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 Fact 1: Most lizards and snakes have two or more penises

Source: https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/why-do-snakes-have-two-penises-and-why-are-alligators-always-erect#:~:text=Snakes%20and%20lizards%20have%20two,mating%2C%20according%20to%20National%20Geographic.&text=But%20it's%20not%20just%20the,have%20two%20clitorises%2C%20or%20hemiclitores.

Extra fact: Crocodiles are always erect and their penis bounces like a bungee cord

Sources: https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/news-opinion/why-do-snakes-have-two-penises-and-why-are-alligators-always-erect#:~:text=Snakes%20and%20lizards%20have%20two,mating%2C%20according%20to%20National%20Geographic.&text=But%20it's%20not%20just%20the,have%20two%20clitorises%2C%20or%20hemiclitores.



Fact 2: There exists a technology called voice-to-skull where someone can project stuff directly in your head

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_auditory_effect

Extra fact: Smartcards are tiny computers - they contain a microprocessor and memory and they run it with a micro operating system that often runs at 4MhZ (some of them even run Java)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card



Fact 3: You cannot sleep on top of your refrigerator in Pennsylvania if it’s outside

Source: https://www.interexchange.org/articles/career-training-usa/2012/09/18/strange-u-s-laws/#:~:text=Pennsylvania%3A,to%20sing%20in%20the%20bathtub.  

Extra facts: You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times in Texas. If you've already done this twice, be sure you really mean it the third time.

Source: https://www.interexchange.org/articles/career-training-usa/2012/09/18/strange-u-s-laws/



Fact or not: 

#1 : What’s heavier all people combined or all ants combined? (it’s the ants)

FACT:  https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-the-total-weight-of-ants-on-earth-may-have-outweighed-the-total-weight-of-people/

#2 : The shortest war ever was 38 minutes 

FACT: https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/resource/7950/the-shortest-war-in-history-the-anglo-zanzibar-wa#:~:text=At%209am%20on%2027%20August,Palace%20and%20Harem%20in%20Zanzibar.

#3 : Coconuts kill about 100 people per year

Fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_by_coconut

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Fact 1: Fredric Baur, the inventor of the Pringles can, is buried in one 

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/02/usa2Extra fact: While there are about 29 flavors of the snack on shelves here in the United States (not counting special and limited edition runs), the rest of the world has tasted an entirely different spectrum of Pringles. A few that piqued our interest are Bangkok Grilled Chicken Wing, Blueberry & Hazelnut, Finger Lickin' Braised Pork, Mayo Potato, and Prawn Cocktail. 

Sources: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/67583/12-crispy-facts-about-pringles 

Fact 2: In 1895, the entire state of Ohio had only 2 cars.Both cars managed to still smash into each other. 

Source: http://www.allfunandgames.ca/facts/transportation.shtmlExtra fact: Montenegro technically was in war with Japan for 101 years and they signed a peace treaty in 2006. Montenegro was alligned with Russia in Russo-Japanese War and they declared war on Japan but they forgot to peace 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Montenegro_relations 

Fact 3: We cannot prove we are not in a simulation 

Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/40537955/we-are-not-living-in-a-simulation-probably  

Extra facts: All 6 of the stars of Friends negotiated 2% syndication rights for the show. Friends still makes about a billion $ yearly through reruns, Hulu etc. All 6 friends collect a 20 million dollar check annually. 

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/friends-cast-salary-jennifer-aniston-b1811729.html 

Fact or not:  

#1 : Turtles can breathe through their butts 

FACT:  https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/turtles-breathe-out-their-butt#:~:text=Technically%20the%20term%20is%20cloacal,oxygen%20is%20through%20their%20butt. 

#2 : You can rent Liechtenstein. (Snoop Dogg tried).  

FACT: https://www.ivisa.com/liechtenstein-blog/liechtenstein-etias-for-citizens-of-panama#:~:text=Surprisingly%2C%20any%20citizen%20in%20the,for%20one%20day%20for%20%2470%2C000. 

#3 : Youngest mother was 4 

Fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina

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Fact 1: All whales eventually lose the energy to surface for oxygen, so they essentially begin to sink and drown  

Source: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-happens-when-whales-die.html

Extra fact: There’s a recording of the last Kaua’i Oo bird singing before it went extinct. It was a mating call sung by a male bird. The song has breaks for the female bird to respond. There’s no response because the male Kaua’i Oo is the last of its kind 

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaua%CA%BBi_%CA%BB%C5%8D%CA%BB%C5%8D 

Fact 2: The reason Elvis died on the toilet was because his heart was beating 200+ bpm and the quick rhythm change caused a myocardial infarction. 

Source: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/aa53422

Extra fact: Charondas was a Greek lawgiver from Sicily. According to Diodorus Siculus, he issued a law that anyone who brought weapons into the Assembly must be put to death. One day, he arrived at the Assembly seeking help to defeat some brigands in the countryside but with a knife still attached to his belt. In order to uphold his own law, he committed suicide. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charondas 

Fact 3: Your brain regulates how strong your muscles are. If your leg muscles were to contract at full strength, they would snap your femur. 

