Fun Facts That’ll Actually Make Your Life Better

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Polar bears could eat as many as 86 penguins in a single sitting…

…If they didn’t live at opposite ends of the earth! Polar bears live in the arctic, whereas penguins usually live in Antarctica.

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Car manufacturer Volkswagen makes sausages.

Not only that, they make more revenue from their sausage sales than they do from their car sales!

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Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”.

The problem with the trailers showing after the film was that audience wouldn’t stay around to watch them, making the trailers rather ineffective.

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An eagle can hunt down a young deer and fly away with it.

Never underestimate an eagle!

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The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.

The stapes is a bone in the middle ear of humans that which helps conduct sound vibrations for identification.

It is only roughly 0.04 inch (1mm) in size.

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Tennis players are not allowed to swear when they are playing in Wimbledon.

Because of this, line judges have to learn curse words in every language so they know when a player has violated the rules.

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Only 5% of the ocean has been explored.

Alongside this only 1% of the seabed has been discovered and explored.

Sea exploration and mapping didn’t truly start until the 1960s due to the lack of technology beforehand.

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The top six foods that make your fart are beans, corn, bell peppers, cauliflower, cabbage and milk.

It’s probably best if you avoid eating any of these if you’re going on a date!

You’ll probably like to know some fun facts about these foods that make you poo.

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There is a species of spider called the Hobo Spider.

Most bites from the Hobo Spider (Tegenaria agrestis) happen when the spider is accidentally crushed or squeezed by a human.

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A lion’s roar can be heard from 5 miles away.

To be more specific, a lion can roar as loud as 114 decibels, which is roughly 25 times louder than a gas-powered lawnmower.

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Saint Lucia is the only country in the world named after a woman.

Saint Lucia was discovered by the French after they were shipwrecked on the island.

They arrived on December 13th which is the feast day of Saint Lucy – hence, why they named it Saint Lucia!

If you’re planning a vacation, why not check out these random fun facts about Saint Lucia!

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A baby spider is called a spiderling.

Spiders aren’t cute, but this name kind of is! Spiderling is the official name for immature spiders.

On top of that, spiderlings are often born in groups of thousands!

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The United States Navy has started using Xbox controllers for their periscopes.

You read that right – because the control stick for periscopes is so complicated, using Xbox controllers reduces the learning time from hours to minutes.

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The following can be read forward and backwards: Do geese see God?

This sentence is what is called a “palindrome.”


The word itself is from the Greek “palin” meaning “back,” and “dromos” meaning “direction.”

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A baby octopus is about the size of a flea when it is born.

You would think this would make them hard to spot, however since eggs are laid by the tens of thousands, it would be hard to miss a massive cluster of pea-sized octopuses!