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It’s always fun to know some random fact that may not really be necessary in your everyday life, but it just feels fun, you know? For example, that Australia is wider than the moon, the actors who voiced Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life, or that ketchup used to be sold as medicine. Knowing these facts will help you only to get more points in a trivia quiz, start discussions with friends or make you feel a bit smarter; however, they’re still interesting to know.

Recently, somebody asked people in one Reddit community to share the weirdest facts that they know. Here you can find 35 of them! Upvote your favorite ones and share some random weird facts that you know!

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35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Bees like to play. Scientists put bees in a box thing under stress free conditions with a few wooden round balls scattered about to see what would happen There are videos of this experiment, and the bees just climb all over these wooden spheres, rolling them around happily. It's the cutest thing.

Edit: the videos are very easy to find but for everyone asking for the link, https://youtube.com/shorts/nOeHTM6o3P4?feature=share

One bee in particular from this very experiment came back and played with a ball FORTY times in one day. It had the best time of its life

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is really really cute! Also, do check out that video!

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread If you shave a tiger, it will still be stripey. And angry - Very, very angry.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The real question is who first found this out, how, why and did they live to report back on the anger levels of the tiger!!

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread If you place hamster wheels in the forest mice will run on them for fun

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to do this in my neighborhood & see if the chipmunks will come play on them.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the wheel on this pic is actually the worst type. it has a scissor-effect when hamster puts his leg or head to the side, is too small to run with straight back and has a ladder-flooring (? for the lack of better word) that has legs falling in

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, the "plate laying on an angle" kind are better. Sorry, don't know the word for that kind.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like an untapped electricity generating resource…

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg, that's gotta look so cute. Just squeak squeak squeak in the middle...of...the forest. A forest full of predators.... Yeah this is just a way to feed wild snakes and have the food itself let them know when it's ready.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love to see a video of this. It would be the cutest thing ever!!

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I reckon if I saw a human sized running wheel, I wouldn't be able to resist either (capitalism)

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you can place once on your front lawn and the same thing would probably happen..... that's like saying "if you leave a bowl of water in the forest, and animal will drink it :O"

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please tell us how you came up with that idea in the first place....

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread your dog looks into your eyes and soul when taking a s**t because it's looking up to you for protection in it's most vulnerable moment

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you are supposed to repay/validate that trust by looking around to "keep an eye out for any threats". So once you lock eyes, start scanning the horizon.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread When you get a kidney transplant they leave the old ones in unless there’s a reason to remove them (cancer etc)

    I currently have five. Two original, two failed transplants, one functioning transplant.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister was born with 5. 2 are not functional. She pisses like a racehorse!

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread People can smell rain 4x stronger than sharks can smell blood

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread The national animal of Scotland is a unicorn

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Elephants can't jump. they're the only mammal that can't.

    they're also the only one with 4 knees.

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The second part is a myth. Elephants DO NOT have 4 knees. Like all 4 legged animals, they have 2 knees and 2 elbows. What people think are front knees are in fact wrists and elbows. The first part is true because all the bones in the legs are vertical, and without horizontal bones, it is impossible to create a springing action required for lift. They can stand on 2 legs but this is done by bending the knees/elbows and redistributing their weight.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread KFC follows 11 people on Twitter: the 4 former Spice Girls and 7 guys named Herb

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Manatees aren't fat. They're round.

    Many mammals develop a layer of fat or blubber to preserve body heat. Manatees are tropical mammals and do not need a lot of body fat.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and Brussel Sprouts are all the same plant cultivated for different characteristics

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Switzerland does not have a single official head of state. It is a council of 7 people.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Roald Dahl’s last words were “Ow F**k”

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread In the animal kingdom, there is a type of jellyfish called the immortal jellyfish (scientifically known as Turritopsis dohrnii). What makes it fascinating is its ability to revert back to its earliest form after reaching adulthood. When facing environmental stress or old age, it can transform its cells, essentially returning to a polyp stage and then growing into a new adult jellyfish. This process can theoretically repeat indefinitely, hence the name "immortal jellyfish." While it's not truly immortal in the sense of living forever, it has an exceptional regenerative capability that allows it to bypass the typical life cycle limitations of other organisms.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Pandas poop, on average, 40 times a day… and about 62 lbs in weight (due to bamboo diet)

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So how long before we see commercials touting the "bamboo diet"?

