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Hello, curious folk, this is your captain, Bored Panda speaking. Welcome to our crazy fun facts galore, where we discuss things that are hard to believe yet absolutely true! We’re happy to see you here, and that you trust us to take you on a journey of unbelievable facts.
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#1
Marie Curie is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences.
Corey Smith 3 years ago (edited)
Linus Pauling won for Chemistry and Peace. I guess Peace isn't a science, but still.
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#2
Crows hold grudges!
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Crows can recognise faces and human behaviour. If you create a stressful situation with a crow it will warn others and it's offspring that you are a dangerous person. It will also remember if you are nice to it, so will recommend you to its family and friends :) Which is why the crows who visit my garden bring their babies to eat too xx
#3
Potato chips cause more weight gain than any other food.
#4
Detroit undercover cops in a drug ring once fought another group of undercover cops.
#5
Dogs can smell cancer.
Detroit Citizen 3 years ago
My cat can tell when something is wrong with my mother. My cat will come wake me up.
#7
America's first bank robber deposited the money back into the same bank.
Detroit Citizen 3 years ago
Only in America folks. lol. Edit: I am an American so i do see the humor in all the roasts we get on BP.
#8
The heads on Easter Island have bodies.
Headless Roach 3 years ago
So like they had committed murders before being placed there? Thrilling, tell me more!
#9
The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Legend states that the Unicorns natural enemy was the Lion and Englands' National animal is .. wait for it ... A Lion.
#10
The fire hydrant patent was lost in a fire.
#11
Star Trek's Scotty stormed the beach at Normandy.
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Born a Canadian he was in the Canadian Army and did indeed land at Normandy :)
#12
Cotton candy was invented by a dentist.
Da Dragon Queen 3 years ago
Why is there a buy now button am I the only one who can see it!!!??!
Michael Largey 3 years ago
That's like finding out that cigarettes were invented by a lung surgeon.
Ąåřţđęşịɠŋȿ 2 years ago (edited)
of course it was (rubbing hands together evilly) Actually the entire sugar industrial complex has been engineered by the medical community to promote obesity, tooth decay, and whatever medical conditions they can get out of it. Just like world government conflicts are engineered by the military industrial complex, and climate change engineered by petroleum industrial complex.... Just a BIG machine and we are fodder.
Vasana Phong 3 years ago
Oh the irony, free cotton candy with a coupon for 20% off dental checkup in next visit
#15
A 70-year-old woman once completed seven marathons in seven days, across all seven continents.
#16
Germany uncovers 2,000 tons of unexploded bombs every year.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
WW2 relicts. I remember an anecdote, where a railway station was temporarily shut down because of that. An English speaking couple was terrified and asked "Do they know, who planted the bomb?" The dry (and correct) answer was "Yup, the Royal Air Force"
#17
One man once survived two atomic bombs.
#18
Bees can detect bombs.
#19
Your liver can regrow itself in three weeks.
Peej Maybe 3 years ago
It's only partially true, this (and I speak from experience). If you've got cirrosis (even if it's non alcohol related) your liver never quite recovers, and the 'dead' or hardened bits never regenerate / regrow. but the other bits will compensate so it's all good unless your whole liver shuts down, then you're basically buggered unless you can find a donor / get a transplant
#20
The world's biggest tire producer is LEGO.
#21
The first Star Wars was expected to be a flop.
Kenneth McCartney 3 years ago
Fun facts: Star Wars was intended as a old west meets space adventure. Also, C-3PO and R2-D2 were inspired by Laurel and Hardy.
#23
"New car smell" is the scent of dozens of chemicals.
#24
Most laughter isn't because things are funny.
#25
In Germany, people help toads cross the road.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
They build small fences at spawning season and dig in buckets. Toads end up in buckets, which are regularly (once or twice a day, I think) emptied into the next pond.
#28
Baby blue whales grow 200 pounds per day.
#29
There's a town in nebraska with a population of one!
#32
The Bermuda Triangle isn't any more likely to cause a mysterious disappearance than anywhere else.
#33
Redheads aren't actually going extinct.
Hugh Cookson 3 years ago
Correct, go to Ireland or the West of Scotland. Infected with redheads ....
