ADVERTISEMENT

We love to learn facts: fun ones, cool ones, strange ones. The internet is a treasure-trove of new facts to discover and share with your friends. On the other hand, it also brings us some things that we wish we didn’t know.

Have you ever heard a fact so weird and specific that it made you ask, “Why the hell do you know that?” Apparently, quite a few people have. A recent thread on r/AskReddit set out to find the strangest facts that people know and the internet has delivered once again.

Tell one of these facts to someone and it will surely bring a look of horror and confusion to their face. So, they’re probably not the best icebreakers to use at a party, but hey, maybe they’ll be useful at some point in the future. Check out part one here for more weird facts.

This post may include affiliate links.

#1

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway A co-worker told me one day “you’ll know when it’s truly the first day of spring because lake water will warm up and make any dead bodies in the lake float to the top surface due to bacteria” he continued with “except for in Lake Superior where the water temperature never gets warm enough to build bacteria in a dead body” and that’s one coworker I’ll never make mad right there

Sensitive_Parking_30 , TOMOKO UJI Report

Final score:
673points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

The thread has over 34K upvotes and u/BeefBall1010, the Redditor behind the post, told us they were surprised at the response their question got. “I never expected it to blow up like this,” they said. 

There’s a whole slew of random and weird facts shared on the thread. BeefBall1010 told us that the one about rats was a personal favorite of theirs. Most of them are quite memorable ones but trying to remember every single fact you’ve ever heard can be quite a challenge. 
#2

I've been waiting for my time to shine.

You have erectile tissue in your nose. Orcas are the biggest natural predators of moose. There is a psychological disorder in which people believe they are a cow and it's called boanthropy. A wood frog can hold it's pee for up to eight months. If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will lose it's colour and become white. You can actually "dig to China" from Argentina. The Mona Lisa doesn't have eyebrows. There is a kind of psychologist called a "wealth psychologist" that specializes in helping wealthy people deal with immense guilt or not being emotionally able to cope with being rich. A single spaghetti noodle is called a spaghetto. A Polish doctor faked a typhus outbreak in order to prevent nazis. The youngest Pope was only 11 years old. A man once filmed 7 episodes of a soap opera in IKEA without getting caught. (the opera). Pigs will eat the entire human body except for the teeth. When cremating a body, if you don't remove the teeth, they will pop like popcorn.

notyura Report

Final score:
352points
Add photo comments
POST
didiri1337 avatar
Diana Eriksson
Diana Eriksson
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know why, but that last one really made me queasy haha

Vote comment up
137
137points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT

One way of recounting information is the use of mnemonics. This refers to a system that can help you remember information by tying it to certain patterns. Examples of this can be acronyms (such as ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Football’ that musicians use to remember the lines on a music ledger) or musical methods (like putting the alphabet to the tune of ‘Twinkle-Twinkle Little Star’). Surely a lot of us still recount the alphabet by using this method, I know I do.

An experiment was performed on how mnemonics such as acronyms can make a difference in remembering information and enforcing our work without interruptions. It required the 65 participants to complete a task with multiple different steps. Half of the group were given an acronym to support and remind them of each step and the other half were not. 
#3

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway When Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile, they cut off his reproductive organ and gave it to the local parish priest. The priest later sold it to raise money for his Parish and it's been sold and resold down through the centuries and to this day there are three people who claim to own Napoleon's reproductive organ.

No one knows why this happened, and it's not the important part of the story. The important part is, who the hell do those other two belong to?

Sparky62075 Report

Final score:
329points
Add photo comments
POST
chuckycheezburger avatar
Chucky Cheezburger
Chucky Cheezburger
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, so they took Napoleons' "bone apart"...Ok, I'll see myself out...

