WTF?! (Strange But True Facts)

[Wh1skeySwagger]

The chance of you dying on the way to get lottery tickets is actually greater than your chance of winning.

 

[CrystalMarker]

Donkey Kong got his name because his creator believed that 'donkey' meant 'stupid' in English and wanted to convey the impression that the character was a "Stupid Ape"

 

[Lakeside]

put your right leg up in the air and rotate your foot anticlockwise. keep rotating and with your right hand draw the number 6. YOUR FOOT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROTATE CLOCKWISE INSTEAD NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT.

Uncanny!

Ls x

 

[Stanthropical]

peanut butter was introduced by a doctor as a meat alternative to provide nessasary protein to the diets of Americans who teeth were to rotten to be able to chew on meat.

Nice twist of facts.

How many of these stories do you people fact-check?

 

[Whoops79]

Dreams are responsible for many of the greatest inventions of mankind. A few examples include:

• The idea for Google -Larry Page
• Alternating current generator -Tesla
• DNA’s double helix spiral form -James Watson
• The sewing machine -Elias Howe
• Periodic table -Dimitri Mendeleyev

The double helix was actually a combination of findings by a.o. Watson colleague Crick, Rosalind Franklin (who actually was the one to make an xray photograph of the helix structure), plus another scientist (have to check on the name) who discover the ratio of the four nucleotides in relation to each other.

Koala's have the same strains of chlamydia as humans have. Go figure how they got it...

 

[Stanthropical]

They who? Humans or Koalas?

 

[Whoops79]

They who? Humans or Koalas?

Either one

 

[Stanthropical]

Can't be either. These are supposed to be facts, not speculation. No?

 

[Whoops79]

Can't be either. These are supposed to be facts, not speculation. No?

I know they carry the same disease, but how it is transmitted from one to the other I should check on it.

 

[nessabbyxo]

 

[Stanthropical]

that is a fact
heres another Tomatoe Ketchup originates from China where it's used a fish sauce

It was fish sauce, not tomato kôe-chiap or kê-chiap.

 

[TeeNTee]

60% of strange facts in this thread aren't strange facts

 

[Stanthropical]

And a lot of them aren't even facts.

 

[Whoops79]

And a lot of them aren't even facts.

'alternative' facts are strange indeed...

 

[TeeNTee]

The two highest IQ scores in recorded history belong to women

Yet they still can't read a map

 

[CrystalMarker]

When filming summer scenes in winter, actors suck on ice cubes just before the camera rolls – it cools their mouths so their breath doesn’t condense in the cold air.

 

[CrystalMarker]

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

 

[Bigglexx]

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Never heard that before.

 

[Lakeside]

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Sounds fair...

Ls x

 

[CrystalMarker]

Monday is the day of the week when the risk of heart attack is greatest. A ten year study in Scotland found that 20% more people die of heart attacks on Mondays than any other day of the week. Researchers theorize that it’s a combination of too much fun over the weekend with the stress of going back to work that causes the increase.