Bored Panda can be used for a lot of things. Education is one. Facts are fun to learn. I want to know, what are some facts that you know and would like to share?
#81
When somebody has hiccups, if you ask them, what is tofu made of then their hiccups will go away.
7points
#82
The reason that we draw a heart as we do is that when you put two human hearts together it looks like the hearts that we draw.
7points
#83
Christopher Columbus thought the Earth was pear-shaped
6points
#84
Word "womyn" exists. (and it's actually spelled that way too)
6points
#85
As we speak you have spent 1/3 of your life sleeping.
5points
#86
Old/Odd saying: That "stuff" will back upon you and kill you. True. A distant relative did not "go" for several weeks, said he was unworried as this had always been a problem for him. Finally going to the doctor it was found that several feet of his colon had to be removed. He died despite having the surgery.
5points
#87
Many people believe that birds are descendants of dinosaurs. However, this is not the full truth. In reality, birds ARE dinosaurs. Biologically speaking, our feathered friends are lumped in with the theropods.
5points
#88
So i found so many facts and i am still shook from it
1. McDonald's once created a bubble-gum flavored broccoli
2. Some fungi create zombies, then control their minds
3. The first oranges weren't orange (they were green)
4. There is only one letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name (letter Q)
5. Johnny Appleseed's fruits weren't for eating(he actually turned them into hard apple cider)
6. Scotland has 421 words for snow
7. The "Windy City" name has nothing to do with Chicago's weather (The nickname was coined by 19th century journalists because it's residents were "windbags" and they were "full of hot air")
8. Peanuts aren't actually nuts, they're seeds, scientists confirmed it.
9. An Armadillo's shells are bulletproof
10. Fire Fighters use wetting agents to make water wetter
11. The longest English word is 189,819 letters long
12. Cats have fewer toes on their back paw
13. Kleenex tissues were originally gas masks.
14.Turkey's can blush
15. Most Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple.
16. Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy,(most of it is gravel)
17. Movie trailers originally played after the movie
18. The U.S. government saved every public tweet from 2006 through 2017.
19. Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch.
20.There’s only one U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s (Montpelier, Vermont).
1. McDonald's once created a bubble-gum flavored broccoli
2. Some fungi create zombies, then control their minds
3. The first oranges weren't orange (they were green)
4. There is only one letter that doesn't appear in any U.S. state name (letter Q)
5. Johnny Appleseed's fruits weren't for eating(he actually turned them into hard apple cider)
6. Scotland has 421 words for snow
7. The "Windy City" name has nothing to do with Chicago's weather (The nickname was coined by 19th century journalists because it's residents were "windbags" and they were "full of hot air")
8. Peanuts aren't actually nuts, they're seeds, scientists confirmed it.
9. An Armadillo's shells are bulletproof
10. Fire Fighters use wetting agents to make water wetter
11. The longest English word is 189,819 letters long
12. Cats have fewer toes on their back paw
13. Kleenex tissues were originally gas masks.
14.Turkey's can blush
15. Most Disney characters wear gloves to keep animation simple.
16. Only a quarter of the Sahara Desert is sandy,(most of it is gravel)
17. Movie trailers originally played after the movie
18. The U.S. government saved every public tweet from 2006 through 2017.
19. Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch.
20.There’s only one U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s (Montpelier, Vermont).
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5points
#89
The oldest "ur mom" joke was discovered on a 3500 year old Babylonian tablet.
4points
#90
If you were to be pulled into a black hole, the point of gravity from your head to your toes is so powerfully different that the closer you get, you start to stretch and pull apart. It's called spaghettification! :D
4points
#91
Here is quite a lot.
Bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest.
The majority of people in Iceland believe in elves.
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.
The current American Flag was initially designed by an American high school student.
Children of identical twins are genetically siblings, not cousins.
Apple actually has twice as much cash at hand than the US Government.
You Are 1cm taller in the morning compared to other times of the day.
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
Bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest.
The majority of people in Iceland believe in elves.
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.
The current American Flag was initially designed by an American high school student.
Children of identical twins are genetically siblings, not cousins.
Apple actually has twice as much cash at hand than the US Government.
You Are 1cm taller in the morning compared to other times of the day.
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
4points
#92
This is so weird The word "sneeze" came about through a misspelling of the original word "fneze" or "fnese." Also butterfly, originally it was supposed to be called flutterby as it always fluttered away.
4points
#93
If you srcmalbe up the lterets in a wrod, you can siltl raed it, as lnog as the frsit and lstt lterets are in the smae sopt.
3points
#94
According to the late Arthur Gugick who told us in class before not letting a student use the bathroom:
"Yes, a frog's butt is watertight!"
"Yes, a frog's butt is watertight!"
3points
#95
Cows can't walk down stairt, but they van walk up stairs
3points
#96
Your brain can sense when someone is staring at you, even when you're sleeping. So if you're asleep and someone stares at you you'll wake up.
There's super-duper tiny mites living on our eyelashes.
Dogs like sqeaky toys because of their hunting instincts, the noise reminds them of their screaming prey.
The world record of youngest mother is held by a 5 year old.
In very rare situations, a dead pregnant woman can still give birth.
3points
#97
There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly like you. There is a 9% chance you will meet one of them in your lifetime.
I'm 16 and met one. How about you?
I'm 16 and met one. How about you?
3points
#98
have you ever heard making a sword out of the blood of your enemies? Well if you where to drain the blood out of 406 grown men it would be enough iron to make a ten foot long brood sword.so you can actually make a sword out of the blood of your enemies.
3points
#99
Second post, kinda late, Dolphins will bother pufferfish so they inflate, and use them as balls.
3points
#100
being "gay" or "homosexual" isn't weird or abnormal. penguins, orcas, dolphins, and walruses, along with many other species have naturally gay populants. (sorry my English is broken today)
3points