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Someone Asked People “What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?” And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses

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In this modern world, where the amount of fake news, alternative facts, scams, and quasi-claims seem to be off the charts, it’s easy to doubt things. But despite our suspicions, many of us still enjoy and seek out good "truth is stranger than fiction" stories. Because life is weird. Science is crazy. Evolution is wild. And there are so many staggering or downright surreal things happening right under our noses we don't even notice.

Chances are, you've stumbled upon at least one piece of trivia that is so weird, it sounds totally made up. And you’re definitely not the only one. There’s an entire thread on 'Ask Reddit' where this subject matter takes center stage. "What is a true fact that sounds fake?" asked user TheMemeing and inspired hundreds of members to share their intriguing tidbits of knowledge immediately.

From snails having 14,000 teeth to Mantis shrimp generating light, just because something sounds a little bogus, it doesn’t mean it’s not real. We've gathered some of the most illuminating responses from the thread, so continue scrolling! Although remember that a little healthy skepticism goes a long way, so put your thinking caps on and take everything you read online with a pinch of salt. Then upvote the facts that surprised you most, and be sure to share your own nuggets of information with us in the comments.

Psst! When you've finished this list, take a look at our previous post filled with fake-sounding facts here.

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#1

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The oldest hotel in the world is The Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan in Japan and has been in business since 705AD. The crazy thing is that it’s still a family business. For 52 generations

novaorld , Boltor Report

Final score:

746points

Nor 2 years ago

This should be way at the top, for just awesomeness

113points

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#2

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Female dragonflies drop out the sky and pretend to be dead to avoid unwanted male advances.

SuvenPan , Stijn Dijkstra Report

Final score:

501points

Vanessa Schumacher 2 years ago

Understandable

400points

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#3

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Donald Trump was actually the US President at one time.

Zinger2020 , Shealah Craighead Report

Final score:

497points

Nathaniel 2 years ago

Say it ain't so!

161points

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#4

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses In 1895 there were 2 cars out of the entire state of Ohio and they still managed to crash into each other

Infamous_fire94 , dan_jimeta01 Report

Final score:

481points

blobby_grrl 2 years ago (edited)

life finds a way, I guess??

116points

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#5

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses There’s a penguin named Brigadier Sir Nils Olav III who is the ceremonial head of the Norwegian Royal Guard

Poorly-Drawn-Beagle , wikipedia Report

Final score:

451points

Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago

Impeccably dressed!

144points

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#6

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Nestle intentionally created a famine by giving put free formula in African countries and pushed a campaign that said it was healthier than breast milk. Then when most of the population had converted and dwindled the number of mothers capable of nursing, they began charging exorbitant prices for formula. this caused thousands of children to starve to death and they got away with it.

CxT_The_Plague , Raúl Hernández González Report

Final score:

423points

Nathaniel 2 years ago

Just one reason to boycott Nestle.

297points

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#7

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses There are more slaves today than in any point in history

tranc3rooney , Rio Lecatompessy Report

Final score:

374points

Waite Forit 2 years ago

And there are still slaves in the United States. The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution allows "slavery or forced labor" as punishment for a crime. At this time, there are approximately 800,000 prisoners who are forced to work - including many who do manufacturing work for the 4,200 corporations that utilize prison labor. Source: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers, June, 2022

22points

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#8

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.

klakkrr , Paul Bill Report

Final score:

368points

troufaki13 2 years ago

And the Dragon is of Wales

133points

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#9

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Oxford University predates the Aztec Empire by 3.5 centuries.

astrielx , Anna Kozlova Report

Final score:

363points

blobby_grrl 2 years ago

woahhhh

62points

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#10

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Humans can smell geosmin (the chemical released when it rains or snows) at 5 parts per trillion. Which means that humans are 200,000 times more sensitive to smelling geosmin than sharks are at smelling blood.

spookyskelley , Andriyko Podilnyk Report

Final score:

332points

Angela B 2 years ago

Isn't the smell after rain called petrichor....or something like that? Happy to be corrected if am mistaken.

136points

Not Your Business 2 years ago

Yep, the smell is called petrichor, but the chemical that makes the smell is geosmin.

