Random Facts thread!

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Random Facts thread!

Random Facts thread!

Because why not? 

Post your favourite random facts here!

- Duck quacks do not echo and no-one knows why.

- Chewing gum while peeling/cutting onions stops you from crying.

- A cow cannot physically walk down stairs.

- Rhythm is the longest word in the English language without a vowel. 

- Honey is the only food that never spoils.

- The elephant is the only mammal that can't jump.

Oof, I went on a random facts spree back there. 

One more: Coca Cola would be green if food colouring wasn't added!

Ok, have fun!

~LilyPad out 

submitted by LilyPad
(July 26, 2018 - 8:41 pm)

YUS LILYPAD!! Okay here goes -

Only female mallards quack 

Elephants sometimes ferment fruit and store the alchohol in their trunks 

Einstein had a ton of the same clothes so that he wouldn't stress about what to wear every day 

Only 2% of the entire human population has green eyes (and that's true green, not hazel or anything else like that) 

Only 3% of the entire human population has grey eyes 

Mice can't sneeze 

Lighting a candle, frequently dipping the onion in water, and having a fan on prevent crying while dealing with onions 

Vincent Van Gogh's last words might have been "The sadness will last forever..." then he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound 

Dragons might have been real - there are odd chambers in dinosaur skulls that are inexplicable 

Doctor Who and Sherlock are THE BEST TV SHOWS FREAKING EVER

That's it. :) 

submitted by Rogue Wildling, age Guess, Suspension
(July 26, 2018 - 10:52 pm)

I havrn't seen Doctor Who, but your totally right about Sherlock.

submitted by LilyPad
(July 27, 2018 - 12:12 am)

Polar bear's skin is white and their furr is transparent- the light reflection makes it look white.

A Saudi Arabian price once went into outer space.

The rarest combo of hair and eyes you can have is red hair and blue eyes.

In the fourth Harry Potter book, on the day the Weasleys came to pick up Harry and take him to the Word Cup, they had cottage cheese and grated celery for lunch.

Captain America was 95 during his second movie. ("I'm 95. I'm not dead.") 

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(July 27, 2018 - 7:14 am)

Polar bear skin is black...

Boo says hfab. Fab? 

submitted by Soren Infinity, age 27 eons, BeaconTown
(July 28, 2018 - 7:16 am)

- The average person has spent six months of their lives waiting for a red light to turn green at time of death.

- It would take a sloth one month to walk one mile

- A crocodile can't move its tongue.   

- Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so that they don't drift apart from each other. Probably the cutest thing I've heard all day. 

- In Sweden, it is illegal to own only one guinea pig - they must have a friend as they are very social animals. 

submitted by LilyPad
(July 27, 2018 - 6:08 pm)
submitted by Top!
(July 28, 2018 - 2:56 am)

~It is safe to eat the stickers that are on fruit (such as apples, for instance) and the glue that is used to put them on is actually food grade.

~There are 9 million more women than men in Russia

~Napoleon and Hitler were born 129 years apart. They came into power 129 years apart. They declared war on Russia 129 years apart. They were defeated 129 years apart.

~The loudest word ever shouted was the word 'quiet'.

~House flies always fun in the key of F

~Cats have 32 muscles in each ear

~Just like China Town in the US, there is an English Town in China where nobody is allowed to speak Chinese.  

submitted by Vyolette
(July 28, 2018 - 8:26 am)

-Oil paints don't actually dry like other paints, they just harden due to oxidation

-In order to cover the exterior of the White House in paint, you have to use 570 gallons

-The first painter's union was called the Worshipful Company of Painters-Stainers

-Before erasers were invented, people used bread crumbs to erase mistakes

-Pencils can write under water

-The United States produces 2 billion pens in a year 

submitted by Alta
(July 28, 2018 - 10:37 am)

Yay, fun!

-It's impossible to hum while pinching your nose

-I can touch my nose with my tongue

-It's possible to turn blue from ingesting too much silver

-Apparently it's possible to turn a basic toilet into an ice-box-grill combo during a bbq party if you so desire (you put the ice in the tank and put the cans of soda or whatever in there, and fill the bowl with charcoal, put a metal grate on top, and then grill)

-Based on personal experience, vanilla mochi ice cream bonbons melt the fastest compared to strawberry, red bean, and matcha

-Sharks are more likely to attack you if you wear yellow

-Bulls are actually colorblind and don't actually respond to red- they respond to the way the bullfighter's flag moves. 

submitted by Pooki P, age -30, not where you live
(July 28, 2018 - 12:28 pm)
submitted by Top!
(July 29, 2018 - 5:15 pm)

The less you yawn when other people yawn, the more likely it is that your a sociopath. 

submitted by Stormy Seas
(July 31, 2018 - 4:29 am)

Whelp. I'm a sociopath, then... Good to know. I don't yawn when other people yawn very often. It also depends on whether or not I hear the yawn as well...

submitted by Rogue Wildling, age Guess, Suspension
(July 31, 2018 - 3:36 pm)

-The turd emoji has roots in Japan

-Salt can be used in place of laundry detergent and contact solution when making slime

-The classic ninja costume is actually very innacurate- real ninjas looked like normal people and their weapons could be disguised as farm tools. Oh, and the throwing stars were most likely not used for throwing. Although it looks cool as heck.

-Tomatoes aren't actually the best substance to remove skunk stink

-Almost all makeup products are made with unsafe materials, unless manufactured by a company with such things in mind or made at home to your personal needs (I don't mean to scare you guys, just some fact and advice. Do your research and you should be safe)

-You can get a chemical burn from essential oils under certain conditions

-Salt and ice is very dangerous and can give you a burn of sorts

-A mixture of citrus fruit oils, when put on a finger, can pop a well inflated basic party balloon with one touch

-Early wheelchairs were more of wheelbeds than anything else 

submitted by Pooki P, age -30, not where you live
(July 31, 2018 - 8:30 pm)

That first one made me imagine a piece of poop with tree roots

 

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submitted by Alizarine
(August 1, 2018 - 12:59 pm)

Baby rabbits are called kittens.

submitted by Stormy Seas
(August 3, 2018 - 5:46 pm)