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35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know

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Learning random facts is always fun. At the same time, some of you might wonder why on Earth you would need to stuff your brain with things like that. Well, if you're into trivia, these random facts may come in handy for you. Maybe one of these facts will help you score that point you need to win. And if you're not a trivia person, these random facts might still be useful when you least expect it. Or it might be time for you to get into trivia.

Either way, let's take a trip through a list of random facts that were prompted to be shared when someone on Reddit asked: "What's a completely random fact no one asked for?"

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#1

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know There are elements from exploding stars in your bones and oceans in your blood and your lungs use the same structures as coral does and your veins branch like trees or rivers and the same spirals you see in a shell on the beach are in your ears and there are miniature galaxies in your eyes. You are a miracle reflecting the beauty of the universe back at itself. That's incredible and I think about it a lot.

kyothinks , Kendall Hoopes Report

Final score:

273points

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#2

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know In 2005 new palaeontological discoveries meant that a scientific term had to be assigned to baby/juvenile pterosaurs.
The author chose to name them "Flaplings".

BloatedBaryonyx , Gary Todd Report

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213points

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#3

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know octopuses, octopi, and octopus are all accepted plural spellings for octopus

also stop eating them

muttmechanic , Christian Ladewig Report

Final score:

212points

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#4

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Elephants can purr, like Cats..

ViolentlyOpen , Pixabay Report

Final score:

168points

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#5

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The four spikes on the tail of a Stegosaurus is called a thagomizer. Far Side comic strip artist Gary Larson coined the word.

moneyshaker , Lucas George Wendt Report

Final score:

159points

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#6

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Armadillos almost always have identical quadruplets.

One fertilized egg splits into four embryos.

PrincessMurderMitten , Victor Miyata Report

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149points

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#7

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Among Fortune 500 companies, 2018 was the first year that the number of CEOs who were women exceeded the number who were named John.

*edit - grammar*

Beanbag-Sandbar288 , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

136points

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#8

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The purpose of golf is to play as little golf as possible.

Ravehearts , Steve Momot Report

Final score:

130points

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#9

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Sylvester Stallone wrote *Rocky* in three days after watching a boxing match because the only acting jobs he could get were bit parts and [adult movies], and he was homeless for a while. The producers wanted Burt Reynolds to play the lead but Stallone refused, and accepted huge budget cuts to star in his own film.

msnmck , Movieclips Report

Final score:

126points

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#10

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know From my giraffe loving 7yr old- A giraffe’s horns are called ossicones which are mostly cartilage

SafetyMan35 , Frans van Heerden Report

Final score:

124points

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#11

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know “Chat GPT,” pronounced with a French accent, phonetically translates to “Cat, I have farted,” in French.

KBlake1982 , Tranmautritam Report

Final score:

122points

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#12

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The difference between a hotel and a motel is in a hotel your room is accessed from inside and a motel you access your room from the outside.

TheAlbinoJedi , Ricky Esquivel Report

Final score:

119points

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#13

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Male echidnas have a four-headed penis, although they only use two during mating (and they alternate which heads they use each time).

The two they’re using grow larger, to fit inside the female’s dual-branched reproductive tract.

Also, bonus fact: female echidnas lactate through their skin… so they sweat their milk out, and the puggles lick it off them.

Bonus bonus fact: when a female echidna is ready to mate, a group of males will follow her through the bush for a few days in a horny little conga line called a mating train. When she decides it’s time, the males circle her digging a ditch as they go, then push each other out of the way until there’s only one left.

Edit to add: Nat Geo video of echidna mating rituals

FormalMango , Emmanuel Higgins Report

Final score:

110points

Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 9 months ago

When I'm ready to mate, I generally move my rook.

77points

Pandemonium 9 months ago

Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

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Doodles1983 9 months ago

Puggles

10points

Annemarie van der Westhuysen 9 months ago

"horny little conga line" - made me laugh out loud!

6points

AtMostTheFabulist Premium 9 months ago

I think this is really more information than I need

6points

Historyharlot93 9 months ago

Agree. I didn’t need to know about a echidna gang bang gladiator match 😬

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The Original Bruno 9 months ago

Focusing the breast-producing cells near the nipple was a later-evolved trait, along with live births. Yeah, echidnas also lay eggs.

2points

pineapple87 9 months ago

This is my favourite in this thread.

2points

Floeckchen 9 months ago

Though they got Knuckles and Tikal all wrong in all that "fan comics"....

1point

Gloria Williams 9 months ago

Wow, what a lesson.

0points

Kaedyn Walsh 9 months ago

Fr, this was simultaneously the most wholesome horror I've ever learned 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

0points

Pamela Christie 9 months ago

So...what are the other two penis heads for?

0points

HorseMuse 9 months ago

Wonder how ‘they’ captured all that? Hmmmm?

0points

ReedMoore 9 months ago

I think I could’ve continued on with my life without having learnt that. Seriously?! The “horny little conga line” bit definitely made up for it though.

