12 Facts That Will Change Your Perspective

We all need to see life from new angles from time to time. Perspective forces us to focus on what we would usually overlook when we’re dialed into our daily routines. Sometimes just standing on a table or driving a different route to work is enough. But it’s best to consider the lives of others and ponder their journeys, to look back at history and compare it to the present, to simply try new things and look for deeper meanings.

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1. Confederate president Jefferson Davis was never tried for treason.

The federal government worried that he would either become a martyr if he were executed, or if not, that he might prove to a jury that secession was legal.

2. This is the last known cycad tree in the world.

And there will likely never be another one because it needs a partner to pollinate. The tree was discovered in 1895 and transferred to the Royal Botanical Gardens, where it has sat and grown ever since. No other cycads have been found, even near where this one was found, so this type of tree that dates from the time of the dinosaurs is on the brink of extinction.

3. In his Divine Comedy, Dante placed bankers in a lower circle of hell than murderers.

They’re depicted as endlessly swatting sparks away from their eyes and surrounded by stinging sand.

4. After the 2008 banking collapse, Utah instituted a four-day work week.

Two-thirds of workers said it made them more productive, workplaces around the state reported higher morale and fewer absences, millions of dollars were saved on energy, traffic congestion eased, and carbon emissions were cut by 14 percent.