- Before clocks were invented clockwise and counter clockwise were called deisul and widdershins
- Chickens (hens) have an egg song when they lay an egg. It’s like them yelling “I JUST LAID AN EGG! WOOOO!” And then the other hens chime in yelling “YAAAS SHE JUST LAID AN EGG! WOOO!”
- Redheads require more anesthesia drugs to remain unconscious during surgery
- If you feel the need to stab someone, stab oranges. They’re the same consistency as human flesh
- If you have a shrimp allergy you also can’t eat cicadas
- On average, you walk past 15 murderers in a lifetime
- Sharks have existed for longer than trees
- A platypus is one of the few mammals that sweat milk
- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky
- It is impossible to hum while holding your breath (yes, I tried!)
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Fingernails grow faster than toenails
- A banana is a berry but a strawberry is not
- The shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896, which lasted only 38 minutes
- The original chainsaws were invented in the late 18th century for use during childbirth to aid symphysiotomy (a procedure to widen the pubic cartilage)
- The shortest commercial flight in the world is in Scotland, lasting just 90 seconds between the islands of Westray and Papa Westray
- Ketchup was once sold as a medicine in the 1830s, marketed as a cure for ailments like diarrhea and stomach ache
The bit about walking past 15 murderers is unsettling.
I know, right?