Huh, Apparently 
Your phone can go from comfortably charged to desperately hunting for a socket surprisingly quickly on a freezing day. The strange part? Some of that missing battery may still be there.
Fresh pineapple is sweet, juicy, refreshing — and occasionally feels as though it is trying to dissolve your tongue. There is actually some fascinating chemistry behind that familiar tingle.
Sometimes you can walk outside, sniff the air, and announce that rain is coming before a single drop has fallen. Surprisingly, your nose may genuinely know something.
A flamingo balancing on one absurdly thin leg looks as though it should be putting in serious effort. Research suggests almost the opposite may be true.
The Red Lion. The White Hart. The King’s Head. The Drunken Duck. British pub names can look completely random, but many are fragments of history hiding above the front door.
A chilli pepper doesn’t need to burn you to produce a convincing sensation of heat. It simply activates some of the same nerve receptors used to detect the real thing.
For some people, morning coffee comes with a remarkably reliable second appointment. Research suggests the effect is real — and caffeine only explains part of it.
An onion doesn’t contain a little bottle of eye-stinging gas waiting to escape. You create it when you cut into the onion and break its cells apart.
Humans have been yawning since before they were born, yet science still cannot completely agree on why. Contagious yawning makes things even stranger.
If hearing your own recorded voice makes you wonder who that strange person is, you’re not imagining it. You normally hear yourself in a way nobody else can.