105points

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Amanda Rose 2 years ago

One of my favorite smells!

23points

Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 2 years ago

And my favorite word

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Anonymous 2 years ago

And it smells amazing.

9points

Devon Archer 2 years ago

Pretty much the best smell and you feel so rejuvenated after smelling it. Love it.

8points

Yubo 2 years ago

I was always taught that water had no scent and that when it rains, all we are smelling is wet asphalt. I need to call my therapist, this is too much to take in.

8points

Becky Samuel 2 years ago

You're not smelling the water, you're smelling chemicals released when it hits the ground, so you were right the first time.

5points

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Mark Fuller 2 years ago

Where is the smell released from? I was taught it was from plants that could sense the change in air pressure and were ready to have good ole' drink. But I can only find mention of algae. Someone educate me!

7points

Rei 2 years ago

Humans are sharks in the rain.

7points

Kathy Rayborn 2 years ago

It’s like smelling a feeling!

4points

Tim Wilkinson 2 years ago

Never knew this but also reading the comments explains why I love camping. Childhood holidays in UK where camping. As an adult still try to get away in a tent. Try explaining to someone who hasn't camped what it so special about early morning waking up and opening your tent up to that damp grass smell.

3points

SGH 2 years ago

I recall being at sea for months and smelling Guam before I saw it or picked it up in radar

3points

Agent 8433599 2 years ago

I love that smell 🌧️🌧️

2points

TrippyBanana 2 years ago

It's a scent that should be bottled. I wonder if this is a remnant of our hunting and gathering days since prehistoric hominids would follow herds which also followed the rains and we developed our own ability to detect where rain would be.

2points

Monday 2 years ago

Pity I hate a smell I'm so sensitive to then....

2points

Dylan Movchan 2 years ago

Cheer up there's always Tuesday to look forward to

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USN Patriot 2 years ago

I Cleared a Room once with a Single Fart. To be Fair, it was 999,999 parts per million fart. So there's that.

1point

USN Patriot 2 years ago

You could Taste it, it was so Thick. Not Bragging.

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USN Patriot 2 years ago

Would love to Try some Geosmin flavored Messingale! No Tuna!!!

1point

Caroline_Kitty 2 years ago

Lorelai Gilmore was right all along she can smell snow

1point

Jake stenhouse 2 years ago

Go petrichor!

1point

ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago

Smelling blood aids sharks in finding a victim/ food. What would be the reason humans would need this trait?

1point

Becky Samuel 2 years ago

Humans evolved in mixed savanna/scrubland. Think Serengeti. Large prey animals migrate with thr water to find green grass. Being able to detect the rain from downwind for a considerable distance would make it far easier to predict the movement of the animals.

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D S 2 years ago

...and I love it. I guess I´ve found my drug

1point

Anita Ledford 2 years ago

I can smell rain coming and the smell after a rain is different.

0points

Mike Anderson 2 years ago

How can you smell anything under water ?

0points

Mykidsartrocks 2 years ago

I love the good smell of a thunderstorm rolling in. Never knew what it was called. But I love it

0points

Phoebe Stein 2 years ago

Wow, so rain smell is real!

0points

Magnifico Giganticus 2 years ago

So that's why I bite people after it rains.

0points

v 2 years ago

I guess it's a good thing that smelling geosmin doesn't trigger a feeding frenzy in humans then?

0points

Injun Joe 2 years ago

Smells better than Marcaptan! It's the ingredient added to natural gas, giving it the rotten egg smell. If not, we wouldn't know about gas leaks right away.

0points

Aileen Grist 2 years ago

I was told or read that it was because we are usually so near to dehydration that when the moisture from rain or snow gets into our nostrils our natural sense of smell is reactivated more intensely

0points

Bryan Liddiard 2 years ago

That’s not true. If you anywhere near dehydration you would be thirsty first.

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#11

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Dinosaurs were around for so long that there were already dinosaur fossils while they were still alive.

