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.
"I love you like Ben Affleck sucked in Pearl Harbour"
Load More Replies...You gotta be a tough dude with a name like Doris. (That Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue" comes to mind.)
sadly he was killed later on in the war when his ship, the light carrier u.s.s. liscombe bay was torpedoed by a japanese sub on thanksgiving day, 24 nov1943. the torpedo caused the ship's supply of torpedoes to explode, destroying the ship and taking with her 2/3 of the crew, miller among them.
Several comments have been made about why this has to be a racial issue. Few people realize that, of all the black sailors in the navy, for years every mother's son of them served in the galley. A good example of this can be seen in the movie "Men of Honor" with Cuba Gooding.
Fffck yeah! 'merica. Not kidding. That's the stuff that makes us great... We need more of that
It's important in context to the time frame given that segregation was a thing in the 40's. its also important information because the aircraft carrier will be the first one named after a service man and to an afro-american
Load More Replies...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.
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.
Unlike captive orcas. And frankly, who can blame them for lashing out.
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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