Curious Stuff

Ask ten people what the most remote place on Earth is and you’ll probably get the same answer: some tiny island in the middle of the Pacific. Fair guess. Wrong answer. Or at least not the whole answer.

Humanity has climbed Everest, crossed oceans and landed on the Moon. But somehow, we’ve also spent decades growing fingernails longer than a school bus, collecting thousands of rubber ducks and organizing giant pillow fights.

Have you ever started yawning simply because someone else did? If so, congratulations: your brain is behaving exactly like millions of other brains around the world.