25 Times People Shared Amazing And Bizarre Facts That Are Hard To Believe

Reddit has long been the go-to platform for interesting questions and even more fascinating answers, and one recent thread proves why. When someone on the r/AskReddit community posed the question, “What is the most unusual fact you know?”, thousands of users stepped up to share their most bizarre, jaw-dropping tidbits. From little-known trivia to facts that could win you a bar bet, the thread became a treasure trove of knowledge.

Here are some of the most unusual (and slightly weird) facts Redditors shared.

#1

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A weird fact is that honey never spoils; archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still perfectly good to eat!

#2

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Pelicans have three stomachs and one of them is just for bones.

#3

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That divider at grocery stores that separates stuff on the conveyor belt is called a spratchet.

#4

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The minimum number of humans required for the species survival is about two hundred. The minimum number required for *any* level of survival is fifty. Below that, the inbreeding becomes a problem in the long term.

#5

The swimming pools on the Titanic are still full of water to this day.

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#6

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If you eat polar bear liver it will kill a human and if a polar bear eats your liver it will too.

#7

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Great white sharks have never been seen mating. Ever. By anyone. Zero record made by a human. Strange considering what a mighty presence they have on humans.

#8

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For me it is that the lighter was invented before matches.

#9

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LASER is an acronym (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) but in most cases should be LOSER because the light is oscillated, not amplified.

#10

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Spiders curl up when they die because the thing that keeps their legs out is blood pressure, which releases when they die.

#11

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Off the top of my head, maybe that fact that the great cats roar, but do not purr; lesser cats purr but do not roar.

#12

All cheetahs are genetically cousins. They almost went extinct thousands of years ago, down to like 100 individuals.

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#13

Killer whales are a natural predator of moose.

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#14

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Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood so fascinating!

#15

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Your eyes have their own immune system. If your “normal” immune system discovers this it will attack your eyes and you’ll go blind.

#16

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The first public game of basketball was played the same week and less than 100 miles away from the last American vampire hunt.

On March 11, 1892, James Naismith debuted his new game in front of a crowd of 200 spectators at the Armory Hill YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Meanwhile, on March 17, 1892, in Exeter, Rhode Island, a crowd of concerned villagers dug up the grave of 19 year old Mercy Brown. She had died two months earlier and locals had become convinced that her vampire was feeding on her sickly brother. In an effort to stop the undead Mercy, the crowd exhumed her corpse, burned her heart and liver, and gave the ashes to her brother in a tonic.

#17

John Tyler, the 10th US president, was born in 1790 – that is during the first US president George Washington’s first term.

His grandson, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, is still alive – that is the current US president Joe Biden’s term.

Think about it – just three generations (father,son and grandson) to cover the entire US presidential history.

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The spinal cord has the consistency of a ripe banana.

#19

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Otters carry around their favorite clam-opening rock in their armpit, and mothers will even pass on their favorite rock to their baby.

#20

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When a caterpillar enters a chrysalis and becomes a butterfly, it doesn’t just sprout wings and legs. It essentially disintegrates into goo, and a new butterfly is built from that.

But that’s not the weirdest part. The weirdest part is that it’s possible to teach something to that caterpillar, and after it becomes goo and then re-forms as a butterfly, it still remembers what you taught it.

#21

I noticed this when visiting museums, looking at old paintings: hands are often ‘hidden’, covered by flowers, clothing or they disappear in the shadows. I researched it later and learned it is true. Even the best painters struggled with drawing and painting hands. I look for hands in every painting now.

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