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread If you looked at one star per second, it would take you over 3,000 years to look at all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Human skin can’t actually feel wetness, we just make assumptions on pressure and temperature.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this why sometimes your brain thinks you feel something wet when it's just cold?

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Platypus glow when you hit them with UV light

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Bees can experience time like we do

    tldr scientists discovered this through witnessing them having jetlag

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread During the American civil war, it was an unspoken rule to never shoot a man while he was taking a s**t cause of how severe stomach viruses and diseases were during the time. Idk about you guys but if it were me, I’d be s******g at every battlefield in whatever theater I was in LOL

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Weird plan considering that the body of a dying man evacuates their bowels immediately before their final death and any battlefield would be covered in the stench of excrement

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Karl XII almost caused a political crisis with Russia when he, in the middle of an important diplomatic talk, suddenly disappeared one night without a trace. After several hours of frantic searching, raised voices and accusations a stable boy revealed what had happened:

    The king had simply decided that he didn’t want to waste anymore time with “pointless discussions” and gone back to Sweden without informing anyone. Do note that the main topic of discussion was the potential marriage between Karl XII and the Russian princess so, you know, ouch…

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread boobytrap backwards is partyboob

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bored Panda spelled backwards is Ireallyneedtostopgoofingoff.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread The largest man made pyramid in the world is in Mexico!

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread During mating a male anglerfish will fuse with a larger female, allowing them to share not only sperm but also blood and skin. They become one amalgamated abomination that haunts the deep for the period of mating.

    Edit: it's a deep-sea anglerfish, not a hagfish. Different nightmare.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Gary Numan is two weeks older than Gary Oldman

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There in his car. He feels safest of all. He can lock all the doors. It's the only way to live.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Frogs swallow using their eyes.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know this one--it's kind of unnerving. you can see their eyes sinking in when they do this.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread In many European languages all nouns are gendered, which makes saying „non-binary” a conundrum. Can’t gender it feminine, can’t gender it masculine, and using neutral form often seems pejorative(kinda like equivocating the person with an object).

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread The flower Yarrow has the Latin name Achillea. It's called that because it's supposed to be the herb that soldiers used to try and stop Achilles heel from bleeding at the Battle of Troy in The Iliad.

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    He died.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Sharks are older than trees

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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what, I'm older than some of the trees in my yard! (Yes, I know that's not what it meant)

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread In germany you can get sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for causing a nuclear explosion

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "No, Mrs. Johnson, for the last time, those "deadly" farts of your husband do not count as a nuclear explosion."

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Flamingos can drink boiling water.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they turn a deeper shade and have cartoon steam coming out of their ears?

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Rosa Parks could have seen Shrek in theaters.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why didn't she though? A far more pertinent question? Probably seen too many ogres during her lifetime.

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    35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread Opel hides small sharks in the interior design of some of their cars

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    Millions of horses died in WWI, this was due to the fact that automotive transportation wasn’t all there yet despite biplanes being used for bombing/dart dropping for the first time. Pair this with the fact it was the first war with center fire rifle cartridges and it spelled devastation. Many Calvary units who were once the elites and best of the best in war were like “f**k it we are the best these center fire rifles won’t affect us.” Boy were they wrong.

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And unfortunately many of the horses that survived the war were sold to locals, either to work or to eat.

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    Glossy magazine paper has a higher B-vitamin content than newsprint

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fake news!! They want us to stop eating newsprint but they will steal it from my cold dead jaws!! We are Americans and we have the right to eat our newsprint if we want to!! /S 'Merica

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