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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Marie Curie is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences.
Linus Pauling won for Chemistry and Peace. I guess Peace isn't a science, but still.
Crows hold grudges!
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
Potato chips cause more weight gain than any other food.
Detroit undercover cops in a drug ring once fought another group of undercover cops.
Dogs can smell cancer.
My cat can tell when something is wrong with my mother. My cat will come wake me up.
America's first bank robber deposited the money back into the same bank.
Only in America folks. lol. Edit: I am an American so i do see the humor in all the roasts we get on BP.
The heads on Easter Island have bodies.
So like they had committed murders before being placed there? Thrilling, tell me more!
The fire hydrant patent was lost in a fire.
The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Legend states that the Unicorns natural enemy was the Lion and Englands' National animal is .. wait for it ... A Lion.
Star Trek's Scotty stormed the beach at Normandy.
Born a Canadian he was in the Canadian Army and did indeed land at Normandy :)
The first person convicted of speeding was going eight mph.
A 70-year-old woman once completed seven marathons in seven days, across all seven continents.
Germany uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year.
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"
Bees can detect bombs.
Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.
Why is there a buy now button am I the only one who can see it!!!??!
Your liver can regrow itself in three weeks.
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
The world's biggest tire producer is LEGO.
Most laughter isn't because things are funny.
In Germany, people help toads cross the road.
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.
There's a town in nebraska with a population of one!
The Bermuda Triangle isn't any more likely to cause a mysterious disappearance than anywhere else.
Redheads aren't actually going extinct.
Correct, go to Ireland or the West of Scotland. Infected with redheads ....
Riding a roller coaster could help you pass a kidney stone.
For 100 years, maps have shown an island that doesn't exist.
Dogs actually understand some English.
Some of these "facts" are meaninglessly vague and lack context. Is there a translation issue? Or just laziness?
Laziness, I bet. I've never done so much Googling for a BP article in my life. Most of the vaguer ones now have links added in my comments.
Load More Replies...Some of these "facts" are meaninglessly vague and lack context. Is there a translation issue? Or just laziness?
Laziness, I bet. I've never done so much Googling for a BP article in my life. Most of the vaguer ones now have links added in my comments.
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