Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 will bounce higher than a …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did the Vikings helmets have horns on them? Well popular culture would have us believe that this is the case, but we have been mislead. Not only did Viking helmets not have horns on them, but practically none had any protrusions such as horns or any other item at all. Some did, but this was …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oh no, yet another interesting, but otherwise false and misleading factoid to contend with. Do hippos have pink milk? No they don’t, not at all, not even a single solitary drop. But as with many of these misleading claims that can raise their heads from time to time on the wonderful internet, they contain just …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is the punishment for masturbation in Indonesia decapitation? It’s not exactly a big secret that some Asian countries have a harsh criminal code. In many countries around Asia the harshest penalties are reserved for drug related crimes, namely importation and distribution. Other crimes that can result in a harsh penalty include murder, rape and serious …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you hear the fact that male doctors in Bahrain must use a mirror and can not look upon the genitals of their female patients while examining them? It’s claimed that using a mirror is permitted because they are not looking directly at the sensitive area. Their hands are permitted to do what they need to …
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Would you believe that there are links between president Lincoln and Kennedy? It may seem odd to link two great leaders that are separated by nearly a century, but the connections go very deep, and are eerie to say the least. But is it some kind of message, a deep meaning, or just pure coincidence? First …
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s an old factoid that has been circulating online for quite sometime now that says Donald Duck was banned in Finland. The reason for the popular children’s character being placed on the prohibition register was due to a lack of pants. So this begs the question. Is it true or not? Was Donald Duck banned …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Achoo. Who hasn’t suffered at the hands of the dreaded sneeze? For some people it can be nothing more than the occasional case of the sniffles, but for others it can be the absolute doldrums. Hay fever sufferers especially cop the short end of the stick, sometimes being exposed to months long episodes of sneezing …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Simple enough question. Are polar bears left handed? This is a relatively easy factoid to find, and can be found just about anywhere online. But like so many out there, and believe us when we say that there’s are a lot, this one is just simply wrong. All polar bears are not left handed. It …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you read a fact that bats always turn left when they leave a cave? It’s a truly remarkable fact when you think about it. For an animal to know the difference between left and right, or to have a distinct preference for one direction over the other. But it does obviously raise several questions. …
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