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We are born with only 2 natural fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds.
One of the most surprising fun facts about life: All other fears and phobias are learned or acquired later in life.
Baked beans are not actually baked.
In the U.K., the dish is usually stewed in sauce. On the other hand, canned baked beans are cooked through a steaming process. Bottom line? “Baked” beans are rarely ever baked.
Antarctica is the only continent without any reptiles or snakes.
Not only does the elusive continent of Antarctica lack McDonald’s joints – but it also doesn’t have any of our lizard friends. Why? Well – we all know that reptiles are cold-blooded – so they can’t produce their own heat. Meaning, they’d get turned into popsicles in the frosty Arctic.
Video games help surgeons perform better.
According to a 2007 study, surgeons who play certain video games at least 3 hours a week performed 27% faster with 37% less errors during surgery.
Tomato ketchup was used as medicine for 16 years.
Whether you love it or hate it, this condiment once had a place in the world beyond hotdogs. However, you’d be surprised to know that ketchup only had tomatoes in it starting 1834. Before, ketchup was made with a mix of fish and mushrooms. When Dr. John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to the mix, he claimed that the antioxidants gave it a medicinal property. He had a pill salesman turn his tomato ketchup into pills and claimed it could treat diarrhea, indigestion, jaundice, and rheumatism.
The brain is the fattest organ.
The stomach may be our body’s fattest part, but the fattest organ is our brain. The brain is composed of nearly 60% fat.
Australia has the most number of venomous snakes worldwide.
Australia is home to almost a hundred species of venomous snakes. However, only one fatal snake bite incident is recorded per year.
Dead people get goosebumps.
One of the not-so-fun but amazing fun facts: When people die, the tiny muscles under their hair follicles contract. This gives skin the appearance of their hair standing on end. If you think death is a hair-raising concept, you are absolutely right.
You can’t move or touch William Shakespeare’s bones.
William Shakespeare’s legacy doesn’t stop at his plays and how many words he created – but even in the afterlife, he leaves a lasting display of his wit. Buried in 1616, the playwright was said to write his tombstone inscription which reads: “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forebeare, To digg the dust enclosed heare; Bleste be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.”
"Digging a hole to China" is possible if you start in Argentina.
One of the most intriguing fun facts about Argentina is that you could dig a hole to China from there. As a feat usually done by cartoon or comic book characters, traveling to China underground is possible in theory, but not so much in practice. Underground conditions such as heat, pressure, and lack of oxygen are just one of the few realities that keep this cartoonish concept just that – a concept for cartoons.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Aside from their shocking number of teeth, these small critters have some more astonishing tricks up their sleeve. Nap time for a snail can last from a few hours up to 3 years.
A musician named Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared 6 years after recording an album called “U.F.O.“
The 1969 album featured strange lyrics about leaving his family and being abducted by aliens. Sullivan disappeared six years later with only his abandoned car found on a desert road in New Mexico as evidence.
The name for the Pringles shape is a hyperbolic paraboloid.
The saddle shape of a Pringles chip is known in math as a hyperbolic paraboloid. Pringles were made in this shape because it allows the chips to be stacked easily and kept in place during packaging.
I love what you've done with your hair. How do you get it to come out of the nostrils like that?
I just found out I'm colorblind. The diagnosis came completely out of the purple.
My therapist told me that a great way to let go of your anger is to write letters to people you hate and then burn them. I did that and I feel much better but I'm wondering... do I keep the letters?
Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home by nine o'clock.
I use artificial sweetener at work. I add it to everything I say to my boss.
I wear two pairs of pants when I go golfing. People always ask me why I do. I say, "I wear two pants when's I golf just in case I get a hole-in-one.
I saw my dad chopping up onions today and I cried. Onions was a good dog.
You are so old, when you were a kid rainbows were black and white.
Taking my husband's last name doesn't mean I'm not a feminist it means I don't want anyone I went to high school with to be able to find me ever again.
I'm at the age where I have to make a noise when I bend over. It's the law.
Accidentally called 911. Set my house on fire to not look stupid.
Help stamp out, eliminate and abolish redundancy!
How do trees access the internet? They log in.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
Hey Christmas Tree, you got a lot of balls coming in here dressed like that.
They say you are what you eat, so lay off the nuts.
If you can go to the gym without telling people on the Internet, you are instantly hired by the CIA.