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It’s no secret that the internet is brimming with random facts that are often not only interesting, but very amusing, too. And that’s one of the things that makes it fascinating - you can find yourself reading about something you never knew you were interested in—until that very moment—just because you accidentally wandered off a few clicks away.

If you’re curious to learn some random facts today, you’re in luck, as we have prepared an entire list of them for you to browse. Shared by members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community, they ought to bring a smile to your face, or at least teach you something new, consequently providing another icebreaker for when the conversation lags. Scroll down to find the fun facts and enjoy!

Though, below, you will find not only the fun facts, but Bored Panda’s interviews with the redditor who started the thread, as well as Social Psychology Area Head and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University, Michael E. W. Varnum, PhD, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions, too.

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#1

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy There is a tiny little island in the Arctic called "Hans" island. It has been disputed Territory between Canada and Denmark. Denmark would plant its flag, and leave a bottle of schnapps. Eventually the Canadian ship would arrive remove the Danish flag and take the schnapps. They would then raise the Canadian flag on the island and leave a bottle of Canadian club. This has been going on since the 1980s and was finally resolved in 2022 when they decided to share the island.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is how war should be fought.

Velora56 , Toubletap Report

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491points

Shark Lady 6 months ago

Let's get the opposition drunk enough that they forget what we were arguing about.

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy For my fellow 90s kids who heard a lot about this growing up - the hole in the ozone over antarctica is basically fixed! Turns out we do have the power to make positive environmental changes if we work together as a global community.

PCoda , Boys in Bristol Photography Report

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314points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

Now we just have to tackle the big bear in the room. CO2.

91points

Faye Drewit 6 months ago

trees

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The Cat 6 months ago

We need to stop encouraging people to put in toxic plastic lawns and rock scaping and instead add native plants and trees. We need to get pollution under control. Specifically plastic. I don't understand the attack on the gas of life. That's literally what plants breathe to give us oxygen. Just about all life forms are carbon based.

7points

Incognito11 6 months ago

Yes, must make sure it doesn't get too low and literally eliminate all life on earth

3points

Shark Lady 6 months ago

I remember when CFCs were banned. We also had lessons on acid rain which isn't the problem it once was.

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FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 6 months ago

Kinda like quicksand

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howdylee 6 months ago

I'm still convinced that ozone hole was the product of too much hairspray in the 80s!

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Debra Robinson 6 months ago

Yeah I remember so many crazy styles!

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NewBird 6 months ago

The bad news is that eliminating CFCs meant, in the grand scheme of things, very little structural change. Changes to fridges and hairspray, relatively easily done. And done in the name of preventing rich folks getting skin cancer. Decarbonising is MUCH more complicated and requires far more cooperation and structural change, and it's the poorest folks who are being impacted first. We will only see real change when the rich start suffering.

14points

BoredPossum 6 months ago

Still skin cancer is a huge problem in Australia.

10points

Phil Green 6 months ago

The hole in the ozone layer grows and decreases year on year. Currently, it has shrunk, but it's still there. I live not too far from the Antarctic.

8points

Kar Red Roses 6 months ago

Sorry I was cloudgazing - I see a long haired person petting a dog, and beneath that a running goat…. so what are we talking about?

4points

HolyDiver 6 months ago

Can we start using aquanet and R22 again? We can open a different hole in the ozone layer and let all the heat out.

2points

John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 6 months ago

Ozone is not a greenhouse gas. Not as much as methane and CO2 are

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David Paterson 6 months ago (edited)

The fantastic news is that it's no longer growing, it's shrinking. It takes hundreds of years for CFCs to leave the atmosphere so we can't expect the hole to disappear overnight. There have been a lot of more successful environmental changes than that. Such as the ending of acid rain. Peak pollution was 50 years ago.