#37
The "M's" in M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie."
#38
Space smells like seared steak.
#40
Dogs actually understand some English.
Freddie Torsten 3 years ago
No, they can understand languages. Stop making this so English centered.
#42
Bee hummingbirds are so small they get mistaken for insects.
#43
The majority of Americans choose dogs over love.
#44
Tree shrews are the only mammal aside from humans known to deliberately seek out spicy foods.
#47
Water makes different sounds depending whether it's hot or cold!
#48
Dinosaurs lived on every continent.
#49
The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years.
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
She's a very old lady :) The waters there are so deep ( over 750ft in some places) and un-explored that there is a very good chance that there are water beasties and creatures that are yet to be discovered there.
#50
Most people break up on Mondays.
#51
A restaurant in New York employs grandmas as chefs.
#52
Dolphins have been trained to be used in wars.
Deborah Harris 3 years ago
Sad but true, there are dolphins trained by the military to detect bombs, human intruders ( divers ) to protect ships and even to carry bombs
#53
The man who wrote Dracula never visited Transylvania.
FactcheckerGeneral 3 years ago
Bram Stoker. Fun fact: the church at Whitby, Dracula's landing site in England in the novel, has a sign in its graveyard warning visitors who are looking for Dracula's grave that he's NOT REAL
#54
Tornadoes can cause "fish rain."
#55
Every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you get a combination that's never existed.
#57
Newborns don't shed tears.
#58
Children ask 300 questions a day!
#59
The longest book title is 4,558 words!
Cubbypotato 3 years ago
https://www.vercalendario.info/en/what/guinness-records-for-longest_title_of_a_book.html
#61
The cast of Friends still earns around $20 million each year.
#62
Humans are also the only animals whose brains shrink.
#65
The English word with the most definitions is "set."
#67
Actor Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number instead of an agent or manager.
#68
Plastic Easter eggs and plastic Easter grass were invented by a man who holds more patents than Thomas Edison.
#70
Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2 Billboard hits — without ever hitting No. 1.
#72
The Queen has some hidden hideaways.
#75
Cell phones are full of bacteria.
Dan Holden 3 years ago
Our bodies are full of bacteria. There's bacteria absolutely everywhere.
#76
Chewing gum after a meal reduces heartburn.
#78
Fat bear week is a thing.
#79
There's no such thing as "pear cider."
#81
The Bayeux Tapestry is 70 metres long!
#82
There is graffiti that's 1000s of years old!
Lonely Tentacle 3 years ago
Hehe! *Happily remembers graffiti scene from the Life of Brian...*
#83
A narwhal's tusk reveals its past living conditions.
#86
There's a decorated war hero dog.
#87
Chinese police use geese squads.
Nicole Tomme 3 years ago (edited)
I read "cheese police." Then I thought "that must be how they lure the geese.' Gotta go to sleep.
#88
Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia.
#91
The least interesting day in history was April 11, 1954.
#92
The severed head of a sea slug can grow a whole new body.
#93
Pigeons can tell the difference between a painting by Monet and Picasso.
#94
"E" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.
#95
Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard left his post at Ford's Theatre to go for a drink.
#97
The man who founded Atari also started Chuck E. Cheese.
#99
The Silverback gorilla can lift almost a literal ton.
Detroit Citizen 3 years ago
"This new fun yet terrifying fact is brought you by Bored Panda. Now back to the show"
#100
It's a myth that people are either "left-brained" or "right-brained."
#104
The human body literally glows.
#106
The first iPhone wasn't made by Apple.
#109
The longest word you can type with just your left hand is "sweaterdresses".
Ryan Edwards 3 years ago
The word "typewriter" is the longest word you can type using letters from only one row on a traditional keyboard.
#110
Urine used to be a detergent.
#111
The feeling of getting lost inside a mall is known as the Gruen transfer.
Twist Ed 3 years ago
In shopping mall design, the Gruen transfer (also known as the Gruen effect) is the moment when consumers enter a shopping mall or store and, surrounded by an intentionally confusing layout, lose track of their original intentions, making them more susceptible to making impulse buys
#114
There's a textbook written entirely by an AI author.
#115
The longest-living insect is the termite.
#116
Apple pips are poisonous!
