Sometimes we don't realize how big the storage of our brains is. We might forget some facts or happenings now and then, but it's only natural when considering we have to digest new information every day! However, some snippets of knowledge appear to be unforgettable so that even the most random and useless thing might be stuck in your brain forever.

So, I got curious about what worthless bit of trivia or knowledge is forever stuck in our pandas' heads! Here's what people had to share.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Gary Oldman is 13 days younger than Gary Numan.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Polar bears have black skin. Their fur is actually clear, not white, and each strand of fur is a hollow tube made of keratin (the same stuff as our fingernails) to trap heat and keep them warm.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community That wombats poop cubes. It has something to do with their intestines being really good at removing water and compacting waste and it comes out in cubes.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Iceland is much less icy and much more green than Greenland.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community A proper one this time. Pineapple 'eats' you as you eat it. Pineapple contains a chemical called Bromelain that deconstructs (and will eventually dissolve) proteins, including human tissue. So if you're wondering why it tingles on your tongue now you know (thankfully our stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve concrete so takes care of Mr Pineapple)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also heard bromelain can help bring on labor when I was pregnant with one of my kids. My poor mouth was raw from eating so much of it 😝

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Some words are contranyms, meaning a word that has two different meanings that are the opposite of each other.

The three examples I know are:
Cleave (can mean either to cling to or to separate from)
Left (can be used to refer to the part of a group that departed or the part that stayed. "Three sheep left the flock, how many were left?")
Off (can mean either to activate or to deactivate. "The alarm went off, so I turned it off.")

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dust is another. Something can gather dust or you can dust something off.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Finland is home to the most metal bands per capita, with around 53.5 metal bands per 100,000 people.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community A day on venus is longer than a year on venus

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community A city in California has the Goodyear Blimp as its official bird.

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Marinasongs1432
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG, I snorted in laughter just reading that. Did you know it is illegal to hunt bigfoot in a certain state (Washington?) because it would technically be an endangered species? This has been in my head for a long time.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Teeth pop like popcorn when heated.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community That the angels do not naturally have a human form. When you actually read in depth about them, they are said to be both beautiful and yet among the most terrifying beings in the universe. When they say "Be not afraid" there is a reason for it, and it's not because they popped out of nowhere in front of your face.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the first description of an angel that has made sense to me, but now I have more questions. Going by what you said, if they appear to be both beautiful and fearsome, do you think, if they do appear to humans, that their appearance can vary from human to human, depending on said human's disposition? If you're an evil person, would your angel come off as fearsome and terrifying, whereas a good human would get the beautiful image of that angel?

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community The word for thinking about your thinking is metacognition. It only comes in handy when you're trying to impress teachers.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Cats have 38 muscles in each ear

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, it takes quite a few muscles to consistently ignore you lol

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Many years ago, when wood was in short supply it was a common practice to dig up and reuse coffins.

Quite often the grave diggers would see scratch marks on the underside of the coffin lid, left there by someone who was buried but still alive!

This happened so often, in fact, that all newly buried people had a length of string tied to their finger, leading all the way aboveground where it was tied to a bell.

When someone buried alive would move their hand trying to desperately claw their way out, the bell would ring aboveground.

Those people were called "Dead Ringers".

The men hired to listen for the bells during the night were known to be working the "graveyard shift".

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community The tip of your elbow is called your wenis.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what a perfect name..especially as everyone is trying to lick it all the time

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community It’s possible to put a lightbulb inside your mouth, but you can’t get it out without breaking either the glass or your jaw. And no, I don’t know why.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Rockets/spaceships are launched from positions near the equator to the east because the Earth's rotation makes a start more fuel efficient that way.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Squirrels don’t remember where they buried their acorns. They just bury so many that it’s easy to find one wherever they dig.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now thats gonna be stuck in my head next time I see a squirrel.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Pigs can actually run faster than people. As prey animals, they evolved to run away a lot.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Without mucus your stomach would digest itself.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community That giraffes mostly sleep standing up and only for like 30 minutes a day.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Messages from your brain travel along your nerves at up to 200 miles per hour.

