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Earlobes and Nipples Do Not Line Up

So I was looking through an app on my phone recently about "interesting facts", which turned out to be factoids, and one of the factoids was that your earlobes line up with your nipples. Now, as you can imagine the first thing I tried to do was look down, and then to ... Read More

The World’s Biggest Pimple on a Human, is It a Real Pimple?

When it comes to the numerous claims for the world's biggest pimple on a human, the internet seems to be filled with claimants. Most of the claims appear to be on video sharing site YouTube, of which we have our own channel filled with cool and interesting facts from our ... Read More

Most Babies Born to One Mother at Once

It has been reported via social media, and a few suspect websites that an Indian woman set the enviable record for the most babies born to one mother at once. It was reported that she had delivered eleven babies, all at once, in a single pregnancy. Now that's quite a massive ... Read More

Was Julius Caesar Born by Caesarean Section

When a mother is unable to deliver a baby naturally she is often rushed, or if trouble was foreseen, booked into theater for a Caesarean section. A Caesarean section is the surgical procedure where the baby is removed from the mothers womb not through the vagina, but through a cut ... Read More

Number of Spiders Eaten in Your Sleep Every Year

What are the number of spiders eaten in your sleep every year? We will try to shed a little light on this often heard of fact, and point out that it's utterly and completely false. There's an often quoted factoid that circulates on the internet that says the average person will ... Read More

Do We Only Use 10 Percent of Our Brain

Start thinking about this right now. Do we only use 10 percent of our brain? That's 10 percent of every part of our brain to perform every function in our lives. This includes reading, and other complex activities, right through to the mundane, such as breathing and feeling pain. Surely ... Read More

Are Babies Born Without Kneecaps?

Are babies born without kneecaps? Despite common beliefs that babies are not born with kneecaps, they actually are. A lot of people mistakenly believe that babies are not born with them, and they develop later in life as a developmental stage. I know that I'm going to have some parents ... Read More

Do Tonsils Bounce?

Do tonsils bounce like a rubber ball for thirty minutes after being removed? Sadly they do not, and this is just another urban myth that has been concocted for entertainment purposes. So, let's dig a little deeper into this dubious fact shall we? There is a "fact" circulating that tonsils ... Read More