Our mind is a peculiar thing. We might forget where we parked our car or what we walked into a room to get, but a random story from the Medieval ages? Or a detail about the cremation process? Those can live in our heads forever.
So when Reddit user OkAdministration1387 asked everyone on the platform to share the useless yet interesting facts permanently stuck in their brains, people jumped in with all sorts of oddly specific answers. Trivia nerds, unite!
#1
Watermelons are berries, strawberries aren't, technically you can categorize bananas as grass
You can fit every planet in the solar system between the Earth and the Moon side by side and still have some space left
Saturn is slowly absorbing its own rings
There's an "Earth-like" exoplanet that rains glass. SIDEWAYS.
There's a nebula that's full of the chemical that tastes like raspberry and smells like rum. The only catch is that it's also full of cyanide...
Jupiter is as much protecting the Earth from asteroids as it is slinging them directly at it
Our solar system has one of if not the single rarest planet layouts which might've contributed to the fact that there's life on Earth
We're either alone or not alone and both options are equally terrifying
... I'm gonna stop now because no one's gonna read this anyway.
You can fit every planet in the solar system between the Earth and the Moon side by side and still have some space left
Saturn is slowly absorbing its own rings
There's an "Earth-like" exoplanet that rains glass. SIDEWAYS.
There's a nebula that's full of the chemical that tastes like raspberry and smells like rum. The only catch is that it's also full of cyanide...
Jupiter is as much protecting the Earth from asteroids as it is slinging them directly at it
Our solar system has one of if not the single rarest planet layouts which might've contributed to the fact that there's life on Earth
We're either alone or not alone and both options are equally terrifying
... I'm gonna stop now because no one's gonna read this anyway.
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54points
#2
The Scottish Highlands and the Appalachians are the same mountain range.
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44points
#3
When Vikings would forge their iron they would forge in bones of an animal like bears or wolves they had hunted thinking the power of its soul would be in the blade making it stronger like the animal, it would actually make it stronger because the bones would create carbon during the process creating a crude version of steel.
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39points
#4
A 'factoid' is a small piece of incorrect information, but so ubiquitously believed that it is treated as truth.
Most people think that a factoid is a little fun fact.
So, the widely believed definition of factoid is, in itself, a factoid.
Most people think that a factoid is a little fun fact.
So, the widely believed definition of factoid is, in itself, a factoid.
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38points
#5
Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire. That one still doesnt feel real to me.
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38points
#7
Otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart. it's called a raft.
36points
#8
Helicopter isn't heli + copter, it's helico + pter
Pter is wing, like pterodactyl. Helico is like helix, spiral.
Pter is wing, like pterodactyl. Helico is like helix, spiral.
36points
#9
A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. Been stuck in my head since 4th grade.
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36points
#10
The air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow is approximately 24mph.
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36points
#12
A pigeon will only eat a Starburst if you chew it up a little bit first. Just to clarify chew the Starburst not the pigeon.
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33points
#14
Tigers are king of the jungle, not Lions.
Tigers are also much larger and more capable than lions.
Tigers are also much larger and more capable than lions.
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29points
#15
Biologically, vegetables aren't a thing
"Vegetables" are a culinary category, not a biological one.
"Vegetables" are a culinary category, not a biological one.
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28points
#18
Killer whales are dolphins. Cougar, mountain lion, & puma are all the same animal.
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27points
#19
A horse could fit inside the bubble made by a blue whale fart.
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24points
#20
Vultures have such good eyesight they could read a standard newspaper at a distance of 1 to 2 miles.
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24points