35 Of The Weirdest, Maybe Useless, But Interesting Facts To Know, Shared In This Online Thread
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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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
If you shave a tiger, it will still be stripey. And angry - Very, very angry.
If you place hamster wheels in the forest mice will run on them for fun
I want to do this in my neighborhood & see if the chipmunks will come play on them.
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
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.
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.
My sister was born with 5. 2 are not functional. She pisses like a racehorse!
People can smell rain 4x stronger than sharks can smell blood
Elephants can't jump. they're the only mammal that can't.
they're also the only one with 4 knees.
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.
KFC follows 11 people on Twitter: the 4 former Spice Girls and 7 guys named Herb
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.
Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and Brussel Sprouts are all the same plant cultivated for different characteristics
Switzerland does not have a single official head of state. It is a council of 7 people.
Best thing about Switzerland? Well, the flag is a big plus...
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.
Pandas poop, on average, 40 times a day… and about 62 lbs in weight (due to bamboo diet)
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.
Human skin can’t actually feel wetness, we just make assumptions on pressure and temperature.
Is this why sometimes your brain thinks you feel something wet when it's just cold?
Platypus glow when you hit them with UV light
Bees can experience time like we do
tldr scientists discovered this through witnessing them having jetlag
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
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…
boobytrap backwards is partyboob
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.
Gary Numan is two weeks older than Gary Oldman
There in his car. He feels safest of all. He can lock all the doors. It's the only way to live.
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).
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.
Spoiler:
He died.
Sharks are older than trees
So what, I'm older than some of the trees in my yard! (Yes, I know that's not what it meant)
In germany you can get sentenced to up to 10 years in prison for causing a nuclear explosion
Flamingos can drink boiling water.
Do they turn a deeper shade and have cartoon steam coming out of their ears?
Rosa Parks could have seen Shrek in theaters.
Why didn't she though? A far more pertinent question? Probably seen too many ogres during her lifetime.
Opel hides small sharks in the interior design of some of their cars
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.
And unfortunately many of the horses that survived the war were sold to locals, either to work or to eat.
Glossy magazine paper has a higher B-vitamin content than newsprint
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
WW2 anti-aircraft searchlights were 800 million candlepower. American manufacturers like GE and Sperry made 60-inch (152.4cm) searchlights. Germany made 96- inch (243.84cm) searchlights. It's believed no German lights survived the war. Troops destroyed them at every opportunity.
WW2 anti-aircraft searchlights were 800 million candlepower. American manufacturers like GE and Sperry made 60-inch (152.4cm) searchlights. Germany made 96- inch (243.84cm) searchlights. It's believed no German lights survived the war. Troops destroyed them at every opportunity.
