Bright Side

So, your entrance door has a reliable modern lock, right? After all, you care about your safety! But do you lock your gadgets similarly well? Remember that just one password mishap can result in dishonest people getting access to all your accounts!

Yup, you should realize that if one of your accounts is breached, it's just a matter of time until other accounts protected by the same password will be broken into as well. With the same password for a dozen apps and sites, you'll have to change passwords for all of them if one of your accounts gets exposed. Otherwise, you just need to change one! And here's the list of other things to pay attention to.

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Have you ever wondered why didn't the Titanic just hit the brakes as you would do with the car? Well, of course, because ships don’t have brakes! But why?

The first thing that comes to mind is that ships move in water – duh! – how do you even brake in water? But then you need to remember that even airplanes have something similar to brakes, and they work to slow down a plane in the air! It seems like it’s not that simple, after all.

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If you make a snowball and try to set it on fire, the thing won't melt. The snow will first turn black. Then it'll start to vanish – but you'll get no water. So where's the water gone? Why doesn't snow melt under fire? And why does the snow turn black over the flame? The answer's surprisingly simple!

It's another round of cool random facts from Bright Side! Like why some eggs are pointier than others? Or what happens to a star when a black hole eats it? How about this one: how many skyscrapers could you stack in the Mariana Trench?

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The most enthusiastic travelers spend, on average, 88 nights in hotels every year, according to statistics. And hotels around the world do their best to make their rooms a home away from home for their guests. However, many people don’t realize that paying for a hotel room doesn’t mean using it without taking extra care. We made a list of certain rules that everyone should follow before checking out from a hotel.

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Nature is an author with an incredibly good imagination. Besides amazing animals and plants, it hasn’t forgotten about humans and gives them really unique body features. For example, the Bajau people who live in the waters around the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia have evolved spleens that are way larger than average. Thanks to this rare mutation, they can stay underwater for up to 13 minutes!

Another mutation allows people to get away with just a few hours of sleep a night and still feel great! Such short-sleepers don't feel tired, and they never sleep in. Only up to 5% of people have this feature. One in every 500 people has an extra rib called cervical. The average human has two dozens ribs, 12 on each side of the body. But those "lucky" ones can have 25 or even 26. Interested? These facts prove that nature is one of the best creators, that definitely thinks outside the box.

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There's a lot your pet's name says about you. If you choose a human name, you're most like to treat your furry friend like a member of the family, not just a pet. How about original names like 'Pixel'? Or historical names like 'Napoleon'? Let's see what your pet's name choice reveals about your personality!

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What would happen if all of the ocean water became clear so we could see through it? Well, when the water in all the oceans becomes transparent, the world will change forever. In a few years, people will discover thousands of new sea creatures that were previously unknown. Simultaneously, the planet will lose hundreds of thousands of fish and mammal species, too. The cycle of life on Earth will be interrupted, and humanity will face natural disasters and famine.

The beginning will be incredible. Imagine you're sailing on an expensive liner somewhere in the Atlantic ocean. Suddenly, you hear screams. All the shocked passengers come to the edge of the deck and watch an incredible picture. The ship seems to be floating high in the sky. Under it, the water is completely transparent. You see volcanic sea mountains and coral reefs of different colors and shades. The bottom is thousands of feet from the surface, so it feels like the ship is floating high above the ground. Only the fish swimming in this "sky" let us know that the boat is still on the water...

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Do you love incredible stories of animals saving human lives? Well, then this one will definitely amaze you. In the fall of 1924, Curtis Welch, the only doctor of the port town of Nome in Alaska, raised the alarm: there was too little of the cure for a sudden illness striking the town. Dr. Welch ordered an additional batch and was hoping to receive it before winter because otherwise the town would be locked out by ice for 8 months. But the ship with the cure didn’t make it in time, and the town had no choice but to wait until spring.

There were no signs of an outbreak in Nome, but Dr. Welch was still beside himself for some reason. In December, he took in several patients with a sore throat, and although he ruled out the illness, his suspicions grew with every passing day. Until finally, in January 1925, they turned out to be correct: he officially diagnosed the first case. Nome was home to about 2,000 people, but 10,000 more lived in the surrounding area, all at risk of contracting the illness. Over a million units of the cure were found across the country and shipped to Alaska. But the real challenge was to get them to Nome itself...

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Nowadays everyone can travel right from their couch! All you need is a perfect video that takes you on a tour around a remote and fascinating country you've always wanted to visit - like Japan! It's a country that attracts so many tourists and not without a reason: there're so many things in Japan that can surprise even the most experienced traveller.

For example, did you know that the Japanese grow square watermelons! Exactly: not round but square. By the way, their love for square things is so big that they even trim their dogs in form of cubes too! Isn't it amazing?

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If money makes the world go ‘round, then it also makes my head spin. I used to be financially clueless – burning through paychecks before the bills were even paid. But now that I’ve been living in Sweden for a few years, here’s what I’ve learned from the locals.

Budgeting and spending smart are a top priority here, sitting down and drawing up a detailed plan of where your money is going is key, finances are a personal subject that’s not often shared, both conversationally and literally! If you’re looking to borrow a few bucks from a friend because you blew your whole paycheck on the latest smartphone… Nope, Sweden isn’t the country for you.

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