It's so helpful to have an interesting personal fact in your arsenal.
<p>That little tidbit of information might save a lull at a party, come in handy during a job interview, or keep things flowing during a date. </p><p>And some interesting facts are made even more interesting by how unbelievable they are. Sure, it often gets annoying to provide a backstory or context every time you share, but at the very least it's a great conversation starter. </p><p>Some Redditors shared the personal facts that nobody ever seems to believe. </p><p>MrAntiquity47 asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What is a fact about yourself that nobody ever believes?"</a></p>
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Multiple Times
<p>"I've been on fire, twice. As a child. I f***ing hate fireworks" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghdy7dj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">IDontHave20Letters</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Let me guess, you didn't light it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghexcu0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ganondorf66</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"And fireworks seem to hate you" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghfjkxv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">yournanna</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Lot Going On Here
<p>"White guy, born in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, and spent most of my childhood in Kingston, Jamaica."</p><p>"People didn't believe me in high school, but these days this fact mostly elicits raised eyebrows and a 'oh really'?!"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghe4uqk?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">drkesi88</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Almost Sounds Impressive
<p>"Banned from China for life"</p><p>"My father is a listed as a political refugee and apparently because of that our family is blacklisted from ever entering."</p><p>"I tried to go when I was younger and was turned away at the border. I ended up seeing Bhutan and Nepal instead."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghdp71d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AceValentine</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Grade School Must've Been ToughÂ
<p>"My first name is very unique. People always ask where it's from and if it's foreign."</p><p>"I have to explain that no, my dads just dyslexic and misread my name in the baby book so changed the spelling to suit his pronunciation."</p><p>"No one ever believes me."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghdvss5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Myneckmyguac</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Unique Entry PointÂ
<p>"I got vaccinated as a baby, like any normal person. BUT the nurse who did it thought it would be a good idea to not put the syringe in my arm, but in my forehead."</p><p>"I have a scar on my forehead because of that. People never believe it, but my mom has a picture of me with the syringe in my forehead."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghe3zba?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">minjaeiii</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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If It Works, It WorksÂ
<p>"I wake up at the stroke of 3am seven days a week with no alarm." </p><p>"What people have a hard time believing is that I enjoy it greatly."</p><p>"I've worked early shift six days a week for about a decade now. I used to sleep in on Sunday, then I couldn't fall asleep on time Sunday night and I'd be sleep deprived and feel like sh** on Monday."</p><p>"I resolved to keeping the same hours every day, and within a week I didn't need an alarm anymore."</p><p>"Before the pandemic, 24h businesses afforded me great convenience, and a socially distant laundromat and shopping experience."</p><p>"On my day off, I was a 4am regular at the deserted laundromat, hit the grocery store around 5:15, and would have all my sh!t done by sunrise."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghdu7s8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Washjockey</a><br></p>Twin-Laws
<p>"Both of my parents have a twin sister named Jenny" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghds97z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ParwasHately</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Is... Is it the same twin sister?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghdu3a9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Gosenco</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I'm a twin, and married to a twin" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghebyco?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sd022pe</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Basically Tom CruiseÂ
<p>"I had sex with a girl who had sex with a guy who had sex with a girl who had sex with Tom Cruises former publicist." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghds5ro?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Bucket_O_Beef</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sex Telephone" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghempyr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Yoylecake2100</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Good Excuse for Lazy Sundays
<p>"I'm allergic to sunlight, like, actually, not in a 'haha i like to play video games' way - it doesn't matter how I say it, it's always understood the other way" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghdvwol?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Signal-Presence8867</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/gheg6ry?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MichaelOchE</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"There's a girl I went to high school with who's allergic to sunlight. That, combined with her fashion sense (very goth) and the field she went into (mortician/funeral director), makes her seem a lot like a vampire." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kmbesy/what_is_a_fact_about_yourself_that_nobody_ever/ghf2li2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">probprocrastinating1</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
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Not all fun facts are fun. Some are disgusting, cringe-worthy, or totally disillusioning.