2points

Virginie Michaud 6 months ago

Acid rain was fixed by a treaty between the US and Canada that was based on a study my father made on the economical impact of acid rain on the salmon recreative fishing. The annual cost was close to the cost of installing scrubbers on coal thermal plant stacks. The US didn't want Canada to start calculating the impact on agriculture, commercial fishing, forestry, etc. So they decided to fix the problem. Oh and CFCs have been banned by the Montréal protocol. Québec isn't huge on the international scene, but we have been part of major steps forward for the environment. 😇

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Highball 5 months ago

So how did we FIX it? If it was that easy, we shouldn't have worried so much.

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AspieGirl88 6 months ago (edited)

If this is true, there are some people who are trying to keep people ignorant about it & insist that the issue is still unresolved. My eldest niece was once ridiculed by a teacher (who encouraged my niece’s classmates to openly mock her) during a science lesson for suggesting that the ozone is capable of mending with time. Even if the damage to our planet could be reversed, there’s still the issue of humanity & whether people can stop tearing into each other long enough to actually do some good for our endangered world. 🤔🌍🤷‍♀️

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okpkpkp 5 months ago

but it's now too late

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Janet Graham 5 months ago

Or, it is cyclical and we just watched a cycle.

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Jane Hower 6 months ago

That 'hole' grew and shrunk on it's own. Man does very little to affect climate, etc. But it sure gives politicians the urge to tax us.

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JNDauterive 6 months ago

The hole in the ozone was so serious that choroflourocarbons were banned. That’s why the ozone was saved. Clearly, at that time, the politicians realized how serious it was to overrule the petrochemical lobbyists. Now we have a political party is such denial, we are looking at the end of a habitable planet.

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moeless 6 months ago

And now it carbon dioxide. They will ALWAYS conjure a new crisis.

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Tacet 6 months ago

It isn't "basically" fixed. Optimistically if the use of ozone depleting gasses keeps falling at current trends it should be "fixed" sometime in the 2050s.

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Joseph 6 months ago

It is not "basically fixed"...it opens and closes every year.

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Joseph 6 months ago

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Matthew Dunville 6 months ago

I also remember being told about acid rain and that seems to have magically disappeared. Guess it was just time to make something else up. Change things to instill new fear.

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Leah C 6 months ago

I think the ozone layer fixed itself without our help.

0points

WubiDubi 6 months ago

New hole because of Australian wild fires. Animal are getting more frequent sunburn. Source: BBC

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M Kovacs 6 months ago

Today, the ozone hole still exists, forming every year over Antarctica in the spring. It closes up again over the summer as stratospheric air from lower latitudes is mixed in, patching it up until the following spring when the cycle begins again.21 Mar 2022

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BisexualBat 6 months ago

Working together? That sounds like COMMUNISM!

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Salty.Hag 6 months ago

Yup this is true!

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Mimi La Souris 6 months ago

the hole in the ozone, the first time I realized the media gave us misinformations. the data was not old enough (as for the weather) to say that this seasonal and mobile thinning (and not permanent hole) was new or not and if human activity was the only cause. we have an impact on the planet, but the "mainstream" news vomited by the media is so brainwashing.

0points

Tess Butler 6 months ago

If theres global warming its because its the natural cycle of the earth and carbon tax is theft.

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Manana Man 6 months ago (edited)

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Dragons Exist 6 months ago

CO2 was here long before plants, and plants only convert CO2 to Oxygen for food, not just to get rid of CO2. The CO2 levels are nothing slightly resembling what's natural

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Becky Samuel 6 months ago

Yes, life thrived. Back when plants and animals had the ability to change latitudes with climate change and had no man-made barriers in their way, and their populations hadn't been decimated by centuries of habitat loss and hunting. Even then, vast numbers of species died. You can argue that other species will come along to fill in the gaps, but this takes hundreds of thousands, of not millions of years. Billions of humans will suffer, and there will be uncountable numbers of deaths, if CO2 levels are not controlled. Go ahead and downvote these facts if you don't believe that human life and animal species are important.

