Google Maps helped a kidnapped boy find his home 23 years later!

Luo Gang was just 5 when he abducted from the Fuijan province in China 23 years ago, and taken almost 1000 miles away. During his absence, he says he forced himself to re-live the life he spent in his old home so he wouldn't forget.

However, being only 5 when he was taken away, he didn't remember much. In fact, the only thing he remembered about his hometown were 2 bridges. He drew a map of what he remembered and posted it to a website called "Bring Lost Babies Home."

People there helped him narrow down his search to a town that looked familiar to him. However, he used Google Maps to confirm his suspicions: That was his old hometown. He was finally reunited with his birth family, 23 years after he was taken from them.

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Baked potatoes in foil can be deadly!

If you bake a potato in aluminum foil and you leave it at room temperature, you can create an environment ripe for a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum, which causes the deadly disease known as botulism.

The reason for this is that C. Botulinum can easily contaminate potatoes and other crop that comes in contact with the soil. Usually, cooking kills the spores, but a foil-wrapped potato holds in moisture, and sometimes prevents the temperature from being high enough to kill all of them.

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Nestle tried to sue Ethiopia for $6 million!

Nestlé is a business that makes some of the most recognized chocolate around the world. Kit-Kat's, Smarties, Coffee Crisps, all of the delicious chocolate that is frequently given to kids on Halloween. Well, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for this extremely popular company after a lawsuit they had filed against the Ethiopian government was released to the public.

Nestlé claims that the Ethiopian government in the 1970's had withheld assets from them, causing the company to lose around $6 million. However, Nestlé later withdrew from this lawsuit after they received 40,000 letters of people expressing their anger for the company.

Ethiopia, for those of you that don't know, is one of the poorest countries in the world where it's citizens, on average, make $2 a day. The country has also been experiencing a drought for over 20 years as a result of poor levels of rainfall. Yeesh Nestlé, talk about kicking someone while they're down.

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The 1/4 audio plug (like the one on headphones) was created even before plug sockets!

The plug you use to hook up your headphones to your phone or computer is a piece of living history. Originally used as a telephone switchboard connector, it was invented in 1878, and has been in use ever since.

This invention was created in 1878 making it even older than plug sockets, the first of which was invented in 1883! Making this one of the oldest and yet modern invention of our times. Some inventions come and go, but as for the ¼ audio plugs it seems that it is here to stay.

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Astronauts in space lose their sense of smell and crave Tabasco sause!

When an astronaut spends enough time in a zero-gravity environment, they get what NASA calls the 'Charlie Brown' phase. Their head begins to swell, because liquids that are usually dragged down by gravity stay in their head.

As a result of this, astronauts begin to lose the sense of smell. They feel like they have a cold, stuffy nose, etc. And they can't really taste things very well. The head of NASA's food science program thinks that losing the ability to taste leads to astronauts craving hot things like Tabasco because that way they can at least feel something different in their taste buds.

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