Random Strange Facts

    142 facts tagged with Strange Facts

    It has been calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2,000 balloons.
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    When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
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    If you pronounce the names of products wrong in an Apple Store, employees are not allowed to correct you.
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    One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
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    During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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    Flatworms Mating
    Flatworms Mating
    When flatworms mate, two "males" use their bifurcated penises to fence one another. The winner, or the flatworm who stabs the other with its penis, remains a male while the loser becomes female.
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    Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.
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