15 Odd Facts Most People Never Think About

1. Every year, you shed more than eight pounds of skin that collects in the corners of your house.

2. In 1995, a hailstorm that dropped balls of ice the size of baseballs hit Texas.

3. Every planet in the Solar System can fit in the space between Earth and the Moon. Imagine looking up at the sky and seeing these massive orbs peering over you.

4. The ten hottest years on record have all occurred in the 21st century.

5. More than 99% of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are extinct.

6. A rat’s teeth can gnaw through lead sheeting and cinder block.

7. Animals, including insects, were put on trial in Medieval Europe. The earliest record of an animal on trial is the execution of a pig in 1266 at Fontenay-aux-Roses.

8. People who suffer from sleep paralysis often find themselves unable to move while they hallucinate terrifying images.

9. UVB-76, aka “The Buzzer” is a possibly haunted radio station. It broadcasts a low-frequency noise and few transmissions in Russian.

10. Crows have been known to recognize human faces and even attack them if they’ve somehow pissed them off.

11. Our seas are seeing massive jellyfish blooms due to climate change.

12. You share 80 million bacteria in a single kiss.

13. Scientists have found a new kind of tarantula with a horn on its back in southeastern Angola.

14. Sarah Winchester of the Winchester Rifle fortune was convinced she was haunted. To confuse the frightful spirits, she built her mansion to be as confusing as possible.

15. In 2008 a man living in rural Japan noticed his food disappearing at night. When he installed cameras, they revealed a woman had been living in his house. At the time of her discovery, she had been living there for months.