Basically, as T-Rex was munching away on Triceratop steaks, Stegosaurus had already been dead and underground for millions of years by that point.

mjohnsimon , Narciso Arellano Report

Final score:

327points

Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Earth's time scale is always mind blowing

175points

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#12

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses People were on the moon before they put wheels on suitcases.

sheepywife , Pixabay Report

Final score:

316points

Nathaniel 2 years ago

I am picturing Neil Armstrong awkwardly carrying a few suitcases onto the shuttle.

173points

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#13

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses In the Pompeii eruption, the extreme heat caused some victims' brain tissue to turn to glass.

0ddcharlie , wikipedia Report

Final score:

300points

blobby_grrl 2 years ago

Well then. That's a dark fact I'll be thinking about for a while now...

122points

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#14

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The Mantis shrimp punches so hard it generates light.

Angel_OfSolitude , Amber Wolfe Report

Final score:

298points

Lee Macro 2 years ago

HADOOOOKEN!!

139points

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#15

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Johnny Cash was the first westerner to learn of Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. He was a morse code operator at the time

gavh428 , CBS Television Report

Final score:

292points

Alaskatgal 2 years ago

Wow, had no idea!

50points

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#16

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses From 1912 to 1948, the Olympics awarded official medals for painting, sculpture, architecture, literature and music, alongside those for the athletic competitions.

Lone_Wolf_888 , Dave Kim Report

Final score:

290points

Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago

We should go back to this.

216points

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#17

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The greenland shark, has a life expectancy of between 250-500 years. That means there could be a greenland shark swimming around, that swam the oceans when the Spanish conquistadors went to search Mexico for gold, which at that time, were inhabited by the Aztecs.

Eremitic23 , wikipedia Report

Final score:

289points

XenoMurph 2 years ago (edited)

I knew a guy who was bitten by a shark. He went to Oxford. So Oxford university predates the Aztecs, and a shark predates Oxford University students.

100points

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#18

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Bananas are berries and strawberries aren't.

sushandeep , alleksana Report

Final score:

277points

blobby_grrl 2 years ago

TF... I think I've been lied to my whole life.... I think I need some time to think about this....

90points

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#19

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Koalas are so dumb that they can't recognise a eucalyptus leaf if it isn't attached to a tree.

thedragoncompanion , Valeriia Miller Report

Final score:

261points

Nathaniel 2 years ago

That is just what they want us to think.... And when we are least expecting it, Planet Of The Koalas!

153points

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#20

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses More people drown in the desert than die of dehydration.

mitchade , Amine M'siouri Report

Final score:

260points

Monday 2 years ago

Yes but heatstroke will kill you far quicker than dehydration too, which probably adds to that statistic. People who die in the desert die of heatstroke before dehydration can kill them.

88points

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#21

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Alligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other

Duncan970 , Lia Schmidt Report

Final score:

256points

Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

That's very polite of them

139points

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#22

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Sharks existed before grass.

Yrrebnot , Tomáš Nožina Report

Final score:

249points

Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago

And before the rings of Saturn, apparently.

93points

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#23

Placebo medicine is more effective if patient is told it's expensive.

capable_taco Report

Final score:

245points

Yubo 2 years ago

I absolutely love the placebo effect! If it can decrease my pain, then give me another! It's a reminder that our brain is very powerful.

120points

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#24

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The ancient Egyptian empire lasted more than 3000 years. It has been less time since the empire fell.

librician , Alex Azabache Report

Final score:

244points

Khara Mei 2 years ago

There were Egyptologists in Ancient Egypt. Yes, really. Tey restored older monuments and stuff.

116points

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#25

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Snails have 14,000 teeth and eat bones and meat not just vegetables.

Feathertail80 , PhotoMIX Company Report

Final score:

231points

Nathaniel 2 years ago

Snail. The Horror movie.

140points

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#26

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses A fully loaded Amazon Kindle is a billionth of a billionth of a gram heavier than an empty one.

Aggravating_Speed665 , freestocks.org Report

Final score:

226points

sofacushionfort 2 years ago

Here’s an 8-minute video on the mass of very small and very large things: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VYvM70MLiZY

8points

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#27

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses McDonalds feeds 1% of the world’s population daily.