4points

Certainly not Dan 6 months ago

Most people understand science, you don’t. Current CO2 levels are over 400ppm, yes if it dropped below 150ppm there would be problems for plant life. It’s not going to drop by that much. This whole CO2 is plant food ignores the biggest issue that a much hotter planter, changing in centuries and not millennia, will kill off a large percentage of vegetative life on the planet. Including the crops we depend on. Lots of CO2 for wheat to adsorb but where it can be grown shrinks because the CO2 is heating the planet

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy When Haiti was fighting the French in a civil war the French send some polish to deal with it when they saw how the slaves were treated the Polish joined the haiti revolution.

InternationalGap6163 , Karl Girardet / Jean Outhwaite Report

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288points

Blue Mar 6 months ago

In 1802 Napoleon added a Polish Legion to the forces sent to Saint-Domingue (Haiti) to fight off the slave rebellion. Upon discovering that the slaves fought for their freedom, the vast majority of Poles eventually joined the slaves against the French. The Polish had a familiar situation back home, where they fought for their liberty against invading Russia, Prussia, and Austria that began in 1772. The unofficial motto of Poland is" For our freedom and yours " The concept is deeply rooted in the history of human struggle for liberty. It is a phrase that echoes the unwavering spirit of those who have fought and sacrificed for the freedom of others, often at great personal cost. Polish people were called "The White Negroes of Europe" and since then they created haiti- polish brotherhood. Beautifully story ❤️

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The OP told Bored Panda that it was curiosity that encouraged them to pose the question to the online community. “I know Reddit users are knowledgeable about a lot of random stuff and what better way to learn more random stuff than asking the people who know a bunch of them but don’t know anyone who would be interested in hearing them?”

#4

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Cows have accents depending on where they’re born and they also have best friends and get depressed when separated.

Rankorking , Pixabay Report

Final score:

264points

BoredPossum 6 months ago

Took me 2 months to understand what those Scottish cows were mooing.

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy They found a giant ocean of water floating in space thats supposed to be something like 140,000 times the size of our solar system. Space sharks might actually exist.

Goat-Hammer , Alex Andrews Report

Final score:

237points

Mark 6 months ago

Sharknado 2: Except This Time it's Space

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“I’m curious about a lot of things and I always try to find out more,” the OP shared, adding that they didn’t expect to see so many answers in the thread that they started. “I almost lost count; it honestly surprised me how people know all of these things.”

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They revealed that the fun fact they love the most is that the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. “I always get a laugh at that one,” they said.

#6

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Elephants can purr, like cats.

JoyfulMuffin07 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

226points

troufaki13 6 months ago

Nice, but I wouldn't want an elephant sitting on my lap 🤨

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#7

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

hockeynoticehockey , Young Sung Report

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216points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 months ago

That's just being greedy.

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy This may have been posted before, but still...

On 8 April, 1942, a detachment of Polish soldiers, deployed to Iran by the Allies, bought a **bear cub** from an Iranian boy. In August the bear was given to the 22nd Artillery Supply company and named Wojtek by the soldiers.

They fed him condensed milk, honey, fruit, and beer, which ended up being his favorite drink. He also picked up smoking, and enjoyed wrestling with his human friends, and bunking in on cold nights.

When the Polish II Corps was redeployed it Italy to fight alongside the British, the Brits wouldn’t transport mere mascots on a troop ship, so Wojtek was formally enrolled in the Polish army as a private.

During the brutal Battle of Monte Cassino Private Wojtek helped keep the guns firing by hauling boxes of ammo, each containing four 25 pound shells. These crates normally took four men to haul. For his bravery and service in battle Wojtek was promoted to Corporal, and his visage became the emblem of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company.

After the war the 22nd was sent to Scotland, before being demobilized, at which point Wojtek was given to the Edinburgh Zoo, where he was often visited by Polish soldiers until his death in 1963.

**TDLR:** Polish soldiers adopted a bear named Wojtek in 1942. He served in WWII, carrying ammo at the Battle of Monte Cassino, and was promoted to Corporal. After the war, he lived in the Edinburgh Zoo until 1963.

