19 Fascinating Facts You Probably Never Knew

1.

Michael Jackson owned the original pair of scissorhands from the movie. Edwards Scissorhands.

2.

A cat nicknamed “Unsinkable Sam” survived three separate British shipwrecks during World War II.

3.

Michael Jackson owned the original pair of scissorhands from the movie. Edwards Scissorhands.

4.

Before he became president, Abraham Lincoln was an elite wrestling champion. In 300 matches, he only lost one.

5.

Between 1913 and 1914, Sigmund Freud, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Emperor Franz Joseph, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Leon Trotsky lived in Vienna within 4km of each other. Talk about a sitcom idea!

6.

Greater stick-nest rats, an Australian native rodent, glue their nests together using urine, which dries like cement.

7.

Baby kittens and puppies can’t urinate and defecate on their own. Their mothers lick their genitals and anuses to prompt them to do so and then also clean it up. If you’re taking care of one, you have to use a towel or washcloth to do the same.

8.

Queen Victoria gave the rights of her will to her physician who she trusted more than her family. The royal family is still trying and failing to get the will from the doctor’s family.

9.

German submarine U-215 sank during WW2, but didn’t decompress. It’s still sealed on the bottom of the ocean with 49 people inside.

10.

You can smell your own lungs. Your brain just filters it out.

11.

Penguin eggs turn transparent when hard boiled.

12.

The Tiger Beetle runs so fast it can't see while running.

13.

Dr. Seuss invented the word nerd.

14.

Kangaroos have embryonic diapause, meaning they can pause their pregnancies until a good time.

15.

"Louie Louie" was a #2 hit in 1963 for The Kingsmen. The vocals were so garbled and slurred, rumors spread that the lyrics were dirty. The FBI investigated the song on suspicion of violating obscenity laws. After two years, they decided the lyrics were "unintelligible at any speed."

16.

Fire smells different depending on how far from the flame your face is.

17.

The world's largest tire producer by total number of tires made is Lego.

18.

Dragonflies suck water up their butts and shoot it out like jets when they get tired.

19.

Lake Superior does not give up her dead. The waters of Lake Superior are so cold that the bodies and the majority of stuff from shipwrecks is preserved.

20.

The potato was once so undesirable that even the poor of Europe wanted nothing to do with it. They believed it caused leprosy, sterilization, and other issues.

21.

When a rooster crows it partially pinches shut its ear canals so it won't deafen itself.

22.

Elephants can purr, like cats. They can also laugh, or at least baby ones can.