Vote comment up
513
513points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#4

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Dragonflies are the most effective hunter on the planet catching 95% of the prey they go after.

spooniemclovin , Dorothea OLDANI Report

Final score:
324points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And they have been around since the dinosaurs roamed the planet, They were much bigger then

Vote comment up
90
90points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

Results from the experiment showed that those with the acronym fared far better than their counterparts at completing the task. It was linked to the participants being able to perform and recover faster after being interrupted as part of the experiment. The sequential steps made it easier to visualize the steps in their minds and reinforce what needed to be completed next. 
#5

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Cows moo with accents depending on their regions.

Brew-_- , Daniel Quiceno M Report

Final score:
285points
Add photo comments
POST
dariab_1 avatar
Daria B
Daria B
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think seagulls have dialects/languages too. I noticed the same species of animal sound different in Korea and in Croatia. In Korea, they produce higher pitch and short sounds, whereas, in Croatia they sound deeper and slower, makes you really feel lazy. In Umag, at least.

Vote comment up
76
76points
Vote comment down
reply
katnissfox avatar
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner
Equine_Ravenclaw_Directioner
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crows have these too! Often crows that join a new flock will then try to imitate the accent of the others in order to fit in :)

Vote comment up
17
17points
Vote comment down
reply
Load More Replies...
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s why the Scottish Highland cattle is such a popular breed

Vote comment up
9
9points
Vote comment down
reply
andreavilarmelego avatar
Ozacoter
Ozacoter
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimpanzees have also dialects depending on their region. Macaques have different "languages" depending on the species (idk about region) but they can elarn each others gestures (i saw them communicating with each other). There was a study done with chinese and european bees (who also have different "languages") and they could also learn to perform the other ones dances (they communicate by dancing)

Vote comment up
6
6points
Vote comment down
reply
pswks52 avatar
Peggy Teach
Peggy Teach
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew this already. Find it interesting. Kinda makes me want to quit eating beef. Like the time I looked into the big innocent eyes of a heifer my father in law was going to butcher for our winter's meat.

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
computer5t avatar
dev mehta
dev mehta
Community Member
3 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
fredzsky avatar
Fred Zankowsky
Fred Zankowsky
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

During the mating season for wild turkeys, I can frequently get an answering response from turkeys when I imitate their gobbling (not a big surprise - I was a construction inspector, talked to turkeys all the time). But if I gobble at turkeys in other areas of the state, I get no gobbling response, only the stink eye. My wife thinks they gobble in a different dialect, and can tell I'm not one of their kind.

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
veni_vidi_vicky avatar
Vicky Zar
Vicky Zar
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me think about how else animals are more like us than we think.

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
rileyhquinn avatar
Riley Quinn
Riley Quinn
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew the milk tasted differently depending on the grasses, but I didn't know they had accents.

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
wenningliangchen avatar
Emo Sloth
Emo Sloth
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For example- a conversation between a Dutch cow and a Texan cow: || T: mOOOo || D: Moo || T:mOo || D:Mooooo... || T:mOOOOOOOo || D:Moo? || T:mMMMOOOo || D:Moooo || T:mMMOo || D:Moo

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
njscrutton avatar
OhForSmegSake
OhForSmegSake
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And cow's make friends with each other, they even have best friends

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
davidgripon avatar
David Gripon
David Gripon
Community Member
3 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

Vote comment up
0
0points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#6

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Rats are bisexual by nature and females will have group orgies with each other when in heat.

Male's balls can take up 10% of their entire mass!

There was a study where they put females in 'lingerie' and accustomed the males to it to the point they only saw the lingerie wearing rats as suitable mates.

Rats can give into peer pressure and eat things they don't like if everyone else is eating it.

Rats cannot burp or vomit.

With the amount of people killing pest rats by poison, they are creating bigger, smarter, poison resistant mutant rats.

