Science You Don't Learn in School
This animal can survive in space and is often called a "water bear."
Tardigrade
This "lost" city has been sought by explorers for centuries, supposedly sunk under the sea.
Atlantis
This U.S. state has more coastline than all the others combined.
Alaska
This fruit holds the record for the world’s smelliest.
Durian
This unusual sport involves carrying your wife through an obstacle course—originated in Finland.
Wife-carrying
This phenomenon allows certain metals to levitate over magnets when supercooled.
Quantum locking (or the Meissner effect)
This viral 1938 broadcast convinced listeners that aliens were invading Earth.
War of the Worlds by Orson Welles
This country has no rivers, lakes, or natural surface water at all.
Saudi Arabia
The world’s longest hiccuping spell lasted this many years.
68 years
This official law in Switzerland bans only one of these pets because they get lonely.
Guinea pig
This type of particle can pass through the Earth almost undisturbed.
Neutrino
This large reptilian creature was "photographed" in Scotland in 1934—later revealed as a hoax.
Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
This village in Norway experiences total darkness for nearly 6 months each year.
Longyearbyen
This human body part has the highest number of bones.
Hand
This real creature looks exactly like a walking leaf and uses it as camouflage.
a leaf insect (Phylliidae)
This field studies how physical environments impact psychological well-being, especially in urban design.
Environmental psychology
In the 1970s, this company was accused of implanting subliminal Satanic messages in their vinyl records.
Led Zeppelin (backmasking in Stairway to Heaven)
This African country has a city completely surrounded by another country.
Lesotho (surrounded by South Africa)
This is the only letter not used in any U.S. state name.
Q
This U.S. town had a mayor who is a cat, re-elected multiple times.
Talkeetna, Alaska? (Mayor Stubbs the cat)
This theoretical particle explains why objects have mass but was only proven in 2012.
Higgs boson
This 1976 book claimed a mysterious planet, Nibiru, would collide with Earth—sparking modern apocalypse theories.
The Twelfth Planet by Zecharia Sitchin
This town on the French-Spanish border is run jointly by both countries.
Llívia
The Guinness record for longest solo video game session is over this many hours.
135 hours
In 1978, this country elected a foot powder commercial character as an actual mayor.
Ecuador? (Mayor was "Pulvapies" in a spoof election in Picoazá)