The REAL LIFE Simpsons House

 

 

 There is a house in Clark County Nevada that is the exact replica of the house in “The Simpsons.” Built in 1997, it was the grand prize for a contest run by Pepsi and Fox.
It cost $120,000. The winner could either to decide to occupy the house or take a $75,000 cash prize.
 

Humans have invisible stripes

They’re called Blaschko’s lines, after the dermatologist who first discovered them, Alfred Blaschko. It turns out that our skin cells arrange themselves on our bodies in a series of swirling stripes. However, since our skin cells are usually the same color it’s hard to notice. People with certain medical conditions that cause skin cells to be different colors can have visible Blaschko’s lines. They can often only be seen with ultraviolet light.  

Taco Bell’s taco meat is only 36% beef

Taco Bell’s taco meat is only 36% beef.

The other 64% consists of:

Beef, water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn starch, natural smoke flavor, salt, sodium phosphate, less than 2% of beef broth, potassium phosphate, and potassium lactate.

According to the USDA, Taco Bell can’t call this mixture “beef” at all. Beef is officially defined as “flesh of cattle”, and ground beef is defined as:

“Chopped fresh and/or frozen beef with or without seasoning and without the addition of beef fat as such, shall not contain more than 30 percent fat, and shall not contain added water, phosphates, binders, or extenders.”

The world’s largest family

The world’s largest family lives in India and consists of a man with 39 wives and 94 children.

American polygamists might grab more headlines, but none can hold a candle to Ziona Chana, an Indian man who boasts what the Daily Mail calls the world’s largest family: 39 wives, 94 children, and 33 grandchildren. The 66-year-old Chana happens to lead a sect that allows and encourages him to expand his family at will, and, yes, he’s still looking. Most of the time, his wives sleep in communal dormitories, with a rotating lottery to govern who sleeps with Chana.