UniquePotato , C. Cagnin Report

Final score:

225points

Amanda Rose 2 years ago

For some reason I thought that percentage would be higher.

113points

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#28

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Butterflies are fond of cow s**t, fresh blood, and corpses.

itsme_Imtheproblem , Pixabay Report

Final score:

220points

Karen Grant 2 years ago

I have no right to judge the butterflies, but this is overwhelming. I thought they would love flowers and cotton candy.

112points

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#29

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses There’s a type of mold that, as a single celled organism, can move around by itself, learn, recognise colours and solve mazes. there are many species of slime mold that can come in all colours such as banana yellow, hazard-jacket orange and, fittingly, slime green.

WesternApplication76 , mountainamoeba Report

Final score:

213points

frog 2 years ago

The mold is Physarum polycephalum (for those curious).

111points

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#30

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Australia has the largest amount of wild camels in the world.

There are more pet tigers in Texas than there are in the wild of the entire planet.

Black---Sun , Frans van Heerden Report

Final score:

207points

blobby_grrl 2 years ago (edited)

The one about Oz is understandable: we also have more sheep than people over here (3.3 sheep to every person- weird fact, right?), but the Texas one is slightly concerning...

90points

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#31

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the fear of big words.

Kiabobiia , Thought Catalog Report

Final score:

201points

Kay Yomi 2 years ago

The irony

131points

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#32

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Hot water freezes faster than cold water. Mpemba effect. The guy who discovered it (in modern times, since Aristotle wrote about it) was ridiculed by everybody including his own teacher, but 6 years later the results were published and is considered fact.

BowDownToThor , Eva Bronzini Report

Final score:

196points

James Heeley 2 years ago

Not strictly true, only works in very specific circumstances

82points

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#33

The creation of sticky notes was a result of glue that wasn’t sticky and deemed a failure( 3M)

The formula was put in the records as a failure and later a scientist found it to be useful to stick notes to his workbench.

Then we got sticky notes

SnooRadishes3472 Report

Final score:

187points

Erin Geiger 2 years ago

I thought it was Romy and Michelle?

122points

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#34

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were turned away from a German restaurant in 2011 since there were no free tables and they didn't have a reservation.

ronin668 Report

Final score:

185points

Angela B 2 years ago

Meanwhile, influencers demand to eat for free.

173points

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#35

Cheetahs don't roar, they meow.

BeastAlpha07 Report

Final score:

185points

Pixie 2 years ago

And purr

84points

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#36

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The chainsaw was invented to aid in childbirth. It was used and invented in the 1700s to cut through the woman's pelvic bone before C-sections became the commonplace way to deliver babies.

YourMomSmokesMeth , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

181points

Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Modern medicine is one of the most important advances in human history. (which makes it even dumber to act against it)

170points

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#37

When Joe Biden was born, he was closer to Abraham Lincoln's presidency than his own.

JustAShi**yProducer Report

Final score:

176points

Waite Forit 2 years ago

When Joe Biden was born, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

80points

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#38

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The lighter was invented before matches.

Unhappy-Nail-9281 , Ricardo Liberato Report

Final score:

171points

Nathaniel 2 years ago

Was the heavier invented before or after the lighter?

108points

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#39

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The day Michael Jackson's hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial was the exact middle of his life.

Born: August 29, 1958

(9,281 days)

Pepsi incident: January 27, 1984

(9,281 days)

Died: June 25, 2009

divshappyhour Report

Final score:

168points

Sheila Stamey 2 years ago

I can hear some kid going, " he caught on fire doing a Pepsi commercial?" Yep. Thanks to fireworks plus hair products.

71points

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#40

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses The Michelin Star system was developed by Michelin tires.

Pasghetti_Western , Ye Massa Report

Final score:

140points

Elizabeth Elliot 2 years ago

To encourage people to drive to the south of France and wear out their tyres. Seriously!

83points

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#41

We are closer to the last ever dinosaur than the last dinosaur was to the first ever dinosaur.

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Injun Joe 2 years ago

That's heavy.

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#42

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Cleopatra only had 2 pairs of great grandparents.