Adventurous_Weird124 , Imperial War Museum Report

Final score:

206points

Blue 6 months ago

He must have been so lonely... Although I certainly don't agree it was a good thing that he was bought and essentially raised in captivity. Of course not. But he was raised by them, fed by them, cared for by them. With them all that time. Yes, I'm sure he went through hell... Not good. No. But to then put him into a confined space, with non of his people ever around, only the odd visit... For all those years. That's so, so sad... Poor Bear

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The reason so many redditors seem to have at least one or two fun facts at hand is because, according to cognitive scientist and researcher Elizabeth Bonawitz, curiosity is innate in all humans. “Curiosity acts as a kind of filter you put over the world to help the mind decide what information to attend to,” Harvard Graduate School Of Education cites her saying. “It’s a physiological response that helps drive action and decision-making to support learning.”

#9

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was an elite wrestling champion. In 300 matches, he only lost one. Bonus fun fact: He was also a licensed bartender.

Lovely_BunnyCharm , wikipedia.org Report

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202points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

Yep, Lincoln was a badass. He also liked puns.

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#10

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Whales are mammals. Mammals make milk. Whale milk is so high in fat it is the consistency of toothpaste.

I love to bust that one out while someone is brushing their teeth.

Former-Finish4653 , Elianne Dipp Report

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195points

Liz Siemens 6 months ago

I can't wait to tell this to somebody. Soon.

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#11

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Pigeons mate for life.

Kshi-dragonfly , Ashithosh U Report

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186points

Jack Burton 6 months ago

I will now call my wife mi amore piccione

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Talking about curiosity, Dr. Michael E. W. Varnum pointed out to Bored Panda that a recent meta-analysis examining hundreds of studies found that curiosity appears to be positively linked to intelligence. “The personality trait of openness is also associated with higher levels of curiosity. Age may also play a role,” he added.

“Some work suggests that curiosity may decline in old age. On the other end of the lifespan, young children, much to the delight and sometimes consternation of their parents, tend to be incredibly curious.”

#12

Ignaz Semmelweis, who was the doctor that tried to convince other doctors to wash their hands, was mocked for it and eventually suffered a mental breakdown. He spent the last years of his life in an asylum.

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MargyB 6 months ago

It's funny that I see this fact when I have been hand hygiene auditing. Its a thankless job

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#13

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Playing a B flat on a tuba can cause arousal in alligators.

MJSchooley , Bas van Brandwijk Report

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174points

Mil 6 months ago

Who found out and what was the plan?

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy In 1884, a crew stranded on a boat on the high seas ate the cabin boy, Richard Parker, to survive. (R v Dudley and Stephens case)

In 1838, Edgar Allan Poe's first and only novel was published (The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket). In the novel, a group of whaling sailors are stranded on a boat. To prevent them from dying of hunger and thirst, one of the crew offers to draw lots. The crew agrees. The one who draws the short straw is also the one who offered it. But the irony is not there. The real irony is the name of this fictional character in the novel: Richard Parker.

And no, you didn't misread the dates!

Tosawi , A. D. McCormick - Google Books Report

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171points

fancy unicorn 6 months ago

And Richard Parker is the name of the shipwrecked tiger in the 2012 hit film, The Life of Pi.

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Even though our curiosity might decline in old age, according to Dr. Varnum, we tend to keep learning throughout our entire life. “In fact, research suggests that crystallized intelligence tends to increase in adulthood into old age, although at extremely older ages dementia or other sources of cognitive decline may kick in. But nonetheless, in general we do continue to accumulate knowledge and experience throughout our lives.

“In terms of the importance of curiosity, studies have found that it may improve well-being and enhance success in academic settings among other benefits,” the expert added.

#15

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Gandhi arrived in London right before Jack the Ripper started his k*lling spree and there were no more murders after he left. He can't be ruled out as a suspect.

zhivago6 , Elliott & Fry Report

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DrBronxx 6 months ago

Well, he can be ruled out. He would have been 12-14 years old when the killings happened. He wouldn't have been strong enough, or educated enough to carry out the killings. Hi. I'm just here to suck the life out of this fun fact.

