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Hello, curious folk, this is your captain, Bored Panda speaking. Welcome to our crazy fun facts galore, where we discuss things that are hard to believe yet absolutely true! We’re happy to see you here, and that you trust us to take you on a journey of unbelievable facts. 

Jokes aside, this is our list dedicated to various crazy facts; one might even call it a haberdashery of trivia. And it doesn’t even matter which of the fields you’re most interested in - animals, nature, chemistry, or life - there’s definitely a mind-blowing fact for each of you. The most important fact here is that they are highly likely to satiate your curiosity and the need to learn something new and unexpected every day. You can very well trust this list of fun trivia to live up to its name! And oh boy, the stories behind these interesting facts, especially those concerning real-life happenings, should all be worthy of a movie, which we do hope to see one day. 

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#1

Round glass bottle on chemistry table Marie Curie is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Linus Pauling won for Chemistry and Peace. I guess Peace isn't a science, but still.

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    Crows hold grudges!

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    Deborah Harris
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crows can recognise faces and human behaviour. If you create a stressful situation with a crow it will warn others and it's offspring that you are a dangerous person. It will also remember if you are nice to it, so will recommend you to its family and friends :) Which is why the crows who visit my garden bring their babies to eat too xx

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    #4

    Police officer looking Detroit undercover cops in a drug ring once fought another group of undercover cops.

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    Dogs can smell cancer.

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    Detroit Citizen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat can tell when something is wrong with my mother. My cat will come wake me up.

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    #6

    Cows kill more Americans each year than sharks do.

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    #7

    Woman holding money America's first bank robber deposited the money back into the same bank.

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    Detroit Citizen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only in America folks. lol. Edit: I am an American so i do see the humor in all the roasts we get on BP.

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    #8

    The heads on Easter Island have bodies.

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    Headless Roach
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So like they had committed murders before being placed there? Thrilling, tell me more!

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    #10

    The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.

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    Deborah Harris
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Legend states that the Unicorns natural enemy was the Lion and Englands' National animal is .. wait for it ... A Lion.

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    #11

    Star Trek's Scotty stormed the beach at Normandy.

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    Deborah Harris
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Born a Canadian he was in the Canadian Army and did indeed land at Normandy :)

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    #12

    Fake planets hanging Some planets produce diamond rain.

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    Kel_how
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why diamonds aren't that special and people shouldn't die for them.

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    #13

    The first person convicted of speeding was going eight mph.

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    #14

    A 70-year-old woman once completed seven marathons in seven days, across all seven continents.

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    Germany uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WW2 relicts. I remember an anecdote, where a railway station was temporarily shut down because of that. An English speaking couple was terrified and asked "Do they know, who planted the bomb?" The dry (and correct) answer was "Yup, the Royal Air Force"

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    #18

    Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.

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    #19

    Your liver can regrow itself in three weeks.

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    Peej Maybe
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's only partially true, this (and I speak from experience). If you've got cirrosis (even if it's non alcohol related) your liver never quite recovers, and the 'dead' or hardened bits never regenerate / regrow. but the other bits will compensate so it's all good unless your whole liver shuts down, then you're basically buggered unless you can find a donor / get a transplant

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    #20

    The world's biggest tire producer is LEGO.

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    #23

    Chewing gum boosts concentration.

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    Jihana
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard that if you chew gum while studying something you will recall it easier as well when you chew gum.

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    #25

    In Germany, people help toads cross the road.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They build small fences at spawning season and dig in buckets. Toads end up in buckets, which are regularly (once or twice a day, I think) emptied into the next pond.

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    #27

    Agatha Christie has sold over 2 billion books.

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    ChocolateCake
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agatha Christie is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    T5n
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She’s also the most translated author/author of the most translated books.

    Aunt Riarch
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have the entire Hercules Poirot (David Suchet) collection on DVD. Can recommend.

    Apatheist 62
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. Not only that, but they're more complete than the books. I read all the stories and hated the annoying number of times Poirot says something like "I saw you coming out of the doctor's", which helps him solve the crime, but that hasn't been included in the narrative, so we have not had the chance to solve it ourselves. In that respect, Sherlock Holmes is better.

