Murder rates rise in summer. Ever feel angry or in a bad mood when the weather is hot? Well, you’re not alone. Violent crime goes up in hotter weather, and in the US, murder rates reportedly rose by 2.7 per cent over the summer.
100 Mind-Blowing Reportedly Facts
At Harvard University, there is a book made with human skin. One of the WTF facts that’ll make your skin crawl: Since the 1930s, Des destinees de l’ame (Destinies of the Soul) has been housed at Harvard’s Houghton Library. The author, Arsene Houssaye reportedly gave the book to his friend, Dr. Ludovic Bouland, in the mid-1880s. Dr. Bouland allegedly bound the book with skin from an unclaimed female patient who died of natural causes.
A single strand of spider silk is thinner than human hair but also five times stronger than steel of the same width. A rope just 2 inches thick could reportedly stop a Boeing 747.
A group of monkeys in Delhi, India reportedly attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with several coronavirus blood samples. The monkeys were later spotted in a tree chewing one of the sample collection kits.
The Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who lived in the 1700s, reportedly invented the sandwich so he wouldn’t have to leave his gambling table to eat.
Wrestler president. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was a skilled wrestler and reportedly won 300 bouts and had only one known defeat.
Coins Didn’t Always Say “In God We Trust”: The original American penny, reportedly designed by Benjamin Franklin, features a motto he popularized, “Mind Your Business.” The message wasn’t telling people not to be nosy. Instead, it was meant as a literal instruction about business and commerce, to keep focused on your livelihood.
The GPT-3 AI model reportedly cost OpenAI $12 million for a single training run. Training GPT-4 cost $100 million.
After the launch of ChatGPT, OpenAI was valued at $29 billion. Now, OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions to raise a new round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion.