Interesting Things with JC #467: "1940 Houston Municipal Airport Terminal Building" - A sleek art deco masterpiece!

Interesting Things with JC #466: "The "World's Largest Cowboy Boot Sculpture” is 35 feet, three inches tall. It measures 30 feet long, 9 feet wide, and weighs 10,000 pounds and lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Interesting Things with JC #465: “Calvin Klein” Limited was a startup coat boutique in the York Hotel that opened in 1968 with $10,000. The original Calvin Klein collection was comprised of "young, uncomplicated coats and dresses".

Interesting Things with JC #464: "Dog Farts" - All dogs fart. Flatulence is a typical sign of the digestive system processing food, but excessive flatulence may indicate a poor diet or an underlying health concern in your dog.

Interesting Things with JC #463: "Possible Habitable Super-Earth Discovered" - 105 lightyears away from Earth, scientists have discovered two Super-Earth planets near the star LP 890-9. They believe that one of these two planets could support life.

Delrez L. et al, Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022

Interesting Things with JC #462: "Aztec Medicines" - The Aztecs are famous for their ancient pyramids and chocolate recipes, but their medicines may have been as advanced as drugs used today.

Interesting Things with JC #461: "Where Traditional Kampo Medicines of Japan Came From" - Researchers from Japan and China, led by Professor Toshihiko Matsuo of Okayama University's Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, conducted a thorough review of available Chinese, Japanese, and English literature in order to shed light on a long-standing mystery.

Interesting Things with JC #460: "Scientists Create a Miniature Universe" - A group of physicists utilized a "quantum field simulator" to model an expanding ultracold atom cosmos, in a lab.

Viermann, Celia & Sparn, Marius & Liebster, Nikolas & Hans, Maurus & Kath, Elinor & Parra-López, Álvaro & Tolosa-Simeón, Mireia & Sánchez-Kuntz, Natalia & Haas, Tobias & Strobel, Helmut & Floerchinger, Stefan & Oberthaler, Markus. (2022). Quantum field simulator for dynamics in curved spacetime. Nature. 611. 260-264. 10.1038/s41586-022-05313-9.

Interesting Things #459: "Crystals That Generate Electricity From Heat" - A new study shows that simple changes to a synthetic copper mineral's composition can give it a complex structure and microstructure, laying the groundwork for properties that could change the way industry generates electricity.

#RoyaltyFree #Educational

Interesting Things with JC #458: "Put the Rubber Band in the Fridge" - You’ve seen it. You go to Nan’s house, and the butter tray in the fridge is overflowing with rubber bands, which just will not work well on your biscuit. Why does she put them in there? Let’s find out! (1:07)

Interesting Things with JC #457: "Sneezing Can Break Your Ribs" - You could break a rib if you sneeze too hard!

Interesting Things with JC #456: "Tongue Prints" - Like fingerprints, each person has a unique tongue print. The tongue is an important organ inside the mouth that is well protected from the outside world. It has unique parts that are different for each person, even between identical twins.

Interesting Things with JC #455: "Words ending with MT"

Interesting Things with JC #454: "Crocodile Tongue" - A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

Interesting Things with JC #453: "English - The Language of the Sky" - During international flights, all pilots must introduce themselves in English. Interestingly, all air traffic controllers at foreign airports must be able to speak English with pilots.

Interesting Things with JC #452: "An Illinois-Shaped Cornflake" - In 2008, two sisters from Virginia discovered an Illinois-shaped cornflake and, believe it or not, sold it on eBay for $1,350.

Interesting Things with JC #451: "Vitamin D Deficiency" - Vitamin D's main job is to keep the right amount of calcium and phosphorus in the blood, which is important for keeping bones strong. Experts say that our modern way of life is one of the primary causes of vitamin D deficiency.

Interesting Things with JC #450: “Love Your Lawyer Day" is observed on November 4, which is the first Friday of the month this year.

Interesting Things with JC #449: "International Sandwich Day"—Every year on November 3, the unofficial holiday commemorates the birthday of John Montagu and the naming of the Sandwich!

Interesting Things with JC #448: "Lipids and Brain Inflammation" - Scientists from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego have characterized a class of lipids that appear to have anti-inflammatory properties and decline in the brain with aging. These findings may have implications for neurodegenerative diseases.