0points

celeste hall 9 months ago

more proof that nature is stranger then fiction, and monotremes are just to cool to be invented

0points

DrBronxx 9 months ago

I'll never look at Knuckles the same way again.

0points

Kurichfield 9 months ago

So Knuckles' name should actually be D***s!

0points

Timbob 9 months ago

Thanks for your research.

0points

Daveygravey 9 months ago

WWWOOOOOOOAAAAAHHHHH

0points

Pyla 9 months ago

selection is sexy

0points

Kris 9 months ago

Im craving enchiladas now

0points

TheGoodBoi 9 months ago (edited)

"Which ones are we using tonight hun? These two? You got it!"

0points

Donna Peluda 9 months ago

Sounds like dogging!!

0points

Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 9 months ago

oh come on!

-1point

LizzieBoredom 9 months ago

This comment has been deleted.

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#14

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know A peregrine falcon can dive at over 200mph.

subliminal_sorcerer , Jean van der Meulen Report

Final score:

99points

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#15

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The Xerographic process is how you get your office laser printer to work. Toner is plastic that sticks to the paper that got hit with a laser (laser printer) and is a different charge. The toner is being held on by static electricity. At the end it goes through two hot rollers called a fuser and is baked into the paper and that's why paper feels warm coming out because plastic is melted into paper.

Ok_Budget_2593 , Mahrous Houses Report

Final score:

99points

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#16

The plastic piece on the end of a shoelace is called the aglet.

ETA: Jesus, for the record, I did not learn this from Phineas and Ferb, but good to know half a generation did.

farfetched22 Report

Final score:

97points

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#17

A "factoid" is actually an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.

Not a "small fact".

Randyfox86 Report

Final score:

97points

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#18

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Australia is wider than the moon.

Stack_of_HighSociety , Catarina Sousa Report

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96points

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#19

A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."

Final score:

96points

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#20

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know a lethal dose is also a life supply

Outside-Refuse6732 , Karolina Grabowska Report

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89points

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#21

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Whale milk is the same consistency as toothpaste.

what-katy-didnt , Elianne Dipp Report

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79points

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#22

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know All tennis rackets are strung manually. There are no machines that use automation to string rackets.

moneyshaker , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

78points

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#23

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know There are 32 muscles in a cat's ear.

Patient_Complaint_16 , Francesco Ungaro Report

Final score:

78points

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#24

The most expensive liquid is scorpion venom priced at $39mil per gallon.

Moon_Jewel90 Report

Final score:

77points

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#25

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know A B2 stealth bomber has retractable cup holders and a mini microwave in the cockpit

Tard_Farts82 , Erik Mclean Report

Final score:

72points

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#26

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Up 33% of hip fractures in the older population result in death within a year.

svrgnctzn , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report

Final score:

71points

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#27

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The human a**s can stretch up to 7 inches before taking damage.

A raccoon can squeeze into a hole as tight as 4 inches.

Snowtwo , Chris Ensminger Report

Final score:

69points

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#28

Seattle is further north than all of Maine and most of the population of Canada.

UnjuggedRabbitFish Report

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68points

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#29

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The Michelin Man's real name is Bibendum.

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#30

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Bananas are berries, but strawberries aren't.

fr0zen88 , solod_sha Report

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#31

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know Scientists have calculated that there have been 117 billion people that have ever lived

Money-Bear7166 , Ryoji Iwata Report

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60points

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#32

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The Giant Tortoise did not receive a scientific name for over 300 years due to the failure of delivery of specimens to Europe because they were so delicious that sailors invariably ate them during the voyage.

cruiserman_80 , Itai Perelman Nasich Report

Final score:

55points

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#33

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The human animal is the only animal with permanent breasts.

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53points

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#34

If you force a fly to keep flying for 10 minutes, it'll die of hunger

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50points

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#35

There are only 25 blimps in use, worldwide.

Editors note: Only half of these 25 blimps are in use.

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#36

There are millions of camels in Australia.

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23points

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#37

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The youngest picture of yourself is also the oldest picture of yourself.

B_Ho68 , Rodolfo Clix Report

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22points

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#38

Dr. MLK & Anne Frank were born the same year. I’m still shocked about it.

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22points

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#39

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know I always go with Al Gore's son-in-law is the lead singer of OK Go

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21points

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#40

Lightning McQueen’s first name is Montgomery.

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18points

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#41

Barry Manilow did not in fact write his hit “I Write the Songs”

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#42

Octopuses have 1 central brain, then a smaller brain in each tentacle.

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#43

You have about 10lbs of bacteria in your gut. 10lbs of cells that bear no relation to you whatsoever except that they colonize your body.

Editor's note: according to sources online the bacteria in a person's gut weigh around 4.4lbs (2kg).

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#44

There are more pigs than people in Iowa.

