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You've no doubt heard the expression that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." The fact is, it kind of does. Apples boast a ton of health benefits, from encouraging weight loss to lowering your risk of diabetes to helping your heart and brain. So embrace the fall season by adding a daily apple to your diet.

You've probably heard the story of the dude who walked through large swaths of the American Midwest, planting apple trees as he went. But you probably also assumed he was a character out of folklore. In fact, John Chapman was a real person. For decades he made his way from state to state, installing nurseries and fencing them in to protect from livestock, then leaving them in the care of locals. Chapman's generous personality and peculiar preference for sleeping outside helped him become a figure of fascination to many (and the theme of many fall festivals). After his death, his legacy took on mythic proportions, but in life, he was just a guy who really liked planting stuff.

In a study published in the 2008 issue of Perception, researchers discovered that men found women more attractive during cooler months than warmer ones, likely due to the "contrast effect." This theory holds that since men see more of women's bodies during the warmer months of the year, it takes less stimuli to catch their attention once the weather causes them to start layering up.