StinkyRattie , Svetozar Cenisev Report

Final score:
277points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

By killing rats with rat poison we are also killing the things that eat rats like owls and bobcats etc

Vote comment up
25
25points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT

Another more visual way of memorizing information is the 'method of loci' or the use of a ‘memory palace’. This was used to effect in Benedict Cumberbatch’s modern portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, where he closes his eyes and imagines a virtual space that stores all of the most useful information in his memory. All he had to do was walk through the space led by certain cues and pluck out memories from wherever he had filed them, helping him to solve cases in a jiffy.
#7

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway In Massachusetts, it’s illegal to consume more than 3 sandwiches at a funeral.

The most random law I’ve ever heard about

Few-Fox-591 , Rhodi Lopez Report

Final score:
254points
Add photo comments
POST
didiri1337 avatar
Diana Eriksson
Diana Eriksson
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another random law: If a Swede crosses over the frozen sea between Denmark and Sweden, Danes are allowed to beat them up. It's a relic of when Denmark and Sweden were constantly at war, so if a group of Swedes crossed over the ice they probably didn't have good intentions, thus this law allowing the Danes to defend themselves. As far as I know, it was never changed.

Vote comment up
117
117points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#8

Koala's are the most alien of all mammals on the planet. They have two thumbs on each hand, three vaginas, spend most of their lives asleep, and evolved to only eat one plant that has no nutritional value. They also eat their mother's poop.

G4rg0yle_Art1st Report

Final score:
251points
Add photo comments
POST
rabbitcarrot avatar
Rabbit Carrot
Rabbit Carrot
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Koala’s also have fingerprints that are almost indistinguishable from human fingerprints so the next time you’re thinking of robbing a bank, take a furry friend.

Vote comment up
157
157points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
#9

The distance a squirrel would need to fall in order to die is 4,800 miles. This is because squirrels cannot die from a terminal velocity fall; they would have to fall far enough to die from starvation.

ThinkBiscuit Report

Final score:
241points
Add photo comments
POST
launchsquid avatar
Mike Ward
Mike Ward
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm confident it would die from lack of oxygen before starvation in this scenario.

Vote comment up
24
24points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

This is far from fictitious and it’s used most often by people competing in the World Memory Championships. That’s right, there’s a competition for the brainiest person out there that can memorize and recount enormous amounts of information within a certain timeframe. It’s been going on since 1991 with people from all over the world competing for the title. 
#10

Most ‘sea monster’ sightings are actually a whale sticking its reproductive organ out of the water.

TheHolyPapaum Report

Final score:
237points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#11

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway The kiwi is a bird closely related to the emu and the ostrich, despite having the size of a chicken. Nature made it small but forgot about the egg, which is about the size of an emu egg.

biomessy Report

Final score:
231points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#12

When bears hibernate they generate a mucous wax to cover their buttholes so that nothing can get in

Phasma_Tacitus Report

Final score:
227points
Add photo comments
POST
takpozehnani avatar
Cheri Aline Sydney
Cheri Aline Sydney
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a relief to finally know.... I have been worrying about this for years!

Vote comment up
30
30points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu

Perhaps the most outstanding champion of the competition is Dominic O’Brien. Having won it a staggering eight times, he’s gone on to write about memorization techniques and even developed his own system.

O’Brien spoke with The Daily Mail about his use of 'loci' and how it helped him to win the titles so many times. He said, “This is undoubtedly the key to my success at the World Memory Championships. Placing each piece of data that I had to absorb in a particular place that I had already set aside in my mind made it easier for me to recall them.”
#13

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway The first Pong machine was dropped off at a local tavern owned by friends of one of the developers for a test run. After a few days, the game started to malfunction. The tavern owner called one of the Devs, Allan Alcorn, to come fix it, and when Alcorn got there it was discovered that it was malfunctioning because it was too full of quarters.

shanster925 Report

Final score:
218points
Add photo comments
POST
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#14

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway According to Mattel, Barbie's real name is Barbara Milicent Roberts. And Ken's last name is Carson.

Tjodleik , Sandra Gabriel Report

Final score:
216points
Add photo comments
POST
rabbitcarrot avatar
Rabbit Carrot
Rabbit Carrot
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ken Carson sounds like he should be on Fox News espousing terrible vaccine advice and generally being a Trump supporting Chad.

