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Positive-Source8205 , Alan Levine Report

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread More plastic flamingos exist on earth than living flamingos.

The same is true for unicorns.

Final score:

241points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

And dragons.

125points

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread it took longer for humans to go from a Bronze sword to an Iron sword, than It took to go from an iron sword to the atomic bomb.

Joe_PM2804 , Ricardo Cruz Report

Final score:

232points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

And if we don't tread carefully it won't take long to send us to ash age.

119points

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Humans can smell some components of the smell of rain (the geosmin part of petrichor, specifically) far better than sharks can small blood in water.

Ratmatazz , Anna Atkins Report

Final score:

211points

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Celena Camps 2 years ago

I live in a rain forest area .. and love the smell of the rain. Also can sense the rain (hours before) is coming by the smell, moisture in the air.

117points

TheDangerHeisenberg , Aaron Burden Report

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread James Garfield could write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other at the same time

Final score:

206points

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Mike Crow 2 years ago

While eating lasagna?

173points

cheechiie , пресс-служба ПАО " Report

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread I’m shocked by the amount of people that refuse to believe narwhals are real animals. I’ve got one tattooed on my forearm, so I probably get people talking to me about them more often than normal lol. It usually ends in me pulling up pictures on google, and them still being skeptical.

Final score:

194points

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Mr.Kris 2 years ago

They probably think the earth is flat too, lol.

91points

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" marks the one and only time that Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny have ever officially appeared in the same place at the same time, as well as Daffy and Donald.

All characters screentime between both companies was timed down to the frame to make sure they both had exactly equal amounts with their characters

Yuni_smiley , epicurious_aussie Report

Final score:

188points

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UKGrandad 2 years ago

Well, they didn't want Mickey or Bugs to suffer a bruised ego if one got more screen time. Cartoon characters are famously precious about these things.

74points

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The average blood pressure of a giraffe is around 300/190. They need to have a high BP to get the blood all the way up the neck to profuse the brain with oxygen. I am thoroughly impressed by their cardiovascular system.

anastasiaanne , Gary Bendig Report

Final score:

178points

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Headless Roach 2 years ago

A giraffe must have a really big heart. Awww

69points

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread A single coal power plant produces more toxic waste in a year than every nuclear power plant has ever made.

ob-2-kenobi , Jason Blackeye Report

Final score:

172points

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OhnoI’vebeencensored 2 years ago (edited)

Slightly misleading, the nuclear waste is much more toxic but has a much smaller volume/mass, so is much easier to contain. The coal plant just spews toxic gases into the air and dumps toxic ash in sludge ponds. Not to mention carbon emissions. A more revealing statistic is the comparison of deaths per terawatt hour of electricity generated. 24.62 for coal, 0.03 for nuclear. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh

144points

#10

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Anne Frank, Martin Luther King, and Barbara Walters were all born in the same year

Crooooow , F. Ferro Report

Final score:

169points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

Anne Frank a life that was cut short by evil and yet we know her name across the world. Dr King didn't live for very long as well and we know him through whatever he did in that time.

33points

#11

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Platypus glow under blacklights

KingZaneTheStrange , Meg Jerrard Report

Final score:

157points

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Kel_how 2 years ago

What can't platypuses do?!

81points

Grant Barke 2 years ago

Fly.

38points

Michael Largey 2 years ago

Some won't pay their part of the bar tab. Those are the duckbill platypi.

26points

UKGrandad 2 years ago

Juggle with flaming swords.

15points

the Return of Bruno 2 years ago

Give birth? (If you don't get it, don't downvote it. It's a science joke.)

13points

Laura Ketteridge 2 years ago

Can't give birth to live young. Apart from that, they are all sorts of awesome.

12points

tuzdayschild 2 years ago

Tell his family he is a spy.

9points

Ed Gomaz 2 years ago

My taxes. Correctly.

9points

RH-8514 2 years ago

They can produce milk and lay eggs but I've never seen one making custard

8points

AxleMunshine001 2 years ago

Win a game of Twister

8points

Salad. 2 years ago

Not be platypuses.

8points

ALEXANDER DALE 2 years ago

Your mother.

6points

Brobro McDuderson 2 years ago

Solve complex algebraic equations.

5points

Bordem Exprt 2 years ago

talk to humans

5points

Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano 2 years ago

Give Carl a raise

3points

CultOfBambi 2 years ago

Yodel

2points

Rebekah 2 years ago

They frankly suck at Chess.

