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In 1986, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa burped a C02 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in minutes.

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The weird bright dots you see floating when you look at the sky are your white blood cells.

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Dreams get weirder as the night wears on.

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Being hit by lightning causes weird skin designs called "Lichtenberg figures."

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In Ancient Rome, the punishment for killing one's father was the death penalty, consisting of being sewn up in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a cock.

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A cat has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for 15 years.

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Holding a vibrator against a person's throat relaxes the vocal muscles, thereby improving their voice quality.

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Dead people can get goose bumps.

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You have Taste receptors

in the stomach, intestines,

pancreas, lungs, anus,

testicles and the brain.

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If you eat too many carrots you may turn orange.

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Viagra can keep cut flowers standing up straight for up to a week longer than normal.

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Rapper Tupac's ashes were mixed with weed and smoked by the members of his hip hop band.

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Anatidaephobia is the weird fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

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A person can spontaneously burst into flames.

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Hippopotamus' milk is pink.

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In 1945, a rooster named Mike, lived 18 months without a head.

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Leeches
have
32 brains.

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Headless cockroaches are capable of living for weeks. They die from starvation.

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A snail has about 25,600 "teeth".

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Humans can inflate balloons with their ears.

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Some turtles breathe through their butts.

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Gold is edible.

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A baby was born in 2005 with a conjoined head that had no body. The head could blink and smile.

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Female koalas, when in captivity, can engage in lesbian behaviour.

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If you inhale a pea, it can sprout and grow in your lungs.

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Sound waves

can be used

to make objects

levitate.

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Ice Age Britons used human skulls as cups.

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During the 18th century, you could pay your admission ticket to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.

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Like all living things, humans are bioluminescent: We glow.

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"Rain of fish" is an annual weather event in which hundreds of fish rain from the sky onto the city Yoro in Honduras.

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There are beers made out of fossils.

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Many expensive Perfumes contain whale poop.

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Snakes can have two heads and fight each other for food.

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Diabetics' urine can be made into whiskey because of the urine's high sugar content.

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Men can lactate too, but only under extreme circumstances.

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Galileo's middle finger is on display at a museum in Florence, Italy.

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A slug's anus is on its head.

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Capuchin Male Monkeys urinate on themselves to attract a mate.

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In 1971, Evita Peron's body was exhumed and flown to Spain, where Argentina's Ex-President Juan Peron and his new wife kept the corpse in their dining room.

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Dogs Poop in Alignment with Earth's Magnetic Field.

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Human saliva contains a painkiller called opiorphin that is six times more powerful than morphine.

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As soon as tiger shark embryos develop teeth, they attack and eat each other in the womb.

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Cocks don't have cocks. In 97% of bird species, the males don't have penises.

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Sucking a king's nipples was a gesture of submission in ancient Ireland.

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Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second (7 mph).

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In older versions of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl and the wolf eat grandma together.

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The boomslang snake's venom causes you to bleed from all holes of your body.

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Flamingos are pink because they eat shrimp.

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The Mimic Octopus can impersonate up to 15 marine species, including Sea Snakes, Stingrays, Lionfishes, and Jellyfishes.

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It snows metal

on planet Venus.

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Slugs
like beer.

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The inhabitants of ancient Rome had a sewer goddess, a toilet god, and a god of excrement.

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Honeybees

can

distinguish

human faces.

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Some sloths remain hanging from branches even after death.

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Giving birth can cause an orgasm: the release of hormones during delivery can push some women to ecstasy.

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Goldfish can distinguish the music of one composer from another.

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Seals like to have sex with penguins.

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Male kangaroos flex their biceps to impress females.

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Animals avoid power lines because they see frightening ultraviolet flashes that are invisible to humans.

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Before trees were common, the Earth was covered with giant mushrooms.

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Red Wine Kills Cancer Cells.

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Diabetic people have sweet urine.

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Goats have rectangular pupils.

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Baby Chicks are smarter than Baby Humans .

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Bird poop is white because they don't pee.

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If you try to suppress a sneeze, you might rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

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A woman can get pregnant while she is already pregnant.

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There are completely Black Chickens that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black tongue, black meat and bones, and even black organs.

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The wombat's poop is cubic.

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There's a Spa in Jakarta using pythons to massage clients.

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Instead of kissing, mothers of the Manchu tribe used to show affection by sucking their child's penis in public, because kissing was considered sexual.

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Before the mid-19th century, dentures were commonly made with teeth pulled from the mouths of dead soldiers.

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Ancient Romans used a sponge on a stick to clean themselves after pooping, and shared it with everyone.

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There is a Poop Bank where you can get human feces by the bottle.

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A Rhino's horn is made of compacted hair.

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Lake Hillier in Australia is a bright pink color and scientists aren't sure why.

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Nero, the Roman Emperor,

married a man,

one of his freedmen,

taking the role of the bride.

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Albert Einstein's eyes remain in a safe box in NYC.

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The Bororo people of Brazil are one of the few groups of people where all have the same blood type: "O".

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Alpacas can die of loneliness. When bought, they always need to be bought in pairs.

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A porcupine can fight off a pride of lions.

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Viruses can get viruses.

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A 10-Year-Old Goldfish Had a 45-Minute Surgery To Remove A Tumor in 2014.

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Dynamite is made with peanuts.

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Goldfish can see infrared radiation that is invisible to us.

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1 in 7 of American adults who have a tattoo, regret it.

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There's a pill that makes farts smell like chocolate.

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In Panama, there's a valley where trees have square trunks.

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90% of all creatures who live underwater, below 1,500 feet, are luminous.

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Some Fish, like the Triggerfish, can swim backward.

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Fish cough.

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Lobsters breathe with the gills at the base of their legs.

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Pandas can poop

up to

40 times

a day.

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The weird offspring of a donkey and a zebra is called a "zonkey."

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Farting helps reduce high blood pressure and is good for your health.

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Many female black widow spiders eat their males after mating.

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Every piece of plastic ever made still exists.

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Until 1913, children in America could legally be sent by parcel post.

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Women can fly airplanes in Saudi Arabia, but can't drive cars.

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The common basilisk is also known as the "Jesus Christ Lizard" for its ability to run on the surface of water.

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The U.S. military has a 26-page manual on baking brownies and oatmeal cookies.

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Netflix uses disguised warehouses and unmarked trucks for security purposes.

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Astronauts aboard Apollo 10 heard unexplained "outer spacey" music while orbiting the dark side of the moon.

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"El Colacho" is a traditional holiday in Burgos, Spain, where men dressed as the Devil leap over infants who are lying on mattresses in the street.

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Weird Facts 104 Facts about Weird Things

Weird Facts
104 Facts about Weird Things