Source: https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/brain.html

Extra facts: The tongue is the only muscle in the body connected at one end.  

Fact or not:  

#1 : The record for staying underwater is 22 minutes 

FACT:  huffpost.com/entry/breath-world-record-stig-severinsen_n_2144734 

#2 : You cannot turn off the shutter sound in Japan 

FACT: https://www.photographytalk.com/photography-articles/8053-why-all-cell-phones-in-japan-are-shipped-with-an-annoying-shutter-sound#:~:text=In%20Japan%2C%20that%20shutter%20sound,like%20up%20a%20woman's%20skirt. 

#3 : Sharks are older than the rings of Saturn 

Fact: https://twitter.com/whereisyvette/status/1293174433516072960?lang=en

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Fact 1: Koalas have fingerprints that are very close to human fingerprints 

Source: https://www.animalrescueprofessionals.org/animal-facts/koalas-human-like-fingerprints/#:~:text=These%20marsupials%20have%20almost%20identical,easily%20differentiate%20between%20the%20two.  

Extra fact: Word Koala means no water because they never drink water, they get it from Eucalyptus leaves. 

Sources: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/03/tree-trunks-take-a-licking-as-koalas-source-water.html#:~:text=Koalas%20rarely%20drink%20water&text=In%20captivity%2C%20koalas%20have%20been,or%20to%20severe%20heat%20stress.  

Fact 2: You have a ball sack because you need to have your balls at 34 degrees C to produce sperm but your body is 37 degrees. The sack keeps them farther away. That’s also why your balls shrivel when you are cold. Gotta maintain homeostasis. 

Source: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/why-do-human-testicles-hang-like-that/ 

Extra fact: If you get knocked out your arms get in a weird position called fencing response. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_response  

Fact 3: If you were an Egyptian pharaoh and immortal making $10,000 a day, you still wouldn't have as much money as the richest man on earth today. 

Source: https://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10546/620928/bp-time-to-care-inequality-200120-summ-en.pdf 

Extra facts: Elon Musk's official annual salary for Tesla Motors is $1 and he works on average about 100 hours per week.  

Source: https://paycheck.in/salary/salarycheckers/elon-musk#:~:text=%2D%20BusinessInsider%20Mar%202020%3A%20Musk%20has,%2456%2C000%20minimum%20salary%20every%20year.  

Fact or not:  

#1 : Can you give birth after you die? 

FACT:  https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-a-ghastly-coffin-birth-in-a-medieval-grave/amp 

#2 : Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can. 

FACT: https://www.travelandleisure.com/animals/international-sloth-day 

#3 : The longest boxing match ever took 110 rounds or approximately 7.5 hours. 

Fact: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/03/06/boxing-match/#:~:text=Contact%20us-,The%20Longest%20Boxing%20Match%20in%20History%20went,and%20Lasted%20over%207%20Hours&text=On%20April%206%2C%201893%2C%20Andy,Club%20in%20New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana.

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Fact 1: Rats dream of places that they want to visit.  

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27788-rats-dream-about-the-places-they-wish-to-go/#:~:text=When%20the%20animals%20are%20shown,corridor%20to%20grab%20the%20grub. 

Extra fact: A rhinoceros beetle strength capacity is the same as a human lifting nine male elephants over his head. 

Sources: https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Rhinoceros-Beetles#:~:text=Another%20name%20given%20to%20some,nine%20fully%20grown%20male%20elephants.)  

Fact 2: The current French Scrabble Champion, Nigel Richards, does not speak a word of French.  

Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/21/424980378/winner-of-french-scrabble-title-does-not-speak-french?t=1619088396774

Extra fact: Lausanne, Switzerland, has banned silent discos for being too loud. 

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-35501473#:~:text=The%20Swiss%20city%20of%20Lausanne,that%20they%20are%20too%20noisy.&text=Unfortunately%20for%20the%20organisers%2C%20it,city%20of%20Salzburg%20in%202014.  

Fact 3: Niccolo Paganini was so good at the violin that people thought that he was the devil 

Source: https://www.classicfm.com/composers/paganini/niccolo-gifted-violinist-deal-with-devil/

Extra facts: The extreme reaction to singers or bands is called Listzomania and it all started with Listz because he was so good. 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania 

Fact or not:  

#1 : A chicken lived without a head for 18 months 

FACT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken#:~:text=Mike%20the%20Headless%20Chicken%20(April,head%20had%20been%20cut%20off.&text=In%20Fruita%2C%20Colorado%2C%20an%20annual,Day%22%20is%20held%20every%20May. 

#2 : The national animal of Scotland is the Unicorn. 

FACT: https://www.visitscotland.com/about/uniquely-scottish/national-animal-unicorn/#:~:text=Why%20is%20the%20unicorn%20Scotland's,chosen%20as%20Scotland's%20national%20animal. 

#3 : If you keep clicking on the first link to a Wikipedia article it will almost always take you to Philosophy. 

Fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy#:~:text=Clicking%20on%20the%20first%20link,increase%20from%2094.52%25%20in%202011.