In the Middle Ages, people thought farting in jars and sniffing them would help prevent death. True or false? Weirdly enough, it actually checks out as true. In fact, during the Great Plague of London in the 1600s, some doctors would recommend that people keep “fart jars” to ward off the bubonic plague.
While it more than likely did not save many people, the strange piece of information has been forever immortalized in history books. And it's just one of many very strange but fascinating tidbits that can be found on the Weird Facts IG page. Over 1.2 million people follow the account for their daily dose of oddly interesting information.
Bored Panda has picked out a few of our personal favorites from the page for your scrolling pleasure. Upvote the ones that leave you intrigued, and enjoy sharing your newfound knowledge with your family and friends this holiday season.
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Pants! How dare they! Next they will be wanting equal rights!
That's why I keep watching Naughty Nurses V. That and the fantastic script.
I'm often relieved to not have a husband. Sometimes I think it would be nice to have one to help. Then I remember all the stuff they'd probably want me to do for them.
Pearl Harbour might have turned out to be a good film if it concentrated on this character, rather than all that silly romantic gubbins and Ben Affleck.
As I read this there is a pop up advertising Bored Panda on my screen, whilst I am on Bored Panda. BP stop it.
All the devices these ghost hunters use incorrectly whilst searching for ghosts, they just need a carbon monoxide detector.
If I die I think I might want potatos plants each year planted on my grave site. My favorite food when growing was mashed potatoes and gravy. Either that be cremated and my ashes be spread in a potato field.
He was also, if the legend is true, a fine psychologist. Story has it that, since the people of the time wanted nothing to do with that weird stuff, he posted armed guards around the fields. That made the content of the fields valuable, and the potatoes were promptly stolen and presumably enjoyed by the thieves. People are contrary that way.
yes. In fact he instructed the guards to be corrupt and take bribes to allow people to steal the "valuable" plants.
Load More Replies...He even got the french version of cottage pie named after him, hachis Parmentier.
Also Potage Parmentier, a leek and potato soup. One of my all-time favorites.
Load More Replies...That MARS book the guy survives by planting and eating potatoes. High calorie yield with easy growing.
The Martian! I once asked author Andy Weir why they didn't have seeds for other food, given that the character is a botanist, and got the reply that he was studying ferns.
Load More Replies...If those are potato plants in the picture, they''re surprisingly lovely!
Potatoes are nightshades, so it made sense that people avoided them. Back then, no one would've known how close a pig's physiology is to human, so if the pigs weren't dying, it meant they were safe to eat (if cooked and not green or black). The mistake that caused The Irish Famine was too great a reliance on potatoes as a food source.
Well, that and the English still taking the wheat when the potatoes failed.
Load More Replies...I can't help but think of Alan Davies (QI) every time I read/see something about Blue whales.
That only works if you believe what the Lizard Overlords are telling us.
And the still have the same old regular propping up the bar.
The strangulation scene still haunts me. It seems to take so long, when compared to strangulation scenes in most movies. Yet it is supposedly realistic. Strangulation is not a quick death.
That sounds like the dads had up until this point has been dropping the wives off at school.
The next live fight on Netflix will be Orca versus Great White.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Scholastic_Ability_Test On test day, the KRX stock market opens late, and bus and metro service is increased to avoid traffic jams and allow students to get to the testing sites more easily. Planes are grounded during the listening portion of the English section so their noise does not disturb the students. In some cases, students running late for the test may be escorted to their testing site by police officers via motorcycle.
Still. If I were to be in the water and see one of them, I am outta there!
Another paywall! I’m not voting on any articles that have this, please join me in this mildest of acts of rebellion!
It's rather silly when you think about it. Everything is ranked by user votes with most popular first. So they're paywalling literally their worst content as defined by reader votes.
Load More Replies...Birb - Just ignore, downvote, and mark as harassment. The guy upvotes himself from his mom's basement, but he is still several hundred points in the red overall.
Load More Replies...Another paywall! I’m not voting on any articles that have this, please join me in this mildest of acts of rebellion!
It's rather silly when you think about it. Everything is ranked by user votes with most popular first. So they're paywalling literally their worst content as defined by reader votes.
Load More Replies...Birb - Just ignore, downvote, and mark as harassment. The guy upvotes himself from his mom's basement, but he is still several hundred points in the red overall.
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