If there's one thing I really like, it's learning fun random facts that I'll probably forget about in a few days.

I want some more cool people on my whitelist. So to get whitelisted, all you have to do is share a fun fact! Doesn't matter if it's a random fun fact about an animal or some weird science fact, or even if it's not so fun!

For example, recently, I found out you can't hum if you hold your nose closed.

I'm also having a whitelist-only giveaway here. (Level 0 and unfortunately regional restricted. Steam keys should have 0 restrictions on them >:()
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Olo99/
ENDED!

Edit: Whew! I was trying to reply to all the comments but there's so many! I don't wanna endlessly bump my own thread with all my comments. Thanks for wanting to be a part of my whitelist, guys. Altho I (probably) won't respond to your comment, I'm still whitelisting, I promise!

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The living creature that kills the most people every year is mosquitoes, and chainsaws, the traditional murder weapon in horror films, were invented to aid in childbirth

Or else - T-shirts were originally intended for unmarried men who themselves did not know how to sew buttons to shirts with a collar.

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Starting off with a not-so-fun couple. I can dig it. That last one.. hehe.

WL'ed!

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The chainsaw one is both surprising and horrifying.

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Praying mantises don't eat their males if they are well fed ;3

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Ooo I just always assumed they did it regardless. Makes much more sense now.
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To my knowledge the same is true for black widows. Even if they are hungry, there is a slight chance the male can get away.

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Fun fact: There are at least two ways to hum with your nose held closed:

1) Keep your mouth open. :P
2) Rebreathe the air in your mouth, hum in and out as long as you can hold your breath. (This is much harder and sounds pretty weird, but it is humming!)

Another fun fact: NASA has detected at least two exoplanets with the basic chemical building blocks of life (carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor) present in their atmospheres. [link]

2 years ago
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Heh, sounds like throat singing!

Also, that's really awesome. Ever since I first watched Star Trek a few years ago, I've been absolutely amazed with NASA's discoveries. So many infinite possibilities for an infinite universe to hold. Thanks for sharing.

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Let me try:

A dung beetle is not only the world's strongest insect but also the strongest animal on the planet compared to body weight.

2 years ago
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Interesting... Guess rolling all that dung for millions of years evolved them to be ripped little bugs.

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Thanks for accepting :)
Your comment on the year let me found this:
"Using ancient fossils and DNA from 450 modern scarab beetle species, scientists now estimate that dung-eating beetles popped up at least 115 million years ago"

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Always amazes me the species that's been on this earth for millions of years. Some of them even unchanged from the prehistoric era.

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A fact about language: the English language contains a few "auto-antonyms", words that mean two opposite meanings. For example, "to dust something" can mean either to remove dust, or to add dust. And "oversight" can mean an accidental error, or supervision to make sure errors don't happen. Somewhat similarly, a "recorder" means both a device for recording music, and an instrument for producing music.

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I actually have never thought about that. I knew different words can mean different things like "read" and "live". Thanks for the fact :D

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In 1937, a goalkeeper named Sam Bartran (Chartlon Athletic) stood alone on the field for 15 minutes because he didn't realize the game had been cancelled due to heavy fog.

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That's both funny and creepy. Ever since Silent Hill, fog has always creeped me out.

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Man, Silent Hill is my favourite game, but for me the creepy shit from it is the radio, can't stand white noise after that game. Fog for me it's calming and magical, maybe it's because I live in a place where the fog is not that heavy.

Another fun/cute fact: Sea otters hold each others hands when they sleep in the water so they don't drift apart.

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This diagram shows cat tail position meanings. Not sure if they’re common knowledge, but I didn’t know them!

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I remember seeing a chart like at my vet a while back but I never remembered which one is which. Thanks for the refresher! WL'ed

2 years ago
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Thank you! It’s easier to remember the “unsure” tail because it looks like a question mark

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Ducks have three eyelids. The top and bottom as well as a third that is found on the side of the eye. It is clear and acts much like goggles.

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Ducks are so cool and many ways!

WL'ed!

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Nutella is also considered to be kosher.

Under the supervision of the Kashruth Division of the Orthodox Union, the popular hazelnut spread, Nutella is officially certified as a Kosher product. Additionally, it was also certified Halaal by the National Independent Halaal Trust group or N.I.H.T for short. Despite being similar, the Halaal dietary requirements are considered to be different from that of Kosher diets.

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That's perfect. Everyone deserves to enjoy Nutella. It's the best thing to put on sliced bread since sliced bread.

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A gene and protein that separates your right brain from the left, and determines you have two eyes is called sonic hedgehog.

The gene’s symbol is SHH. The name wasn’t inspired directly by the game, but a comic-book series. A British post-doc named Robert Riddle drew inspiration from a Sonic comic his 6-year-old daughter was reading. The gene appropriately has a spikey appearance.

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That's... really cool. Sonic definitely has an influence worldwide. Now he's part of our anatomy!

(Also, I remember those comics. Some of my uncle's old Archie comics had little snippets inside. Loved them)

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Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

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As someone with Thalassophobia, if I was a marine creature, I would too.

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Fun fact
Vending machines are more likely to kill people than sharks.
According to past statistics, 2 times per 1 year for Vending machines event, and 1 times per 1 year for sharks event.

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If there's one thing I learned from all the past Shark Weeks i've lived through, it's the fact that Shark attacks are incredibly exaggerated! And now knowing that vending machines kill more people makes it funnier. Vendernado movie when?