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    Christof Irran
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Though often stimulating intellectually, her plots seem a bit contrived and too detached from reality.

    Pizzagirl 91
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I like about her plots, is that the human element is usually pictured very realistically. It's the opposite of Sherlock Holmes with his wide-travelled mystery villains and the most unlikely person who usually did it.

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    #30

    Goosebumps are meant to ward off predators.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They raise your hair. In hairier beasts, this raised hair makes them look bigger and scarier, not worth the risk. We puny humans have lost our thick hairy body covering.

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    #32

    green grass on rocky shore during daytime The Bermuda Triangle isn't any more likely to cause a mysterious disappearance than anywhere else.

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    #33

    Redheads aren't actually going extinct.

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    #35

    For 100 years, maps have shown an island that doesn't exist.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, more information needed. Even modern maps show Finland exist even though conspiracy theorists have found it was just made up. Seriously.

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    #39

    Hair and nails grow faster during pregnancy.

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    #40

    Cute brown dog smiling Dogs actually understand some English.

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    #44

    Tree shrews are the only mammal aside from humans known to deliberately seek out spicy foods.

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    #45

    Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis died on the same day as JFK.

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    #49

    The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years.

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    Deborah Harris
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's a very old lady :) The waters there are so deep ( over 750ft in some places) and un-explored that there is a very good chance that there are water beasties and creatures that are yet to be discovered there.

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    #51

    A restaurant in New York employs grandmas as chefs.

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    #52

    Dolphins have been trained to be used in wars.

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    Deborah Harris
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad but true, there are dolphins trained by the military to detect bombs, human intruders ( divers ) to protect ships and even to carry bombs

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    #53

    The man who wrote Dracula never visited Transylvania.

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    FactcheckerGeneral
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bram Stoker. Fun fact: the church at Whitby, Dracula's landing site in England in the novel, has a sign in its graveyard warning visitors who are looking for Dracula's grave that he's NOT REAL

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    #55

    Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you get a combination that's never existed.

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    Jihana
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the chance is very high that its a new combination, but the chance to get a previous combination is not zero.

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    #56

    Humans are just one of the estimated 8.7 million species on Earth.

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    #59

    The longest book title is 4,558 words!

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    Cubbypotato
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.vercalendario.info/en/what/guinness-records-for-longest_title_of_a_book.html

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    #60

    Pineapple works as a natural meat tenderizer.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Work with pineapple long enough and you lose your fingerprints, the pineapple acid eats them away.

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    #62

    Humans are also the only animals whose brains shrink.

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    #64

    You lose up to 30 percent of your taste buds during flight.

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    Xenon
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't lose them, just the environment on a plane hinders your ability to taste. Oddly you can taste tomato juice the best when flying so order a bloody Mary.

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    #67

    Actor Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number instead of an agent or manager.

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    $cagsy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His Hollywood friends can reach him on a different number though. He just chooses to not be pestered all the time by people trying to get him to do something.

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    #68

    Plastic Easter eggs and plastic Easter grass were invented by a man who holds more patents than Thomas Edison.

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    #69

    The famed "Typhoid Mary" infected more than 50 people by cooking for them.

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    #70

    Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2 Billboard hits — without ever hitting No. 1.

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    #71

    The Comic Sans font came from an actual comic book.

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    #73

    Bill Gates has donated nearly half his fortune.

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    KitKat
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He & his wife have donated over $50 billion to the Gates Foundation. But Bill Gates plans to donate most of his fortune now. Referenced link: www.cnbc.com/2022/07/15/bill-gates-plans-to-give-away-virtually-all-his-113-billion-fortune.html

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    #74

    Nearly all species to have ever existed on Earth are extinct.

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    #75

    Cell phones are full of bacteria.

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    #77

    Boyfriends do more housework than husbands.

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    #78

    Fat bear week is a thing.

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    Bella Jane
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me every week is fat, bare, weak... I need to get out more.

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    #80

    Some people have an extra bone in their knee.

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    #81

    The Bayeux Tapestry is 70 metres long!

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    #82

    There is graffiti that's 1000s of years old!

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    #84

    The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year.

