What's the wildest random fact you know, Pandas? Have you ever heard that flour is insanely flammable, especially when dispersed and thrown into the air? Or did you know that Subway bread contains so much sugar in it that, in Ireland, they're not allowed to legally call it "bread?"
We just found out about these and more interesting gems from several threads online. In one of them, one netizen asked, "What is [the] most 'Why the [heck] do you know that?' fact?" In another, a Threads user wrote: "Teach me something new today. Drop a fact [that is] useless, funny, random… let's share what we know."
And people didn't disappoint, as their brains seem like sponges for useless but fascinating facts. We've gathered the most interesting tidbits of knowledge from these online threads and present the wildest to you here. For example, read on to find out what distance it takes for a human to hear a blue whale's heartbeat!
#1
Opossums are not related to rodents they are North American marsupials and are related to kangaroos. Also! Their natural body temperature is so low that the rabies virus can barely survive in their system. They can’t get lyme disease. And! They eat approximately two thousand ticks a week. They are immune to most snake venom. They’re the best. 🖤
106points
#2
There are 4 suits in a deck of cards, 1 for each season
There are 52 cards, for the 52 weeks in a year
If you number each card with ace as 1 up to 13 then add all the cards together you get 364.
Add one joker and it’s 365, for the days of the year.
Add the other joker and it’s 366, for a leap year.
There are 52 cards, for the 52 weeks in a year
If you number each card with ace as 1 up to 13 then add all the cards together you get 364.
Add one joker and it’s 365, for the days of the year.
Add the other joker and it’s 366, for a leap year.
58points
#3
My mid school teacher was explaining about Spanish exploration of the New World, and he asked us if we know about the Aztec. I promptly raised hand and tell the class about their brief history until their demise under the Spanish, in which my teacher was impressed. Little did he know that all i did was just recites the entirety of Moctezuma campaign from Age of Empires 2.
57points
#4
An internet modem is named that because in the early days of the "internet" you'd use a modulator and a demodulator to send and receive signals. When engineers figured out how to put it in one unit, they shortened the name to MoDem, short for modulator/demodulator.
57points
#5
The bread in a Subway sandwich has so much sugar in it, that in Ireland it's legally not allowed to be called bread.
Legally, it's confectionery.
Legally, it's confectionery.
54points
#6
Bears like to take in views and will site in front of a vista for a bit
50points
#7
Wood is considered far rarer in the cosmos than diamonds. NO where else in the entire galaxy but Earth do you find wood.
50points
#8
Whoever coined the term, “coined the term,” coined the term, “coined the term.”.
47points
#9
Humans smell wet grass better than sharks smell blood in the water.
45points
#10
Polar bear livers should never be eaten, they're so full of vitamin A that it'll poison you.
Edit: This fact broughy to you by The SAS Survival Handbook, which takes the concept of "survival" way beyond your average hike in the woods.
Edit: This fact broughy to you by The SAS Survival Handbook, which takes the concept of "survival" way beyond your average hike in the woods.
43points
#11
When bees fall asleep they cuddle each others little toes.
40points
#12
Back in high school my human geography teacher had a map of European ethnicities on the board and questioned out loud why the Hungarian people were called "Magyars", to which I promptly raised my hand and told him it was because in Hungarian the country is called Magyarorszag (don't remember how it's spelled). Needless to say the room was very impressed.
But I didn't have the heart to tell him it was because I was a Hetalia fan.
EDIT: I guess some people didn't take "Human Geography" in school, but it's the name of the subject. Nonetheless my instructor was indeed of the homo sapien species... or so I was made to believe.
But I didn't have the heart to tell him it was because I was a Hetalia fan.
EDIT: I guess some people didn't take "Human Geography" in school, but it's the name of the subject. Nonetheless my instructor was indeed of the homo sapien species... or so I was made to believe.
39points
#13
Mantis shrimp have a punch so fast that it boils the water around the punch. With a speed roughly that of a .22 caliber bullet, it can stun some fish instantly and even break a man's finger.
39points
#14
I have many but the first of which is probably: Life wouldn't give you lemons because lemons are *not* a naturally occurring fruit.
35points
#15
Every Kentucky Derby winner since 1982 has been descended from Man o’War, with the exception of 1994 winner Go For Gin.
34points
#16
Horses are obligate nose breathers. Plug their nose and they'll suffocate.
Horses can't burp or vomit - the system is one way only.
Horses can "passively breathe" while running at high speeds. Their guts slosh around back to front rhythmic pushing air out and pulling it in.
34points
#17
If you mix 95% water and 5% potassium hydroxide, in a metal tube with a body inside and heat it up for four to six hours, all that will be left are squishy bones. You can run that through a cremulator and pour sulphuric acid on it to get rid of the bones. It's alkaline hydrolysis. The sulphuric acid thing I added for spice- but yeah. It's actually alot more eco-friendly friendly option than cremation so xD.
32points
#18
Koala bears have humanlike fingerprints. Some are so similar they are confused under a microscope. I thought this was so interesting.
31points
#19
1 million seconds is approximately 11 days, while 1 billion seconds is roughly 31 years.
29points
#20
Human bodies do not produce farts, that comes from the bacteria in our intestines, we are merely the chimney.
28points