Have you ever watched a movie and recognized the scream of one of the characters? Turns out that’s because the scream appears in over 200 movies, games, and tv and is known as the Wilhelm scream… what’s up with that?

Turns out you can be so disappointed with a vacation that you start experiencing serious psychosomatic symptoms like anxiety, depression, derealization, and depersonalization. But why is this extremely rare condition called Paris Syndrome?

Have you ever learned something new, heard a new song, or been taught a new phrase, and then all of sudden it starts popping up everywhere all the time? Like a unnatural amount of times? What’s that about?

We’ve all had shower thoughts, those moments where we’re doing something mundane and a random thought-provoking idea pops up in our heads. But what causes it and can you replicate it?

Can something be so beautiful it makes you sick? Is it possible when people say “that’s so cute I could literally die”, they actually mean it? No, but let’s take a look at Stendhal Syndrome.

On April 18th, 1930 the BBC announced “there is no news” and played music for 15 minutes. But what’s the real story behind this moment in history and why shouldn’t it be considered a big deal?

Horoscopes, psychics, and personality tests all have something in common; they rely on the Barnum effect to get people to keep coming back. But what is the Barnum effect and why do we fall for it?

What if someone were to come to your home and offer you 25% more than what you paid for your IKEA furniture. You probably wouldn’t sell them for less than about 60% and that’s all because of the IKEA effect.

Have you ever walked into a room and immediately forgotten why you went in there? You experienced the Doorway effect, but what exactly is it and why does it happen?

In April 1975, copywriter Gary Dahl had the idea to sell a new ‘toy’; a rock in a box. You laugh but the Pet Rock made him a millionaire by the end of the year.

The search for immortality is one that has interested people for centuries but in 1980 two students discovered a jellyfish that supposedly already found the secret.

In Portugal, 2006 hundreds of students came down with an inexplicable virus. Soon, medical officials found a link between their symptoms and a popular teen drama.

Todd Phillips’ 2019 The Joker took a grounded approach to the character including looking at a real-life condition to explain his iconic laugh. But what exactly is Pseudobulbar Affect?

We’ve all seen Ouija boards whether it was in toy stores or in horror movies but how do these boards actually work and could it really be ghosts and demons talking to us?

Our brains can be pretty terrifying, it can even make you think you’re a walking corpse an illness known as Cotard’s Delusion, but what exactly is going on here?

Whether you get them when you’re cold, scared, or excited, everyone has experienced goosebumps, also known as goose pimples or goose flesh. But why do they happen and are they even necessary?

There’s a five-foot wall of ice in Antarctica spewing out what looks like blood. But what is actually going on here and what could this tell us about life on other planets?

Turns out you can’t eat ice cream like a maniac despite really wanting to because your brain will turn on you. Or is it actually something else causing pain? Learn all about “brain” freeze today!

No one likes hearing bad news… or do we? Getting sucked in by the whirlwind of terrifying news is called doomscrolling or doomsurfing and unsurprisingly it’s not good for you.

For at least 800 years the English alphabet had an extra letter that we collectively as a society just kind of dropped in the mid-19th century. Today we look at why.