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    Orbitale
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and almost only to increase profit... when food is "missing" we pay more for it (: Welcome to Humanity

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    #85

    Pringles aren't actually potato chips.

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're not "chipped" off of a potato (duh, they're all identical) but they are mostly potato with a bunch of corn and wheat flour.

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    #87

    Chinese police use geese squads.

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    Nicole Tomme
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read "cheese police." Then I thought "that must be how they lure the geese.' Gotta go to sleep.

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    #89

    Danes once bred a pig to look like the flag.

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    #90

    America accidentally dropped an atom bomb on South Carolina in 1958.

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    #91

    The least interesting day in history was April 11, 1954.

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    #93

    Pigeons can tell the difference between a painting by Monet and Picasso.

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    #94

    "E" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.

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    LilFishy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    E is thE most common lEttEr and appEars in 11 pErcEnt of all English words.

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    #95

    Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard left his post at Ford's Theatre to go for a drink.

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    #96

    A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat.

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    #97

    The man who founded Atari also started Chuck E. Cheese.

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    #98

    One man was once constipated for nearly two months.

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    #99

    The Silverback gorilla can lift almost a literal ton.

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    Detroit Citizen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "This new fun yet terrifying fact is brought you by Bored Panda. Now back to the show"

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    #100

    It's a myth that people are either "left-brained" or "right-brained."

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    #101

    Bigger forks lead you to eat less.

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    #102

    The Slinky was invented by accident.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people are like Slinky's. They're basically useless, but they do bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.

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    #105

    The dot over the lower case "i" or "j" is known as a "tittle."

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the cross on a letter "t" is called a "jot." Thus the phrase "every jot and tittle," meaning all the i's are dotted and all the t's are crossed.

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    #107

    There may be 2,000 active serial killers in the U.S. right now.

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    #108

    It's impossible to hum while you hold your nose.

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    #109

    The longest word you can type with just your left hand is "sweaterdresses".

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The word "typewriter" is the longest word you can type using letters from only one row on a traditional keyboard.

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    #111

    The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer.

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    Twist Ed
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In shopping mall design, the Gruen transfer (also known as the Gruen effect) is the moment when consumers enter a shopping mall or store and, surrounded by an intentionally confusing layout, lose track of their original intentions, making them more susceptible to making impulse buys

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    #112

    There's a country where twins are most likely to be born.

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    #113

    There is an immortal jellyfish.

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    #117

    If you chill your onions you won't cry.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah they are far less insulting when they are chilled out.

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    #118

    Your nose works one nostril at a time!

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sort of... the cilia in your nostrils is only active in shifts. Both nostrils can remain open to air passing however.

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    #119

    Many feet bones don't harden until you're an adult.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why it's bad that little girls are put en pointe in ballet at a young age, but I believe that's why they are at the same time.

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    #121

    Our European ancestors were cannibals.

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Evidence of cannibalism has been found in the South of England.

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    #122

    It is illegal to sell a "bounceless" pickle to somebody in Connecticut.

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    #124

    The world's smallest reptile was first reported in 2021.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Fnews%2F976%2Fcpsprodpb%2FD069%2Fproduction%2F_116835335_095703a2-0424-4430-b425-edfc86012c87.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-africa-55945948&tbnid=2J-aejQXAk51vM&vet=12ahUKEwi63pqp-fP5AhUL1BoKHa-_Cg8QMygAegUIARC0AQ..i&docid=29N7rn2eDxLT8M&w=976&h=549&q=world%27s%20smallest%20reptile&hl=en-gb&client=safari&ved=2ahUKEwi63pqp-fP5AhUL1BoKHa-_Cg8QMygAegUIARC0AQ

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    #125

    Some sea snakes can breathe through their skin.

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    #128

    The total weight of ants on earth once equaled the total weight of people.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of these are worded so weird. As people are a relatively new species, and our numbers have been quite low, up until the last century or so, the total weight of ants would have outweighed humans most years.

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    #129

    A dozen bodies were once found in Benjamin Franklin's basement.

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    Playing the accordion was once required for teachers in North Korea.

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    Jihana
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    North Koreans are weirdly obsessed by accorions. Thanks John Oliver for that fact.

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    #135

    A pharaoh once lathered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him.