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Szirra 2 years ago

Which were also her grandparents in law.

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#43

President Jimmy Carter is a badass who once dove Into an active nuclear reactor to prevent a meltdown.

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Amanda Rose 2 years ago

1952 NRX incident.

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#44

Attila the Hun died from a nose bleed on his wedding night

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Scout Finch 2 years ago

He was punched by the mantis shrimp.

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#45

The universe’s resources are finite and eventually the processes making new stars will be unable to continue. The universe will become a dark void intermittently filled with stellar bodies.

We live in a glorious time where we can see beautiful pictures of the stars and enjoy them from our backyards. Count yourself lucky.

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

There is a hypothetical heat death where the Universe spreads so far, everything is so spread out, there is no longer any gravitational forces, no more energy, no more reactions, just space, at 0 degrees Kelvin.

20points

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#46

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence being signed. Both of their last words were along the lines of “My friend Adams/Jefferson still lives”. They shared almost the same last words but had no idea one of them were already dead.

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Adams was incorrect. Jefferson died first.

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#47

A spider called the banana spider, can bite you and cause a painful Erection that last hours

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Christos Arvanitis 2 years ago

Is that a banana spider or are you just happy to see me?

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#48

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Apple seeds contain a substance that releases cyanide into your bloodstream

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Final score:

42points

Rob Chapman 2 years ago

Unrelated to apples, but the same applies to all seeds (pits) of the genus "prunus" (cherries, plums, peaches, almonds). The almond (specifically, the sweet almond), which contains minute traces of cyanide, is the only edible seed in the entire genus. The bitter almond, which looks virtually identical, is deadly. Eating 10 bitter almonds is lethal to a child.

20points

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#49

Volkswagens most sold product is a sausage.

Final score:

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Bethan Coleman 2 years ago

Hand made on site for their staff canteens.

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#50

Sharks who hang out on sandbars a lot can get a sun tan.

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Scout Finch 2 years ago

And they are drunk too. Hanging out in bars will do that.

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#51

Most common houseplants thrive on neglect.

Most people kill their house plants by paying too much attention to them, by overwatering them or over fertilizing them.

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third molar 2 years ago

Neglected them for couple of weeks . This theory is not correct i am afraid :(

25points

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#52

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses Betty White (1922) is older than packaged sliced bread (1928 in the USA and 1937 in the UK).

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Dave Van Beurden 2 years ago

was older, surely

38points

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#53

Pineapple actually tries to eat you while you eat it.

Bromelain extract is a mixture of protein-digesting (proteolytic) enzymes and several other substances in smaller quantities.

The burning you feel when eating pineapple is its liquids trying to digest you. That's also the reason for the lingering feeling after eating it.

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PandaRave 2 years ago

It’s useless pineapple! Stop resisting the inevitable!

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#54

Can you believe if a person who can completely see is blind almost 40 mins to an hour per day? This phenomenon is called Saccadic Masking and also known as (visual) Saccadic suppression. It is a visual illusion where the brain selectively blocks visual processing during our eye movements.

A saccade is a quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation points in the same direction. Humans become effectively blind during a saccade.

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Injun Joe 2 years ago

Ok, explain the hearing part. Because a lot of people do not hear. Or listen.

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#55

Hillary Clinton won a Grammy.

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Phoenix Connor 2 years ago

Whaaaaaaaaaat

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#56

Shaving your cat in the summer heat is bad and can actually cause overheating.

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Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago

If you tried to shave my cat you'd die of overheating from trying to catch it.

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#57

Sharks are older than the rings of Saturn

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

What about the rings around Uranus?

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#58

-40 c is equal to -40 f

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

In the USA the Mortal Kombat character Sub Zero is called Sub Thirty Two.

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#59

Over 30 million people in china live in caves!

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Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago

And occasionally an earthquake happens like the one in Haiyuan in 1920 that killed more than 200,000.

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#60

Breathing out one nostril at a time naturally.

