Wierd facts

1. People from England in the past used to believe that collecting fern seeds would make you invisible. It turns out they don’t have seeds.

1. Humanity nearly became extinct 72000 years ago as human population plunged to just 40 'breeding pairs' due to a super volcanic eruption. Humans are genetically less diverse than most species largely due to this (and possibly others) bottleneck event.

My brain... it hurts.

these might chill you to the bone

I can't believe there's a word for the blob of toothpaste you put on your toothbrush...

1. In the 60's US Army did an experiment, where two people Dave Dobson and Bob Selden without nuclear training had to design a nuke with only access to publicly available documents. They succeeded.

1. Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.

1. The original Price Is Right gave a contestant a real elephant as a gag prize and planned later to give the winner $4,000 instead. One winner however complained and demanded an elephant as promised. The show finally conceded and delivered it to the contestant’s home in Texas.

1. Cockroaches are so repulsed by humans that if they're touched by a human, not only do they run away, but they wash themselves.