19 Facts People Refuse to Believe Are True
Carly Tennes
Published
04/23/2024
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While most "facts" that prompt a frantic, confused web search turn out not to be true, the same can't be said of every eyebrow-arching tidbit floating throughout the internet — just ask the fine folks of r/AskReddit.
From just how long sharks have been lurking on earth to orca's unexpected prey, here are 19 facts people refuse to believe.
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2. “Some worms were frozen solid for over 40.000 years in Siberian permafrost, then some scientists revived them. So they were actually not dead, just resting.”
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3. “If you're seven feet tall you have a 1 in 6 chance of landing in the NBA.”
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4. “It was only 66 years from the Wright brothers first flight to Armstrong walking on the moon.”
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6. “Koalas entire diet is eucalyptus tree leaves. Which are incredibly toxic Baby koalas aren't born with any immunity to the toxins.... they gain this by eating their mothers [excrement].”
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7. “The last execution by guillotine in France occurred the same year Star Wars was released.”
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9. “Rats can laugh, we just can’t hear it because it’s not in our audible range.”
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10. “Oxford university is older than the Aztec empire.”
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11. “Orcas are a natural predator of moose.”
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12. “Wooly Mammoths did not go extinct until 1,000 years after the Great Pyramids of Giza were built.”
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13. “Sharks existed before trees did.”
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14. “A full-size basketball court can fit inside a soccer penalty box. Still amazes me.”
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15. “Hannibal Lecter only has 16 minutes of screentime in Silence of the Lambs.”
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16. “The Sun contains 99% of the solar system's mass.”
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17. “Greenland Sharks can live up to 500 years. They don’t reach sexual maturity until they are over 100 years old. When they get pregnant, gestation lasts up to 18 years.”
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18. “Weed and growing weed isn't actually legal in the Netherlands, there's just a toleration policy on selling weed in coffee shops. Coffee shops get their weed in illegal ways because there are no legal ways.”
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19. “We live closer in time to the Tyrannosaurus Rex than the Tyrannosaurus Rex lived to Stegosaurus.”
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