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Not trivia, just a Spanish word my nutty, Mexican friend from college made me learn, for some weird reason. It's the word for "ear, nose and throat" - otorrinolaringologo. I've found myself repeating it over and over in my head whenever I'm in a lot of pain, especially with migraines. I don't do it intentionally, it just happens. Thanks for the subconscious coping mechanism, Hermès!

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#25

Tyrannosaurus Rex is closer to us in time than they were to stegosaurus.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community The average person has four to six dreams a night.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And the brain has certain setups that occur every now and then in your dreams. I often dream of the same fictional places.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community The okay hand symbol means "pay me" in Japan. Thanks, Nat geographic!

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Cats can't taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine will shank you for your ice cream, wonder what it tastes like to her

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Susanne Bækvig
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some cats simply want to have what you are having, but if it is made with cream that explains this

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Kim Kermes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I caught my cat licking powdered sugar off of a donut. She was getting something out of it.

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Tara Quail
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does mine always want donuts and cakes? Maybe a texture thing?

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Sharon Jahnke
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mitty kitty likes the frosting off donuts. And eats the take and bake bread if left on the table to bake later

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Jo Johannsen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they can't, then why are people warned that cats are attracted to antifreeze (which is poisonous) because of its sweet taste?

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

Tell that to my cat who would climb your body for a piece of your Hershey bar! No one ever told her chocolate is toxic to cats, either, and she ate chocolate until she died peacefully at age 19.

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

This is, technically, not entirely true; Most cats can't taste sweet things, about 70% of them, but the last 30% can taste sweetness.

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

Now that I can believe. I've had too many cats that were clearly fond of sweet things to believe that all cats can't taste sweetness.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's true. Cats lack the taste receptors for sweetness. Here's an interesting explanation: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-cats-cannot-taste-sweets/

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

As a Veterinary in the school told us it's because cats relate sweetness on the food with decay, so if something is sweet it taste rotten to the cat.

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

I left peaches out on the counter to ripen and the next morning, there were teeth marks in them made by both of my cats.

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Jenni Irving
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The can taste sweet things, just not the way we would taste them

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

I would assume they just taste all the other flavors in the sweet thing minus the sugar? Like being sweet doesn't cancel out all the other flavors in it, but I would guess it tastes like an unsweetened version or something.

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

Our cat got raw liver with cream every Sunday; otherwise it was Meow Mix and water. Then he'd go in the field for hare, birds and whatever else. A quail once.

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

My cat knows when someone has desserts. She will come running from anywhere in the house. She loves sweets.

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Chris Osborn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mine wants sweets all the time! Donuts, ice cream, coffee cake, etc. If I have it, she wants it lol

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

My house panther Shadow gobbled up a piece of powdered donut I dropped. :) It was harmless but he didn't get more.

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

I have a cat who loves dr pepper syrup and cotton candy, so you cant prove this by me.

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

My cat loves browny brittle. Had a cat once who adored corn flakes. BTW, birds can't taste hot peppers. Had to get hot pepper suet to put out for the birds and keep the squirrels out of it.

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Alicia GriffonLady
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My hubby's old cat would steal blueberry muffin out of his mouth and mug you for whipcream.

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

This doesn't explain why one of my cats used to try and steal Smarties

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

And yet my cat loves orange creamsicle ice cream. Weird.

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

Ummm, why a defect? They are almost 100% carnivorous, so they really cannot digest sugars all that well. That means that there is no benefit for them to be able to identify sugar.

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

Mine will steal your sweet tart ropes and eat them, it's the only human food he's interested in

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

Why is it considered a defect? It's the way cats are made. It's like saying a dog is defective because it can't fly.

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1 year ago

wish I couldn't from birth

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

Also untrue, sorry guys I'm really annoying when it comes to animal stuff! They taste sweet, just like we do, except it's a very different taste to them, and their response is understandable. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, a lot of oral medications for animals are made into a cherry flavor, etc. They can taste it, they just absolutely hate it, gag, rich, foam at the mouth, so on and so forth. It's not that they can't taste it, I'm not sure if there's anything that has no taste quote unquote, but it just doesn't taste sweet to them apparently....

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

And yet, my cats will sit there and just lick the sugar off of powdered donuts...or the caramel dip I use for apple slices. Wonder why that is? Must be a texture thing.

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

My kitty will hunt you down for a bit of strawberry yoghurt.

