Weird Facts

212 facts tagged with Weird Facts

Evil Birthday Clown

In Lucerne, Switzerland, you can hire an evil clown to stalk your child for a week before their birthday, and on that day, he will smash a cake into your child’s face.

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Plant Viagra

Viagra dissolved in water can make cut flowers stand up straight for up to a week beyond their natural lifespan.

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Concerned Aliens

A former Canadian Defense Minister believes that there are at least 4 species of aliens that have been visiting earth for thousands of years - and they are concerned about our use of atomic weapons.

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Trendy Crooked Teeth

In Japan, ‘yaeba’ (or crooked teeth) in girls is considered cute and attractive. Girls actually undergo procedures to un-straighten their teeth.

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Pentheraphobia

Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother-in-law.

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Gay Bomb

The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.

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Dudeism

There's a real religion called "Dudeism" that spawned from the movie "The Big Lebowski." Dudeism advocates and encourages the practice of "going with the flow," "being cool headed," and "taking it easy."

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Knocker-Up

Until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up.

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