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#45

Standard pitch is A=440, but it’s not uncommon for string orchestras to tune to A=441 for the change in timbre.

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#46

35 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Interesting To Know The D in 'D-Day' also stands for Day. So really it was just 'Day-Day'.

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#47

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth

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I am a writer at Bored Panda. I have loved creating and writing down stories about people and things since I was little and I think this passion led me to get degrees in sociology, communication, and journalism. These degrees opened various paths for me, and I got a chance to be a volunteer in the human rights field, and also try myself out in social research and journalism areas. Besides writing, my passions include pop culture: music, movies, TV shows; literature, and board games. In fact, I have been dubbed a board games devotee by some people in my life.

I am a writer at Bored Panda. I have loved creating and writing down stories about people and things since I was little and I think this passion led me to get degrees in sociology, communication, and journalism. These degrees opened various paths for me, and I got a chance to be a volunteer in the human rights field, and also try myself out in social research and journalism areas. Besides writing, my passions include pop culture: music, movies, TV shows; literature, and board games. In fact, I have been dubbed a board games devotee by some people in my life.

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I am a Visual Editor at Bored Panda. While studying at Vilnius Tech University, I learned how to use Photoshop and decided to continue mastering it at Bored Panda. I am interested in learning UI/UX design and creating unique designs for apps, games and websites. On my spare time, I enjoy playing video and board games, watching TV shows and movies and reading funny posts on the internet.

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General Anaesthesia 9 months ago

"Bored Panda Recommends: We’ve got a feeling you’ll like these pieces, too..." Fact: NO, these injected clickbait links spoil the flow, they often lead nowhere, and can make me leave a topic prematurely just because it's so irritating. Only BP could think this "enhances the user experience".

12points

Brobro McDuderson 9 months ago

Don’t worry, BP won’t read this or care.

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James016 9 months ago

It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls and Bodies by Drowning Pool are two songs about the same event.

8points

EEP 9 months ago

Uh no? Could you explain?

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mysterious(all pronouns) 9 months ago

There are roughly 4,000 planetariums in the world. Of those, 10 are in the state of Wisconsin. One of those ten happens to be in a public high school. And it gets used for community programs, some classes, and a bi-weekly astronomy club.

4points

M O'Connell 9 months ago

They almost tore down the Bradford HS planetarium in 2018. Thankfully community members forced the school board to reconsider.

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Kari Panda 9 months ago

There was a planetarium near my school and we used to visit it in astronomy class. I grew up in a small town, so I always believed having a planetarium was an ordinary thing, just like having a public pool. I am still disappointed I now live nowhere near any planetarium…

3points

Green Tree 9 months ago

There was a planetarium in my public high school in Ohio (building has since been demolished) and there are two within a short drive from my house so I never thought they were particularly rare. But I looked it up and indeed I must just be lucky - about 350 total in the US.

3points

FloralDangerNoodle 9 months ago

This is the type of content I love to see.

2points

Pamelot 9 months ago

Great compilation.

1point

Allen Packard 9 months ago

Great article. I'm a facts junkie and I actually learned a few things. Thank you!

1point

The Dark Sun 9 months ago

Nutella has a sun protection factor of 9,7

1point

General Anaesthesia 9 months ago

"Bored Panda Recommends: We’ve got a feeling you’ll like these pieces, too..." Fact: NO, these injected clickbait links spoil the flow, they often lead nowhere, and can make me leave a topic prematurely just because it's so irritating. Only BP could think this "enhances the user experience".

12points

Brobro McDuderson 9 months ago

Don’t worry, BP won’t read this or care.

14points

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James016 9 months ago

It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls and Bodies by Drowning Pool are two songs about the same event.

8points

EEP 9 months ago

Uh no? Could you explain?

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mysterious(all pronouns) 9 months ago

There are roughly 4,000 planetariums in the world. Of those, 10 are in the state of Wisconsin. One of those ten happens to be in a public high school. And it gets used for community programs, some classes, and a bi-weekly astronomy club.

4points

M O'Connell 9 months ago

They almost tore down the Bradford HS planetarium in 2018. Thankfully community members forced the school board to reconsider.

5points

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Kari Panda 9 months ago

There was a planetarium near my school and we used to visit it in astronomy class. I grew up in a small town, so I always believed having a planetarium was an ordinary thing, just like having a public pool. I am still disappointed I now live nowhere near any planetarium…

3points

Green Tree 9 months ago

There was a planetarium in my public high school in Ohio (building has since been demolished) and there are two within a short drive from my house so I never thought they were particularly rare. But I looked it up and indeed I must just be lucky - about 350 total in the US.

3points

FloralDangerNoodle 9 months ago

This is the type of content I love to see.

2points

Pamelot 9 months ago

Great compilation.

1point

Allen Packard 9 months ago

Great article. I'm a facts junkie and I actually learned a few things. Thank you!

1point

The Dark Sun 9 months ago

Nutella has a sun protection factor of 9,7

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