15 People Whose Day Was Anything but Boring

April 11, 1954, is the most boring day ever, according to a Cambridge computer scientist who used a search engine with a database with over 300 million facts. Don’t be judgmental, we know a couple of cool things happened, but there was no Google to check it. Well, a couple of decades have passed and life is anything but boring right now.

Bright Side wants to show you 15 people whose ordinary day turned into an absolutely wild adventure after a surprising discovery.

1. “This circle that appeared in the evening sky”

2. “My orange has 2 sides.”

3. “The sun reflecting off my side mirror melted a mirror-shaped hole in the frost on the window.”

4. “I have a ridiculously oversized clothespin I found years ago and now I’ve found its ridiculously micro-sized little brother.”

5. “Saw this mega strawberry.”

6. “This wheelchair ramp is made out of Legos.”

7. “This moss in the shape of a heart”

8. “Caught a yellow garden spider eating a lady bug at the perfect moment.”

8. “Caught a yellow garden spider eating a lady bug at the perfect moment.”

10. “There was a billiard ball inside of my bocce ball.”

11. “It was a great day till this moment.”

12. “Found a cauliflower growing straight out of a concrete curb in my street.”

13. “Found a tiny, seemingly ripe, orange.”

14. “My friend’s bruise resembles The Mona Lisa.”

15. “Found a rock in the shape of a skull on a Scottish Mountain.”

What was the most unusual thing you saw this week? Drop a comment.

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Why Your Siblings Are Good for Your Health

One day, siblings are awesome — and the next, they’re a real nightmare. They can be so unpredictable, yet we love them all the same. We call each other names, but if someone does that to our sibling, we’re up in arms. As surprising as it sounds, siblings can actually improve your health. So you may want to think twice before you tell your sibling to leave you alone.

Bright Side encourages you to grab your sibling and take a moment to appreciate each other.

They boost your immune system.

Healthy sibling relationships increase your ability to fight off viruses, even without symptoms. Stress hormones, catecholamines, and glucocorticoids, in particular, have a negative impact on your immune system when you’re sick. The higher your stress levels are, the worse you feel. Luckily, if you have strong social bonds with your siblings or friends, you can control your stress levels, which can help you get over an illness much faster.

Hugging your loved ones can prevent heart disease.

You can keep your blood pressure under control by hugging regularly. If you are worried sick about something, instead of taking some medicine, hug your sibling. Such practices lower blood pressure and heart rate. Even 20 seconds of hugging your loved one can help you avoid heart attacks or pain.

They help you cope with depression.

We often turn to our parents for help when we run into a brick wall in our lives. However, your sibling offers you something that your parents can’t. You open up more to your siblings, find possible solutions together, and the overall feeling of being cared for cheers you up. Your cortisol levels reduce when you have someone to talk to. Additionally, they protect you from stress when you’re a kid.

They prolong your life.

People with poor social connections are 50% more likely to die earlier than people who have tight bonds. This could be because your nearest and dearest encourage you to care about yourself. This becomes especially noticeable when you fall ill. Your siblings make a casserole for you, rub ointment on your back, and demand that you don’t die because they need you.

How many siblings do you have? Did the article make you view them differently?

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