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29points

Ladedah 2 years ago

Randomly decided to self-check this one while sitting here on the sofa... and it ended up sounding like I let out a big sigh. My APBT (American Pit Bull Terrier) - who I thought was "sleeping" on my lap - immediately let out a loud empathy sigh in response. While it may be entirely unrelated to this fact, it was definitely adorable.

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#61

Argentina occupied California in 1818 for a week.

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Kay Woodpecker 2 years ago

More details, please.🙏

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#62

Dolphins and Whales evolved from land mammals.

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

isn't that common knowledge?

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#63

Insurance companies most years pay out more dollars in claims and loss expenses than they collect in premium dollars. They make all their money by investing the premium dollars before they have to pay them out.

Edit: I’m talking about car and home insurance. Health insurance works differently and I never worked in that field so I don’t know.

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Rod 2 years ago

supermarkets work the same

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#64

Killer Whales love Great White Shark liver. They are capable of extracting it with surgical precision, leaving the Great White to bleed out and die.

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troufaki13 2 years ago

It's not really surgical precision if the patient bleeds to death, is it?

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#65

“Tiffany” is a name from the Middle Ages

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Yubo 2 years ago

What about breakfast???

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#66

Nintendo was founded in 1889.

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ADDee 2 years ago

Mario was originally a samurai before becoming a plumber :-)

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#67

Solid matter is made up of mostly empty space.

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Phandom Apostolis 2 years ago

I think Quantum physics say otherwise. The electrons occupy ALL the space between the nucleus and their orbit at the same time.

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#68

Snakes have necks and tails

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Rival Hydra 2 years ago

My sister loves reptiles she will love this

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#69

Cats can drink seawater

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Lots of animals, including humans can drink sea water. I think you mean cats can drink sea water with no ill effects.

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#70

The last official execution by guillotine was 1977 September 10th at Baumetes Prison in Marseille, France.

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SCP 4666 2 years ago

And Christopher Lee witnessed it

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#71

Both Stalin and Hitler were briefly in the same city as each other (Vienna) before they met (or knew about each other, at least).

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Jul Chv 2 years ago

Freud was there too, if I recall it correctly. Few streets away.

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#72

Abraham Lincoln died before the Samurai were abolished as a caste.

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James D 2 years ago

Wasnt their some bizarre time period when the fax machine was invented aswell, so in theory a Samurai could have sent a fax to Abe Lincoln

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#73

Someone Asked People "What Is A True Fact That Sounds Fake?" And 40 Delivered Illuminating Responses For one hour every year a part of Oregon and Florida will have the same time of day

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Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Explanation: In fall, when the clocks are set back an hour, the switch happens at 2am. So at that time, when the part of Florida (like Pensacola) on Central time switches an hour back to 1am, but Oregon's part on Mountain time (like Ontario, OR) will not yet for another hour, the parts of those 2 states have indeed the same time.

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#74

Salvador Dali was alive when the first Predator movie came out, so he might have watched it in the cinema

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Broad Panda 2 years ago

Predator?

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#75

The role of John McClane in Die Hard was originally offered to Frank Sinatra.

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19points

Bernd Herbert 2 years ago

Glad he didn't do it

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#76

3 of my grandparents have the same birthday and two of them on the same year

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Arliss Speace 2 years ago

I've read that in a group of 30 people there is a fifty-fifty chance that 2 will have the same birthday.

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#77

I once read that if you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white.

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Just Jeff 2 years ago

I've had a goldfish (original flavor) in my desk drawer for awhile. It's still mostly orange. Will update status next month.

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Ieva Gailiūtė

Ieva is a writer at Bored Panda who graduated in Scandinavian studies from Vilnius University. After learning the Swedish language and getting completely lost in the world of Scandinavian mythology, she figured out that translating and writing is what she's passionate about. When not writing, Ieva enjoys making jewelry, going on hikes, reading and drinking coffee.

Ieva is a writer at Bored Panda who graduated in Scandinavian studies from Vilnius University. After learning the Swedish language and getting completely lost in the world of Scandinavian mythology, she figured out that translating and writing is what she's passionate about. When not writing, Ieva enjoys making jewelry, going on hikes, reading and drinking coffee.

Ieva Pečiulytė

I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

What do you think ?

