Weird Facts

    Weird Facts

    Facts that are weird, strange, and generally offbeat. Trivia in this category will raise an eyebrow or two.

    Pizza Hut Perfume
    Pizza Hut Perfume
    In 2012, Pizza Hut released a perfume that smells like a box of fresh pizza.
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    Amazon Semi-Automatic Rifle
    Amazon Semi-Automatic Rifle
    In 2012, a man ordered a TV on Amazon, but got a semi-automatic assault rifle instead.
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    Atacama Skeleton
    Atacama Skeleton
    In 2003, the skeletal remains of a human that measured 6 inches in length were found in a Chilean ghost town. A definite explanation for its size, mutations, and origin has yet to be found.
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    Table Knives Origin
    Table Knives Origin
    Table knives were originally made to be rounded instead of pointed to prevent people from picking their teeth... and stabbing each other.
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    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    Lobster-Claw Alien Abduction
    In 1973, two men arrived at a sheriff's office claiming to have been abducted by aliens with lobster-claw hands. Left alone in a room with a secret recording device to expose their lie, they instead continued to talk in "terribly distressed" voices about the abduction.
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    Gold Poop Pills
    Gold Poop Pills
    There are gold pills for sale that turn your poop into glittering gold.
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    Corn Flakes Origin
    Corn Flakes Origin
    Corn Flakes were invented by John Harvey Kellogg as part his campaign to prevent masturbation.
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    200 Ft Bunny
    200 Ft Bunny
    On a hill in Italy, there's a 200 foot stuffed pink bunny with its entrails spilling out.
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    The Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876
    In 1876, there was a mysterious shower of meat that rained down from the sky for several minutes on a Kentucky town. It is now known as the Kentucky Meat Shower.
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    Subway Air Contains 15% Human Skin
    Scientists found that 15% of matter in the air at subway stations is human skin, from areas such as heels, belly buttons, armpits, and rear ends.
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    New Zealand PM, John Key, Went to Doctor to Disprove He's Shape-Shifting Lizard
    The New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, went to a doctor and a vet to confirm that he is a human being and not a shape shifting lizard from space.
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    Strange Illuminati Web Address Takes You to NSA
    Typing 'illuminati' backwards into the address bar, followed by '.com', will take you to U.S. government's National Security Agency website.
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    Kansas Woman Sat on Toilet Seat for 2 Years and Became Physically Stuck
    A woman in Kansas who sat on the toilet for 2 years had to be rescued after she became physically stuck to it.
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    Men With Long Hair Used to Be Denied Entry to Disneyland
    Until the 1960s, men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
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    In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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    There's a Finnish man named Ari Kivikangas who spends his life 24/7 in front of his webcam.
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    27-year-old Valeria Lukyanova from Ukraine looks so much like a girl’s doll that she has become world famous as the "Living Barbie".
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    A twin was born 34 minutes after her brother, but because daylight savings kicked in, was actually born 26 minutes before!
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    In 2011, there were 3 known cases around the world of twins coming from different fathers.
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    There's a competition in Sweden called Kaninhoppning, or rabbit show jumping.
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