Did You Know That These 20 Unbelievable, Surprisingly True Facts, are indeed true?
Some things weird, strange, unbelievable, are known as fact and truth.
Hard to believe some of them. Increase your knowledge. Show off being brainy. Give someone a shock.
Check out the 2o unbelievable facts below.
- Are you vegan? If so, this will not only surprise you, but please you as well. Hershey’s chocolate syrup, Ritz Crackers, Dumdums, and Oreos are all vegan.
- Have you ever had what felt like frostbite? Well you may of just had, The stage before frostbite, which is called “frostnip.”
- Do you like Fruit Loops cereal? Did you know that even though Froot Loops are different colors, they all have exactly the same flavor?
- The first roller coaster there was, was used to transport coal down a hill. After people found out that it could reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour, they asked to be able to ride on it , and were just charged a few cents for the ride.
- The can't live without television was only invented two years after the invention of sliced bread. (Which we can't live without, (it seems)
- Afraid of snakes? Well, snakes help predict earthquakes. They sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away, five days before it happens.
- For every eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.
- It took the creator of the Rubik’s Cube, Erno Rubik, one month to solve the cube after he created it. Which was June 2018. Still the world record is 4.22 seconds.
- Did you know that headphones can increase bacteria in your ears? (Wearing headphones for just an hour could increase the bacteria in your ears by 700 times. )
- Scotland chose the unicorn as its national animal.
- Human teeth are the only part of the body that can’t heal themselves. Doesn't it figure. We need them to eat and to look good. :)
- A shrimp’s heart is in its head, and also shrimp have no arteries therefore their organs float around in blood
- Sloths can hold their breath a very long time. The sloth can slow their heart rate, and hold their breath for 40 minutes! Unbelievable, huh?
- Water creatures such as the Dolphins need to come up for air every 10 minutes
- It's hard to believe, but, apples, peaches, and raspberries are all members of the rose family. Who would have figured?
- Bullfrogs do not sleep. It's no wonder they're cranky and croak all the time.
- An animal’s yawn is based on how large their brain is. The bigger the brain, the longer it will yawn. I wonder if we can attribute that to some humans as well?
- In the 1980s, Fredric Baur, Pringles founder, requested his family to be buried in a Pringles can. Weird, huh?, but his children honored his request.
- Would you believe that a strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is.
- Mr. Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on TV. Do you remember Mr. Potato Head?
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