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

Well it doesn't mean if something has sugar added then the whole thing is flavorless. They would still taste the other flavors in it (they probably like the fat, some cats really like yeast, cream/milk, etc) it would just taste like an unsweetened version.

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

I used to have a cat that loved doughnuts. I wonder what she liked about them.

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

Cats have only seven tastebuds, so they can't taste much.

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

I had a kitty that loved ice cream. I would have to share my bowl then let her lick it clean (prewash). I had another who loved pancakes with strawberry preserves. If I was preparing food in the kitchen (especially hamburgers) he would beg like a dog, standing there for 90 seconds +.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Americans spend around 2.5 days each year in total looking for their lost things.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Giraffes use their necks to generate momentum with their heads when they fight.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yooo! have any of you seen a video of giraffes fighting each other?? it's some pretty scary stuff. I thought they were gentle creatures, but nah they just a tall version of bulls. They got the horns and everything. O.O

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community The bits at the end of shoe laces (metal or plastic or whatever) that make it easier to lace up your shoes are called aglets.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For all of you Phineas and Ferb watchers out there, you must recognize that. There was an entire episode all about aglets.

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community LEGO is the number producer of wheels in the entire world.

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that squids brains are doughnut shaped, and their esophagus goes through the middle of their brain before going to their stomach. so food passes through a squids brain before it gets to their stomach.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On that note - What is the last thing to pass through a bug's mind as it hits the windshield of a car going 65mph? Answer - its a**

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community That DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. I've known it since the 4th grade. I'm 57

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Heteropaternalsuperfecumdation is the term for when a woman has twins with different fathers. It's very rare.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My twins looked so different as babies that a handful of strangers actually asked me if they had the same father!

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If you burn dust it smells like burning flesh and you can get rid of your roommate really fast this way. A professor told my mom's friend that a long time ago and I tell almost everyone I meet.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That makes sense. I remember reading that the majority of dust is mainly skin cells that have come off the body.

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Hippopotamus milk is pink.

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#38

That a narwhal horn is actually a tooth ._.

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#39

They found 7 tons of human hair when they liberated Auschwitz.

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#40

A journalist in 1950 predicted that women in the year 2000 would be amazons like Wonder Woman.

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#41

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "A B C D E F G" sound the same

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#42

That the smell of rain is called petrichor. We get it. Read it a few thousand times from people thinking their smart.

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#43

aardwolves, a type of hyena, are one of the few insect-eating canine-appearing mammals. (hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs). I have all the facts I can find about aardwolves living inside my head

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aardwolves are the best. I like to imagine that they're actually the result of someone breeding g and aardvark with a wolf and not having the heart to get rid of it

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"Now That's Gonna Be Stuck In My Head": 45 Worthless Bits Of Trivia Or Knowledge Shared By Our Community Australia is the only country which eats its National animals. And they’re delicious!

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Woodpeckers have a special membrane between their beak and skull that act as a shock absorbent.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Their tongue go from their throat, up and wrap around their brain before leading to their mouth to keep their brain from moving as they peck.

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Numbers can always get larger therefore they are infinite.
Number can always get smaller therefore they are infinite as well. Both infinitely large and small.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“I’m angry at numbers! There’s like, too many of them!” Will always be my favorite Bevis and Butthead joke.

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Making out burns 2calories for every minute you kiss-snapple lid

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gonna be skinny-- kiss for 8 days straight! (This is clearly a joke. I haven't even did the math)

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The Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland was mad because of his actual hat. They used to use mercury in the process of making a hat. Mercury poisoning made people crazy.

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

The phrase "mad as a hatter" predates Alice in Wonderland.

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For a photon traveling the speed of light, time does not pass. Looking up at a star that is millions of light years away, when the photon strikes our eyeball, from the photon's perspective it JUST left the star.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Edit: too bad I can't edit - somebody's gonna call me out on the colloquial "millions of light years away" because only other galaxies are visible at that distance, not individual stars. Realistically we're talking stars from the Milky Way which could only be about 100,000 light years away at most. The point stands about time not passing for photons though.

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Mercury is the planet that is closest to all the others in the solar system.

