1. In Germany many fake bus stops can be found outside nursing homes. There are placed there to prevent confused senior citizens from wandering off.
Pffft 2 hours of waiting is to much… shall we call a cab or just take my Unicorn?
2. In the book, Pinocchio actually kills the cricket, imprisons his maker for 3 years, bites off a cats hand, kills a snake by making it explode from laughing to hard, and turns into a donkey.
You son of a…
3. Cats don’t meow to communicate with other cats. They only meow to communicate with humans.
“Now human slave, go and fetch me my catnip mouse!”
4. According to National Geographic, red-heads might become extinct by the year 2060.
There are many famous redheads in history, such as the bard William Shakespeare, Christopher Columbus and the Queen Elizabeth, and the more recent ones Peter Beattie, Nicole Kidman, Prince Harry and Michael Voss. But the future doesn’t look bright for the redheads according to the National Geographic article.
5. Butterflies in your stomach, when you see someone you like, is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline.
6. American actor, writer, director- and three-time Emmy Award winner, Bryan Lee Cranston, played two different Power Ranger villains in 1993 (Snizzard, and Twinman).
Holy hell, he must be extremely happy that he got to wear a mask during that whole Power Ranger phase…
7. Cat’s kidneys are so efficient that they can rehydrate, while drinking seawater.
Do I have a drinking problem? Only when I run out of Tequila dude…
9. British police cars carry a teddy bear to comfort children after an accident.
10. There is a dying Mexican language that only two people in the world speak fluently and they are not talking to each other…
The language of Ayapaneco has been spoken in Mexico for centuries. It has survived the Spanish conquest, seen off wars, revolutions, famines and floods. But now, like so many other indigenous languages, it’s at risk of extinction. There are just two people left who can speak it fluently – but they refuse to talk to each other. Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, live 500 metres apart in the village of Ayapa in the tropical lowlands of the southern state of Tabasco. It is not clear whether there is a long-buried argument behind their mutual avoidance, but people who know them say they have never really enjoyed each other’s company. Source
11. 2010’s Oldest living person wasn’t real.
In 2010, when Tokyo officials went to congratulate the oldest known living man on his 111th birthday, but instead they discovered a 30-year-old skeleton. The family was still drawing of the pension he was receiving.
12. On average we fart a balloon’s worth of gas a day.
13. Charles “Pretty Boy”Floyd, wasn’t all bad.
This notorious robber, murderer and gangster active in the 1930’s, made himself loved by the public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he robbed, freeing many from their debts.
14. Every year Louis Vuitton burns all their unsold bags.
Why the hell burn them instead of putting them on sale? They do this to make sure the value of their bags doesn’t drop.
15. The location of the world’s tallest tree, ‘Hyperion’, is kept secret from all but a select few scientists.
This Coast Redwood tree in Northern California was measured at 115.61 metres, making it the world’s tallest known living tree.
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