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.
#21
The delegates who attended the Constitutional Convention spent much of their time getting drunk. One surviving document is a bill for a party on September 15th, 1787, two days before the signing of the Constitution. Items on the bill were: 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of Claret, 8 bottles of whiskey, 8 bottles of cider, 12 bottles of beer, and 7 bowls of alcoholic punch. All of this for 55 people.
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#23
Starfish can re-grow their arms. In fact, a single arm can regenerate a whole body.
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#24
Multiple "Marlboro Men" have died from lung cancer.
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#28
Humans are just one of the estimated 8.7 million species on Earth.
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#29
If "The Simpsons" aged normally, Bart would now be older than Marge was in the first season.
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#30
Neptune was the first planet to get its existence predicted by calculations before it was actually seen by a telescope.
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#32
While working on Pac-Man, video game designer Toru Iwatani was allegedly inspired by the shape of a pizza with one slice removed.
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#33
There are more atoms in a single glass of water than glasses of water in all the oceans of the Earth.
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#36
Mount Everest is bigger now than the last time it was measured.
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#38
The average adult human has one to three kilograms of bacteria in their body.
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#39
You're more likely to become the President than you are to win the lottery.
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#40
The longest music piece in the world is being performed in the city of Halberstadt in Germany: John Cage's composition for organ ORGAN2/ASLSP.
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