These Facts Are Beautiful (15 gifs)
"Otters keep a favorite rock."
"In 1984, a regular customer at a pizzeria asked his waitress for help choosing his lottery numbers. He won, came back, and tipped her $3 million.
(For eight years, Robert Cunningham was a regular at Sal’s Pizzeria in Yonkers, NY. One night, he asked waitress Phyllis Penzo to split the numbers on his card. On April Fool’s Day, she was woken up by a phone call from Cunningham telling her he’d won $6 million and she was entitled to half of it and made good on his promise.)"
"Interacting with pets causes brain to make oxytocin :)"
"IIRC sea otters hold each other’s hands when they sleep on the water"
"That there are more public libraries in the US than there are McDonald’s. I grew up poor and the library was a refuge for me, my library card was the only thing I carried in my first wallet."
"When you shuffle a deck of cards, the resulting combination has probably never existed before and probably never will again. Makes something so mundane seem pretty wonderous."
"If a person dies in Amsterdam without a close relative or family, a poet will be called to recite at their funeral."
"During spring break, I was in Germany on vacation. There are “frog fences” there. The frogs are kept from crossing the highways and being run over by these fences. Someone comes along at the end of the day and gathers the frogs, assisting them in crossing the road."
"So you know how when humans look at puppies and kittens and immediately think “cute?” Elephants do the same to us. ELEPHANTS THINK WE ARE CUTE."
"The voice actor for Mickey Mouse married the voice actor for Minnie Mouse."
"B vitamins are not made of or by bees!"
"A raccoon can fit into a space as small as 13cm and the human butthole can expand to 15cm. so you can always have a fuzzie wuzzie friend with you."
"A group of hummingbirds is called a charm"
"Dogs have friends. This isn’t a New Fact, but it makes me happy to see dogs get excited when they see their buddies."
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