Satellite Time Travelers....

There are currently 31 GPS satellites in orbit around the earth helping us find our way to grandma's house, to the new trendy bar, and our very own home.  Most people don't realize that those satellites are actually traveling in time, well on a micro level. Time is relevant depending on the closer and farther you get away from a gravitational force. Those orbiting satellites are actually off by 3,000,000,000th of a second every single day do to their distance from the earth and need to be calibrated accordingly to make sure the time is constantly correct. If they weren't constantly reconfigured you would be 6 miles off from your grandmas house.

HEAVY SUNSHINE

Everyone knows Einsteins equation E=mc2 and that Energy= mass times speed of light squared.  Well it's hard to consider that that equation means that light has mass.  If you take into consideration the surface area of the earth being hit by sunlight and the energy of that light from the sun it means that there is 6 pounds of weight pushing on the earth at every single second.

SUPERevolvingMAN

The Superman hero that we are used to today is not the same Superman that first appeared in the comics in the 1930's. The original Superman was never able to fly. He just had the ability to leap over tall buildings as you may remember from the old saying. His powers started to evolve and eventually went from leaping tall buildings to being able to remain in air and eventually accelerate and fly around.  During the 70's and 80's his powers had peaked and writers found it difficult to find challenges for him so they started to diminish his powers.

CHUCK NORRIS... (Need I Say More?)

Chuck Norris is technically not an actor. Those are actually all documentaries of his life. He has also never worn a bullet proof vest because his chest hair repels bullets, water, and red wine stains.

Side note... He has also counted to infinity.... TWICE

372 BILLIIIIIION LEGO BLOCKS AND COUNTING

Legos... undoubtedly the coolest and most inventive toy on the planet. They were invented by a Danish company and called Lego after the Danish words "Leg Godt" which translates to "Play Well". Ironically when they named them Legos they didn't realize that it Lego also means "I Put Together" in Latin. Last year Lego produced 19 BILLION lego blocks. Each year they seem to produce two lego blocks for each one that already exists. Currently there are 62 blocks per person on earth which is enough for everyone to build their own own little Lego house. Or we could all join forces and build 10 towers that stretch to the moon.

Adele... The Tear Jerker

So Adele, and rightfully so, won 6 Grammys this past Sunday and cleaned house with songs that everyone can connect with on some level. But did you know there is a reason why her song "Someone Like You" is so hauntingly beautiful and people can't stop singing and listening to it.

When we listen to music our brains are always trying to predict the next notes and lyrics in a song. Her song "Someone Like You" has a classic example of APPOGGIATURA which in Italian means "To Lean." The term basically means that when you're hearing her sing the word in the chorus "YOU" she dips down and then comes right back up again. Our brains are expecting to hear a nice pleasant continuous note but instead quickly hear that unpleasant dip. It triggers an emotional response and lets the listener connect with her pain. Once she bounces back to the original note we are then brought back to a more pleasant melody we expected to hear.

Plus who hasn't been through a heart ache at least once in their life?

McDonalds, CrackDonalds, FactDonalds

Everyone knows that McDonald's makes a gazillion processed and chemically infused fast food and burgers all over the world. But those fat filled fries and burgers is NOT how the company makes its money. McDonald's corporation is technically a real estate company. Back in it's early stages they company was struggling turning a profit from the franchises and being able to cover the costs of keeping the doors open to its restaurants. Ray Kroc started the Franchise Realty Corp which purchases property and builds the franchise stores. The company then charges an upfront fee from each franchise owner to buy into the company (which it then uses to build more stores) and then charges each store the cost of the mortgage plus 40% (or 5% of all food sales for more successful stores) to each franchise store.

McDonald's as a corporation actually owns some of the most expensive real estate on the planet and combined owns more real estate than any other company on earth.