Vote comment up
172
172points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#15

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway In the 1700s they used to rent out pineapples for hundreds of dollars, people would parade their pineapple around the streets flexing on the peasants that couldn't afford to rent a pineapple

watsgarnorn , Yurii Khimanin Report

Final score:
206points
Add photo comments
POST
landaulitewski avatar
Jonathan
Jonathan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet these days they can be found on pizza. How the mighty have fallen.

Vote comment up
111
111points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

O’Brien explained how we already use loci: “An excellent everyday example of the art of location is the solution to the common problem of finding a set of misplaced keys. What we do is retrace our steps (logically or figuratively).”

“We check the hall where we hung up our coat when we first came home, the study where we went to check phone messages, and so we continue through the house until we eventually arrive at the place we put down our keys.”

#16

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway If you sneeze when coming from a dark room into sunlight, it is because of a specific gene which is named ACHOO. I know because I have it.

"Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) Syndrome is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing in response to the sudden exposure to bright light, typically intense sunlight"

boo_diddly , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report

Final score:
198points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#17

Shrimp live in the canopies of the Redwood Forests. They get there via literal seagull poop, and the lush coastal ecosystem forms little puddles on the branches in which they grow and live.

mlygnar Report

Final score:
194points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#18

You're more likely to be sexually assaulted by a dolphin than eaten by a shark

drummahboy666 Report

Final score:
192points
Add photo comments
POST
j_f_ avatar
J. F.
J. F.
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dolphins are quite the real sea monsters - raping, killing and keeping hostages sounds worse than eating others to survive like sharks do

Vote comment up
109
109points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#19

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway The first known vending machine was created in the 1st century AD and it was located in Egypt. The machine dispensed holy water and it also took coins like ours do today.

[deleted] Report

Final score:
189points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#20

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway You can legally marry your first cousin in Georgia.

GreenOnionCrusader , Olivia Bauso Report

Final score:
189points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#21

You can’t cross Minnesota state lines with a duck on your head, it’s illegal. I learned that the hard way.

Spidercop7 Report

Final score:
189points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#22

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Dolphins can fall deeply in love and develop relationships just like humans can.

It has been recorded multiple times that when a human and dolphin - who have formed a strong relationship between them over a long period of time are separated:

the dolphin becomes so depressed that they willfully commit suicide by sinking to the bottom of their pool/lagoon and refuse to come up for air until they drown to death.

DaoMuShin , Ádám Berkecz Report

Final score:
188points
Add photo comments
POST
carolyngerbrands avatar
Caro Caro
Caro Caro
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why they should be in the ocean and not in a giant tank for shows.

Vote comment up
242
242points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#23

The annual migration of birds was only discovered in 1822 when a stork turned up in Germany with a 30-inch African spear through its neck. Before that, we seriously thought migratory birds slept at the bottom of ponds or flew to the moon for the winter.

Google: Pfeilstorch

freerangephoenix Report

Final score:
183points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#24

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway The longest word you can make using the top row of a keyboard is typewriter

jugglajj , Sergi Kabrera Report

Final score:
182points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#25

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway It was an annual tradition for the pharaoh of Egypt to masturbate into the Nile with an audience.

6th_Kazekage1353 , Alex Azabache Report

Final score:
179points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#26

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway If people were otherwise immortal and nobody had anymore children, and you shot someone every second, it would take around 230 years to kill off the human race.

Latvia Report

Final score:
173points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#27

There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real ones

Mr. Rogers personally replied to each piece of fan mail he ever received.

It takes a sloth a whole month to travel 1 mile across ground.

Snoo-84119 Report

Final score:
168points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The female Galapagos tortoise takes about a month to get from the top of the islands where they mate to the bottom sandy areas where they lay their eggs

Vote comment up
61
61points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#28

The main legal consideration between grave robbery and archeology is age and if the deceased has any living relatives.

