Higher intelligence is linked with higher rates of mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, causing the “mad scientist” stereotype to have ground in reality.
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Scientists studied a parrot for 30 years and found he had the intelligence…
Scientists studied a parrot for 30 years and found he had the intelligence of a five-year-old human. He had a vocabulary of 150 words and could ask for a banana. If he was offered a nut instead, he would stare in silence, ask for the banana again, or take the nut and throw it at the researcher.
Cows enjoy solving problems and have been known to jump into…
Cows enjoy solving problems and have been known to jump into the air excitedly when they finally crack a tough one.
Dogs will sometimes fake being sick…
Dogs will sometimes fake being sick to get attention.
A species of Indonesian parrot called Go …
A species of Indonesian parrot called Goffin’s cockatoo can solve complex mechanical puzzles.
Who’s Who in the CIA was a book published in East Berlin during the height of the Cold War…
Who’s Who in the CIA was a book published in East Berlin during the height of the Cold War, probably by the Stasi. Namebase says of this book “nearly impossible to find. It even has a habit of disappearing from U.S. libraries.”
Johnny Cash was the first American to kn …
Johnny Cash was the first American to know of Stalin’s Death.