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Whether you’re into useful tips for self-improvement, psychology, recent discoveries, mysterious stories, or just your day-to-day routine, there’s something for everyone! You can expect all that and more coming at you in five new episodes every day. If you’ve got a thirst for knowledge that never quits, then join our community! We have a good time, so take your shoes off, kick back, and make yourself at home here on the Bright Side of life!

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If You Can Drink Milk, You Have a Rare Body Fea...
If you like to enjoy a big glass of milk every day, then your body is more unique than you thought! Only 30% of people can drink milk, while the other 70% can't digest it. Even more puzzling: your body loses its ability to process milk as you age. So if you used to drink it just fine but milk's giving you problems now, know that you're in the majority! There are plenty of other awesome human body facts to go with that. Like that humans cannot multitask! So if you're struggling to juggle several tasks at once, don't be alarmed, it's just how your brain is wired! What about some rare body features only a tiny percentage of people have? Can you touch your nose with your tongue or breathe in through your nose while talking? There aren't many of such superhumans among us. Find out if you're one of the rarest!
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A Physicist Has Explained Why We've Never Seen ...
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A Mysterious Object Punched a Hole in the Milky...
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255 Nonillion Degrees What Would Happen Next to Us
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101 Facts That Will Make You Rethink Your Life
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30+ Rarest Body Features You Might Have or Not
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What If Millipedes Were the Size of a Car (And ...
Are you afraid of insects? Or maybe you just find them creepy and dislike them? Imagine some of the insects getting bigger than humans! Huge cockroaches, massive spiders and enormous millipedes. What a nightmare... And it turns out, it could be reality in the past. Researchers in England have found fossils of the largest millipede to have ever lived. These giant creatures were the length of a car and likely roamed Earth millions of years ago. But if millipedes used to be that big, could they grow back in size now? Just think about it... What if the world suddenly became invaded by giant insects?
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You're Alive Thanks To This Tiny Bone
Have you ever thought about how many wonderful processes are going on inside your body: how the blood flows, how neurons are formed, what your bones consist of... Your bones are some of the greatest structures in your body. You have over 200 bones in your body. And if you ever wonder what makes you grow, the bones are part of the answer. In this video we're going on a journey inside the bone marrow. We'll find out why it's so important and what it looks like. We'll travel through the skeletal system and visit every tiniest part of it.
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Money Can’t Buy Love - These $1 Gift Ideas CAN
Imagine a friend of yours has Birthday and you only have $1 to get a perfect gift. What could it be? You might say it's impossible to get anything a person might like for $1. But here're 10 last minute gift ideas that you can get for someone important and they'd definitely like it! Get a notebook and get ready to write them down. From fortune cookies to cute stickers and a real pet. Be creative! Even if you have only $1 in your pocket, you can still make a cool present for someone who matters! What's really important is the desire to express your attention, love and care.
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If You Were Octopus, Your Arms Have Mind of The...
The most creative Hollywood minds couldn't think up a sci-fi creature as unusual as the common octopus. They have 9 brains, 3 hearts, blue blood, and no bones! But the real question is: why?
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What If You Showered in Hand Sanitizer Everyday
How do hand sanitizers work? Let’s see what sanitizer normally contains. The first and most important ingredient is alcohol to help tear off that fatty coating any bacteria have. When a germ gets in contact with alcohol, its coat bursts off and it can no longer cause you any harm since it’s not active anymore. To make the sanitizer truly effective, the alcohol should be at least 60%, then it’ll finish off almost all the germs around you. But if water were not available, could hand sanitizers be a good alternative? How about looking to the hypothetical future of the planet Earth? So, the world’s not that different – most things that were so common in the 21st century still exist in the 22nd. Turns out there’s only one major change, and it’s water supply. It all started with field irrigation using energy drinks, and even though it wasn’t a success, they had another idea. Now they want to replace all the water in the supply system with hand sanitizer...