Where I live (ymmv), if the deceased has been dead over a century and has no living descendants, it's not considered grave robbery and you can claim any valuables found (jewellery, coins, artifacts, etc).

Emperor_Cartagia Report

Final score:
162points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#29

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Clown fish will change genders if their mate dies and then mate with their children

FlyingShark_92_ , Sebastian Pena Lambarri Report

Final score:
157points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#30

Pineapples contain enzymes that break down proteins, which is why your mouth goes tingley when you eat lots of it.

Given this, theoretically you could dissolve a body in pineapple juice

Jakeseabass Report

Final score:
150points
Add photo comments
POST
liddlecatpaws avatar
Jo Johannsen
Jo Johannsen
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FRESH pineapple juice. Once "cooked" by canning, the enzymes are destroyed. Same reason you can't use fresh pineapple in Jello - the enzymes will prevent the Jello from setting.

Vote comment up
110
110points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#31

Before the Titanic sank a book titled "Futility" came out about a fictional British ocean liner called the Titan that sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg.

uwuucifer Report

Final score:
149points
Add photo comments
POST
rabbitcarrot avatar
Rabbit Carrot
Rabbit Carrot
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s by Morgan Robertson and is actually a decent read. Give it a read, you won’t be disappointed.

Vote comment up
71
71points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#32

Cannibalism is only illegal in one state of the United States (Idaho)

Throm_Shatteraxe Report

Final score:
148points
Add photo comments
POST
pryjmaty avatar
Pryjmaty
Pryjmaty
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

However, eating a corpse is considered desecrating it. THAT is illegal in almost every state.

Vote comment up
77
77points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#33

Cheetah meow like a house cat.

freerangephoenix Report

Final score:
146points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also baby cheetahs have evolved to look like honey badgers - Honey badgers are bad ass nobody wants to tangle with them

Vote comment up
48
48points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#34

A botfly egg can land on your skin and implant within a fraction of a second. If one hits you in the eye, it is possible that it can implant the egg under your eyelid so your eye incubates and subsequently feeds the growing larva. I know this because I have removed one from the underside of an eyelid before from a patient with a recalcitrant “eyelid infection”

OscarDivine Report

Final score:
137points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#35

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway The quickest way to the heart actually IS through the stomach. According to archeological evidence, the Aztecs basically discovered through their years of sacrificing people that it’s way quicker to cut open the stomach and then go up and under the rib cage to cut the heart out, rather than trying to break open the ribs to get through them. They could apparently get someone’s heart out this way in only a few seconds, and there are accounts of sacrifices where multiple thousands of people had their hearts cut out in a single day, which would take forever if they didn’t know the quickest method.

bluelion70 Report

Final score:
135points
Add photo comments
POST
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#36

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Your teeth are the only part of your skeleton that you actively clean

a_rad_greenlight , Diana Polekhina Report

Final score:
133points
Add photo comments
POST
View more commentsArrow down menu
#37

I know the full name of Dom Pedro I, first emperor of Brazil, since I was a child: Pedro de Alcântara Francisco Antônio João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim José Gonzaga Pascoal Cipriano Serafim de Bragança e Bourbon.

avvaraujo Report

Final score:
131points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#38

The cheetah is the only cat without retractable claws.

jeff_the_nurse Report

Final score:
130points
Add photo comments
POST
carolyngerbrands avatar
Caro Caro
Caro Caro
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I can forgive that because they are so beautiful. I would love to see them in the wild.

Vote comment up
37
37points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#39

A pregnant woman can legally poop on a footpath in Melbourne Australia.

Bitter-Edge-8265 Report

Final score:
129points
Add photo comments
POST
robert-thornburrow avatar
Robert T
Robert T
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And in the UK a policeman is obliged to give her his helmet if she needs to urinate and there isn't a toilet available.