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#16

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy "Louie Louie" was a #2 hit in 1963 for The Kingsmen. The vocals were so garbled and slurred, rumors spread that the lyrics were dirty. The FBI investigated the song on suspicion of violating obscenity laws. After two years, they decided the lyrics were "unintelligible at any speed."

Somehow, they missed the drummer yelling "F**k!" at 0:54

NoRecognition2527 , Scandore/Shayne Report

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164points

PattyK 6 months ago

And some of us have spent the last 60 years wondering what those lyrics were …

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#17

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Chessy (Lisa Ann Walters) from Parent Trap (1998) gave birth to twin boys on October 11th 2000 which is the same birthday the twins had in the movie!

lyric_tiara , Walt Disney Pictures Report

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ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Cool!

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Spider legs are on a hydraulic system. To move their limbs, they use their hemolymph (basically their blood) which is why when they die, their legs curl.

K_Xanthe , Matthis Volquardsen Report

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140points

Kai Collis (eeee) 6 months ago

walking boners lmao

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#19

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Penguins have an organ behind their eyes that turns sea water in to fresh water.

HeadFit2660 , Jean van der Meulen Report

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139points

David Paterson 6 months ago

Penguins and albatrosses.

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#20

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy The word *millennium* has two N's in the middle, because it comes from the Latin word for "year", *annus*.

If you spell it with one N, this changes *annus* to *a**s*, which makes it mean not "a thousand years" but rather "a thousand a******s".

fubo , Karolina Grabowska Report

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137points

BoredPossum 6 months ago

That would describe my local discotheque.

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#21

Brett Michaels had the cops called on him when a hotel maid saw him shooting up when in fact, he’s diabetic and was giving insulin.

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Menacing Duck 6 months ago

thats gonna be one awkward conversation

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Oxen are just bulls (or a cow) with jobs, not a whole separate species of bovine.

InfernalOrgasm , हर्षल Report

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122points

Kira Okah 6 months ago

Any cattle over the age of four trained as a draft animal, to be specific. Though they can be bulls, cows, or steer, they are in the majority steer. Have seen ox shoes, they can be shod like horses.

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#23

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Locusts are just grasshoppers that have undergone a transformation. This usually only happens when huge numbers of them get together, but you can trigger it by rubbing their butts. The transformation only takes a couple hours.

paraworldblue , Pixabay Report

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Kira Okah 6 months ago

Tickling their hind legs. It simulates te jostling they receive in a crowd, triggering a serotonin increase in the thorax, which triggers the transformation. Serotonin is the key hormone in the process. https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/a-brain-chemical-changes-locusts-from-harmless-grasshoppers-to-swarming-pests

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“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy The tips of giraffe tongues are dark purple, to protect against the sun. They spend most of their time in the wild, eating.

SnooChipmunks126 , Petr Ganaj Report

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117points

Pamela Christie 6 months ago

I once got to hand-feed an adult giraffe when I was a zoo docent. The sensation of that tongue wrapping around my hand is something I've never forgotten.

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#25

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Dragonflies suck water up their butts and shoot it out like jets when they get tired.

HoneyfluffyWhirl , Pixabay Report

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108points

Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 months ago

Don't we all do this?

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#26

Wasps lay their eggs in fig flowers and die, then the fig eats the dead wasp and grows into a fig, and the baby wasps hatch and leave, usually. But sometimes the fig doesn’t eat all of the wasp, and sometimes the eggs don’t hatch, and sometimes the baby wasps don’t escape, and you don’t really notice any of this when you eat them, most of the time.

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deejak 6 months ago

Best use of wasps I ever heard

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#27

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy The reason UK Pubs had stupid names, was so the illiterate patrons could find them with the artwork.

Ok-Masterpiece7377 , Wendy Wei Report

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Shark Lady 6 months ago

There are no stupid pub names. They are often related to the local area or royalty.

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#28

When you exercise, your body compensates for the calories lost by burning fewer calories over the course of the day.

So roughly 25-50% of the calories burned are negated. Meaning if you burn 100 calories, it really only comes to 50-75.

The higher your body fat percentage the worse it is 😐.

