Chapter 1: Unusual Knowledge for the New Year

I don't know about you, but I find immense joy in uncovering quirky details that might seem trivial to the average person. However, I consider myself a bit extraordinary, and these facts certainly enhance that feeling. Here are 21 intriguing insights to elevate your knowledge before 2021 arrives:

1. Did you know that our lungs can actually produce blood?
2. There exists a unique state of matter called time crystals.
3. Water can simultaneously exist in solid, liquid, and gas forms; this phenomenon is known as the triple point. Interestingly, it’s not exclusive to H₂O. For water to manifest in all three states, the temperature must hover just above freezing at 0.01°C, under a pressure of only 0.006 atm, significantly lower than Earth's average atmospheric pressure of 1 atm.

Moreover, other substances like carbon dioxide and nitrogen also have their own triple points, albeit under vastly different conditions. However, helium is an exception; it transitions into a superfluid at a phenomenon known as the Lambda point.

4. Some stars can house another star within them. Yes, you read that correctly! These fascinating celestial objects are known as Thorne-Zytkow Objects, which occur when a dying star consumes a dead one. Perhaps physicists Kip Thorne and Anna Zytkow should have simply labeled them "zombie stars"!

5. Euler’s identity has been hailed as the most beautiful mathematical equation. This remarkable expression encompasses all five fundamental constants of mathematics: pi (approximately 3.1415), e (the base of natural logarithms), the imaginary unit i (the square root of -1), 0 (representing nothingness), and 1 (the multiplicative identity).

6. The concept of the Big Bang was first proposed by Georges Lemaître, a Belgian cosmologist and Catholic priest, who shared his groundbreaking idea in a letter published in Nature on May 9, 1931.
7. Only 43 individuals worldwide possess the rarest blood type, known as "golden blood" or Rhnull. Curiously, there are merely nine active blood donors of this type.
8. The Boötes void holds the title for the emptiest region in the universe.
9. The Milky Way has a dark twin, known as Dragonfly 44, which is comprised of 99.99% dark matter.
10. Approximately 80% of the universe is void, which is why it’s referred to as "space" rather than "stuff."
11. Our local void, called the KBC void, is seven times larger than typical voids.
12. "Eyeball" planets might increase the chances of finding extraterrestrial life.
13. The process through which the universe produces more matter than antimatter is termed baryogenesis.
14. Prince Rupert’s Drop is a unique object that is both incredibly strong and remarkably fragile. Formed by molten glass being dropped into cold water, it resembles a tadpole.

15. The shape of a donut is scientifically referred to as a toroid.
16. Sound can generate light through a phenomenon known as sonoluminescence.
17. The non-verbal elements of language, such as intonation and rhythm, are referred to as prosody.
18. There is a rare neurological disorder called foreign accent syndrome, or dysprosody, which causes individuals to unexpectedly speak in a foreign accent or in unusual ways.
19. The infinite monkey theorem suggests that if a monkey typed randomly on a typewriter for an infinite duration, it would eventually produce any given text, including the works of Shakespeare.
20. Interestingly, diamonds can be created from tequila.
21. The symbol we call a hashtag is technically known as an octothorpe, which means “eight fields” — with "octo-" denoting eight and "thorpe" originating from Old Norse meaning "farm" or "field."

As a bonus, Ethiopia operates on a 13-month calendar, meaning it is still 2013 there!

Chapter 2: Exploring the NHL and Cedar Point

To further expand your knowledge, check out these videos that delve into fascinating facts about the NHL and Cedar Point:

The first video titled "21 Interesting FACTS About The 2021 NHL Season So Far" provides a plethora of captivating insights into the world of hockey.

The second video, "21 CRAZY FACTS About Cedar Point!" reveals intriguing trivia about one of the most famous amusement parks.