Fun Facts That’ll Actually Make Your Life Better

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In June 2017, the Facebook community reached 2 billion active users.

Meaning, more than a quarter of the world’s population uses this popular social media outlet!

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Samuel L. Jackson requested a purple lightsaber in Star Wars in order for him to accept the part as Mace Windu.

Jackson wanted to be able to find himself on screen in big fight scenes, so he managed to get George Lucas to approve his request and grant him with a purple lightsaber.

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Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.

A few famous people are stricken with this absurd phobia, such as Franklin Roosevelt, and surprisingly enough, Stephen King.

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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.

They were originally been developed as crepe paper and used for gas mask filters.

The actual Kleenex product we know of today evolved from that by accident.

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In 1998, Sony accidentally sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people’s clothes.

These cameras had special lenses that use infrared light meant to be used as night vision, but it also allowed you to see through some types of clothing.

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During your lifetime, you will spend around thirty-eight days brushing your teeth.

This equals out to about 35.5 days in total.

At about two minutes per day, this equates to 0.1% of your life!

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Ronald McDonald is “Donald McDonald” in Japan because it makes pronunciation easier for the Japanese.

Ever since the first McDonald’s opened in Japan in 1971, the mascot has been called Donald McDonald.

Often, Japanese people are surprised to learn he has a different name everywhere else.

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Honeybees can get drunk on fermented tree sap.

It affects bees in a similar way that alcohol affects humans, causing flying accidents and making it difficult to get back to the hive.

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Heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday.

Okay this isn’t exactly a fun fact, but it is interesting! Heart attacks are increased by 20% on Monday’s.

The most common time for them to happen is between 4-10 a.m.

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People with brain damage can suffer from “joke addiction”.

A study by neurologists showed that some patients who suffered from brain trauma and have developed damage on the right-hand side of their brain have a compulsive obsession to tell jokes which they find hilarious, whilst not finding other peoples’ jokes funny.

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Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females.

Billy goats, or bucks is the name given to male goats.

Generally they urinate on themselves in late summer through fall, and for humans, it’s not a pleasant smell.

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There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.

Unlike many other big cats, snow leopards are not aggressive towards humans.

They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.

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There is a sea slug that is part animal and part plant.

The Elysia Chlorotica, a green sea slug, is the first animal ever discovered to create chlorophyll like a plant.

This makes it capable of photosynthesis, meaning it is part animal and part plant.

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The common cold comes from camels.

Scientists studying a deadly disease transmitted from camels also found camels contain the pathogens from which the common cold was born.

Camels are able to transmit diseases to humans and this is where they believe the common cold originated.

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You can fire a gun in space.

Modern firearm ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical which triggers the explosion of gunpowder that fires a bullet.

This means that the oxygen-free vacuum of space wouldn’t stop a gun from firing, as no atmospheric oxygen is required.