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88points

ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago (edited)

So basically, I'll never lose weight no matter how hard I try. Super.

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#29

El Paso, Texas is closer to San Diego, California than it is to Houston, Texas.

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Brenda 6 months ago

As a Houstonian, I can confirm this. Driving to West Texas from Houston takes about 12-13 hours (not including stops). It is probably the most boring drive ever. And you0 have no cell, radio reception for the last several hours.

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#30

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Cold water holds oxygen better than warm water. Which is why you'll usually find fish in shadier areas during sunny days.

Also, if you want ice cubes to be clear, you have to boil the water first to get the extra oxygen/bubbles out.

Visual-Lobster6625 , James Wheeler Report

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87points

Kira Okah 6 months ago

The boiling water makes clear ice cubes is bs. Directional freezing using an insulated container is the better method - with the sides insulated and the top not, it freezes from the top down, leaving the bits that make it cloudy in the unfrozen water at the bottom.

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#31

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Imitation vanilla used to be made from Beaver a**l sack juice.

dan-theman , Felicity Tai Report

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86points

Kira Okah 6 months ago (edited)

Key term "used to be". Castoreum is very expensive, and around 300kg is made per year GLOBALLY - that is for every use of castoreum. Vanillin (imitation vanilla) is synthesised from bark, and just the USA uses 1,200,000kg of that per year.

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#32

The universe has either been around for all of eternity, or it literally went from absolutely nothing to suddenly having a universe. Thinking too hard about either one can make your head spin.

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geezeronthehill 6 months ago

There is insufficient data for either hypothesis. We may never aquire sufficient data.

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#33

The first predator movie has two United States governors in it.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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#34

If there is someone on trial who has a history of domestic violence, the prosecutors want all domestic violence victims off of the jury.

Conversely, the defense wants them ON the jury.

Why? They clearly stood by someone who abused them. They’re, statistically speaking, more likely to be more sympathetic to perpetrators.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

WOW that is messed up!

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#35

Donald Ducks middle name is Fauntleroy.

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flower petals 6 months ago

Fauntleroy Ducker could have been the name of a Hogwarts teacher ☺️

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#36

Marijuana was not decriminalized in Jamaica until 2015, despite its association with the country.

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70points

David Paterson 6 months ago (edited)

It was definitely illegal in Jamaica when I was there. They defended their plantations with shotguns. They defended their shipments with machine guns. People who offended the d**g lords ended up dead and unburied in the cemetery. And all the politicians looked the other way. Personal observation on all four. Nasty business.

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#37

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Before the movie Psycho came out, movies didn’t have showtimes. You just walked in and watched until you’d seen the whole movie.

Alfred Hitchcock didn’t want the twist spoiled for people, so he insisted on showtimes.

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66points

SCamp 6 months ago

Really? 🤔 Find this one a bit hard to believe but that may be the beer talking

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#38

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy A cockroach can live up to 168 hours without its head.

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66points

Shark Lady 6 months ago

Whatever happened to our Headless Roach?

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#39

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Meaty human thighs have 13,355 calories.

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65points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago

In case any cannibals are reading this, I'm a 40+yo biker so my whole body is super tough and gamey and wouldn't taste good at all.

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#40

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Someone in the world just died as you were reading this.

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60points

ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Yeah, but there's someone out there being born too.

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#41

Your bones are wet.

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30points

SCamp 6 months ago

And your brain is the only organ in your body that is aware of itself

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#42

Some species of frogs have butt cheeks.

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28points

David Paterson 6 months ago

Some species of frogs are regularly mistaken for baby turtles.

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#43

In the old days, some women wore fake pubic hair pieces called 'merkins'.

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Shark Lady 6 months ago

It was to cover up the effects of syphilis.

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#44

Sharks are older than trees.

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deejak 6 months ago

Not all of them

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#45

Birds are actually the only line of dinosaurs that survived mass extinction and evolved to rule the air as mammals took over the land. The line is called theropods. Don't belive? Search it up I dare you.

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 6 months ago

Why the dare bit? Common knowledge?