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10-Second Trick to Unlock Your Brain's Secret Mode
How to be more productive? Did you know you only use 10% of your brain? Well sorry, that’s not true. People use almost 100% of it almost all the time. So what’s holding you back? Why can’t we learn languages faster, multiply big numbers in our head or understand Quantum Physics? Maybe, because of all the limitations we humans put on ourselves. Have you ever said to yourself: “I’m not smart enough to solve that math problem” Or “I’m not good enough to get into that college”? As soon as you say those kinds of things, you’re programming yourself to fail. Every single one of us is capable of doing anything we set our mind to. A lot of your limitations are in your head, you don’t really know what you’re capable of. Your brain is like a super computer. It does what you tell it to do.
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25 Insider Tips for Savvy Food Shopping + Other...
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15 Strangest Things Deep Sea Divers Have Found
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12 Random Questions You’ve Probably Googled One...
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12 Amazing Space Facts You Haven't Heard Yet
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10+ Innocent-Looking Animals with Secretly Sava...
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How the Internet Comes To You Across the Bottom...
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10 Deep Sea Creatures That Will Give You Nightm...
What's going on down in the ocean depths? The ocean covers around 70 percent of the Earth and is so mysterious. We go diving, descent in submarines, satellite and rovers - everything to explore the hidden treasures of the ocean. Let's take a look at these 10 unusual creatures lurking in the ocean depths. You'll se a giant phantom jelly from the ocean's midnight zone, a goblin shark that looks super scary, a whitemargin stargazer that has eyes right on top of its head. Trust me, you don't learn about these 10 nightmarish sea creatures at school...
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Eat These 18 Foods As Much As You Want Without ...
We all know how to eat the food we like and gain weight: sugar, carbs, fast food - these contribute to fat storage. But how about the opposite situation? Here're 18 foods you can eat in big amounts, and they won't make you fat. They're low in calories and will keep you full for longer. Nutritionists suggest that foods mostly made with water are low in calories and contain fiber that helps make you feel and stay full for a longer period of time. Celery, spinach, avocado - what else is on that list? #brightside
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How Your Time Zone Affects Your Productivity an...
Every day you feel so tired and unmotivated, and you have no idea why! You're pretty sure you get plenty of sleep, you've tried every tip out there on how to be less lazy and more productive! But something keeps stopping you. Guess what? The problem could be the time zone you're living in! Researchers found out that time zones can negatively affect your health, productivity, and even your wallet! See if you're on the right or wrong side of the time zone!
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22 Mistakes Keeping You From Losing Weight
What you shouldn't do after the gym? Working out is not just a bunch of exercises. It’s a lifestyle! If you’re working hard on getting fit and buffed but not succeeding, the problem may be in what you do after a workout. Yep, there are some common mistakes that are ruining your fitness goals. For example, it’s natural to lose appetite after a workout, but you need to eat something according to your diet within one hour after a gym session. And yes, chicken is a great source of protein because it’s easily digestible for us. But if you start feeling that soreness in muscles increases, try to add some fish into your menu. Okay, here are 22 post-workout mistakes. Just try to avoid them and see the results.
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50 Things That Will Happen in the Next 30 Seconds
In the next 30 seconds, you’ll blink 8 times. Just enough to keep your eyeballs properly hydrated! You’ll take around 8 breaths. 20,000 old skin cells – gone in 30 seconds! And that will be one of the 25 random thoughts you’ll have in half a minute. Don’t lose that train of thought! By the way, did you know that your thoughts are forming much faster than you can utter them or read? Around 600 in this time frame. Okay, what else? A good amount of those newlyweds must have found each other in a dating app. Maybe Tinder, with its 3,500 matches every half a minute. On the other side of that coin, 30 people will say, “It’s over, gimme half!” in that time as well. 73,000 pictures will be shared by Facebook users. And 1,500 of the world’s 3.5 billion smartphone users will suddenly realize their current phone isn’t good enough anymore, so they’ll get a replacement! Isn't it amazing? Let's find out what other things happen in the world every 30 seconds!
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10 Wonderful Facts About Earth You've Never Hea...
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10 Things That Are Currently in Space
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