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November 09, 2023

The world is a mysterious and strange place. There are a lot of things that make no sense no matter how hard we try to figure them out. For example, did you notice that our seas contain around $700 million worth of gold?! We also bet you didn’t know that the largest peak on the planet is not Mount Everest? And how about the fact that the largest living organism is not a whale, but a 2.4-mile fungus?

Want more facts? We’ve got ’em — 32 of ’em to be exact. Scroll on for more…

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AUSTRALIA IS WIDER THAN THE MOON. Australia is 4000 km wide, while the moon's diameter is 3,475 km. CRACKED.COM — 16 Facts That Are Just Plain Counterintuitive

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The Sun's atmosphere 3 extends past Earth. CRACKED.COM Past Pluto, even. It's called the heliosphere, and while it doesn't contain air, scientists consider it an atmosphere, and it has its own weather. — NASA

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CRACKED.COM The highest number of sweat glands are found on the soles of your feet. With 250,000 glands, it's no surprise that your feet stink! — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Like any other organ, a cornea needs oxygen to function but has no blood vessel to supply it. To make up for it, it gets oxygen directly from the air. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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CRACKED.COM Your heart mimics the music you're listening to. According to studies, your heartbeat copies the tempo from the music you're listening to and changes accordingly! This explains why a fast beat might make your heart race even if you're not doing anything tiring or exciting. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Guys: Doctors can take skin from your forearm and use it to increase the size of your penis. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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When you hold in a fart, the gas is eventually reabsorbed into your bloodstream, It is then released out the mouth through your breath instead of your butt. CRACKED.COM COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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There CRACKED.COM are such things as UNDERWATER WATERFALLS Wait, what? In some places, , patches of The 2-miles-tall Denmark Underwater waterfalls can't be but if ocean of different Strait Cataract, located seen, you tinted them, perhaps temperatures meet. Since between Greenland and they'd look like this cold water is heavier than Iceland, is the illusion largest caused by sand and silt offthe coast of warmer water, it just falls. waterfall on Earth. Mauritius. — 20 Mind-Blowing Facts That Seem Like Bullsh#t (But Aren't)

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We breathe out our weight. When someone loses weight, excess fat is not disposed with the feces as most people believe, but through our lungs as carbon-dioxide. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Your liver has a superhuman ability to regrow. Donor Recipient The liver can grow back its full size even after 75% of it is removed. When you donate your liver, the donated part will grow back to full size in the host's body; yours will too. CRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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Chronic gamers make excellent surgeons. GRAUN According to a 2007 study of students training to become surgeons, long time gamers performed up to 47% better on screen assisted surgeries than non-gamers. Remember this when it is time for a colonoscopy. — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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we lose our sense OF smell when we sleep 2 GRACKED.COM — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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GRACKED.COM Under certain circumstances, hot water will freeze faster than cold water This counterintuitive phenomenon, described by Aristotle, Francis Bacon, and Rene Descartes, has been named the Mpemba Effect after it was rediscovered in the 1960s by a Tanzanian high-school student. — 20 Mind-Blowing Facts That Seem Like Bullsh#t (But Aren't)

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JERRY SEINFELD IS OLDER THAN RUBY BRIDGES. Seinfeld, the comedian, and Bridges, the first Black child to desegregate a school, were born in the same year. CRACKED.COM — 16 Facts That Are Just Plain Counterintuitive

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IO HAS NO OCEANS. HOWEVER, IT STILL HAS TIDES. TIDES OF ROCK. THE GRAVITY OF JUPITER AND THE OTHER MOONS CAUSES TO'S SURFACE TO RISE AND FALL UP TO 100 METERS. THAT'S AS HIGH AS A 30-STORY BUILDING. THIS CONSTANT TIDAL MASSAGING CAUSES IT TO BE A VERY VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE BODY. CRACKED.COM — 20 Mind-Blowing Facts That Seem Like Bullsh#t (But Aren't)

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The Battle of Waterloo was a windfall for the denture industry. CRACKED.COM Dentures were often made from dead people's real teeth -- often soldiers, specifically. Sadly, the Battle of Waterloo produced about 50,000 dead soldiers. Some chomper mogul saw piles of dead young men and said Hey! Free teeth! — BBC

