Humans stink more than other animals.

And mosquitoes love us for it! According to a paper in the journal Trends in Parasitology humans unique smell especially attracts at least 2 different species of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are attracted to us because of the large number of volatile organic chemicals that we produce: carbon dioxide, lactic acid, ammonia, and carboxylic acids. We produce significantly higher amounts of carboxylic acids than other acids. Even when compared to our closest cousins, the apes, our skin produces a lot more oil. The glands that produce these chemicals become more infected with bacteria as we get older approach puberty. These bacteria can turn the nonvolatile chemicals that we produce naturally into volatile chemicals that give off a pungent smell and attract mosquitoes. Thus, as our body odor gets stronger as we mature, we begin to attract more mosquitoes. Also, while men appear to sweat more, the difference between men and women is mostly water. Adult men and women produce the same amount of these bad-smelling chemicals.

The greatest known age difference in a marriage is 83 years.

In November 2006, the Malaysian newspaper the Straits Times reported that 105-year-old Sudar Marto had married 22-year-old Ely Maryulianti Rahmat in September of that year! At the time, Marto was still married to his 69-year-old wife. However, the wife welcomed Ely into their marriage because she was bedridden and appreciated the care Ely could provide for both she and her husband.

Queen Elizabeth I only bathed once a month.

In fact, she said that she bathed once a month "whether I need it or no". However, in sixteenth century England this was far more frequently than most people bathed. The vast majority of commoners washed up very rarely. This was due both to a widespread fear of catching the Black Plague in public baths and to a general shortage of wood for heating water throughout most of Europe at the time. The Las Vegas Strip is the brightest place on Earth when looked at from space.

Albert Einsteins brain was stolen after he died.

The man who performed the autopsy on Einsteins body shortly after he died was a Princeton pathologist by the name of Thomas Harvey. Harvey removed the brain for examination, as is customary during autopsies, but he never replaced it. At the cost of his job and reputation, Harvey instead placed it in a jar of formaldehyde and took it home! Over the next 40 years, he sent bits of the brain to leading neuroscientists for them to study. He felt that stealing the brain was his scientific duty! What is left of the brain now resides back at Princeton where it started - Harvey tried to return it to Einsteins daughter at one point, but she didnt want it, so he gave it back to the university.

In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
The cameras had special lenses that use infrared light (IR) to see through some types of clothing. It primarily works on dark colored, thin clothing - like swimsuits. The main factor is how well the fabric absorbs IR light waves. It's not for regular digicams, but rather for camcorders with a IR night vision mode, and the resolution is low. Sony recalled the camcorders when they found out about this, but the night vision camcorders that they subsequently released can still be modified to give back the see-through-clothing functionality. A lot of people have abused this technology for nefarious purposes.

Apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas is legally blind!

The 36-year-old entertainer was originally born Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. in the Philippines and has been a part of the group since he began rapping with bandmate will.i.am in eighth grade. However, since that time Apl has been deemed legally blind and diagnosed with a rare condition called nystagmus. This disease makes his eyes move involuntarily, which is obviously less than ideal for extensive touring and stage performance. Apl claims that he has found ways to manage the ailment, however, saying, I doubted myself for a long time. Im comfortable not using my vision. I weave around my problems. Unfortunately, his disease does not explain why the Super Bowl halftime performance by the other three members of the group was just as static and lifeless.

Snails have teeth! Some snails have thousands of them.

Unlike our teeth, snails have teeth growing on their tongues! Their tongues, known as radulas, have rows of tiny teeth. While nearly all snails have radulas, they vary on the number of teeth.

Some snails only have a few, but others have thousands. Snails dont use their teeth the way we do either. They cant chew. Instead, they stick out their radulas to grind away at their food with the teeth. This process wears out their teeth, so they have to grow new ones.