<p>And there is one essential quality shared by all noteworthy tidbits of information: they can't be unlearned. That little fact hits your ears and colors your brain with the strange, curious epiphany that often follows--this is the "fun" part. </p><p>But what if it's a piece of information you wish you'd never learned? </p><p>Maybe it re-frames a cherished idea or casts total uncertainty over a closely held truth about the world. Or perhaps its just a disgusting natural phenomena happening all around that you have to be aware of forever now. </p><p>A recent Reddit thread asked for the very best of the worst of fun facts. They'll leave you with a whole list of regrets. </p><p>Ddeddffddvvf asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What was a fact that you regret knowing?"</a></p>
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A Dedicated PerformanceÂ
<p>"There was a woman in the 18th century called Mary Toft who stuffed dead rabbits into her vagina and later acted as if she gave birth to them. The doctors believed her till one of them examined found corn in one of the rabbits stomachs (it couldn't have been in there)."</p><p>"She also did the same with a hogs bladder and a cats legs. (also with about 15 rabbits) Don't know why I even know this."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1kbx2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jennymadisonjn</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Tough NewsÂ
<p>"My dad and I both took DNA tests for "fun" and I found out we aren't related. 0% match." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge20njg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SethsWomanInfinity</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Lifehacks for when you don't want to tell your child directly they're adopted." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge2govx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Thendrail</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Look up chimera DNA, it's a small chance but possible. The DNA in your dad's sperm could be different than the rest of his body. I'm assuming they didn't check his sperm." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge2hyru?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">For_one_if_more</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Striking Image
<p>"My parents are swingers, and now well Into their 70's..." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge12tj7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">browncoat47</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"So you know that old folks homes have the highest percentage of STDs, as they won't have to worry about getting pregnant..." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1fpbs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">the_syco</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's kinda wholesome actually. Just a couple of old swingers out enjoying the last of their lives" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1huuu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AffectionateDealer3</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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You Just Don't Know What Your GettingÂ
<p>"From my first job at KFC .......you cant really tell the chicken is spoiled once you put it in the fryer" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1bao2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Chuck_yoo_Farley</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"A friend that used to work at KFC said that they were told not to throw away the spoiled chicken. They would just boil it before frying :l so yeah.. No more KFC for me." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1ha60?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">lepakko42</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Beginning First--And Last--IncisionÂ
<p>"Chainsaws were originally meant to be a surgeons' instrument." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge0g3jq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ujrt_94</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"To aid in childbirth! No joke google it." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge0orfe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">septic_tongue</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I couldn't figure out what part of childbirth that could possibly help with, so I looked it up.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"'Before the invention of the Cesarean, if the baby was too large, parts of the pelvis would be removed.'"</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I really regret knowing that now." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1zrj7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">waltjrimmer</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Very Upsetting BackstoryÂ
<p>"Bob Ross actually hated his Afro; when he started out it was the cheapest hairstyle to maintain and once he picked up some traction it was too iconic to get rid of." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1f8c9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">fueselwe</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"This is the saddest thing I've read. I'm not going to share it with anyone. Now this is the burden I carry." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge237kx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">always-aimee</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"So it was a sad little accident instead of a happy one 😢" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge2bylg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">HeWantsTheP</a></p>Rolling the DiceÂ
<p>"An octopus penis is actually one of their tentacles. So if you would go and pet an octopus at Sea World or some other place you could be groping their penis." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1218y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Tilly0Tilly</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"There are also some species that will just rip their penis off and throw it at the female, in order to allow her to inseminate herself, being the most literal 'go f*** yourself' nature has to offer." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge1ux4y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">mtflyer05</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Just Very Good At Being AliveÂ
<p>"Cockroaches can fly at 5km per hour and can live 3 weeks without their head. They eventually die of starvation. They have a main brain in their head and also a primitive brain near their abdomen. Cockroaches also pre-date grass."</p><p>"The last one is not that scary but kinda scary knowing they've been here so long so getting them out will be harder and they will probably out live humans."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k37bzc/what_was_a_fact_that_you_regret_knowing/ge10w14?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CrazyMiith</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Learning new information is a wonderful thing. Every single day, we expand our knowledge at least a little bit.
Sometimes, we put ourselves into environments that cultivate learning at quite the pace. It could be a new and challenging job, an undergraduate or graduate program at a college, or a day long workshop.
Experiences like that bring the reward of new skills and understanding in exchange for our commitment of time and money.
