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Category: Brain static

  • 🧠 Brain Static #13

    Apparently, zombie ants are real.

    Well.

    Kind of.

    There are fungi in the Ophiocordyceps group that infect certain ants and eventually alter their behavior.

    The infected ant leaves its normal routine, climbs onto vegetation, and clamps its jaws down.

    Then it dies.

    And the fungus grows out of its body so it can release spores and infect more ants.

    So basically—

    the fungus uses the ant as transportation, decides where it would like the body parked, kills it there, and then uses the corpse to reproduce.

    🍄

    Nature really looked at zombies and said:

    I can do that.

    Anyway.

    Happy October.

    You’re welcome for the unnecessary information. 🖤

    Until next time,

    -Destiny

    P.S. If you knew an animal had been infected by something that could control its behavior, would you want to know how it worked—or would you rather remain blissfully ignorant?

  • 🧠 Brain Static #12: Moths Drink Tears

    Because apparently some moths will land on sleeping animals and drink the tears directly from their eyes.

    Not metaphorically.

    Not “they’re attracted to moisture.”

    They will perch beside an eyeball and sip.

    It’s called lachryphagy, and they’re after things like salts and other nutrients in the tears.

    Some species have been documented doing it to mammals, reptiles, and even sleeping birds.

    Which means somewhere out there is an animal peacefully asleep while a moth is standing on its face like:

    don’t mind me.

    👁️🦋

    And I’m sorry, but moths were already operating suspiciously close to the horror genre.

    They did not need this.

    Anyway.

    Happy October.

    You’re welcome for the unnecessary information. 🖤

    Until next time,

    -Destiny

    P.S. What’s one completely unnecessary fact that made you look at something differently afterward?

  • 🧠 Brain Static #11: Crows Have Receipts

    Here’s an unnecessary fact for your Monday:

    Crows can remember human faces. For YEARS.

    Researchers at the University of Washington wore specific masks while capturing and banding crows. Later, the birds still reacted angrily to people wearing the “dangerous” masks—and other crows could learn that those faces were bad news just by watching the original crows react. 

    So basically…

    If you piss off a crow, you might not have just made one enemy.

    You may have created a whole little bird gossip network.

    Imagine walking outside and getting screamed at by a crow you have never met because his aunt told him you were an asshole in 2012.

    Absolutely not. 😂

    Anyway, be nice to crows.

    I do not have the emotional bandwidth for a multigenerational bird vendetta.

    You’re welcome for the unnecessary information. 🖤

    Until next time,

    -Destiny

    P.S. Be honest—if a crow started screaming at you every time you went outside, how long would it take before you started apologizing to it? 😂

  • 🧠 Brain Static #10

    The speed of a computer mouse is measured in “mickeys.”

    Yes.

    Mickeys.

    A British scientist first invented the roller-ball device in 1946 while working for the Royal Navy, but the word “mouse” didn’t come along until 1965.

    Which means somewhere along the way, somebody looked at the computer mouse and apparently decided its movement needed its own unit of measurement.

    And they called it a fucking mickey.

    This really takes Mickey Mouse to a whole new level. 😂

    I don’t know what to do with this information.

    But now every time I move my mouse, I’m going to wonder how many mickeys I just moved it.

    …and now you know.

    So if I had to carry it around…

    You do too.

    Until next time,
    —Destiny

    P.S. Did you know a computer mouse was measured in mickeys, or is this information ruining Mickey Mouse for you too? 😂

  • 🧠 Brain Static #9

    How lucky are we that blinking doesn’t make noise?

    Imagine hearing:

    blink
    blink
    blink

    all day long.

    No thank you.

    Except…

    sometimes when I blink, I do hear it.

    It’s this tiny little sound that apparently only I notice.

    So now I’m wondering—

    is blinking actually silent…

    or are most of us just lucky enough not to hear it? 😅

    Anyway.

    Until next time,

    —Destiny

    P.S. I would like to formally request that my eyelids remain on mute. 😂

  • 🧠 Brain Static #8

    You can actually die from laughing.

    Yes.

    Literally die laughing.

    It’s extremely rare, but intense laughter can sometimes trigger serious problems with your heart or breathing—particularly if there’s already an underlying medical condition.

    So apparently when something is really funny and you say,

    “I CAN’T BREATHE. I’M FUCKING DYING.”

    you’re being dramatic…

    but not entirely medically inaccurate. ☠️😂

    I don’t know what to do with this information.

    Except maybe stop telling funny people they’re killing me.

    Until next time,

    —Destiny

    P.S. What’s the hardest you’ve ever laughed at something?

  • 🧠 Brain Static #7

    Water might not actually be wet.

    Hear me out.

    “Wet” generally describes what happens when a liquid sticks to the surface of something.

    So when water touches your shirt?

    Your shirt is wet.

    When water touches your skin?

    Your skin is wet.

    But water itself?

    Depending on how you define wet…

    it might not be.

    Because water doesn’t necessarily get wet.

    It makes other things wet.

    Anyway…

    Have fun arguing about that for the rest of the day. 😂

    Until next time,

    — Destiny

    P.S. Is water wet? Yes or no? Defend your answer.

  • 🧠 Brain Static #6

    Sharks are older than trees.

    Not a tree.

    Trees.

    Sharks were swimming around before forests existed.

    I don’t know why, but this makes trees feel significantly less impressive.

    Until next time,

    —Destiny

    P.S. What’s something you assumed had existed basically forever?

  • 🧠 Brain Static #5

    My boyfriend has a tongue tie and can’t stick his tongue out.

    I think it’s cute.

    Anyway…

    Crocodiles can’t stick their tongues out either.

    Their tongues are held in place by a membrane.

    So apparently my boyfriend and crocodiles have something in common.

    I’m sure he’ll love that.

    Until next time,

    — Destiny

    P.S. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever compared your significant other to?

  • 🧠 Brain Static #4

    Apparently…

    A sloth can hold its breath underwater for up to 40 minutes.

    A dolphin?

    Around 10 minutes.

    Which means…

    A sloth would probably beat me in a swimming contest.

    I don’t know how I feel about that.

    Until next time,

    —Destiny

    P.S. What’s the most unnecessary fact living rent-free in your head?