Sometimes we don’t realize how big the storage of our brains is. We might forget some facts or happenings now and then, but it’s only natural when considering we have to digest new information every day! However, some snippets of knowledge appear to be unforgettable so that even the most random and useless thing might be stuck in your brain forever.
So, I got curious about what worthless bit of trivia or knowledge is forever stuck in our pandas’ heads! Here’s what people had to share.
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That wombats p**p cubes. It has something to do with their intestines being really good at removing water and compacting waste and it comes out in cubes.
Iceland is much less icy and much more green than Greenland.
Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.
A proper one this time. Pineapple ‘eats’ you as you eat it. Pineapple contains a chemical called Bromelain that deconstructs (and will eventually dissolve) proteins, including human tissue. So if you’re wondering why it tingles on your tongue now you know (thankfully our stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve concrete so takes care of Mr Pineapple)
Some words are contranyms, meaning a word that has two different meanings that are the opposite of each other. The three examples I know are: Cleave (can mean either to cling to or to separate from) Left (can be used to refer to the part of a group that departed or the part that stayed. “Three sheep left the flock, how many were left?”) Off (can mean either to activate or to deactivate. “The alarm went off, so I turned it off.”)
Finland is home to the most metal bands per capita, with around 53.5 metal bands per 100,000 people.
A day on venus is longer than a year on venus
A city in California has the Goodyear Blimp as its official bird.
Teeth pop like popcorn when heated.
The word for thinking about your thinking is metacognition. It only comes in handy when you’re trying to impress teachers.
Cats have 38 muscles in each ear
The tip of your elbow is called your wenis.
It’s possible to put a lightbulb inside your mouth, but you can’t get it out without breaking either the glass or your jaw. And no, I don’t know why.
Rockets/spaceships are launched from positions near the equator to the east because the Earth’s rotation makes a start more fuel efficient that way.
Squirrels don’t remember where they buried their acorns. They just bury so many that it’s easy to find one wherever they dig.
Pigs can actually run faster than people. As prey animals, they evolved to run away a lot.
That giraffes mostly sleep standing up and only for like 30 minutes a day.
Messages from your brain travel along your nerves at up to 200 miles per hour.
Not trivia, just a Spanish word my nutty, Mexican friend from college made me learn, for some weird reason. It’s the word for “ear, nose and throat” – otorrinolaringologo. I’ve found myself repeating it over and over in my head whenever I’m in a lot of pain, especially with migraines. I don’t do it intentionally, it just happens. Thanks for the subconscious coping mechanism, Hermès!
Tyrannosaurus Rex is closer to us in time than they were to stegosaurus.
The average person has four to six dreams a night.
The okay hand symbol means “pay me” in Japan. Thanks, Nat geographic!
Cats can’t taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.
Americans spend around 2.5 days each year in total looking for their lost things.
Giraffes use their necks to generate momentum with their heads when they fight.
The bits at the end of shoe laces (metal or plastic or whatever) that make it easier to lace up your shoes are called aglets.
LEGO is the number producer of wheels in the entire world.
that squids brains are doughnut shaped, and their esophagus goes through the middle of their brain before going to their stomach. so food passes through a squids brain before it gets to their stomach.
That DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. I’ve known it since the 4th grade. I’m 57
Heteropaternalsuperfecumdation is the term for when a woman has twins with different fathers. It’s very rare.
If you burn dust it smells like burning flesh and you can get rid of your roommate really fast this way. A professor told my mom’s friend that a long time ago and I tell almost everyone I meet.
Hippopotamus milk is pink.
That a narwhal horn is actually a tooth ._.
They found 7 tons of human hair when they liberated Auschwitz.
A journalist in 1950 predicted that women in the year 2000 would be amazons like Wonder Woman.
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “A B C D E F G” sound the same
That the smell of rain is called petrichor. We get it. Read it a few thousand times from people thinking their smart.
aardwolves, a type of hyena, are one of the few insect-eating canine-appearing mammals. (hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs). I have all the facts I can find about aardwolves living inside my head
Australia is the only country which eats its National animals. And they’re delicious!
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