South American river turtles talk in their eggs. Turtles don’t have vocal cords, and their ears are internal, so scientists believed that turtles were deaf and didn’t communicate through sounds. However, research has found that turtles communicate at an extremely low frequency that sounds like “clicks, clucks, and hoots” that can only be heard through a hydrophone (a microphone used underwater). These sounds even come from the egg before the turtle hatches. Researchers hypothesize that this helps all the turtle siblings hatch at once.
100 Mind-Blowing Internal Facts
Some sea cucumbers fight with their guts (literally). When threatened, they’ll shoot out their internal organs, which are poisonous to predators. They’ll sometimes get rid of their entire digestive systems—but the organs grow back.
DreamWorks Studios was created by a former Disney employee. Jeffrey Katzenberg produced some of Disney’s biggest hits, namely: The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. With the success of these classics, he requested a promotion. However, due to internal conflicts, he got fired, instead. It was then that he founded DreamWorks Studios with other familiar film personalities, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen.
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos once made parents panic. One of the interesting facts about your favourite snack: When a kid eats too Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the chemicals turn their stool red. Medically speaking, red stool indicates serious intestinal problems, possibly internal bleeding. You can imagine why the parents reacted like that.
Detroit undercover cops once fought another group of undercover cops. In an undercover drug ring bust, a group of undercover cops posing as members fought with another group of undercover cops posing as members in 2017. In the end, internal affairs had to be contacted to investigate both groups.
Self-mummification. A 1,000-year-old Chinese Buddha statue was taken to a Dutch hospital for a CT scan in 2017. The scan revealed a mummified monk inside the golden figure with its internal organs missing. The monk was believed to have self-mummified before being encased in the statue.
Individual people can experience time differently, too. You’ve probably noticed how time seems to speed up when you’re racing against a deadline or having fun, and how it tends to drag when you’re bored. This is because when you’re focused on something, like a big work project or a party, your brain pays less attention to how time passes. But when you’re bored, or your brain is less stimulated, you become more aware of the passing of time, making it feel slower. One study proposed that dopamine—the neurotransmitter and hormone that helps us feel happy—may be an additional culprit. It showed that increased dopamine production, which happens when you’re enjoying something, may slow down your body’s internal clock, making time feel like it’s flying by.
19 per cent of data breaches involve internal actors. (Verizon)
Attacks involving compromised passwords cost SMBs around $384,598 per attack (Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security): According to a report by the Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security, 68% of SMBs worldwide say their employees’ passwords were lost or stolen in 2019. Additionally, 68% also said employees using weak passwords was one of the biggest causes of hacking issues. Attacks involving compromised passwords cost around $384,598 per attack. Unfortunately, only 48% of companies require employees to use strong or unique passwords, and 55% of brands say they don’t have employee password usage policies. Only 38% of SMBs stop employees from using the same password on all internal systems.
Hacking attacks increased significantly during 2020 (Iomart): According to studies from Iomart, the number of cyberattacks, hacking, and their resulting costs have increased significantly during 2020. The number of breaches increased by around 273% during the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same period in the year before. Not only has the number of attacks increased, but the severity of the hacks is higher too. According to Japanese brand, Honda in June, a hacking attack hitting internal production systems cost the company around $250,000 in bitcoin.