Everyday Mind Freak 1/25/2011

Everyday mind freak 1/25/2010: The combined historic emissions of just seven US states—Texas, California, Illinois, New York, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio—totalled more than any other country in the world, including China in 05. Since then China and India, both with populations exceeding 1 billion, have had significant rises in emissions. Imagine what it will be like when two more countries are living like we do.

Everyday Mind Freak 1/24/2011

Everyday mind freak 1/24/2010: the Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows. In Renaissance Florence shaving off your eyebrows was what was hot on the streets.

Update: Research has shown that the Mona Lisa did in fact have eyebrows at one time. The loss of the top paint layers with the eyebrows is the unfortunate result of restoration and cleaning techniques. Still mind freaky.

Everyday Mind Freak 1/23/2011

Everyday mind freak 1/23/2010: Popeye had a nephew named Poopeye.

Everyday Mind Freak 1/22/2011

Our galaxy is on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy.

Today's Everyday Mind Freak was brought to you by the Adler Planetarium. The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: "Because the Museum of Science and Industry sucked when you were 13 and it still sucks today."

Everyday Mind Freak 1/21/2011

Today's everyday mind freak is brought to you by the Adler Planetarium. "Proving that you're not the only star in the universe since 1930."

Why is the day sky blue? Not because of the oceans. Nitrogen, which makes up 78% of the atmosphere, scatters blue light from the sun the most efficiently which causes us to perceive the sky as blue.

Everyday Mind Freak 1/20/2011

What do you call someone who plays guitar? What do you call someone who plays piano? What do you call someone who plays cello? What do you call someone who plays violin? What do you call someone who tours? What do you call someone who makes art? What do you call someone who raps?...a-haaa ::finger wave::

Everyday Mind Freak 1/19/2011

Orange juice...is yellow.