Vote comment up
89
89points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#40

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway If humans wanted to have the same eyesight as an owl we would have to have eyes the size of a grapefruit

Lye90 , Sonder Quest Report

Final score:
128points
Add photo comments
POST
yettichild avatar
Yettichild
Yettichild
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the eyes would have to change shape since owl's eyes are tubular.

Vote comment up
34
34points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
Continue reading with Bored Panda Premium
Unlimited content
Ad-free browsing
Dark mode
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#41

The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.

snowlemur Report

Final score:
52points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#42

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway Mosquitoes have 47 teeth.

DeathAero12123 , Егор Камелев Report

Final score:
50points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#43

In India, according to the law, if you commit suicide, and do not die, you are liable to go to prison for up to a year. Basically, if you wanna die, make sure you are dead.

Simply_Param Report

Final score:
50points
Add photo comments
POST
lisamcateer avatar
Waterbaby
Waterbaby
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

UK used to have a law that attempted suicide was punishable by hanging. The irony in this is brilliant

Vote comment up
50
50points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#44

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway There's a type of slug that has penises on its head.

Woke_Stroke Report

Final score:
49points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#45

Two-thirds of U.S. civil war deaths were caused by disease.

yahup Report

Final score:
49points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Especially if you consider lead entering the body at a fast rate of speed in a non-sterile environment, Which leaves a gaping hole. Plus medicine back then was just in its infancy

Vote comment up
20
20points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#46

50% of sloth deaths happen while they are pooping. Most sloths climb down from trees to poop and tend to die to predators at this time.

sosneakysneaky Report

Final score:
49points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#47

Leap year is every four years but we skip it every century unless that century happens to be a multiple of 400 which is why we did not skip it in 2000 but we will skip it in 2100.

LOAHS Report

Final score:
49points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#48

In order to snap someone's neck like in movies or video games, you need to be strong enough to apply roughly 100-115% of the victim's bodyweight in rotational force. Much more difficult than Hollywood would make you believe.

OurNewCEO-ThatGuy Report

Final score:
48points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless of course you just crush their trachea. The vertebral arteries will collapse under 18 to 66 pounds of pressure. The trachea will collapse under 33 pounds of pressure. The cricoid cartilage will fracture under 45 pounds of pressure. And an arm can be snapped with less than 20 pounds of rotating force. People are fragile

Vote comment up
41
41points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#49

Your chances of being struck by lightning are the same as seeing an albino raccoon. 1 in 750,000. Considering an albino raccoon chance is 1 in 10,000.

I'm waiting for the lightning strike any day now since I've seen an albino raccoon in the wild.

Murazama Report

Final score:
47points
Add photo comments
POST
marshalldavies avatar
Agfox
Agfox
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OK but how many albino raccoons are killed by lightning?

Vote comment up
8
8points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#50

Figs are not a fruit but actually an 'inverted flower'. They get pollinated by Fig Wasps, that crawl inside, losing their wings and antennae in the process and dying there. The fig then produces some enzymes that end up 'digesting' the wasp. After it's pollinated, some small fruits grow inside, some little seed-like crunchy things.

Lyxs Report

Final score:
46points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#51

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway There is an entire “rainforest”-esque ecosystem in your belly button.

CanaryStorm , Courtney Cook Report

Final score:
45points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#52

Stalin was shorter than Napoleon at 5'5" and his left arm was shorter with a deformed hand due to blood poisoning

Monza458 Report

Final score:
43points
Add photo comments
POST
the_true_opifex avatar
Katie Lutesinger
Katie Lutesinger
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And he died lying on his bedroom floor in a puddle of urine because he'd had a stroke and his personal doctor had been sent to the Gulag while his immediate underlings were all too afraid to go in without permission, so nobody was there to help. Possibly one of the most ironic deaths of all time.

Vote comment up
48
48points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#53

Kuru is a neurodegenerative disease that causes loss of muscular control and and other symptoms that may appear as insanity, and is caused by eating human brains.

