Earth is no stranger to crazy things. I mean, it’s inhabited by humans, the most bizarre creatures ever, despite how normal we may look! Humans remain mysterious, even though we’ve been studying ourselves and the world for thousands of years.
And it’s not like we haven’t made any progress or found out tons of interesting facts about our planet, of course. It’s just that there are too many things to dive into and explore! Like, did you know that vending machines kill more people than sharks? Or that men have a 1 in 200 chance of being related to Genghis Khan? Or again, that the longest interval between the birth of twins is 87 days?
Yeah, there’s a lot of stuff going on around the globe, and here at Bored Panda we have a weird obsession for learning about insane coincidences and random events happening in this cool, cool world. If you’re like us, you’ll be mesmerized by the amazing facts we’ve collected on this list! Go on, read them and let your brain get tickled for good.
#1
A large percentage of the budget for Monty Python and the Holy Grail was donated by members of Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
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227points
#2
Boring, Oregon, and Dull, Scotland, have been sister cities since 2012.
180points
#3
In a 2008 survey, 58% of British teenagers thought Sherlock Holmes was a real person, while 23% thought Winston Churchill was not.
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166points
#4
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
161points
#5
Just before the Nazis invaded Paris, H.A. and Margret Rey fled on bicycles. They were carrying the manuscript for Curious George.
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160points
#6
Along with the five traditional senses of sound, sight, touch, smell and taste, humans have 15 “other senses.” These include balance, temperature, pain and time as well as internal senses for suffocation, thirst, and fullness.
156points
#7
The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
130points
#9
The "most typical human" is right-handed, makes less than $12,000 per year, has a mobile phone, and doesn't have a bank account.
126points
#10
A TI-83 calculator has six times more processing power than the computer that landed Apollo 11 on the moon.
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124points
#11
Vending machines kill 4 times as many people as sharks per year.
120points
#12
In the mid-1980s, Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas was the voice of Charlie Brown's sister Sally.
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120points
#13
Marie Curie is the only person to earn a Nobel prize in two different sciences.
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120points
#14
Machine-spun Cotton Candy was invented by a dentist.
115points
#15
More people in the world currently suffer from obesity than from hunger.
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114points
#16
You replace every particle in your body every seven years. You are literally not the same person you were 7 years ago.
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113points
#18
The average four year-old child asks over three hundred questions a day.
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104points
#20
Airplane food isn't very tasty because our sense of smell and taste decrease by around 30 percent during flights.
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99points