Things Your Brain Gets Wrong
True or False: Humans use only 10% of their brains.
False: (10% is a myth, humans use all parts of their brain)
This U.S. state has a town called Truth or Consequences.
What is New Mexico?
In bowling, three strikes in a row are called this.
What is a turkey?
This animal has three hearts.
What is an octopus?
This household item was once considered luxury item and was commonly displayed as a status symbol.
What is a refrigerator?
Which sense is most closely associated with triggering powerful memories?
What is smell?
The town of Hell is located in this U.S. state.
What is Michigan?
The space between your eyebrows has this surprisingly specific anatomical name.
What is the glabella?
This sea creature has blue blood.
What is a horseshoe crab?
In Japan, this square fruit was developed to make it easier to stack and store.
What is a square watermelon?
If you stare at a spinning fan long enough, it may appear to stop or spin backward. This is known as what?
What is the stroboscopic effect?
This remote island is famous for enormous stone heads known as moai.
What is Easter Island?
What is a caret?
This animal is capable of regenerating a lost limb?
What is a starfish?
In Switzerland, you can rent this animal to help you clear weeds from your property.
What is a goat?
True or False: You can sneeze with your eyes open.
True-although it can be difficult.
In this country, you can visit a village where many of the houses have grass growing on their roofs.
What is Iceland?
The technical name for the smell produced when rain falls on dry soil is this.
What is petrichor?
This vegetable was once used as a natural toothbrush in some cultures.
What is a carrot?
There is a annual championship in England where contestants race down a very steep hill chasing this food.
What is cheese?
When two identical lines look like they're different lengths because of the way they're drawn, what are you seeing?
What is an optical illusion?
This place in Jordan contains an ancient city carved directly into rose-colored rock.
What is Petra?
What is the name for the curved line of skin that forms the border between your fingernail and finger?
What is the nail fold?
This famous landmark can become slightly taller during hot weather because its metal expands.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This U.S. state has a town called Why.
What is Arizona?