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Someone Starts A Twitter Thread On The Most Random Facts And 35 People Deliver
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Did you ever notice that the brain tends to retain the most random information instead of the one you actually need? For instance, how come I can recite Baby Got Back word by word, but can't possibly force my brain to remember my postcode? I'm sure I'm not the only one and this thread that recently went viral on Twitter proves just that. When one person asked, "What’s the most random fact you know?", people delivered. Some of the facts are lesser-known than the others, some you may have heard already - nonetheless, we still found them quite amusing to read. So, the people here at Bored Panda have made you a list of 45 random, but interesting facts that people shared on Twitter. Scroll down below to see all the entries and tell us in the comments below what's the most random fact that you know!
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Bored Panda would like to note that this is just one of the theories of how clinking glasses originated.
I’m not saying there aren’t extremely strong women out there and good for them, but this post is nonsensical. So one woman in one weight class is stronger than the strongest man in that same weight class. IN ONE CLASS. The strongest men in the world generally weigh 300-400 pounds. By the poster’s logic if a woman got to that size she’d be as strong or stronger. It’s simply not correct and it’s not sexist to say so...
Just walking into the room where I had the thought usually does it for me. Generally, the reason that something in the room was reminding me to get/do something in the first place. I might forget what when I enter a different room, but when I walk back (normally, not backwards) the reason is still there and I'm reminded again.
To see the proof for yourself, watch this fascinating BBC video.
we shall conquer the earth my fellow brothers and sisters we will rule the - SQUIRREL! ... As I was saying...
In Britain, most foods are exempt from the value-added tax, but potato chips — known as crisps — and “similar products made from the potato, or from potato flour,” are taxable. However, it was decided that Pringles are exempt from the tax, mainly because they have less potato content than a potato chip.
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YES! In my family, I'm the living encyclopedia. Exhibit A: Did you know Koalas sleep up to 18 hours a day?
Exhibit B: Did you know that supermarket apples can be a year old?
Exhibit C: More people die from vending machines each year than sharks
Exhibit D: your fingers get wrinkly underwater because of an automatic reaction in your nervous system to help your wet hands grip things better
I did that experiment with my kids. Got an apple from an orchard and one from the supermarket... The latter didn't even start to get soft until 6 months in
Seems like everything in a supermarket is OLD. After all, our stuff is shipped all over the world and we eat everything from Mexico.
I put some supermarket apples in the fridge and they were still good over a year later, so does that mean they were 2 years old? Wow!
Exibith E: Did you know that whales expel a substance called grey amber? Is a waxy substance used by perfumers for it's smell when it ages. It's very highly priced! I think it's interesting, whale stinky poo in perfumes.
Excibit G: Oreos are vegan.
Cliff Clavin was not a cool man.
I knew I chose the wrong species to be born as. I should have been a snail, oh precious sleep.
So do I, not in my garden when i was a kid though cuz i put them through some sh**
Well I always enjoy wack facts so this was great!
YES! In my family, I'm the living encyclopedia. Exhibit A: Did you know Koalas sleep up to 18 hours a day?
Exhibit B: Did you know that supermarket apples can be a year old?
Exhibit C: More people die from vending machines each year than sharks
Exhibit D: your fingers get wrinkly underwater because of an automatic reaction in your nervous system to help your wet hands grip things better
I did that experiment with my kids. Got an apple from an orchard and one from the supermarket... The latter didn't even start to get soft until 6 months in
Seems like everything in a supermarket is OLD. After all, our stuff is shipped all over the world and we eat everything from Mexico.
I put some supermarket apples in the fridge and they were still good over a year later, so does that mean they were 2 years old? Wow!
Exibith E: Did you know that whales expel a substance called grey amber? Is a waxy substance used by perfumers for it's smell when it ages. It's very highly priced! I think it's interesting, whale stinky poo in perfumes.
Excibit G: Oreos are vegan.
Cliff Clavin was not a cool man.
I knew I chose the wrong species to be born as. I should have been a snail, oh precious sleep.
So do I, not in my garden when i was a kid though cuz i put them through some sh**
Well I always enjoy wack facts so this was great!