ToshiroBaloney Report

Final score:
42points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#54

In the U.S. small marshmallows are considered “food,” so they’re exempt from sales tax. Large marshmallows are taxed as candy.

stupidgregg Report

Final score:
41points
Add photo comments
POST
bp_10 avatar
WilvanderHeijden
WilvanderHeijden
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Europe a lot of American food products are banned as "Not fit for human consumption."

Vote comment up
41
41points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#55

The US is one of the few countries that allows "strike anywhere" matches to be sold. Do NOT bring them on a plane. For example, you're going on a camping trip and put them in your checked luggage. You'll be fined several thousand dollars. There's no exemption from the fine. But the FAA will work out a payment plan with you.

Manch-Vegas Report

Final score:
38points
Add photo comments
POST
View more commentsArrow down menu
#56

Bananas are ever so slightly radioactive but the only way you'll suffer from side effects is if you eat 600 of them in under a second.

I also learnt the perfect plot for a murder you can get away with if you studied agriculture and sustainability while I still had the energy to write my book.

trashcan_24 Report

Final score:
38points
Add photo comments
POST
j_f_ avatar
J. F.
J. F.
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brazil nuts are much more effective - the amount of radium they contain is very high.

Vote comment up
23
23points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#57

Male giraffes drink female giraffes piss when they're horny, if they like the taste they'll mate.

CamBamBoomSlam Report

Final score:
37points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In many mammals, female urine changes during estrus and almost all male animals can detect this scent. It’s why you see bison and elk, sheep etc lifting their upper lip

Vote comment up
27
27points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#58

Captain Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch and he captains a ship called the Guppy

LadyKatie85 Report

Final score:
36points
Add photo comments
POST
rabbitcarrot avatar
Rabbit Carrot
Rabbit Carrot
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cap’n Crunch and the SS Guppy. He’s from Crunch Island, a magical island off the coast of Ohio and in the Sea of Milk which has talking trees, crazy creatures and a mountain (Mt. Crunchmore).

Vote comment up
13
13points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#59

Ketchup was basically invented to help cover the flavor of slightly rancid meat in the days before the FDA.

jholla_albologne Report

Final score:
34points
Add photo comments
POST
bcgrote avatar
Brandy Grote
Brandy Grote
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was made at home. People had their own favorite recipes, some sweet, some with more vinegar.

Vote comment up
19
19points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#60

Your eyes can't track horizontally smoothly. Unless you are tracking a moving object. Then it looks smooth.

They move to different points and your brain adds a "motion blur" to reduce the effect. You can see this by trying to smoothly look from side to side on a wall.

You should see little skips. You can see this in other people easier.

Also your eyes roll in your head and stay upright/ stay level to a certain point when you tilt your head.

You can actually go look in a mirror and sorta see the effect.

happyhungarian12 Report

Final score:
33points
Add photo comments
POST
copper-fractions avatar
Tiny Dynamine
Tiny Dynamine
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've noticed that, but also just worked out that you can do it if you cross your eyes then look to each side. I think it's because you're not focusing on anything, whereas you can't stop yourself doing that when your eyes are in focus.

Vote comment up
6
6points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#61

There is a place in the female body named after a Scottish doctor. The pouch of Douglas. Have fun looking up where it is, you'll never not know about it from now on.

-One_ Report

Final score:
33points
Add photo comments
POST
carolyngerbrands avatar
Caro Caro
Caro Caro
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pouch of Douglas (cul-de-sac) represents the caudal extension of the peritoneal cavity. It is the rectovaginal pouch in the female and the rectovesical pouch in the male. (I googled).

Vote comment up
29
29points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#62

The title of the movie and the novel “Trainspotting” is a reference to an old pastime in which people would keep logs of the unique, named locomotives that passed through their towns. It was very popular in Britain because the trains used to all be fairly unique designs. It’s supposed to be a metaphor for the banality of existence and the things people do to “pass the time.”

wildgunman Report

Final score:
31points
Add photo comments
POST
copper-fractions avatar
Tiny Dynamine
Tiny Dynamine
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People still very much do this and it has never stopped happening.