<p>But what about the other stuff we learn: the strange tidbits we hear from a friend, those tiny morsels that have stuck with us ever since ninth grade history class, the statistics we come across in the occasional TED Talk. </p><p>They may not make us more hireable or change our lives, but they sure are fun to spout off when we have the opportunity. </p><p>Winologue asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What's the most ridiculous fact you know?"</a></p>
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Proportions Askew
<p>"A blue whales throat is the size of a coke can despite being the largest known animal." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gax8zr6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">MalFibber</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"And that's largest known <span style="background-color: initial;">ever</span>." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gay8d3c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ILoveLongDogs</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Blue whales have liver parasites the size of bananas." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaz1dpf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Madhighlander1</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Those Guys Have Been BusyÂ
<p>"Of the 195 nations in the world, Britain has invaded 173 of them." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxt0wp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">No-regerts136</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxt0wp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3"></a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I believe this includes nations that were once controlled by Britain but have not been invaded since officially becoming their own nation such as Canada but still an interesting fact." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxv25v?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Tom_Bombadil_Ret</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Collective Conscious
<p>"It is estimated that one in 10 Europeans are conceived on an Ikea bed." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gawvrtc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Winologue</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"In the store?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gax1qxx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">whisperingrabbit</a></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">"Yea those are all the people that gave up finding the exit" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gazt8sa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">YeetMeatToFeet</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Heck of a Show
<p>"Disney is the world's second largest buyer of explosives, behind the US Department of Defense." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gax9ng6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Vinny_Lam</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Mickeys got to enforce his copyright laws somehow." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxxlbr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Distant_Past</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"The last WW2 Japanese soldier to surrender did so in 1974" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxn19c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">haasbrein</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"He surrendered but he didn't give himself away." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gay4kzb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">oldmannew</a></p>
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Plenty of Reasons Not To...
<p>"The average ejaculation travels at roughly 27 miles per hour, which technically would make ejaculating illegal in school zones." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxga96?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Herobrinedanny</a></p>Largest of the Smallest
<p>"Lego is the world's largest tire distributor" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gax2e0e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AshtonH06</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"And also the number one cause of excruciating foot pain in adults with two kids under 5." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxa522?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">unnaturaldisorder</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Very Powerful, Life-Changing StrawberryÂ
<p>"The entire internet weighs about as much as a large strawberry." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxg1ad?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BullishFinances</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"What? The internet is a computer network made up of all of the computers and networking infrastructure on it. Your home router is apart of the internet. So I the cable to it...."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Myth busted." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gay3agy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Altruistic-Fun-8278</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"They tend to mean the charge differences and photons currently encoding the information, exchanging the energy for mass." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gay3p5u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">arcosapphire</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Banished
<p>"A Russian bell was convicted of treason and exiled."</p><p>"That's not a euphemism for a beautiful but seditious Russian woman but an actual bell that rang cacophonously when prince Dimitri, son of Ivan the Terrible, was assassinated in 1591."</p><p>"Local authorities banished it to Siberia where it was appropriated by congenial company in Tobolsk; its fellow exiles subjected it to confinement, rehabilitation, and restoration before it hung in the Tobolsk church."</p><p>"Finally, in 1892, its conviction was rescinded and it was restored to its original tower with full pardon by repentant Uglichians."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxb0ql?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">VelvetDreamers</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
New Plan: Commit All Crimes in the Jungle
<p>"Human fingerprints and Koala fingerprints are nearly identical - so close that they can be confused at crime scenes!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxarl2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Mahina_Mele</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxarl2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3"></a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I don't think koalas have enough brain capacity to commit any crime" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gaxguat?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">stellargd</a></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">"So they don't have all the koalafications?" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jmrcnv/whats_the_most_ridiculous_fact_you_know/gay5zl7?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ShredderTony</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Divulge Fun Facts About Themselves They Wouldn't Normally Share
September 11 | 2020
Everybody has their secrets. And often times those secrets are hot and fascinating. We should tell more about ourselves at board meetings and parties. Everybody is interesting and we all have a story that would shock every person in every room. Let's all have some fun with out histories. For instance.... I failed my driver's test nine times and ran the car into a ravine; yet still got my license. Intrigued? Call me.
