People have been sharing the ‘most absurd facts that are actually true’ – 21 proper eye-openers

12.

‘A sloth takes so long to digest food that it can starve to death on a full stomach. Nature is just weird sometimes.’
Erotic-Sweetheart96

13.

‘A felon convicted on 34 counts who led an insurrection against the government was legally elected to serve another term with his entire political party backing his actions.’
arkvoodle42

14.

‘Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.’
we_just_are

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‘About two thirds of your human ancestors are female.

‘It’s because of pedigree collapse, where you should have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 gt-grandparents etc. So, going back about 30 generations (i.e. the middle ages) you should have a billion ancestors, which is more people than even existed.

‘In reality, as you go back in your family tree, the same people start to appear multiple times. For example, anyone with any English blood will have King Edward I as an ancestor on dozens of separate lines because of his many children (including bastards). The flip side of this is that many more males than females leave no descendants at all.’
WormTop

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‘People in Seattle live further north than 80% of Canadians.’
TehKarmah

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‘The only member of the rock band ZZ Top that didn’t have a beard was the drummer. His name is Frank Beard.’
frizbeeguy1980

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‘There are more unique ways to shuffle a standard deck of cards than there is stars estimated in the universe.’
NachoAverageTom

19.

‘Bananas are berries but strawberries aren’t.’
bailey8588

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‘Some companies are over 1000 years old. 90% of them are in Japan.’
beef-forgets

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‘There is a giant hexagon, bigger than the Earth, on the north pole of Saturn.. It’s permanent and made of hurricanes.’
dysonswarm

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