WL'ed!

2 years ago
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You know.... I'm hardly surprised. You could've told me that out of the blue without a source and I would've believed you.

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2 years ago
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Really?? I found it very surprising, but not actually shocking. More a bit ... sad.

Anyways, thank you ♥

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Over the years I formed a theory: If suddenly a fire breaks out in my house and there's no way out, I'll turn on the shower and get under it, because I believe you can't burn yourself to death taking a shower, I believe that this way I'll be safe.
Am I right or wrong? (I'm just kidding) hahahaha 😂

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You know, that's a decent theory. I have no idea whether it's even viable or not but if my life was on the line, I might as well give it a shot, eh?

WL'ed!

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When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less.
McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli.
The heads on Easter Island have bodies.
The "M's" in M&Ms stand for "Mars" and "Murrie".
The dot over the lower case "i" or "j" is known as a "tittle".
The first iPhone wasn't made by Apple.
A tick bite can make you allergic to red meat.
Sharks existed before trees.
The Twitter bird's official name Is Larry.
The first oranges weren’t orange.

(sorry I knew you only asked for 1 but I was enjoying myself with those facts :3 )

2 years ago
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No worries. If anything, it just goes to show how many little things we should know but just don't. Thanks for the facts! :D

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I was on the 3rd fact when I realized these are separate unrelated facts.

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Haha oh sorry, maybe I should have make that more clear!
Hope you enjoyed them though ^^

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No worries.
Yes, they were fun.

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Coleoids (a group of cephalopods including octopi, squids, and nautiluses) have three hearts: a systemic heart, which circulates blood around the body (same as the human heart), and a pair of branchial hearts found at the base of the gills, with each branchial heart pumping it through each of the two gills.

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I once read someone refer to Coleoids as the "Aliens of Earth" and knowing this now, that person wasn't wrong. Fascinated species.

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Heh, that's a good one; they're pretty alien indeed! :D

Thanks! WL returned! :)

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Interesting.. I always try to keep a scent-free envrionment for myself anyways, but now it's extra good to know I could be saving my cat from having a reaction. Thanks!

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There actually aren’t “57 varieties” of Heinz ketchup, and never were. Company founder H.J. Heinz thought his product should have a number, and he liked 57. Hint: Hit the glass bottle on the “57,” not the bottom, to get the ketchup to flow.

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I mean, I suppose 57 could be considered a pretty aesthetic number. The things people do just do do them is funny.

Also, I have actually never seen a glass ketchup bottle. Only the hard plastic ones here in Canada. But now that I know, if I ever stumble across one, I'll 100% remember this in the back of my head

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You are the first in the last 5 years to create a discussion about fun facts on SG.
Is that fun? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But that's a fact.

2 years ago
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That is fun.. and quite literally a fact!

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Not sure how you verified that, but must have taken you a lot of time.

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~ 5 mins. I just used different combinations of "fun fact" words in discussions search. =)

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Wait, I had not noticed there was a search feature for discussions. I feel stupid now.

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Facts are often not facts at all, but just what we believe to be true to the best of our knowledge. As we learn more and do more research, we often learn that things we believed to be facts throughout our lives were not true.

Here is an example. It is a recent study trying to figure out why balloons make a loud bang when the are popped. The conclusion states that it is most likely not just a sudden release of pressure or the tear in the latex propagating faster than the speed of sound creating a sonic boom, but is actually caused by vibrations in the balloons surface as the latex retracts.

Another recent example that is much more important than a balloon popping is how a wing creates lift. The smartest engineers in the world and anyone involved in aeronautics, like NASA, have been taught about Bernoulli's principle, but we now know that it is incorrect and we still do not understand why the curvature of a wing produces lift.

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Absolutely. Science is always evolving. That's what makes it even more fascinating :D

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Scotland has 421 words for “snow”.

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Having talked to a few scottish people before, I'm not too surprised. It's a very interesting language!

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About 1-3% of world's population (mostly women) are thought to be tetrachromatic, i.e., they have one more cone in their retina, which allows them to see an estimated 10^2-10^6 times more colours.

2 years ago
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Wow... It'd be awesome to experience the difference!

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Most people have an above average number of legs, due to the average being slightly less than 2 :)

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... You know, I'm not too sure what to say to that. 🤔 Being above average in something is always a bonus, tho!

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"Helicopter" has Greek roots. One root word means "wing". Which part do you think?

If you guessed pter you're correct! Helico is from helix, meaning spiral. It's literally spiral wing. This explains where the p in pterodactyl comes from, as well. Your whole life, those two words were right in front of you and you never realized they were related.

Thanks for the whitelist opportunity!

2 years ago
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It's crazy how much of a word is can be made up from other languages and we don't even know.

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I thought 'helicopter' originated when a french man saw one and said, "Hey look up there"

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Elephants have no natural enemy, which would make them the strongest land animal except for humans.
Also, dolphins hunt in packs, they gather a large bulk of fish in a place and then they feast. They have also been seen to self stimulate themselves using eels and get high on pufferfish toxins.

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This reminded me about how orcas are a natural predator of moose. True story, look it up!

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Ahh... I remember those dolphin facts. Dolphins are so cool, but there's just... some things you wish you didn't know, y'know? But hey, they aren't much different than us.

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