Interesting Facts (16 gifs)

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"The first person to be convicted of speeding was speeding at 8 mph."

2

"How many times have you heard something super interesting only to forget it immediately? Welp, here’s your chance to experience that feeling once again!"

3

"Baboons can’t throw overhand."

4

"In the early ’80s, a Toyota Corolla trunk key could open any Corolla trunk."

5

"Barnacles can have pe**ses up to 8 times their body length. While length doesn’t vary significantly between populations, thickness does, with barnacles in more turbulent waters having girthier c**ks to prevent them from snapping off in the current."

6

"A lobster is more aerodynamic than a Jeep Wrangler."

7

"Mario has overalls so his arms could be distinguished from his torso even with very primitive sprites. Similarly his hat and mustache are to hide his hair and mouth."

8

"If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called “eigengrau.”"

9

"“Helicopter” isn’t heli + copter; it’s helico (spiral) + pter (wing)."

10

"The Purple Heart medals being issued today are from the stock ordered in preparation for the ground invasion of Japan in WW2. Military strategists estimated there would possibly be over a million casualties in the proposed invasion."

11

"Nobody would see you get s**ked into a black hole. To them, you’d just stop at the event horizon and proceed to become more and more redshifted until you disappeared."

12

"Due to the shape of the North American Elk’s Esophagus, even if it could talk, it would be unable to pronounce the word Lasagna."

13

"There are about 72 metal bands per 100.000 people in Finland. Finland is the most metal country in the world."

14

"There is a specific word in the English language for the egg of a hen. That word is CACKLEBERRY. No relation to dingleberry."

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"Flowers arrangements at funerals originally served to mask the stench of rotting corpse."