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#46

The song Alive by Pearl Jam is about a mother telling her son that his father isn't actually his real father. His real father died when he was too young to remember.

The mother, then tells her son that since he became a man he looks exactly like his father and that she has developed sexual feelings towards him.

..

No BS, and this is part one of a trilogy of songs about this tale.

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ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Have mercy! 🤢

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#47

Did you know that Viggo Mortensen broke his toe....

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19points

KillerKiwi 6 months ago

Did you know that I also broke my toe….

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#48

Nebraska is the only triply landlocked state.

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17points

JennyH 6 months ago

What does this mean? A dyslexic thinker here. It has 6 states around it. My brain is broken.

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#49

“Cows Have Accents”: 40 Fun Facts “No One Asked For,” But You Might Still Enjoy Cornflakes were invented to try to stop kids jerkin off.

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9points

SewingStaffy 6 months ago

Kind of wrong. The Kellogg brothers were religious and into healthy eating/living. They 'invented' cornflakes at the sanitarium they ran. They did believe that healthy eating would help curb certain sins such as masturbation. No reports could be found to state that they made them specifically to stop sexual feelings or masturbation

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#50

Fruit doesn't contain protein, but in the nutritional information on juice bottles, there is a protein content.... from unlucky insects.

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Kira Okah 6 months ago

They have on average 1g protein, with some having up to 4g. This is occurring in the fruit, not insect related.

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Miglė Miliūtė

A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

A writer here at Bored Panda, I am a lover of good music, good food, and good company, which makes food-related topics and feel-good stories my favorite ones to cover. Passionate about traveling and concerts, I constantly seek occasions to visit places yet personally unexplored. I also enjoy spending free time outdoors, trying out different sports—even if I don’t look too graceful at it—or socializing over a cup of coffee.

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I am a Visual editor at Bored Panda, I'm determined to find the most interesting and the best quality images for each post that I do. On my free time I like to unwind by doing some yoga, watching all kinds of movies/tv shows, playing video and board games or just simply hanging out with my cat

I am a Visual editor at Bored Panda, I'm determined to find the most interesting and the best quality images for each post that I do. On my free time I like to unwind by doing some yoga, watching all kinds of movies/tv shows, playing video and board games or just simply hanging out with my cat

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MaximumKarmaSaint 6 months ago

Fun fact: There can always be something behind you, out of vision.

15points

Ms.GB 6 months ago

Stop that!

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Papa 6 months ago

These were (mostly) interesting facts. I think some of them were even true.

12points

Mike F 6 months ago

Just a few.

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KillerKiwi 6 months ago

Birds aren’t real, they’re government spies. And they charge on power lines.

4points

Birb 6 months ago

Sshhhh, don't tell that

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Flarpel Blarpel 6 months ago

fun fact: when you stop running, he gets closer

3points

ElfVibratorGlitter 6 months ago

Learned a couple things, overall some good facts.

2points

Hey! 6 months ago

My milk was blueish. I don't think my bones are blue. Where did you learn this?

1point

KillerKiwi 6 months ago

Well, are you a cow?

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JennyH 6 months ago

I have been schooled. Thanks, guys!

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MaximumKarmaSaint 6 months ago

Fun fact: There can always be something behind you, out of vision.

15points

Ms.GB 6 months ago

Stop that!

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Papa 6 months ago

These were (mostly) interesting facts. I think some of them were even true.

12points

Mike F 6 months ago

Just a few.

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KillerKiwi 6 months ago

Birds aren’t real, they’re government spies. And they charge on power lines.

4points

Birb 6 months ago

Sshhhh, don't tell that

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Flarpel Blarpel 6 months ago

fun fact: when you stop running, he gets closer

3points

ElfVibratorGlitter 6 months ago

Learned a couple things, overall some good facts.

2points

Hey! 6 months ago

My milk was blueish. I don't think my bones are blue. Where did you learn this?

1point

KillerKiwi 6 months ago

Well, are you a cow?

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JennyH 6 months ago

I have been schooled. Thanks, guys!

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