Redditor u/dr_peabrain123 wanted to know a few quirks and secrets some of us have been hiding that pertain to a slightly personal nature by asking.... What's a fun fact about yourself that you don't tell anyone, simply cuz no one asked?<div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_1"></div>
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Oh Jerry....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzk0MzE4NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNDA2NDczNX0.1k2apnWLckRFIUvaP1WGEjMDsh6mjSU4qn-8eat9Gr4/img.gif?width=980" id="13944" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6bd5de2af3dfd1c98b6ecd4f767d920a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Cheese Pizza Fight GIF by The Jerry Springer ShowGiphy<p>I was on an episode of Jerry Springer back in the day. I saw my episode on TV a few years later and it might be the most cringe worthy thing I've ever done/seen. The trip was a blast though.</p><p>Also, I have 4 nipples. Those 2 things are unrelated though. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g435mrq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Legdrop_soup</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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being 7....
<p>When I was 7 I stepped on a pop can while barefoot and cut my big toe off.</p><p>The woman I had my first serious relationship with is now in jail for murder.<br></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g43d80q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">CremeDeLaNut</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Archive of Our Own...
<p>I used to have a really popular fan fiction account on <em>Archive of Our Own</em>, my top post got something like 30,000 views. I just went back and read them, and I am confused as to how they were so successful. I wrote about musical theatre, Glee, rock bands, and some of my favorite books. I sadly no longer have any links, the other day I found copies of my works in google documents which have since been deleted. I really appreciate your interest, though!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g42zcfv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> thesamerainbowsend</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Flushing Girl....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzk0NDA4MC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMDgxMzY0NH0.-f2snM4P6yC_jrdP20WW-2nBhIIqATWmrFMV8Dz9048/img.gif?width=980" id="84b47" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e18a1af653c6d55c48235e41609b3ee1" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="448" data-height="336" />Shocked The Nanny GIFGiphy<p>I just have to see Fran's outfit to tell you which The Nanny episode it is and to give you a short recap of it. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g435kp6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">omfghewontfkndie</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I can do something similar with Criminal Minds and Reid's haircut. I can tell the exact season, usually the episode just by a screenshot of only that character. It's such a weird skill that I never asked for.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g43jl10?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NeighborhoodGhoul</a></p>
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Maury?
<p>I was not the father on a popular trash tv show, I didn't jump for joy or try to hog the camera. I came in knowing that it was extremely unlikely that the child was mine took the test for peace of mind and went home. I don't tell people because in hindsight it was extremely embarrassing for me. I had to share a stage with a lot more guys than I was expecting, some of which were total scumbags. The company she kept made me ask myself a lot of questions. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g430jzo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PM_Me_UrRightNipple</a></p>Second Nature....
<p>I hardly ever bend over to pick up things when I'm at home. I almost exclusively use my toes and pick things up with my feet. Im really really good at it too. I'm so proud because my kids all have the same prowess as their old man, it's like second nature now.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g430yhd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Jetmohsli</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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kaboom!Â
<p>I made homemade explosives my first year in college with simple household ingredients. I stopped the night I was nearly caught, like I had suddenly realized that what I was doing was not a simple prank.</p><p>I think about that every now and again when someone says that people are not fully formed adults until later in their twenties. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g42zb7j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">boredonAskReddit</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I don't know about him, but my dumb butt made an explosive when I was younger. Didn't really know what I was doing just wondered what would happen if I took a bunch of sparklers, wrapped them in tape, and then light them. Crap is dangerous as hell and they sell that crap to super cheap for little kids to play with.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g43j7km?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SkeeterOnMyPeter</a></p>
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Goals...
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzk0NTcyMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NDI4OTMzMH0.J3aXs2BwDj3VxYyYaQoShxcrOt41zAKpxZnV1TH3f30/img.gif?width=980" id="4de3d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="428aaf678d23ded5cdd4119f5fbbd2fc" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="480" />happy angler fish GIF by Microsoft EducationGiphy<p>I ate a glowstick. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g42yqix?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trollerman909</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I'm not looking....
<p>I can identify major credit card brands by their first digit, thanks to a seasonal job I had 11 years ago. 4 is Visa, 5 is Mastercard, 6 is Discover. AmEx starts with 3, which will always be followed by either 4 or 7. AmEx cards also have fewer digits but longer security codes.</p><p>I also just set my keys down and don't know where they are. So I guess a fun fact about myself is that my short term and working memory are absolute trash, but I have a pretty great long term memory. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g43ide8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Toast_91</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Toast_91/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Smartypants....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzk0NjEwMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MTQ3OTEyOX0.C9AsMTQj3yQs-qiuketwhlfvKTxtZz56z5HMpZyFW7E/img.gif?width=980" id="b71bc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f65789e5920a9f8b446d383befeafb67" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />danny devito wow GIF by QuickBooksGiphy<p>I worked really hard studying for the SATs back in the day, and I raised my score from 1100 to 1540 out of 1600. I'm proud of that, but I can't exactly go around bragging. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/imur0o/whats_a_fun_fact_about_yourself_that_you_dont/g4310su?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YesAndAlsoThat</a></p>
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Some facts are fun. Some are obscure and historical, humanizing a once alienating and distant past. Other facts, however, or totally unnerving.