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The density of Saturn is low enough that it would float in water CRACKED.COM — 20 Mind-Blowing Facts That Seem Like Bullsh#t (But Aren't)

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Henry VIII and Francis I threw the most expensive mixer in history. CRACKED.COM In 1520, the two kings threw a joint party that wound up being an 18-day d*ck measuring contest. They each one-upped each other in lavishness until they'd burnt about $19 million in today's money. No word on who had the bigger duck. — Smithsonian

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CRACKED.co Due to tidal forces between the Earth and Moon; days get 1.4 milliseconds longer every 100 years, as s the Earth's rotation gets slower. This may not seem like a big deal, but back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a day was only 23 hours long. ii 12 1 Apr '10 2 9 3 — 20 Mind-Blowing Facts That Seem Like Bullsh#t (But Aren't)

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Most of us know that an adult skeleton has 206 bones, but did you know... arms that we are born with over 300 bones? As we grow, some bones fuse together, many in the skull and pelvis. CRACK — 30 Medical Facts You'll Swear Are B.S. (But Aren't)

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CHINESE CHECKERS WAS INVENTED IN GERMANY. The nomenclature was a marketing ploy to capitalize on interest in Eastern culture. CRACKED.COM — 16 Facts That Are Just Plain Counterintuitive

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WE EXCRETE GOLD THROUGH OUR SKIN AND HAIR. We consume nanoparticles of gold found in seawater and soil. Babies under three months old have more gold in their hair due to breast milk. CRACKED.COM — BBC Science Focus

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The Book of the Dead contains a chain letter. CO Disney CRACKED.COM The book insists that anyone who copies one particular image shall find it of great benefit to him both in heaven and on earth. Furthermore, any man who knows not this picture shall never be able to repulse the serpent Neha-hra. — Smithsonian

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CRACKED.co THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ACTUALLY LOOKS BACK IN TIME. WHEN IT TAKES A PICTURE OF A GALAXY 100 MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY, WE ARE SEEING THE GALAXY AS IT LOOKED 100 MILLION YEARS AGO. — 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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If you add up the weight of the electrons that are used to power up the entire internet, it would add up to approximately 50 grams or 1.76 ounces! IN OTHER WORDS, THE INTERNET WEIGHS ABOUT AS MUCH AS A LARGE EGG! GRACKED.COM — 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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Mice v Giraffes

A mouse has as many bones in its neck as a giraffe. CRACKED.COM Both have seven neck Vertebrae, as do humans and nearly all other mammals. The giraffe's just happen mg to be a whole lot longer. — Natural History Museum

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Thomas Jefferson had to campaign on an I'm not dead yet platform. CRACKED.COM Right around the 4th of July in 1800, newspapers started reporting that Thomas Jefferson was dead. It was most likely a plot by his Federalist rivals to stymie his political support, with one rag even reporting some compassionate being very humanely killed Mr. Jefferson. — 6 Historical Hoaxes That Are Too Stupid Even For 2017

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GRACKED.COM Particles can flow UP streams of water. The effect is called vertical contamination. — 22 True Facts (That Seem Like Nonsense)

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Tokyo and Canada have roughly the same population. See of Jepan Mariokn OWWitehorse Japan Yarnagita, Honshu C A Hudson Parilia Ocean Kyoto N Tokyo A D Edmonton Neothe Materryoma Osaskatoon Winnipea GRACKEDO Because the population in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area has been declining in recent years. Before? Tokyo had MORE people than Canada. — The Guardian

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Andrew Jackson's pottymouthed parrot had to be escorted from his funeral. CRACKED.COM Someone thought it was a good idea to invite Jackson's parrot to his funeral. The bird got so worked up being around so many people that it started randomly screeching its lexicon, which included many a swear word. — Presidential Pet Museum

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All the atoms that make up the human race can fit in a sugar cube. 4 CRACKED.COM ... If you reduce each atom to its components, as each atom is mostly empty space. However, we still don't recommend this, as it is against the law. — Department of Energy

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Grand Central Station

Grand Central is more radioactive 3 than a nuclear plant. CRACKED Because granite is naturally radioactive. That doesn't mean Grand Central is dangerous. It means a little radioactivity is no big deal. — Wall Street Journal

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