29 Fascinating Facts To Fill Your Head With.
Nathan Johnson
Published
03/31/2023
Interesting things not many know.
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In 2007, a married couple unknowingly met each other on a cheating site. They then went on a date and realized that they were both cheating with each other. -
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Baboons have been observed to kidnap and raise feral dogs as pets. The dogs protect the baboons from other feral dogs and baboons care for the dogs including grooming them, an act only done for those considered as family. -
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Hitler’s doctor injected him with a solution of water and methamphetamine, which he called “vitamultin.” He kept a diary of the drugs he administered to Hitler, usually by injection (up to 20 times per day). The list included drugs such as heroin as well as poisons. -
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Crows pass the ‘marshmallow test,’ i.e., they resist the temptation to eat a food if they know a tastier treat is coming later. This test of self-control is used to assess mental development in humans. -
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Lego bricks are very consistent, with only 18 bricks out of every 1,000,000 made being considered defective. The design and manufacture of bricks is also consistent enough to allow bricks manufactured today to interlock with those manufactured in 1958. -
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We say “pardon my French” after swearing because in the 19th century, English-speaking people would drop French phrases into conversation to display class, apologizing because many of their listeners wouldn’t know the language. Then people hid swear words under the pretense of them being French. – -
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The “IKEA bias” makes you place a disproportionately high value on stuff you partially assemble yourself, regardless of the quality of the end result. -
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Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, during a 6-hour spacewalk on the International Space Station, nearly became the first man to drown in space when his helmet began to inexplicably fill with water due to a leak. -
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“Nail houses,” properties, standing alone amid the ruins of other buildings, that belong to owners who have stood their ground and resisted demolition are a thing in China. -
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Quentin Tarantino still owns the ‘Pussy Wagon’ from Kill Bill and drives it regularly around Malibu. -
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The name of the country Bhutan translates to “The Land of Dragons”, the Bhutanese people call themselves “Dragon People”(translated) and the head of state of Bhutan is the “Dragon King.” -
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Pringles are technically not potato chips but a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and some potato flakes -
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In 2002, Pepsi had a contest where customers who bought Pepsi could win a car by choosing the right key. However, a man was sued by Pepsi for being able to open the car because Pepsi had made the contest impossible to win by not having the key for the car as a selection. -
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The reason the name of so many south and central Asian countries end in “stan” is because it is an ancient meaning “land of” or “homeland.” -
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If you put superglue on cotton, it will catch fire. -
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For one week in 1994, Tim Allen had the #1 movie at the box office (The Santa Clause), The #1 rated TV show (Home Improvement), and the #1 NY Times bestselling book (Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man). -
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Only two groups of people in Sparta could have their names inscribed on their tombstones: women who died in childbirth and men who fell in combat. -
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Nas listed his daughter as an executive producer on his album Stillmatic so that she could always receive royalty checks from the album’s sales. -
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If you are 27, half of India is younger than you. If you are 30, already half of the world is younger than you. -
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There are over 100 million people in the world today who have Irish ancestry, which is more than fifteen times the population of 6.4 million on the entire island of Ireland. -
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The Caesar Salad is named after Caesar Cardini, an Italian American hotel owner. -
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Over 684 species of plants have been identified at the Roman Colosseum. Many of the seeds were planted through fecal matter of the many exotic animals brought from the far reaches of the Roman Empire. -
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Funk band Vulfpeck released an album on Spotify titled “Sleepify” consisting entirely of silence. They encouraged listeners to stream the album while sleeping, and used the royalties (nearly $20,000) to fund an admission-free concert tour. -
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When a born deaf person thinks, they feel themselves signing in their head. -
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A respected German anthropologist whose ‘discoveries’ helped shape our understanding of modern man, was found to have falsified most of his data. One skeleton he claimed was from 27,400 BC was later dated to 1750 AD. -
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In 2008, Monty Python decided to start their own YouTube channel. They uploaded HQ videos of their sketches which in only a few days resulted in 16,000% increase in DVD box set sales. -
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Dung beetles can navigate only when the Milky Way or clusters of bright stars are visible. They are the only insect known to orient itself by the galaxy. -
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Chipotle peppers are just smoke-dried jalapeños. -
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Some ants were able to recognize themselves in the mirror, displaying self-cleaning behavior after seeing themselves with a dot painted on their clypeus.
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