<p>Creepy facts remind us that in this world there are natural occurrences and/or particular kinds of people capable of truly horrifying things. Knowing about a strange disease, a grotesque animal, or the motives behind some infamously villainous behavior can make you think twice about walking out the front door. </p><p>But we do. We have to live our lives. Though with some unsettling new information on our minds-- thanks to a recent Reddit post--we'll likely do so with a bit more humility and self-preservation. </p><p>Vacancier1807 asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"What are some VERY creepy facts?"</a></p>
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Bone Prison
<p>"There is a genetic disease called fibrodisplaysia ossificans progresiva. When tissue is damaged, it is replaced with bone."</p><p>"Growths form underneath their skin and their joints lock solid. So over time those affected slowly become encased in a prison of bone just beneath their own skin."</p><p>"They usually have to choose between sitting or standing up for the rest of their life. By the end of their life they have to drink every meal through a straw and can barely move."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfs3br?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Sythosz</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Hiding in Plain Sight
<p>"Your eyes have a separate immune system from the rest of your body. If they get damaged in such a way that it affects anything other than your eyes, your regular immune system can attack the damage and will not recognise them, meaning your own body can permanently blind you."</p><p>"What's worse, your body cannot tell the difference between either eye. If one of them gets infected or damaged, your immune system can attack your healthy eye and take away your sight entirely."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfp8kd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TBroomey</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Off the Hook
<p>"The Colombian serial killer Pedro Alonso Lopez, who is known as the Monster of the Andes, murdered over 300 girls from Ecuador, Peru and Colombia." </p><p>"However, after he was caught and imprisoned for 18 years, he was put in a psychiatric hospital. There he was reviewed, declared to be sane and was set free, in spite of his blatant avowal that he fully intends to kill again." </p><p>"Since he was released in 1998, nobody knows where he is or what he's doing. ( He is supposed to be 71 years old at present). He is known for being the most prolific killer ever."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfxw5e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">ridhan3912</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Fate Finds a Way
<p>"The men of the ship Essex (the true event that inspires the story "Moby Dick") avoided islands after being shipwrecked for fear of cannibals. The islands were settled and landing there would have brought salvation to the survivors." </p><p>"Ironically because of this bypass, the men ran out of food and were forced to eat each other for survival."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfuf4o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BrigettetheNanny78</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Bath Salt Myth
<p>"Remember that bath salts cannibal guy from a couple years back?"</p><p>"He wasn't high on bath salts when he did that. That was just media speculation and bullsh**. They only found pot in his system during the autopsy."</p><p>"We still have no idea why he flipped out."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfpwut?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">peezle69</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Pragmatic Little Buggers
<p>"One reason that crows and ravens are associated with death is because they would often follow armies as they marched to battle." </p><p>"Being both carrion birds and extremely intelligent, they realized that a large group of armed men marching on one direction meant that there would be a tasty meal of corpses to eat soon afterwards."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfo1if?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheEldritchHorror</a></p>Conscious CPR
<p>"Imagine being totally aware of someone preforming CPR but you physically can't move or respond. Well that's what happens when you get bitten by a blue ringed octopus, you have approx 6 minutes between being bitten and someone starting CPR to keep your heart and lungs functioning to ensure you survive, all whilst being totally aware of what is happening to you."</p><p>"Neurotoxins are fun!"</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfkb3s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">camelsdonthavetoes</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Way Too Late to Realize That
<p>"It wasn't until 1987 that the American Academy of Pediatrics declared it unethical to operate on newborns without anesthesia. Until surprisingly recently, the medical community felt it would be dangerous to give infants anesthesia and/or believed that they didn't feel pain." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfih73?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">allothernamestaken</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Thank god I was born in 1987" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfsdu2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">pandemchik</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I don't think it was because they thought infants didn't feel pain, but rather they just wouldn't remember the pain. Similar reason why circumcisions are given at such a young age, because infants don't remember it" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfyvzt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">DreamedJewel58</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Gendered Mummification
<p>"Female mummies in Ancient Egypt were always more decomposed than their male counterparts. They discovered that this was because male bodies were embalmed a lot sooner than female bodies." </p><p>"Female bodies were kept at the family home until they started to decompose in order to avoid necrophilia at the embalmers."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfimsj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">crossstitchwizard</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Whirling Fire
