{"id":7532,"date":"2021-06-11T23:38:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T23:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=7532"},"modified":"2021-06-11T23:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T23:38:50","slug":"22-obscure-weird-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/22-obscure-weird-facts-that-will-blow-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"22 Obscure Weird Facts That Will Blow Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There are plenty of things in our lives that most of us don&rsquo;t know. We&rsquo;ll share with you a list of the best weird facts to blow your mind.\n<h4>1. Flamingos bend their legs at the ankle, not the knee\n</h4><p><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7535 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-1.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>They essentially stand on tip-toe. Their knees are closer to the body and are covered by feathers. This is just the first of many weird facts to blow your minds!\n</p><h4>2. Roller coasters were invented to distract Americans from sin\n</h4><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7536 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-2.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-2.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In the 1880s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson hated that Americans were tempted by hedonistic places like saloons and brothels. So he set out to straighten up one of the most immoral places he could think of: Coney Island in New York. There, he built America\u2019s first roller coaster to give New Yorkers some good, clean fun\u2014away from seedier pastimes.\n</p><h4>3. Ice pops were invented by an 11-year-old by accident\n</h4><p><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7537 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-3.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-3.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In 1905, an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson left soda powder and water outside overnight with its wooden stirrer still in the cup. The mixture had frozen in the chilly nighttime weather, and so the Epsicle was born. He sold the treat around his neighborhood and a nearby amusement park and even patented the recipe. Years later, he changed the name to Popsicle because that\u2019s what his kids called their pop\u2019s concoction.\n</p><h4>4. Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7538 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-4.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"505\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-4.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>By slowing their heart rates, sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes. Dolphins need to come up for air after about ten minutes.\n</p><h4>5. It\u2019s impossible to hum while holding your nose\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7539 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-5.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-5.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>You just tested it, didn\u2019t you? Normally, when you hum, the air is able to escape through your nose to create the sound, and of course, it can\u2019t do that when you\u2019re holding it shut. This is one of the weird facts you can test out for yourself. Go ahead, try it.\n</p><h4>6. Octopuses have three hearts\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7540 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-6.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-6.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Squids do too. One pumps blood to their whole systems, and two are dedicated just to the gills.\n</p><h4>7. Most wasabi paste isn\u2019t real wasabi\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7541 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-7.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-7.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Wasabi is expensive, so most companies use horseradish instead. Real wasabi is actually milder than what you\u2019ve been getting with your sushi.\n</p><h4>8. People used to say \u201cprunes\u201d instead of \u201ccheese\u201d when having their pictures taken\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7542 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-8.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-8.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In the 1840s, a big\u2014dare we say, cheesy\u2014grin was seen as childish, so one London photographer told people to say \u201cprunes\u201d to keep their mouths taut. And that look predated today\u2019s \u201cfish face\u201d selfie by, oh, about 180 years.\n</p><h4>9. Dunce caps used to be signs of intelligence\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7543 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-9.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-9.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Thirteenth-century philosopher John Duns Scotus believed that a pointed cap would help spread knowledge from the tip to the brain, and his \u201cDunsmen\u201d followers wore them as a badge of honor. In the 1500s, though, his ideas became less popular and the meaning of the Duns cap was turned on its head, becoming something of a joke.\n</p><h4>10. Lobsters taste with their feet\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7544 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-10.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-10.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Tiny bristles inside a lobster\u2019s little pincers are their equivalent to human taste buds. Meanwhile, lobsters\u2019 teeth are in one of their three stomachs.\n</p><h4>11. Before toilet paper was invented, Americans used to use corn cobs\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7545 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-11.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"513\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-11.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Alternatively, they\u2019d use periodicals like the Farmers Almanac, which was designed with a hole so it could hang in outhouses. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all.\n</p><h4>12. Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7546 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-12.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"511\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-12.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Their hearts, meanwhile, can weigh almost a ton and needs to beat just once every ten seconds.\n</p><h4>13. The world\u2019s largest waterfall is underwater\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7547 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-13.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-13.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Yes, there are waterfalls under the ocean. At the Denmark Strait, the cold water from the Nordic Sea is denser than the Irminger Sea\u2019s warm water, making it drop almost two miles down at 123 million cubic feet per second.\n</p><h4>14. Shadows are darker on the Moon\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7548 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-14.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-14.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>On Earth, the atmosphere scatters more sunlight, so our shadows aren\u2019t too dark. But on the Moon, shadows are so dark that Neil Armstrong said he had trouble seeing where he was going.\n</p><h4>15. Some sea cucumbers fight with their guts (literally)\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7549 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-15.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-15.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>When threatened, they\u2019ll shoot out their internal organs, which are poisonous to predators. They\u2019ll sometimes get rid of their entire digestive systems\u2014but the organs grow back.\n</p><h4>16. Strawberries aren\u2019t berries\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7550 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-16.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"516\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-16.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Neither are raspberries and blackberries, according to botanists. True berries stem from one single-ovary flower and have two or more seeds. Strawberries don\u2019t fit that bill, but bananas, kiwis, and watermelon do.\n</p><h4>17. NASA uses countdowns because of a sci-fi film\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7551 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-17.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-17.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The countdown Fritz Lang used to create suspense in the rocket launch scene of his 1929 silent film Frau im Mond didn\u2019t just change film history\u2014it also inspired NASA to use countdowns before its own blastoffs. It\u2019s not exactly a race against the clock though. NASA can feel free to pause the clock to check mechanical difficulties.\n</p><h4>18. The world\u2019s smallest wasp is smaller than an amoeba\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7552 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-18.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"510\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-18.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The Megaphragma mymaripenne wasp has the same body parts as for any other bug (brain, wings, eyes, and more) but is a fifth of a millimeter long, making it smaller than most amoebas, which are made of just one cell.\n</p><h4>19. \u201cOK\u201d most likely stands for fake words\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7552 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-18.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"510\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-18.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>In the 1830s, people jokingly spelled abbreviations incorrectly. One of the most famous: \u201cAll correct\u201d turned into \u201corl korrekt,\u201d and then of course into OK. Historians think it stuck because Martin Van Buren\u2014known as Old Kinderhook, after his hometown in New York\u2014supporters called themselves the OK Club when he was campaigning for reelection.\n</p><h4>20. The shortest railways in the world take less than a minute\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7554 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-20.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-20.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>The shortest funicular railway is Fisherman\u2019s Walk Cliff Railway located in Bournemouth, England, and Angels Flight, located in Los Angeles, advertises on its website that it\u2019s the shortest railway in the world.\n</p><h4>21. The last letter added to the alphabet was actually \u201cJ\u201d\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7555 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-21.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"477\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-21.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>You might think that the letter \u201cZ\u201d is the last letter added because it\u2019s the last letter of the alphabet, but that\u2019s incorrect. It\u2019s actually \u201cJ.\u201d The alphabet that we know and love today wasn\u2019t created alphabetically, too!\n</p><h4>22. Cucumber slices can fight bad breath\n</h4><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-7556 aligncenter src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2021%5C/06%5C/weird-facts-22.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"768\"' height='\"512\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/lorevista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/weird-facts-22.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n</p><p>Here\u2019s a weird fact you might know: cucumbers can fight bad breath! If you don\u2019t have a mint on hand, use a slice of cucumber!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>There are plenty of things in our lives that most of us don&rsquo;t know. We&rsquo;ll share with you a list of the best weird facts to blow your mind. 1. Flamingos bend their legs at the ankle, not the knee They essentially stand on tip-toe. 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