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Albert Einstein once said his 2nd-best idea (after the theory of relativity) was soft-boiling an egg at the same time as he was cooking his soup, so he could get two meals and only have to wash one pot.

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If you’re trying to tell the difference between a fossil and a rock, give it a lick.

Because it’s so porous, bone becomes slightly sticky when wet- so if your tongue sticks to the specimen, there’s a good chance it’s a fossil.

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When John and Theodore Copsey helped build California’s Lower Lake Stone Jail in 1876, they didn’t expect they’d become the first people to ever be jailed there- but that’s exactly what happened after they celebrated their finished project a little too much at the local saloon.

After remembering they’d forgotten to secure the roof, they also became the first people to ever escape from it.

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Neurotic people live longer.

Studies show those who are often stressed, get irritated easily, and worry about things tend to have longer life spans than people who are more laid back.

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In 1998, Bill Morgan died, came back to life, and won the lottery twice. A car wreck had left him clinically dead for 14 minutes before he was revived into a 12- day coma. Within a year, he recovered, got engaged, and won a $17k car on a scratch card.

When he was interviewed by a news station, they gave him a new scratch card, asked him to re-enact how he won the car, and he ended up winning $250k right then, live and on camera.

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In 1926, Poland sent the US a birthday card with over 5 million signatures.

Polish citizen Leopold Kotnowski visited the White House to present the card for America’s 150th birthday. It has 30,000 pages full of art, photos, poems and pressed flowers. Volumes 14-110 were digitized by the Library of Congress, and some are available online.

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The Central Branch of the public library in Kansas City, Missouri, has a parking garage that’s designed to look like a giant bookshelf.

The “shelf” displays 42 book titles, which were suggested by locals and voted upon by the library’s Board of Trustees.

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November 30 is Stay Home Because You’re Well Day. The holiday was created to encourage everyone to “call in well” (instead of faking illness) and just take a moment to slow down and enjoy life. Source