<p>"A Fire Whirl can go as big as an EF3 tornado."</p><p>"In 1923, such happened in Japan during an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake" target="_blank">earthquake</a>. The son of a bi*** killed 38,000 people in less than 15 minutes." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfjyro?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MissSara101</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfjyro?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"></a>"they got hit by a tornado THAT WAS ON, F***ING, FIRE!"</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><span></span>"IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EARTHQUAKE!THAT CAUSED A TSUNAMI!ALL WHILE SURROUNDED BY FIRE STORMS!"</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"thats some scifi super storm sh**. Jesus christ." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwgelvq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">EJX-a</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Cast Away
<p>"Rosemary Kennedy was JFK's sister. She suffered from oxygen deprivation at birth and that unfortunately stunted her mental growth. She had a pretty decent childhood, but as she grew older she began to act out." </p><p>"Afraid that her behavior would risk his political career, her father, Joseph, agreed to have her lobotomized. Her mother, Rose, was against it and forbade him from doing it. So he did it behind her back when she went on a trip."</p><p>"After the operation, Rosemary's already low IQ was lowered even further, to the point she could no longer walk or communicate. Her family had her locked up in an institution and basically disowned her. They never visited and never publicly acknowledged her anymore. Rosemary died at the age of 86."</p><p>"Her mother never for gave her husband for what he had done."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfyjx8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheFoolXXIIMaxX</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Complex Approaches to Fertilization
<p>"There is a fungus, Cordyceps, that can actually brain-control insects, forcing them to move to a higher location where they will eventually die and release more Cordyceps spores." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfhr7y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">BreakinMyBallz</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I've heard of these things. When they grow out of the ant, other ants will identify it and bring it far from the colony. The ants that bring it out are very likely to be infected, so the fungus covered ant and the other sacrifices will wait there for the rest of their lives to die." </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"This keeps the rest of the colony from getting infected." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwi0dt4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">NoodlesInPudding</a></p>It's All About Taste
<p>"Cannibals find the palm of the hand the tastiest" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfgo05?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Greymattergone</a><span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"is that why whenever you have a scratch on your hand you feel like biting it instead of scratching it like a normal person" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwhtbqw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">takis_fuego</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Picture It!
<p>"Crocodiles can gallop. Like a horse. I don't like knowing this so I am cursing you people with this knowledge as well. Fortunately alligators cannot." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfi3x4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">SaltyPeanut69</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"So THAT'S how you tell them apart" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfnl99?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">zezozose_zadfrack</a></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">"Yeah but now I'm confused how to tell a horse and crocodile apart" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfveu6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">toamke</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Various Bears
<p>"I once read that you should play dead if a bear attacks you, unless they start licking your wounds because that means they plan to eat you. That still haunts me to this day." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfin9d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">xenopants</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"If it's black fight back, if it's brown (grizzly) lie down!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfpnum?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">YogaMom07</a></p><p style="margin-left: 40px;">"And if it's white, say goodnight!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfqnup?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">pixiegurly</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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What a Way to Go
<p>"There's a spider that gives you a 3h long boner, before you die from its bite"</p><p>"Edit: the boner it gives you is very painful." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfg5gz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">alien__unknown</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Die hard" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfwqkr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">eatsleepcars</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"If it bites you you might as well dick slap it into next week." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfjsfj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">TheSoviet-Union</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sleep You and Awake You
<p>"Most people smell different when they're awake" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwffr6y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">RealSirRoyal</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"That's my favorite thing to whisper" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfkwx3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">b_a_b_a_r</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"When I started this thread I was waiting for a baby to fall asleep. Said baby is now asleep. I mean, I guess she smells different, but I also want it to be true, so maybe not."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Also, I woke her with my sniffing, so maybe it went back. I don't get this one." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hia20z/what_are_some_very_creepy_facts/fwfs2ty?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">NotMyMainName96</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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