Learning random facts is always fun. At the same time, some of you might wonder why on Earth you would need to stuff your brain with things like that. Well, if you’re into trivia, these random facts may come in handy for you. Maybe one of these facts will help you score that point you need to win. And if you’re not a trivia person, these random facts might still be useful when you least expect it. Or it might be time for you to get into trivia.
Either way, let’s take a trip through a list of random facts that were prompted to be shared when someone on Reddit asked: “What’s a completely random fact no one asked for?”
More info: Reddit
There are elements from exploding stars in your bones and oceans in your blood and your lungs use the same structures as coral does and your veins branch like trees or rivers and the same spirals you see in a shell on the beach are in your ears and there are miniature galaxies in your eyes. You are a miracle reflecting the beauty of the universe back at itself. That’s incredible and I think about it a lot.
The author chose to name them “Flaplings”.
The plastic piece on the end of a shoelace is called the aglet.
ETA: Jesus, for the record, I did not learn this from Phineas and Ferb, but good to know half a generation did.
The two they’re using grow larger, to fit inside the female’s dual-branched reproductive tract.
Also, bonus fact: female echidnas lactate through their skin… so they sweat their milk out, and the puggles lick it off them.
Bonus bonus fact: when a female echidna is ready to mate, a group of males will follow her through the bush for a few days in a horny little conga line called a mating train. When she decides it’s time, the males circle her digging a ditch as they go, then push each other out of the way until there’s only one left.
Edit to add: Nat Geo video of echidna mating rituals
The most expensive liquid is scorpion venom priced at $39mil per gallon.
A “factoid” is actually an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.
Not a “small fact”.
A group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.”
There are only 25 blimps in use, worldwide.
Editors note: Only half of these 25 blimps are in use.
A raccoon can squeeze into a hole as tight as 4 inches.
You have about 10lbs of bacteria in your gut. 10lbs of cells that bear no relation to you whatsoever except that they colonize your body.
Editor’s note: according to sources online the bacteria in a person’s gut weigh around 4.4lbs (2kg).
Standard pitch is A=440, but it’s not uncommon for string orchestras to tune to A=441 for the change in timbre.
Dr. MLK & Anne Frank were born the same year. I’m still shocked about it.
Octopuses have 1 central brain, then a smaller brain in each tentacle.
Learning random facts is always fun. At the same time, some of you might wonder why on Earth you would need to stuff your brain with things like that. Well, if you're into trivia, these random facts may come in handy for you. Maybe one of these facts will help you score that point you need to win. And if you're not a trivia person, these random facts might still be useful when you least expect it. Or it might be time for you to get into trivia.
Either way, let's take a trip through a list of random facts that were prompted to be shared when someone on Reddit asked: "What's a completely random fact no one asked for?"
More info: Reddit
The author chose to name them "Flaplings".
The plastic piece on the end of a shoelace is called the aglet.
ETA: Jesus, for the record, I did not learn this from Phineas and Ferb, but good to know half a generation did.
The two they’re using grow larger, to fit inside the female’s dual-branched reproductive tract.
Also, bonus fact: female echidnas lactate through their skin… so they sweat their milk out, and the puggles lick it off them.
Bonus bonus fact: when a female echidna is ready to mate, a group of males will follow her through the bush for a few days in a horny little conga line called a mating train. When she decides it’s time, the males circle her digging a ditch as they go, then push each other out of the way until there’s only one left.
Edit to add: Nat Geo video of echidna mating rituals
The most expensive liquid is scorpion venom priced at $39mil per gallon.
A "factoid" is actually an item of unreliable information that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact.
Not a "small fact".
A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
There are only 25 blimps in use, worldwide.
Editors note: Only half of these 25 blimps are in use.
A raccoon can squeeze into a hole as tight as 4 inches.
You have about 10lbs of bacteria in your gut. 10lbs of cells that bear no relation to you whatsoever except that they colonize your body.
Editor's note: according to sources online the bacteria in a person's gut weigh around 4.4lbs (2kg).
Standard pitch is A=440, but it’s not uncommon for string orchestras to tune to A=441 for the change in timbre.
Dr. MLK & Anne Frank were born the same year. I’m still shocked about it.
Octopuses have 1 central brain, then a smaller brain in each tentacle.
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