Reset Button facts
While investigating facts about Reset Button, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The inventor of the GFCI outlets (power outlets with test and reset buttons) threw a plugged in toaster into a full bath with his daughter in it to prove his product will work.
Why we sigh. Notice how you only sigh when you're stressed or discontent? This is because sighing helps to fill and loosen your lungs' air sacs, giving you a sense of relief. Without this, your lungs could collapse. Sighing is essentially your body's reset button.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about Reset Button I managed to collect.
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When the US and Russia symbolically pressed a "reset" button, the US wrongly translated the word "reset" as "overload" in Russian. After making a few jokes, they decided to press the button anyway.
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To get past one of the levels in the X-Men Sega Genesis game, players had to physically press the reset button on the console. Pressing the button too long would actually reset the entire game.
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The Immortal Jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is the only known species to reverse its own aging process back to a tiny polyp. It has its own "reset button"
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Sighing acts as a "reset button" for breathing.
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The animal with the longest life span is the Turritopsis dohrnii (aka the immortal jellyfish) which is biologically immortal as it sexually matures and then reverts back to a sexually immature version of itself, essentially hitting a reset button on its growth.
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What "GFCI Protected" on kitchen/bathroom power outlets means and how these outlets protect you from electric shock. Also, what the TEST and RESET buttons on them do and why you should test them periodically.
