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50 Things That Will Happen in the Next 30 Seconds I n the next 30 seconds, you’ll blink 8 times. Just enough to keep your eyeballs properly hydrated! You’ll take around 8 breaths. 20,000 old skin cells – gone in 30 seconds! And that will be one of the 25 random thoughts you’ll have in half a minute. Don’t lose that train of thought! By the way, did you know that your thoughts are forming much faster than you can utter them or read? Around 600 in this time frame. Okay, what else? A good amount of those newlyweds must have found each other in a dating app. Maybe Tinder, with its 3,500 matches every half a minute. On the other side of that coin, 30 people will say, “It’s over, gimme half!” in that time as well. 73,000 pictures will be shared by Facebook users. And 1,500 of the world’s 3.5 billion smartphone users will suddenly realize their current phone isn’t good enough anymore, so they’ll get a replacement! Isn't it amazing? Let's find out what other things happen in the world ...

  Why Planes Don't Fly Over the Pacific Ocean Why do airlines avoid the Pacific Ocean? You might think it was a safety issue. The Pacific is the largest and deepest of the world’s oceans. If a plane encounters a problem over a seemingly endless and bottomless pond of water, the pilots are going to have a rough time finding a safe spot to set her down. Guessing that it is a safety precaution wouldn't be entirely wrong. When planning a route, many pilots prefer to maximize the number of airports along their path. Emergencies are incredibly rare relative to how many planes take to the skies every day. That said, it isn’t the main reason airlines tend to avoid making a straight shot east to west...

What If Everyone Slept for 1000 Years And Then Woke Up Can humans hibernate? Many animals do that, but unfortunately, it doesn’t work with us humans. But what if we could hibernate? So imagine that everyone in the world has decided to skip the next 10 centuries. The entire population of Earth goes down to specially built underground bunkers, and everyone settles into their comfortable beds. The last person awake sets the alarm clock for 1,000 years in the future and closes their eyes. The millions of robot helpers which the people say good night to are going to stick close to their sleeping masters. They’ll monitor their condition and observe what happens to our planet. So the people don’t leave anyone behind to look after our civilization. Their homes and offices and all of the world’s cities are handed over to nature…