It’s always fun to know some random fact that may not really be necessary in your everyday life, but it just feels fun, you know? For example, that Australia is wider than the moon, the actors who voiced Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life, or that ketchup used to be sold as medicine. Knowing these facts will help you only to get more points in a trivia quiz, start discussions with friends or make you feel a bit smarter; however, they’re still interesting to know.
Recently, somebody asked people in one Reddit community to share the weirdest facts that they know. Here you can find 35 of them! Upvote your favorite ones and share some random weird facts that you know!
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#1
Bees like to play. Scientists put bees in a box thing under stress free conditions with a few wooden round balls scattered about to see what would happen There are videos of this experiment, and the bees just climb all over these wooden spheres, rolling them around happily. It's the cutest thing.
Edit: the videos are very easy to find but for everyone asking for the link, https://youtube.com/shorts/nOeHTM6o3P4?feature=share
One bee in particular from this very experiment came back and played with a ball FORTY times in one day. It had the best time of its life
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444points
#2
If you shave a tiger, it will still be stripey. And angry - Very, very angry.
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378points
#3
If you place hamster wheels in the forest mice will run on them for fun
354points
#4
your dog looks into your eyes and soul when taking a s**t because it's looking up to you for protection in it's most vulnerable moment
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336points
#5
When you get a kidney transplant they leave the old ones in unless there’s a reason to remove them (cancer etc)
I currently have five. Two original, two failed transplants, one functioning transplant.
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332points
#6
People can smell rain 4x stronger than sharks can smell blood
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331points
#8
Elephants can't jump. they're the only mammal that can't.
they're also the only one with 4 knees.
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299points
#9
KFC follows 11 people on Twitter: the 4 former Spice Girls and 7 guys named Herb
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296points
#10
Manatees aren't fat. They're round.
Many mammals develop a layer of fat or blubber to preserve body heat. Manatees are tropical mammals and do not need a lot of body fat.
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292points
#11
Broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and Brussel Sprouts are all the same plant cultivated for different characteristics
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283points
#12
Switzerland does not have a single official head of state. It is a council of 7 people.
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278points
#14
In the animal kingdom, there is a type of jellyfish called the immortal jellyfish (scientifically known as Turritopsis dohrnii). What makes it fascinating is its ability to revert back to its earliest form after reaching adulthood. When facing environmental stress or old age, it can transform its cells, essentially returning to a polyp stage and then growing into a new adult jellyfish. This process can theoretically repeat indefinitely, hence the name "immortal jellyfish." While it's not truly immortal in the sense of living forever, it has an exceptional regenerative capability that allows it to bypass the typical life cycle limitations of other organisms.
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225points
#15
Pandas poop, on average, 40 times a day… and about 62 lbs in weight (due to bamboo diet)
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219points
#16
If you looked at one star per second, it would take you over 3,000 years to look at all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
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214points
#17
Human skin can’t actually feel wetness, we just make assumptions on pressure and temperature.
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#19
Bees can experience time like we do
tldr scientists discovered this through witnessing them having jetlag
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212points
#20
During the American civil war, it was an unspoken rule to never shoot a man while he was taking a s**t cause of how severe stomach viruses and diseases were during the time. Idk about you guys but if it were me, I’d be s******g at every battlefield in whatever theater I was in LOL
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200points