30 Strange Facts That Border On WTF

1. Some studies have shown that talking to yourself in third person can help you make better financial decisions.

2. Cops can perform surveillance on the front of your home for 10 weeks without a warrant.

3. Exposure to short flashes of light at night could help sleeping travelers adjust to new time zones and avoid jet lag.

4. Worldwide, women earn US$18 trillion per year... but spend US$28 trillion.

5. The winner of the 2015 French-language Scrabble World Championships doesn't actually speak French.

6. A snail can sleep soundly for as long as three years.

7. Women are typically better than men at identifying smells.

8. There are towns called "Cool" and "Squabbletown" in California.

9. "Ladies Night" (or at least, the concept of it) is illegal in California and three other states because of gender discrimination.

10. In Newfoundland, Canada, the Atlantic Ocean sometimes freezes. In fact, people play hockey on it when it does.

11. Couples who are in love sometimes synchronize their heart rates after gazing into each others' eyes.

12. In 2014, a prisoner escaped in Arizona to spend Valentine's Day with his girlfriend.

13. In Nevada, an old law dictates that it is illegal to kiss with a mustache.

14. In Spanish, the word "esposas" means both "wives" and "handcuffs."

15. Svangerskabsforebyggende middel is a Danish word for "condom" -- imagine having to say that word during intimacy.

16. There's a "DUMB Starbucks" where every product has the word "dumb" in front of it -- perfect for those of us who hate to love it and love to hate it.

17. The word pencil comes from a Latin word. It means "small penis."

18. The American secret service attempted to add female hormones to Hitler's food.

19. The word "mortgage" comes from a French word that means "death contract."

20. In Oklahoma, there's a law that states it's illegal to take a bite out of another person's hamburger.

21. In ancient Greece, if you wanted to declare love for someone, you threw an apple at them.

22. Mariah Carey's legs are insured for one billion dollars.

23. Charlie Sheen once bought 2,600 seats at a baseball game so he could ensure he'd be the only one to catch a home run ball.

24. In Victoria, Australia, only a licensed electrician is technically allowed to change a light bulb.

25. Jim Carrey used to send funny letters to rapper Tupac Shakur when he was in prison, just to keep him entertained.

26. In the Arabic version of The Simpsons, Homer is called Omar Shamshoom.

27. By 2020, China could have between 30 million and 40 million men who cannot find wives.

28. Divorce is still illegal in the Philippines.

29. Hydrangeas are one of very few plants that accumulate aluminium -- in fact, it's what gave them their color.

30. It's totally okay to sleep at work in Japan -- if you're that exhausted, it implies you're working really, really hard.