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#51

There are 142 staircases in hogwarts according to book 1 chpter 8 line 13 words 3-5. The more specific things could be off slightly, but the count is 142.

and before anyone asks, ive read all the HP book 20 times each (i counted :) )

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The line and word count could vary depending on edition and language. The book and chapter citations should be consistent.

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#52

penguins propose to eachother with their favourite rocks :))

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#53

The stethoscope was made because a French doctor, René Laennec, felt uncomfortable putting his ear up to a women’s chest to listen to her heartbeat.

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#54

"The Earth is an oblate rotational ellipsoid - but you don't have to remember that." - my geography teacher 20 years ago

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#55

The sun is 93 million miles away

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Carpenters do have 9½ fingers on average...

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#57

The Beatles’ first band name was the Quarrymen and their original drummer was Pete Best, soon to be replaced by Ringo Starr (sorry I’m a Beatles nerd)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bill Haley and the Saddlemen released Rock This Joint, but it didn't do well. They changed the band to Bill Haley and the Comets, and the sing to Rock Around The Clock, and history was made.

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#58

You can sing the lyrics of Amazing Grace to the tune of:
The House of the Rising Sun
Yankee Doodle
Gilligan's Island theme music

You can't unhear it.

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#60

A platypus doesn't have nipples. They basically sweat out the milk when nursing their young.

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#61

The female voice you hear singing on the song ‘Keep It In The Closet’ by Michael Jackson on his Dangerous album, is Princess Stephanie of Monaco.

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Barcodes scan the white spaces, not the black lines.

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

Technically they scan the distances between the edges of reflected and non-reflected light.

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Koalas feed their babies their own poop for the first 2 months of their lives to build up their immune system since their diet consists of nothing but eucalyptus leaves which are highly toxic.

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#64

Dr. Seuss invented the word "nerd."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not really true. There's an interesting article about the word here: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/word-history-nerd

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#65

Koalas can survive most snake bites because they literally eat poison

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#66

"The temperature inside your mouth is a steamy 98.6 degrees. The same as a sweltering jungle. But inside a Winterfresh mouth, it tastes much, much cooooooler!" Thanks Channel One!

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#67

California has a higher population than all of Canada.

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#69

Everyone is talking about the square poop... But did you know koalas poop roughly 360 times a day? Little green pellets. Even while they're sleeping!

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#70

That humans share a lot of DNA with bananas.

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#71

One horse power equals to 2849.61 duck power.

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

And one frog power is about 45 horse power. (Frog as in frogeyed-Sprite).

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#72

Sloths only urinate and defecate once a week.

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#73

There were 75000 lbs of ham on The Tiranic when it sunk

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

I'm sorry, but all I can visualise is a boatload of piggy dictators. If you can, please can you correct your spelling of Titanic.

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#74

The reason why Elvis never performed outside of the US, is because his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, was an illegal immigrant. He was born in the Netherlands and entered the US when he was 20.

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#75

Mine is that did you know that dogs don't give kisses when they like you they are actually tasting you

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#76

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13

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#77

Butterflies taste with their feet. Always thought that was an odd little fact.

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#78

Sharks don't pee normally. To use osmosis efficiently, sharks store their pee in their bloodstream to maintain a higher salinity than the water they live in. This way, sharks are able to stay hydrated as water moves to the area with higher salinity. Excess is excreted through their skin.

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#79

Thomas Jefferson had a bird named D**k that ate out of his mouth.
I know a lot about Thomas Jefferson and all the facts are this weird.

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#80

A decapitated head takes twelve seconds to lose consciousness

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#81

I guess it would be that the creature or animal with the most teeth is a snail.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dog hates squeeky toys. If I get her one I need to remove the squeek maker or she won't get anywhere near the thing.

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#82

That it is illegal to walk out of a Oklahoma county fair with a popsicle in your pocket.

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

"Is that a popsicle in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?"

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#83

Dogs don't feel remorse, they only feel sadness.

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#84

McDonald's once created bubblegum-flavored broccoli.

