Interesting Facts - Page 20

The "hedonic treadmill" is the tendency of humans to quickly adjust to either good or bad news. It's the reason why winning the lotto won't make you happy.

A palindrome is a word or phrase that is spelled the same forward or backwards. For example: "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama".

China had a monopoly on the production of silk until the 6th century, when Christian monks smuggled silkworms out of China and into the Byzantine Empire.

According to playwright Anton Chekov, if a gun is introduced into a story, it must be fired at some point in the story.

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André the Giant was a legendary drinker who was supposedly able to down as many as 156 beers in a single session.

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Level 89

Oct 5, 2018

#100 But did he ever party with Judge Kavanaugh?

Level 64

Oct 31, 2018

And was there a triangle involved........

Level 89

Oct 5, 2019

My Dinner With Andre the Giant.

Level 60

Sep 19, 2021

*goes broke after paying the bill*

Level 76

Nov 6, 2018

#100 but did he ever try a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster?

Level 35

Nov 26, 2018

#97 - How are "A man" , Panama palindromes? I thought they were meant to spell the same forwards they do backwards like racecar?

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Level 9

Dec 11, 2018

The whole sentence is a palindrome of itself, if you read it backwards

Level 66

Feb 15, 2019

Evidently spelling and punctuation do not have to be the same forwards and backwards for it to count as a palindrome either. The first palindrome sentence I ever learned was "madam, I'm Adam." The only one I know where the spelling and punctuation ARE the same both ways is "Rats live on no evil star."

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Level 59

Mar 6, 2019

Spelling’s pretty important. That’s kinda what makes it a palindrome.

Level 60

Jul 27, 2023

I think they meant spacing.

Level 75

Nov 25, 2019

Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is? Is palindromic by words

Level 63

Apr 3, 2020

There's no period at the start of that palindrome, kenpo17.

Level 65

Dec 16, 2020

Punctuation doesn't matter in palindromes

Level 60

Jul 27, 2023

kenpo17 was saying that the punctuation is the same in ".rats live on no evil staR" though.

Level 51

Feb 17, 2021

yeah

Level 57

Mar 11, 2021

it's a joke lol

Level 51

Jan 7, 2020

It's actually Chekhov not Chekov. Google, thank you for telling me that.

Level 77

Mar 2, 2020

I second that

Level 60

Jul 27, 2023

I third that

Level 71

Aug 31, 2020

98: Is that Christian Monks an ancestor of John Clark Monks (1760–1827), English sea captain also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman

Level 45

May 13, 2021

It means monks as in the ones at a church. You are crazy!

Level 71

Aug 16, 2021

Caught 1

Level 60

May 25, 2021

Is the palindrome really that interesting?

Level 84

Nov 1, 2021

No. Far more interesting is that an emordnilap is a word or sentence that spells a different word or sentence backwards, like "dog food lid".

Level 59

Jan 7, 2022

DON’T SPELL DOG FOOD LID BACKWARDS

WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE

Level 43

Oct 11, 2022

Bruh

Level 84

Nov 1, 2021

And if you must use a geographical palindrome as an example, I prefer "As I pee, sir, I see Pisa."

Level 66

Mar 23, 2023

no but its a good one

Level 66

Sep 21, 2023

Yes, considering the sentence is historically true.

Level 41

Sep 1, 2021

For 100, define: "beers". Is that cans, bottles, pints...? Rest assured, I'm impressed. If they were American beers, then I'm horrified, because in Andre the Giant's lifetime, American beer was awful. Pleased to say that it's much better now.

Level 85

Feb 13, 2022

99: According to Wikipedia, there are two loaded firearms in Chekhov's own play "The Cherry Orchard" that are not fired.

Level 82

May 17, 2022

There are other reasons why winning the lottery won't make you happy...

1. people who play the lottery typically are not very smart or educated, and are obviously poor money managers (buying lottery tickets being just about the worst way to spend ones money). This leads to all sorts of problems when they have a giant influx of cash, and that cash typically doesn't last as long as the problems it creates do.

2. friends and family trying to hit you up for money constantly; the resultant destruction and loss of personal relationships.

3. most people are not good at gaging what will or will not make them happy, leading to inefficient or even counter-productive use of the resources which could potentially make them happier.

4. they become the target of scam-artists, con-men, and other predators and ne'er-do-wells

5. happiness derived from wealth is often relative. If you stay in the trailer park you'll have more than your neighbors. Move to Malibu and you won't.