#120
Bees sometimes sting other bees.
#122
It is illegal to sell a "bounceless" pickle to somebody in Connecticut.
#123
People sometimes mistake clouds for flying saucers.
#124
The world's smallest reptile was first reported in 2021.
LilFishy 3 years ago
https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Fnews%2F976%2Fcpsprodpb%2FD069%2Fproduction%2F_116835335_095703a2-0424-4430-b425-edfc86012c87.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-africa-55945948&tbnid=2J-aejQXAk51vM&vet=12ahUKEwi63pqp-fP5AhUL1BoKHa-_Cg8QMygAegUIARC0AQ..i&docid=29N7rn2eDxLT8M&w=976&h=549&q=world%27s%20smallest%20reptile&hl=en-gb&client=safari&ved=2ahUKEwi63pqp-fP5AhUL1BoKHa-_Cg8QMygAegUIARC0AQ
#127
There is a village called Dull.
#129
A dozen bodies were once found in Benjamin Franklin's basement.
#131
The Australian government banned the word "mate" for a day.
#132
Cheetahs don't roar.
#134
The hottest spot on the planet is in Libya.
#135
A pharaoh once lathered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him.
#136
Children's medicine once contained morphine.
Nicole Tomme 3 years ago
Coca cola used to containe cocaine. Soda used to be recommended for babies. Doctors used to smoke in hospitals. There are things we do now that in 100 years people will know were insanely dangerous (SADs, anyone?)
#137
Nutmeg can be fatally poisonous.
#138
Harriet Tubman was even more heroic than you thought.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
More info! (And outside of the US she's hardly known anyway, so ANY info might already help)
#139
Apple Pie isn't actually American.
#142
There is a fish with legs.
#145
Sharks can live for five centuries.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
Only one species of them (Greenland /gurry/grey shark) can - and that's an estimation (250 to 500 years)
#146
You can always "see" your nose.
#152
The London tube didn't used to have a roof.
FactcheckerGeneral 3 years ago
A lot of the tube is underground, so roofs kinda come as standard. Is this supposed to mean that tube *trains* didn't have roofs?
#155
Newborns don't have kneecaps.
#156
That fish is probably labeled wrong.
#157
You're pronouncing Dr. Seuss' name wrong.
Nathaniel 3 years ago
No I am not. "According to an article published in Slate, and apparently well-documented elsewhere, the “correct” pronunciation as Dr. Seuss intended is not Seuss-that-rhymes with “Zeus,” but “Soice,” as in a word that rhymes with “voice.”" https://www.fatherly.com/play/how-is-dr-seuss-pronounced
#158
Blue Ivy Carter is the youngest person ever to appear on a Billboard chart.
#162
There's a world record — and a happy ending — for the greatest distance thrown in a car accident.
#163
France has a dozen time zones.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
...because of its overseas territories (the main county itself isn't all that big)
#164
The Queen owns all the Swans and Dolphins!
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
In the UK maybe, or the Commonwealth. Either way (or none? Maybe only England?): More info needed
#165
Charles Darwin was a bit of an oddball.
#166
A chef's toque contains 100 folds.
#168
The healthiest place in the world is in Panama.
Nicole Weymann 3 years ago
More info. Healthy in what way? High life expectancy? Many doctors? Very good air? No pollutants? Most apples??
#169
Many languages have the same roots.
#170
Ants have a built-in FitBit.
#171
Mr. Cherry breaks all the records you've never heard of.
#173
Stressed men have altered proclivities.
#174
Cold baseballs are worse than warm ones.
#176
Women are attracted to the scent of good & plenty licorice candy and cucumber.
#177
Someone once tidied up a piece of art.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Some of these "facts" are meaninglessly vague and lack context. Is there a translation issue? Or just laziness?
Mike Beck 3 years ago
Laziness, I bet. I've never done so much Googling for a BP article in my life. Most of the vaguer ones now have links added in my comments.
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Nathaniel 3 years ago
Some of these "facts" are meaninglessly vague and lack context. Is there a translation issue? Or just laziness?
Mike Beck 3 years ago
Laziness, I bet. I've never done so much Googling for a BP article in my life. Most of the vaguer ones now have links added in my comments.
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