Vote comment up
22
22points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#63

The world's first commercially produced oil well was drilled in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Col. Drake stuck oil at 69.5 feet and this ushered in the oil boom of the late 1860s.

He died penniless because he never patented his method of drilling.

Extrasherman Report

Final score:
30points
Add photo comments
POST
bcgrote avatar
Brandy Grote
Brandy Grote
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Drake well was drilled in 1859. There were many wells drilled in California in the 1860s, but were less financially viable than eastern well. Until the 1870s... see Mentryville, and the story of Well No. 4, which was capped in 1990, making it the longest producing oil well in the world.

Vote comment up
7
7points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#64

Woody's name is Woody Pride

Mr. Clean is Veritably Clean

Cookie Monster is Sid

yes, those are their real names

jzdpd Report

Final score:
30points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#65

There’s a parasite that merges to fish tongues. In order to merge itself to the fish’s tongue, it must split the tongue in half before merging.

Unidentified_Simp Report

Final score:
30points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#66

The cause of death for most people who die in plane crashes is listed as “massive blunt force trauma.”

Also, most plane crashes are survivable.

angmakesit Report

Final score:
30points
Add photo comments
POST
nfrlprdpr avatar
Mazer
Mazer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You have less than two minutes to get out a crashed plane before it catches on fire and engulfs the entire plane, chances are you will die due to the toxic smoke created by the plastics that are burning in the plane. Hence Airline crews are taught to efficiently empty a plane in less than two minute

Vote comment up
19
19points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#67

40 ‘Why The Hell Do You Know That’ Facts That People Probably Shouldn’t Have Shared But Did Anyway The longest poop ever recorded was over 8 feet

seleven888 , Giorgio Trovato Report

Final score:
29points
Add photo comments
POST
turnbull50 avatar
Thomas Turnbull
Thomas Turnbull
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

After searching. All I found was this The coprolite was found in 1972 beneath the site of what was to become the York branch of Lloyds Bank and may be the largest example of fossilised human faeces ever found, measuring 20 centimetres (8 in) long and 5 centimetres (2 in) wide. Material: Human excrement Present location: Jorvik Viking Centre

Vote comment up
28
28points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#68

Chimpanzees can run at 25 miles per hour

xXMasterugwaYXx Report

Final score:
29points
Add photo comments
POST
andreavilarmelego avatar
Ozacoter
Ozacoter
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An angry male chimp is one of the scariest things I have ever seen. Forget about wolves.

Vote comment up
6
6points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#69

The fact that if someone doesn’t know if their sunglasses at polarized or not, you can take one pair of polarized glasses, hold them in front of the other and turn the one pair 90° then absolutely no light will come through if they are polarized, and it will shine through if they aren’t.

ea888gen3 Report

Final score:
24points
Add photo comments
POST
View more commentsArrow down menu
#70

Hippos eat each other.

Vending machines are more lethal than sharks.

The drawer for food wars used to draw doujins

EEEKHELPME Report

Final score:
17points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#71

Rats cannot burp, which means if you lay out a mix of sugar water and baking soda (which they are attracted to) it will eventually kill them as they cannot burp

LostGap Report

Final score:
16points
Add photo comments
POST
View more commentsArrow down menu
#72

The Romans used to paint the insides of their rooms black because the lamps they used for lighting would stain the walls.

Gcons24 Report

Final score:
-27points
Add photo comments
POST
yvonnedauwalderbalsiger avatar
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely not true, sorry. The rich had colorful wall paintings and the poor sure as hell didn't have money to waste on paint (if they even owed a place and were not just renting a room somewhere).

Vote comment up
56
56points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT

Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing!

Follow Bored Panda on Google News!