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Chickens are eaten for their whole life cycle.
A not-so-fun fact for the chickens, but one of the fun facts to ponder: when you’re eating chicken katsu or a chicken omelet, you could be eating a whole family. You’re essentially eating a chicken before (AKA, the eggs) and after its birth. Oh, not to mention day-old chicks.
Sharks can “blink” and “wink”.
Sharks are generally perceived as scary (Thanks, Jaws.) but they can wink quite a charm. The nictating membrane covers and protects a shark’s eyes and – in doing so – gives it a blinking or winking appearance.
Toilets usually flush in E flat.
Another weird bathroom fun fact: most toilets flush in a certain key. Try listening for the key of E flat in your toilet at home.
Fact: Frankenstein’s Creature is a vegetarian
Both Victor Frankenstein and Creature are fictional characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the classic novel, Creature says, “My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.” This is one of the interesting facts you should definitely share with your vegetarian friends!
Fact: Medical errors are a top cause of death
According to a Johns Hopkins research team, 250,000 deaths in the United States are caused by medical error each year. This makes medical error the third leading cause of death in the country.
Fact: Sloths have more neck bones than giraffes
Despite the difference in neck length, there are more bones in the neck of a sloth than a giraffe. There are seven vertebrae in the neck of a giraffe, and in most mammals, but there are 10 in a sloth’s. While they’re on your mind, here are some adorable sloth pictures you totally need to see.
Fact: Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest
Bees can fly higher than 29,525 feet above sea level, according to National Geographic. That’s higher than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
Fact: Ancient Egyptians used dead mice to ease toothaches
In Ancient Egypt, people put a dead mouse in their mouth if they had a toothache, according to Nathan Belofsky’s book Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages. Mice were also used as a warts remedy in Elizabethan England.
A raisin dropped in fresh champagne will keep bouncing up and down from the bottom to the top of the glass.
When you add raisins to a glass of champagne, they’ll sink to the bottom at first. However, after some time, the raisins will move up and down in the glass dancing. This motion is due to dissolved carbon dioxide in the liquid. The CO2 bubbles cling to the surface of the raisins. Thus, the raisin method is used to “revive” flat champagne, as well.
It takes 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.
The Tootsie Pop was created in 1931, and was popular staple during the Great Depression because of its cheap price. The more you know, right?
Human birth control pills work on gorillas.
During an experiment conducted on four captive gorillas, scientists observed a difference in behavior. Peak sexual behavior was observed during menstruation rather than after.
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When the first Star Wars movie came out, France was still executing people with the guillotine.
The first Star Wars movie, Episode IV, came out in 1977. France used the guillotine for capital punishment until it was abolished in 1981.
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Queen Elizabeth II owns the swans in England.
Not only does she own generations of corgis, but this monarch also co-owns most of the geese in England. Why? Swans are the British royal family’s symbol. As of the 12th century, a legislation was passed stating that all mute swans were ownership of the Crown. In the 15th century, two other entities were entitled to the swans in River Thames.
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For every non-porn webpage, there are five porn pages.
Whether that’s part of the fun facts is up to you or not, but 30% of all data transferred across the Internet is porn.
Napoléon Bonaparte’s penis was stolen.
Posthumously, if that makes it any better. The genitalia was removed from his body by his doctor during autopsy. Allegedly, it was given to a priest in Corsica. However, his junk was not properly preserved, so now it has been compared to dried leather and beef jerky. It was first displayed in a museum in 1927. Currently, the daughter of a urologist (who bought it for US$3,000 to keep under his bed) keeps it. Bids for the shrivelled genitalia have reached US$100,000.