WonderWoman 2 years ago

Dear BP, we all know this list is going to get shortened to ~50. Why don't you just do that from the onset, and have TWO shorter lists?

13points

Waite Forit 2 years ago

Color photography was invented in the 1840s. But it didn’t become popular until the 1970s.

9points

Julianne Hannes 2 years ago

Late 1940s with Kodachrome

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Waite Forit 2 years ago

The camera was invented about 2,500 years ago. It required about 2,300 years of experimentation before cameras were able to record images.

4points

Sean Sean 2 years ago

In the USA, only about half of all homeless people have an addiction or mental health issue, and the ones that do developed them as a result of being homeless. Also, about 40% of homeless people nationwide have jobs, and this number is increasing in the last few years.

2points

Redemption Happens 2 years ago

I work with the homeless and have for many years and that’s simply not true. To get a deeper understanding instead of posting inaccurate info you need to start volunteering. No disrespect but start doing the work. Most of what’s posted on BP regarding social justice is inaccurate. This is a Lithuanian listacle site that censors everything for a reason. It’s important to remember that. Down vote away!

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Devon Archer 2 years ago

Another win for capitalism sheesh. America makes no sense whatsoever.

1point

Rei 2 years ago

Seriously, what's wrong over there??! Just pump money into affordable, durable tiny houses!

0points

Sarah Trusty 2 years ago

Child marriage is legal in many states in the US.

1point

Luis Gomez 2 years ago

Coyotes are faster than road runners.

1point

Jhm Mke 2 years ago

There was a US President who was elevated to President from Vice President and he was US President 20 years before Abraham Lincoln. John Tyler and he has 1 Grandson that is still alive :-o https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/29/president-john-tyler-grandson-harrison/

1point

Anna Palesh 2 years ago

Seriously? Do better.

0points

RafCo (he/him) 2 years ago

Fun fact: Brian, there's somebody watching you right now. No, not over there, don't look! It will only make him react. Just walk slowly out of your kitchen, and call the police.

0points

BobTDG 2 years ago

Why'd you give the me away you bastard.

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WonderWoman 2 years ago

Dear BP, we all know this list is going to get shortened to ~50. Why don't you just do that from the onset, and have TWO shorter lists?

13points

Waite Forit 2 years ago

Color photography was invented in the 1840s. But it didn’t become popular until the 1970s.

9points

Julianne Hannes 2 years ago

Late 1940s with Kodachrome

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Waite Forit 2 years ago

The camera was invented about 2,500 years ago. It required about 2,300 years of experimentation before cameras were able to record images.

4points

Sean Sean 2 years ago

In the USA, only about half of all homeless people have an addiction or mental health issue, and the ones that do developed them as a result of being homeless. Also, about 40% of homeless people nationwide have jobs, and this number is increasing in the last few years.

2points

Redemption Happens 2 years ago

I work with the homeless and have for many years and that’s simply not true. To get a deeper understanding instead of posting inaccurate info you need to start volunteering. No disrespect but start doing the work. Most of what’s posted on BP regarding social justice is inaccurate. This is a Lithuanian listacle site that censors everything for a reason. It’s important to remember that. Down vote away!

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Devon Archer 2 years ago

Another win for capitalism sheesh. America makes no sense whatsoever.

1point

Rei 2 years ago

Seriously, what's wrong over there??! Just pump money into affordable, durable tiny houses!

0points

Sarah Trusty 2 years ago

Child marriage is legal in many states in the US.

1point

Luis Gomez 2 years ago

Coyotes are faster than road runners.

1point

Jhm Mke 2 years ago

There was a US President who was elevated to President from Vice President and he was US President 20 years before Abraham Lincoln. John Tyler and he has 1 Grandson that is still alive :-o https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/11/29/president-john-tyler-grandson-harrison/

1point

Anna Palesh 2 years ago

Seriously? Do better.

0points

RafCo (he/him) 2 years ago

Fun fact: Brian, there's somebody watching you right now. No, not over there, don't look! It will only make him react. Just walk slowly out of your kitchen, and call the police.

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BobTDG 2 years ago

Why'd you give the me away you bastard.

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