Fun Facts!

[Maiana]

hopefully there isn't a thread about this already but-
So yeah, the overall theme of this thread is to post random fun facts lol.

Fun fact: The longest word in English has 189,819 letters, and it would take a person 3 and 1/2 hours to pronounce it fully
(there's literally videos of people pronouncing it on youtube-)

 

[Wildtown]

their are such things as rainbow carrots with many different tastes and textures.

 

[tanisha23]

"fun" fact: Chlorine naturally has no smell in water. The reaction b/t pee and chlorine is what creates that distinct chlorine smell...so if you're in a pool that smells of chlorine, well...

 

[Noctis]

Well this is truly something I don't know whether I wanted to know or not but I'm going to make y'all read it.

To know when to mate, a male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.

 

[Valzed]

At one point in Sonic the Hedgehog's development he was called Mr. Needlemouse.

 

[peppy villager]

"fun" fact: Chlorine naturally has no smell in water. The reaction b/t pee and chlorine is what creates that distinct chlorine smell...so if you're in a pool that smells of chlorine, well...

oh no

 

[LadyDestani]

Well this is truly something I don't know whether I wanted to know or not but I'm going to make y'all read it.

To know when to mate, a male giraffe will continuously headbutt the female in the bladder until she urinates. The male then tastes the pee and that helps it determine whether the female is ovulating.

I actually knew that. LOL

Just to add to the fun animal trivia, wombat poop comes out cube-shaped.

 

[Balverine]

There was 64 years in between the first and second Bambi movies, making it the longest period between any sequels

 

[Shayden]

denver, the capital of the state i live in, is exactly one mile above sea level! we call it mile-high city

 

[Buttonsy]

The TV show "Days of our Lives" has 13,630 episodes of right now, and if you were to watch the show 24 hours a day continuously with the commercials and intro song cut out, it would still take over an entire year to finish.

 

[Maiana]

Getting some of these from google lol- but this one is interesting!

In the 1830s, Ohio and Michigan almost went to war over an eight-mile-wide strip of land.

 

[heyimsobored]

There's tumours that can be made up of things like hair and teeth. They're called Teratomas

 

[lexinator]

A group of cats is called a clowder!

 

[dedenne]

high heels were originally worn by men. the more u kno

 

[Maiana]

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

So glad I don't eat Chocolate

 

[gobby]

The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.

So glad I don't eat Chocolate

thanks i hate it!

 

[heyimsobored]

The space between your eyebrows is called a glabella

 

[Maiana]

Dandelion root can be roasted and ground as a coffee substitute.

 

[heyimsobored]

There's a fear of fear. It's called Phobophobia

 

[Lemonsky]

Earthquakes can sometimes make lights appear.