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#85

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyways. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honey bees have two sets of wings which can be(e) used independent as a pair of forewings and a pair of hindwings . This allows the bee maximum mobility for hovering for nectar and pollen collection. Once loaded down the 2 sets of wings can bee locked together to form a more a more efficient and heavier lift surface. The locking mech is a series of hooks from the hindwings that locks onto a "gutter" trough on the forewings. It's been suggested that was the inspiration for the modern zipper. Other bees in my bonnet are two other great special "tools" that Hbees have evolved are a special pick/comb to groom pollen from their antennas- hard to smell the flowers otherwise. The other adaptation is a 3 part comb and collection basket for carrying pollen back to the hive for food on the hind pair of legs. Way2B Bs

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#86

If Hitler's father hadn't changed his name, it would have been Heil Schicklgruber.

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#87

The marsupial, quoll's new born is one of the smallest, weighing only 18mg which is equal to 30 sugar grains.

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#88

Starlings, squirrels and snails are invasive species brought over by Europeans.

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

To where? American grey squirrels are an invasive species in Europe. And there are thousands of snail species.

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#89

The first player in the NBA to break a backboard by dunking a basketball was Chuck Connors (aka The Rifleman). During pre-game warm-ups with Boston.

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#90

The first colors babies see when they are born are red and black.

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#91

Outer space smells like static electricity.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm confused by this. Firstly as mentioned already, they are in space suits. Secondly, we smell due to tiny molecules in the air but space is a vacuum so there aren't any

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#92

Dogs like squeaky toys because it sounds like prey screeching in pain.

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

Ironically, there was a comment above this by someone called Red, and he said he removes the squeaker

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#93

BANANAS ARE THE ONLY FRUIT THAT CANNOT REPRODUCE! They are a breed of two different plants

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not entirely true! The commercially grown eating bananananas are non-viable, but there are some banana types with seeds that are fertile. Find that particular non-hybrid wild banana with viable seeds, and you can make some catch. You can also buy banana seeds on the internet and grow your own tree, but it most likely won't have edible fruit.

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#95

Blob fish are ugly because a blob fish doesn't really have a skeleton, and it doesn't really have any muscle. So, up here, it's saggy and droopy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When a puff fish expands, it fills with a poisonous gas to harm the predators. However, that gas gets dolphins "high" and they have been known to pass the puff fish around to each other.

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#96

The minimum dynamic hydroplaning speed, in knots, of a tire to be 8.6 times the square root of the tire pressure in pounds. If it's pouring out, assume your tire pressure if you don't know it, to be 25 (square root 5), so 5x9 (8.6 rounded up) is 45, which is about 51 mph. Better to err on the side of caution, and slow down. I think of this every darn time it rains

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

But the weight of the vehicle and the tire footprint & construction also factor in. The question is, how?

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#97

The little hard part on the roof of your mouth behind your top front teeth is called informally the pizza ridge, cuz that's the part you burn first when you bite into a pizza that's too hot.

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

Called formally the alveolar ridge, because it contains alveoli, the cavities that hold the roots of your teeth

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#98

Triangle can only have one 90 degree angle; unless you draw it on a sphere, then you can have two 90 degree angles in one triangle....

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#99

If you string all the DNA in your body together in a single chain, it's as long as 30 round trips to Jupiter

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#100

That light travels at 186,300 miles per second

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#101

There are 17 steps to 221B Baker Street (Sherlock Holmes residence).

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#102

Freddy Mercury’s last words were “Pee pee”

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

I remember this. That's hilarious for someone so talented to go out like that.

#103

You breathe out of one nostril at a time. It goes in a cycle and is why you only really have one clogged nostril when you are sick and/or have terrible allergies.

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

This, as it is, is not true (and easily testable), but much like with handedness, you do favor one nostril over the other.

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#104

There are 23 stars in the paramount logo. Bonus points if you know why (I do!)

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#105

There is no word for "sad" in Japanese and lobsters urinate from their faces.

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#106

Peppers have sexes. I believe they are able self pollinate but am unsure (this made even more confusing for me). There are male and female peppers determined by the number of chambers in the pepper. Either 3 or 4.

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

I'd read this many, many times and then found it has since been disproven. But it's still stuck in my head when I buy peppers!!

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#107

The largest french fry is the potentater. Sadly the smallest isn’t the impotentater, it’s the minutater.

Thank you Rich Hall

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#108

Fake lashes were actually invented by prostitutes to keep c*m out of their eyes. At that time they referred to them as c*m umbrellas.

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