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Interestingly Funny Facts That You Should Know

Who said learning new things isn’t fun? With these facts, you’ll both learn and laugh at the same time. Especially when you’re feeling down or in low spirits, these funny facts about pop culture, crazy news, and weird human behavior will surely lift your spirit and give you a good laugh. 

Hell

Hell is an actual place. Well, not the actual you know from the Bible, but the village in southern Norway. Even though it’s called Hell, it has freezing temperatures that would constantly drop from 20°C to negative temperatures.

Human Intestines

You might have noticed that the human body is weird, right? But did you know that the small intestine is longer than the large intestine? The small intestine has a length of 20 feet and one inch in diameter, while the large intestine has a length of 5 feet and 3 inches in diameter. To put this into simpler terms, the large intestine is smaller than the small intestine.

Suing God

This may sound like a made-up fact, but many people filed a case against God. For some reason that you can imagine like negligence, unable to keep the Devil from people, and other acts of God that would be harmful to the people.

Uranus was Formerly Named George

Yes, you read that right. Uranus was initially named George in honor of King George III when the English astronomer, William Herschel discovered Uranus back in 1781. He named it Georgium Sidus, which means the Georgian Planet.

Cows and Country Music Doesn’t Go Along Well

You would think cows would dance to the sound of country music. But according to one study, cows generated 3% less of their milk when they heard country music sounds. This study was conducted on 45 cows from Scotland, where they listen to classical and country music. 

When the cows were listening to classical music, they could produce more milk. Where one cow could make an extra liter of milk than usual. However, when the cows were tuned in to listen to country music, they generated 3% less than usual.

Prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse

The United States CDC or Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s primary job was to contain and observe epidemics. However, you would be shocked that their official website has a specific part wholly devoted to preparing the humans for a Zombie apocalypse. 

People Named LOL

In the United States, there are around 152 people who are named LOL. Lots of love or laugh out loud? What their parents intended it to be, we may never know the true meaning of it. No, it isn’t their nicknames, but their legitimate name when they were born, and most of them live in Wyoming.

Pringles Debate

From the years 2007 to 2009, court judges debated if Pringles are considered to be potato chips or not. But in 2009, it was finally decided that they were, in fact, potato chips. Though they may now be considered as potato chips, only 42% of the Pringles are potato while the remaining are made of wheat.

Run Forrest, Run!!

Who hasn’t watched Forrest Gump? You might not know this, but the movie Forrest Gump had more CGI effects than the movie Jurassic Park. When Tom Hanks, the main actor in the movie, was running through the jungle in Vietnam, and when he showed his skills in table tennis, they were all CGI. 

Slap-Me-Not

There is a real sport in Russia where you have to slap the living out of your opponent. The first competition for slapping was held in Russia in March 2019. The first person to ever win this competition was Vasiliy “the Dumpling” Kamotskiy. He weighs a staggering 370 pounds and winning the tournament earned him 30,000 Russian Ruble or $470.

Camels Have a Vertical Spine

When you look at a camel, you would instantly think we are joking, right? But no. Their spines are not much different from us humans. Their humps aren’t their spine, but the fat that’s considered being their energy reserve.

Black and White Dreams

We aren’t joking. Before the invention of colored TV, 75% of respondents said their dreams didn’t have any color. Even today, there are still 12% who said that their dreams are still black and white.

Rubik’s Cube

Ernő Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik’s cube, had a hard time solving his invention and took him a month to solve it. Well, who can blame him? There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible moves that you can take to finally solve it. And now, the world record holder for solving the Rubik’s cube is only 4.22 seconds.

Takeaway

We hope that these facts made you laugh and lift your spirits even for a little bit. If you are interested in learning and having fun at the same time with these fun facts, there are many of them all over the internet.