Weird-Ass Facts

[neoman10]

The original recipe for Coca-cola included cocaine (hence the name)

OBJECTION!
It actually contained Coca-leaves what cocaine is made of

Oh snap!

Here's one I learned when I moved to Finland

The Molotov Cocktail is Finnish and is named so because it was the only drink they would serve to Soviet foreign minister Molotov

 

[cartzo]

lions are actually more closely related to dogs than they are to cats.
the madagascan Aye aye lemur can have sex for up to 6 hours at a time.

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Bagpipes, although identified with Scotland, are actually a very ancient instrument, introduced into the British Isles by the Romans.

They are very ancient, and I'm pretty sure they weren't made in Scotland. Where they were made, though, I have no idea.

Shakespeare invented the word assassination.

The word "assassin" is passed down from some other language, I can't remember which, so he didn't make up the word "assassin", but may have made up "assassination".

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Your mother was hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.

 

[maninahat]

Saturday is the only day named after a Greek
honey is the only food that doesn't go moldy.

Yeast is a type of mold, and honey will eventually ferment in the correct conditions .This actually happened to my stock of expensive Chinese stuff.

Another factoid: Strawberrys are neither fruit nor vegetable. They are "pseudocarp", or "false fruit", because they are seeded but the seeds are on the outside of the flesh.

 

[MetaKnight19]

The universe smells of steak, and is beige in colour.

your kidding right?

Unfortunately not. I remember seeing this story a while ago, and it just stuck in the back of my head. Here is the link for it. I dug around a bit more and found out that it also smells like hot metal. BBQ anyone?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1078215/Ever-wondered-space-smells-like-Fried-steak-hot-metal-say-scientists.html

 

[ninjapenguin981]

Henry the eighth legally speaking only had one wife.

It's 2.

 

[olcohalic]

Cockroaches can change direction 25 times in a second.

Men with long hair were not allowed in Disneyland before 1960.

 

[maninahat]

Bagpipes, although identified with Scotland, are actually a very ancient instrument, introduced into the British Isles by the Romans.

Tartan is not Scottish either. Nor Whiskey (though "Whisky" is). The Scots did invent Tikka Masala though, and not the Indians.

Shakespeare invented the word assassination.

Shakespeare invented an ass loads of words. You can see lots of them here: http://www.pathguy.com/shakeswo.htm
Note that "invented" in this case refers to "the earliest use". Had more text existed from ealier containing these phrases, Shakespeare obviously would lose the credit.

 

[aseelt]

In France it is illegal to park your flying saucer in a field.

Why they needed this law I don't know, but you aliens (if you're reading this, and I suspect you are...) should watch out so you don't get a ticket. Or towed.

 

[Snicks]

You are more likely to be crushed by vending machine then being bitten by a shark

Great, now I'm terrified of vending machines too, way to go.

 

[Jonatron]

Necrophelia is not a federal offense

As of 2004, there was an Island in the UK where it was/is technically legal to shot Scottsmen with crossbows in the arse.

Fix'd!

 

[Shapsters]

Hm... lets see, I should have some interesting facts in my brain somewhere, I have been reading cracked articles a lot lately, and I also am able to retain interesting animal facts.

-All marsupials have forked penises/vaginas, this causes them to only be able to mate with other marsupials. This is why marsupials have stayed pretty much the same for so long, they are unable to mate with anyone but themselves.
-Hippos kill more people per year than all other African animals combined(maybe not ALL but close)
-Shakespeare invented many modern words such as assassin, alligator, and many others.
-Cows always feed facing north.
-Dolphins are the only other mammal besides humans that kill and have sex for sport. They will sometimes give blowjobs with their blowholes.
-Tigers have striped skin, the fur just follows suit.

I'm sure I have more...

 

[Kuchinawa212]

You are more likely to be crushed by vending machine then being bitten by a shark

Great, now I'm terrified of vending machines too, way to go.

Sure no problem. Remember that the next time you go get a nice good pepsi or coca-cola to satisfy your thirst...IT COULD BE YOUR LAST!

Nah, it's only if you bag them or kick them which makes them tip over on you

 

[razer17]

A pig's orgasm lasts for half an hour

How did they figure that out, and most importantly; why?

They found it out by breeding pigs. Since animals don't have sex for pleasure, the orgasm is literally just the amount of time that the male comes, in this case half an hour.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

Feels like hours to me...

 

[Shapsters]

A pig's orgasm lasts for half an hour

How did they figure that out, and most importantly; why?

They found it out by breeding pigs. Since animals don't have sex for pleasure, the orgasm is literally just the amount of time that the male comes, in this case half an hour.

Except dolphins! Dont forget about those sex crazy dolphins!

 

[Squeaksx]

Did you know.....

A platypus has venomous spines on its body.

If you cut the head off a giraffe, due to the amount of blood pressure, the resulting spurt of blood would shoot 3m in the air (makes you think who had the time to find that out.. :s)

Before George Washington had a set of wooden teeth he had a pair made of hippo's teeth.

And Mel Blanc the voice of Bugs Bunny was allergic to carrots.

So yeah...anyone else got any weird facts?

Mel Blanc was not allergic to carrots, he claimed he didn't eat them for the recording sessions because he wouldn't have been able to spit them out quick enough to do his lines. He used celery instead for that reason.

 

[Darkadder246]

A cat's penis is barbed so it can stay in the female cat. That's why it sounds so painful when they mate.

Gold fish have memory spans of 3 seconds

Peanuts are one of the ingredients in Dynamite.

Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.

Mythbusters proved goldfish have more than a 3 second memory by running goldfish through a maze.

 

[Indecizion]

That goldfish DONT have a memory of 3 seconds, thank you mythbusters