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It all started a couple of months ago while arguing with my Let's Get Sciencey brother in arms, Marco. The subject? How many Eiffel Towers deep is the ocean?

Of course, we Googled and "mathed" our way to the answer.

After that, we kept looking for more random science facts to feed our awkward personalities that rely only on weird bits of trivia when put in the awful situation of attending a party.

The hardest thing for us was to find at least one genuine scientific source to back up the facts we found, so, after filtering all our information, arguing like two bitter old ladies, and continuously raising our standards, we gathered 100 weird science facts.

However, ain't nobody got time to read 100 facts. So we selected our favorite 29 and illustrated them, just to prove how freaking ridiculous they are.

More info: letsgetsciencey.com

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The Aspidocelis Uniparens lizards are all females. There are no males as they don't need them for reproduction.

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#2

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Some Northern Cardinals are half female, half male, with their bodies colored half red on the male side and brown on the female side.

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

There's a volcano in Guatemala that erupts every hour. It's been doing so for over a century.

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#4

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Hyenas are closer related to cats than dogs.

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#5

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Beta Mandrils gain bigger testicles, more colors on their face, and the ability to reproduce only after winning a fight.

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#6

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

You can make whiskey out of diabetic person's urine. That's how much sugar it contains.

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Phobias are caused by memories passed down genetically from our ancestors.

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#8

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The world's fasted land animal ever recorded was a cheetah named ... Sarah.

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#9

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Songbirds are into voyeurism.

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#10

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Grasshoppers have ears on their stomachs.

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Scallops have up to 200 eyes.

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Raccoons see with their hands. Actually, they use their sense of touch to locate their food and are able to differentiate between objects at night only with their paws.

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

A man called Charles Osborne spent 68 years of his life hiccuping. He died one year after they stopped.

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#14

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Sometimes Komodo dragon females mate with their male offsprings. They're also capable of reproducing without males.

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#15

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Peanuts are legumes, not nuts. So technically speaking, people that are allergic to peanuts are actually allergic to legumes, not nuts.

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#16

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Apples float because they're 23% air.

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#17

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The country with the most tornadoes per square mile is ... the United Kingdom.

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#18

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Naked mole rats live in colonies with a single queen giving birth to all the workers.

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#19

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Violin bows are only made from horse hair.

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#20

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Fruit flies use poop to attract their mates.

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#21

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The orange existed for 200 years before the color orange.

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#22

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Polar bears are cannibals.

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#23

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

There's a species of horned screeching birds called ... the horned screamers. They're as terrifying as they sound.

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#24

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong littered the moon's surface with over 100 pieces of trash.

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#25

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The Alps formed after the dinosaurs went extinct.

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We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The ocean is eleven Eiffel Towers stacked on top of each other deep (3,682.2 meters).

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#27

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Great apes are incapable of telling the difference between musical genres.

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#28

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

Lobsters and jellyfish are immune to the passing of time. Sadly, they're not protected from disease of injury.

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#29

We Illustrated 29 Real Science Facts To Prove How Ridiculous They Are

The most dangerous animal in the world is ... the common house fly.

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