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65 Weirdly Interesting Facts People Somehow Have Stored In Their Brains
It's impossible to know everything about any given topic, let alone all of the knowledge the world has to offer. You can be an amazing chef, but that doesn't mean you know how to whip up the world's best green curry or tastiest lasagna. And no matter how many languages you speak, there will still be thousands out there that you don't.
So if you immediately become overwhelmed when trying to pick a new subject to focus on or a new book to read, might we suggest that you simply start small? Netizens have recently been sharing the most random yet amusing fun facts that they've picked up from all over the place, so we've gathered a list of them below. Enjoy scrolling through these replies that we can almost guarantee will teach you something new, and be sure to upvote the ones you'll definitely share with your friends!
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#1
The movie the Madness of king George III had the 'III' removed because American audiences might think they missed the first two films.
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#2
A group of fireflies is called a sparkle.
#3
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
#4
Snails can have up to 25,000 teeth.
#5
Fried eggs and fried chicken are the same thing just at different ages.
#6
You can't run in ur nightmares bc your brain is signaling that you're in danger but it also knows you're asleep, so you become temporarily "paralyzed" as a safety mechanism, so you don't actually get up and start running.
#7
Not everyone has an internal dialogue.
#8
When you recall a memory you're actually just remembering the last time you though about that memory. so over time your memories change a little, kind of like a game of telephone.
#9
Pineapples have a digestive enzyme! That's why sometimes it tingles when you eat it! So while you eat it, it eats you!! :D
#11
People get allergic reactions simply due to the immune system randomly deciding to overreact & tweak out at a certain food or thing that is getting into the body because they just assume it’s dangerous.
#12
Penguin’s propose with pebbles.
Justin Case 14 minutes ago
Humans also do this too - and then think they are more highly evolved.
#13
The UK can fit into Australia 32 times.
#14
Elephants are pregnant for two years.
#16
Deers can't see orange color, so in their eyes, tigers are green, blending in perfectly in their enviroment.
#17
That familiar “pool smell” we all know? It isn’t actually the chlorine. It’s created when chlorine reacts with things like sweat and urine, forming compounds called chloramines. So, the stronger the smell, the dirtier the pool—not the cleaner it is.
#21
Your nose is ALWAYS in your vision, but your brain automatically edits it out using unconscious selective attention and neural adaptation so you can focus on the world.
#22
Wrinkly fingers in water is actually an evolutionary feature. The idea is that if your body senses you’ve been in the water for a while, it assumes you didn’t end up there by choice and wrinkles your fingertips to improve your grip. Just like tire treads help on wet roads, wrinkled fingers may make it easier to climb slippery rocks or hold onto wet surfaces. Helps you to survive extreme conditions.
#23
The smell of the ground after the rain is not actually the smell of the ground but the microbes which are there. Those microbes produce a substance (geosmine) that is "moved" with the bacteria when it rains making it go up and in the end we can smell it. so, basically the scent of the ground after the rain is the scent of the bacteria in it.
#24
Polar bear fur is transparent (or colorless) and contains no pigment. The core of each hair is hollow, the white color we see occurs because the fur's structure scatters and reflects sunlight, similar to what happens with snowflakes.
#25
Brushing your teeth is basically brushing your skeleton.
#27
If you speak badly about yourself, your brain takes it as if someone else is saying that to you, making it more believable and hurtful, ALWAYS SPEAK LIFE OVER YOURSELF!
#29
Bees can't fly when it's dark.
#31
If you see a tornado and it looks like it’s not moving, that means it’s moving directly towards you.
#32
Lightning is actually hotter than the sun's surface.
Justin Case 1 minute ago
As Queen would say, "Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me."
#34
“Baby on Board” stickers for cars were intended for First Responders responding to accidents so they know to look for an infant when rescuing!
#35
When cows eat grass, they don’t spend much time chewing it. Instead, they quickly bite, swallow, and store the grass in a special compartment of their stomach. Later, when they stop eating and are resting, the grass comes back up into their mouth. They chew it properly this time and then swallow it again so it can continue through the rest of the digestive process. This process is called rumination. So, if you see a cow standing still and chewing without eating any grass, it is ruminating.
#37
When Sweden play Denmark at football, the scoreboard shows SWE-DEN and the missing letters spell DEN-MARK.
#38
Music can help plants grow faster.
#42
There is a word for the day after tomorrow it’s called overmorrow.
#44
Jumping is a skill which u can lose over time...
#51
Spiders' webs are a liquid until it hits the air turning it into a solid. Spiders also use a hydraulic system to move their legs.
#52
When you start yelling out random things when someone says the need to sneeze for ex. “Pineapple, tree, cat” all in one sentence they are paying attention to what you randomly said and forget that they needed to sneeze
Lady Gypsy Rain 38 minutes ago
If you yell anything at me and it makes me not have the release of the sneeze, I may want to punch you in the mouth. I won’t do it, but I will take great pleasure imagining it. You psycho. Let me finish my sneeze.
#55
Newborns don’t have a clear concept of space, meaning they don’t understand during peekaboo that mum is behind the blanket so, for a second, mum has vanished and then she magically appears out of nowhere.
#59
The compass was invented before the clock. Because it mattered more that you arrived instead of how long it took. This isn’t just about compasses though.
#65
Your foot is the same length as your forearm.
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