2points

Andy Frobig 2 years ago

Hit a major league slider

1point

Jude Corrigan 2 years ago

Whistle?

1point

Nancy T 2 years ago

Juggle

1point

Silver 2 years ago

earn a PhD in marine biology

1point

3 Owls In A Coat 2 years ago

Open-heart surgery

1point

Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago

Hug me 🥺😵

1point

Detroit Citizen 2 years ago

Be cute? /s

-2points

Scp_049 2 years ago

Not just that, but they glow in a similar color to the color used for Perry the Platypus in Phineas and Ferb. Dan Povenmire knew that platypuses were that color before science knew.

10points

Victoria Suzanne 2 years ago

Fun at raves

5points

Will Tiernan 2 years ago

And as they produce milk and lay eggs they are one of the few animals that can make their own custard.

5points

Monday 2 years ago

....how is this a real animal and yet "horse with horn" is fiction?

11points

Rayisnotokay 2 years ago

a platypus…….PERRY THE PLATYPUS!??

4points

ace lesbian demigirl(she/they) 2 years ago

CAN PERRY GLOW??????? as Scp_049, said below that's the colour that platypi glow, but what colour would perry glow?

0points

Thomas Walker 2 years ago

goddam these guys are weird

2points

Seedy Vine 2 years ago

So does tonic water.

1point

Toejam of Funkotron 2 years ago

How do you turn a Platypus into a soul singer? Put it in a microwave until its bill withers..

1point

LapCat 2 years ago

Aren’t they also poisonous? I could be totally wrong but swear I’ve read this somewhere.

1point

der sebbl 2 years ago

They are indeed. Their stinger is located at their elbows iirc. Not deadly but infuses terrible pain as I have read

1point

Asher Tye 2 years ago

The platypeople just got everything.

0points

O.M.Miki 2 years ago

i love this animal - they are so cute when they are are born ;)

0points

Federico Guerrero-Isaza 2 years ago

¨Ah, Perry the Platypus, what an unexpected surprise, and by unexpected, I mean COMPLETELY EXPECTED!¨ (If you didn't read that in Dr. Doofenshmirtz's voice, I am disappointed in you.)

0points

Ed Gomaz 2 years ago

Has anyone ever eaten a platypus? Has anyone ever eaten a human? Platypus 1 humans 0. Which one really is at the top of the food chain.

0points

Aleksei van Tonder 2 years ago

Platypii?

0points

pocwaddler 2 years ago

So do scorpions.

0points

Jessica Bower 2 years ago

They glow teal like Perry

0points

kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago

So do scorpions!

0points

MetaMaxNL 2 years ago

whaaaat hahahaha

0points

Sarah SH 2 years ago

Who brought them to a party and figured that out?

0points

Jordi Sharpe 2 years ago

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0points

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 2 years ago

So do humans.

0points

TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago

They also have 10 gender chromosomes and the males produce venom (rare in mammals)

0points

The Blinking Duck 2 years ago

Platypuses? Platypi?

0points

ace lesbian demigirl(she/they) 2 years ago

Platypeople?

2points

#12

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Komodo dragons usually reproduce sexually, but females in captivity have been known to reproduce by parthenogenesis, without the need for sperm.

Dusty_Roller , Spencer Weart Report

Final score:

155points

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K- THULU 2 years ago

Watch out guys, we're one evolutionary leap away from being obsolete.....

93points

#13

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Shaq 3-point stats. He made: 1 in his career

berlinheroes , Cubahora Report

Final score:

151points

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harpling 2 years ago

That's more than I've ever made.

83points

#14

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Our eyes view everything upside down, but our mind flips it right side up

alexisallore , Paul Savage Report

Final score:

141points

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Mike Crow 2 years ago

This I knew.

54points

#15

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The northernmost point in Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost point in Brazil.

prof_dynamite , Lara Jameson Report

Final score:

138points

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Agfox 2 years ago

Similarly, the easternmost point in Brazil is closer to Africa than it is to the westernmost point in Brazil

64points

#16

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Every single person on Earth could have about 950 square feet in Texas and leave the rest of the world completely empty. (Not that anyone would want that!)

Murky-Purple , Marcy Reiford Report

Final score:

129points

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Grant Barke 2 years ago

With Texas gun laws it would be a blood bath.

124points

#17

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Carrots were purple in medieval times.

