Random Weird Facts

    212 facts tagged with Weird Facts

    Parents receive 1 out of every 5 Valentines.
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    Lurch, a Watusi bull, had the largest horns in the world.
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    Knocker-Up
    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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    Men are more attracted to women whose bone structure is similar to their own mothers. It's called "sexual imprinting".
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    Condoms were originally made of animal intestines or linen.
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    In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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    For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
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    A waterfall known as The Devil's Kettle empties water into a hole and nobody knows where it ends up!
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