Sun. Since it was discovered in 1846, Neptune only finished its first full post-discovery orbit in 2011. Demoted planet Pluto has yet to match this – it is not even close to completing one full, 248-year orbit since its discovery in 1930.
Babe Ruth put chilled cabbage leaves under his hat to keep him cool while playing baseball.
The Unicorn Is the National Animal of Scotland: Next on the cool facts about the United Kingdom, Scotland’s national animal is a mythical species, which is not surprising given the country’s reputation for loving myths and stories. The unicorn was first used as a national emblem in the twelfth century. Throughout Scotland, unicorns can be seen, frequently adorned with a golden chain. It represents strength, masculinity, purity, and innocence. It was once thought that unicorns were among the strongest creatures. The chain might represent the idea that the Scottish Kings were so strong that they could subdue even unicorns.
Running ChatGPT also implies an environmental cost, as it uses 500 ml of water for every 5 to 50 prompts it answers. This water is used to cool down the supercomputers that generate heat after using its computational power.