Bright Side

You've been celebrating Birthday since you were born and you can definitely say how old you are in about a second, right? But how old would you be on Mars and other planets of our Solar System? A year on Mars is almost twice as long as that on Earth. Let's see on which planet you'll age the slowest and the fastest!

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Gold is a precious metal and has a high economic value. Everyone wants a piece of gold! But what if this rare metal starts appearing everywhere? Let's imagine you could turn objects into gold ones. Your phone, car, trees - all made of gold. What next? Spoiler: our planet might not survive then...

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Feeling sleepy and lazy... why do people say they're tired all the time? About one third of teens and adults have low energy even if they had enough sleep. Let's find out why many people feel exhausted all the time and how to fix it? Spoiler: one of the reasons might be in the food you eat.

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Look up... space is full of objects you have no idea about! One of them is an interstellar object passing right in the Earth's backyard. It's the fist such visitor in our Solar System. It's the size of a spacecraft and flew really close to Planet Earth. Let's take a closer look at it and find out how it ended up so close to us.

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Jerry Crew has been working for the Wallace Brothers’ logging company for two years, and this was a perfectly normal day for him. It was August 1958 in Northern California. Jerry came to the construction site, where about 30 other crewmembers were already on the job. As he was walking toward his bulldozer, he noticed strange footprints on the ground. Jerry realized that something massive lives in these woods… So, is Bigfoot real?

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You’d never know it, but the way you charge your phone can be crucial for not only your electricity bills and safety, but also the lifespan of its battery. The phone batteries used today are based on a precise number of charge cycles and to make them last longer, it is advised to never charge them to 100% or drain them to 0%.

If, for some reason, you wanna discontinue your phone use for some time, charge it to 50% and turn it off. This percentage is said to be the healthiest for a lithium-ion battery. With this level of charge, you can store it for months with the least possible damage to your gadget. And don’t forget to turn it on every once in a while and top off the battery. But there are also other tips about the right way to charge your phone, so you can use it in the best way possible and avoid any dangers.

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If you’ve ever spent pointless hours trying to get to sleep, chances are you’ve been part of the 30% of the population has dealt with secondary insomnia. The good news is that next time you can fix it in seconds. This type of insomnia is usually the effect of anxiety which keeps you up thinking about things that worry you and making it difficult to relax and fall asleep. As long as you can manage to relax, you’ll be able to fall asleep in no time.

We've prepared a list of the fastest methods you can use to relax and fall asleep, so that next time, falling asleep is the least of your worries. For example, some people claim white noise helps them fall asleep faster and sleep better. It’s odd that a combination of audible frequencies might help you sleep, but it works wonders for some! Also, a study showed that eating breakfast for dinner was really helpful for those who want to fall asleep faster. So, wanna boost your productivity with better sleep? Check this out.

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Her paintings have a distinctive one-of-a-kind style. Her unibrow has become iconic. If you’ve seen her once, you’ll never confuse her with anyone else. Frida Kahlo was an extremely strong woman whose brilliant works of art were inspired by her own life-long challenges and suffering.

It seems like there was a veil of mystery around Frida ever since she was born. Even though her birth year was 1907, she changed it to 1910. And, she didn’t do it to be 3 years younger, but to have a connection to the Mexican Revolution that started in 1910 and lasted up until 1920.

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Imagine you woke up one day to find out that you’re a multi-millionaire. What’s the first thing you’d do? Maybe buy your dream house? Or a superfast car? Possibly a yacht? But you see, not everyone has the same impulses.

One janitor managed to prove everyone wrong with his intelligence and investments. By the time he was 92 years old, he was worth 8 million, and he’d achieved it all by himself. His story, however, is rather unusual.

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If you often travel for pleasure or business, you spend a good deal of time at hotels. Hotel rooms are supposed to be the epitome of cleanliness! At least you hope so. But in fact, the objects you’d never think could be dirty are the biggest sources of germs.

Hotel staff are required to disinfect the obvious stuff in the bathroom like the toilet and sink, but more obscure items get cleaned less often. The hairdryer, the carpet, lamp switches and TV remotes are only some of the objects on the list. Let’s see what else you should try to avoid touching in a hotel room.

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