More people now live alone than at any other time in recorded history
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- The New York Knicks are officially the NBA Champions for the first time in 53 years
- If everyone in the world lived as densely as the residents of Manhattan, the entire population could fit within New Zealand
- It takes an average of 66 days to form a new habit
- There’s a psychological difference between playing video games to relax and playing to win A study of over 13,000 gamers found that competitive, win-focused play is linked to increased anxiety — while playing for fun/to relieve stress was tied to greater emotional well-being
- The average NBA player has a wingspan-to-height ratio that actually exceeds the diagnostic threshold for Marfan syndrome A genetic condition that causes disproportionately long limbs
- Roughly every 100 years, the day gets about 1.4 milliseconds longer
- There are more than 1,400 different kinds of bats in the world None of them are blind
- Today is National Best Friends Day
- Having an orgasm excites your brain in the same way as doing drugs or listening to your favorite music
- The average Twitter user has about ≈700 followers
- If Earth suddenly stopped spinning, the atmosphere would still be in motion with the Earth’s original 1100 mile per hour rotation speed at the equator Wind and tsunamis would destroy everything almost instantly
- History repeats itself but never identically