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    #136

    Children's medicine once contained morphine.

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    Nicole Tomme
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coca cola used to containe cocaine. Soda used to be recommended for babies. Doctors used to smoke in hospitals. There are things we do now that in 100 years people will know were insanely dangerous (SADs, anyone?)

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    #138

    Harriet Tubman was even more heroic than you thought.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More info! (And outside of the US she's hardly known anyway, so ANY info might already help)

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    #140

    There's an entire town under a rock.

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    LilFishy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know this is a bad joke, but Dwayne Johnston’s house must be over it!

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    #141

    Beethoven could still hear after going deaf.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has this been through some translation device? You mean Beethoven was not fully deaf, just extremely hard of hearing?

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    #143

    The first computer was invented in the 1940s.

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first general purpose, digital computer was. The Antikythera Mechanism could probably claim seniority by a millennia or two. https://1940s.org/the-first-computer-eniac-1940s

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    #144

    Koalas have fingerprints.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots of animals do. The fun fact is that Koalas have fingerprints indistinguishable from humans. A koala on a crime scene can really confuse matters.

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    #145

    Sharks can live for five centuries.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only one species of them (Greenland /gurry/grey shark) can - and that's an estimation (250 to 500 years)

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    #147

    There's a device that creates energy from snowfall.

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.ecmweb.com/renewables/article/20904503/a-device-to-generate-electricity-from-snow

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    #149

    Sweat doesn't actually smell awful!

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sweat is relatively odorless. You're smelling bacteria "farts".

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    #150

    The longest wedding veil was the same length as 63.5 football fields.

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why??? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.guinnessworldrecords.com/amp/news/2019/2/brides-dreams-comes-true-with-wedding-veil-thats-longer-than-63-football-fields

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    #151

    Creepy coffins were found on Arthur's Seat!

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/mystery-of-the-miniature-coffins/

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    #152

    The London tube didn't used to have a roof.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of the tube is underground, so roofs kinda come as standard. Is this supposed to mean that tube *trains* didn't have roofs?

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    #153

    More human twins are being born now than ever before.

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    #154

    Pigs are constitutionally protected in Florida.

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    Adam Zad
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the difference between Ron DeSantis and a flying pig? The letter "F."

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    #157

    You're pronouncing Dr. Seuss' name wrong.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No I am not. "According to an article published in Slate, and apparently well-documented elsewhere, the “correct” pronunciation as Dr. Seuss intended is not Seuss-that-rhymes with “Zeus,” but “Soice,” as in a word that rhymes with “voice.”" https://www.fatherly.com/play/how-is-dr-seuss-pronounced

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    #158

    Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.

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    Kevin Ber
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It pays to have parents in the music industry. I'm looking at you Beyoncè and Jay-Z

    #159

    Shaq only ever made one three-pointer.

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    #161

    Bananas can't reproduce.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wild bananas can. These "facts" are strange. The modern banana is sterile and grown through propagation.

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    #162

    There's a world record — and a happy ending — for the greatest distance thrown in a car accident.

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna22157250

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    France has a dozen time zones.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...because of its overseas territories (the main county itself isn't all that big)

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    #164

    The Queen owns all the Swans and Dolphins!

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the UK maybe, or the Commonwealth. Either way (or none? Maybe only England?): More info needed

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    #168

    The healthiest place in the world is in Panama.

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More info. Healthy in what way? High life expectancy? Many doctors? Very good air? No pollutants? Most apples??

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    #170

    Ants have a built-in FitBit.

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    Mike Beck
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They just "know" exactly how far they've walked so they can find home again.

    #172

    And trees weren't always biodegradable.

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    #175

    A whole room disappeared during WW2.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clarification needed. Lots of rooms disappeared during WW2. Whole buildings of rooms disappeared during WW2.

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    #176

    Women are attracted to the scent of good & plenty licorice candy and cucumber.

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    #178

    Babies are physical anomalies.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? How? There are lots of babies in this world, I would wager that most people started off life as a baby. How is a baby an anomaly?

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    #179

    The man who wrote "Dracula" had a huge imagination!

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is meaningless. How do you quantify this? Lot's of authors have a big imagination?

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