MermaidandtheKraken , Darya Pino Report

Final score:

124points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

Purple carrot are still around aren't they?

125points

#18

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Almonds are from the peach family.

RifleShower , Nacho Fernández Report

Final score:

122points

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Erin Geiger 2 years ago

If you look inside the pit of a peach, the center looks just like an almond

65points

#19

The Italian name for the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” roughly translates to “If You Dump Me, I Delete You.”

Sunny64888 Report

Final score:

118points

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Agfox 2 years ago

"Lost in Translation"

67points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#20

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Strawberry is not a berry but banana is

Meowsommar , alleksana Report

Final score:

115points

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Grant Barke 2 years ago

A strawberry is a multiple fruit which consists of many tiny individual fruits embedded in a fleshy receptacle.

34points

#21

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Sharks are older than trees

com2420 , GEORGE DESIPRIS Report

Final score:

113points

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Grant Barke 2 years ago

That explains why wood is not a food source for sharks.

77points

#22

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The number of ants on Earth has a mass greater than all birds and mammals combined

InquisitaB , Marco Neri Report

Final score:

108points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

Planet of the ants.

7points

#23

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Black pepper is a stone fruit, similar to an apricot

Dreadsin , M Mahbub A Alahi Report

Final score:

98points

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harpling 2 years ago

But do ground apricot flakes add zest to food?

31points

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#24

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The Rope Around The Earth Problem

Take a rope tied tautly around a basketball. Now the rope must be lengthened so that there is a one foot gape between the ball and the rope at all points, as if the rope is hovering a foot away around the entirety of the ball. How much must the rope be lengthened to accomplish this? 6.28 Feet.

Now take a rope around tied tautly around the equator of the earth. We have the same goal for the one foot hovering gap around the entirety of the earth. How far must the rope be lengthened? 6.28 Feet.



This is so counter intuitive just about no one will believe it until shown the math

Final score:

97points

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Kel_how 2 years ago

No point showing me the math because I most certainly wouldn't understand it. I'll take you at you word.

138points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#25

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread A French guy once ate an entire airplane.

CauliflowerDaffodil , Khamkéo Vilaysing Report

Final score:

96points

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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago

Was that airplane shaped like baguette?

83points

#26

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima released an amount of energy equivalent to the conversion of 0.7 grams ( about the weight of a paperclip) of matter into energy.

tazzietiger66 , US military Report

Final score:

86points

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Ivy Johnson 2 years ago

That seems so small - but its genuinely terrifying - a gigantic amount of energy is required to translate energy into mass

45points

#27

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Everest is nowhere close to being the farthest away from the center of the earth. The top of Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2.1 km farther away, even crazier is that Chimborazo isn't even the highest mountain in the Andes.

SkinnyObelix , Michael Clarke Report

Final score:

84points

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Robert T 2 years ago

This is the oblate spheroid again, isn't it.

36points

SheikhYekaterinburg Report

#28

According to the Doomsday argument, there is a 95% chance that in the next 9120 years human civilization will die out.

Final score:

79points

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Marek Čtrnáct 2 years ago

Note that this is "civilization", not "species".

69points

#29

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Your brain can’t really distinguish between imagination and reality.

Darya_Jaen , MART PRODUCTION Report

Final score:

77points

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$cagsy 2 years ago

Mine can. In my imagination I'm a Platinum-selling rock star with a bevy of groupies and a fleet of sports cars parked at my huge mansion. In reality, I'm an out-of-work football coach, living off cereal with a wife and a dog. It's quite easy.

126points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#30

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread The shortest commercial flight in the world lasted 57 seconds. It was a Loganair flight between two Scottish islands, Westray and Papa Westray. It was recorded the shortest commercial flight, with the distance of 1.7 miles.

AnneKellyy , Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa Report

Final score:

67points

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Kel_how 2 years ago (edited)

Imagine getting to the airport hours early for a 57 second flight 🙃 But honestly, seems like a ferry would be more economical.

69points

#31

People Share 33 Random Facts That May Sound Fake But Aren't, As Shared In This Online Thread Crickets’ ears are on their legs

Eli_JMI , Miguel Á. Padriñán Report

Final score:

65points

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mcborge1 2 years ago

That's not a cricket, that's a grasshopper. Grasshoppers ears are called Tympanum and they are on the body under the closed wings and not on the legs as with crickets.

58points