Somebody asked for ‘random fun facts’ to kill their boredom – 24 fascinating favourites to make time fly
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The Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to thermal expansion. When the temperature rises, the metal expands, making it slightly taller.
— JK (@theman_jk) April 1, 2025
14.
In the 40s-60s, before disposable pregnancy tests were invented, African Clawed Frogs were imported into the US to be used as pregnancy tests. They would inject female urine into the back of the frog, and if the pregnancy hormone was present, the frog would lay eggs
— Rony Seikaly is the GOAT (@21agentblock) April 2, 2025
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The only word that stays phonetically consistent across almost all languages is the word ‘mama’
<ma> is one of the first speech sounds a baby can call out, so we took that sound and made it the word. Which means in a way, our babies named us too. https://t.co/jX5T5CWuTz pic.twitter.com/EJcAc9VrNb
— jord & (@jrdznn) April 2, 2025
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Barilla pasta has a Spotify playlist. Each playlist is the exact length of cook time for the varieties of pasta.
Press play, drop the noodles, music stops, al dente noodles. https://t.co/tUo6EVBOtH
— Wassup_Cara_mel (@Wassup_Cara_Mel) April 1, 2025
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Crickets are basically tiny thermometers. Count the number of chirps they make in 15 seconds, add 40, and you’ll get the temperature in Fahrenheit. https://t.co/8JCvL1ztBs
— . (@loverboytee_) April 1, 2025
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The Korean writing system is the only writing system in the world that we know and can trace who exactly created it: King Sejong the Great. None other writing system can we point to a single creator https://t.co/wQqDrcCebA
— tea in china (@Towmiiee) April 1, 2025
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There’s a class of words called contronyms (or autoantonyms or Janus words) which can mean their own opposite, like how “to dust” can mean to remove dust (dusting furniture) but also to cover with dust (dusting a cake with sugar). https://t.co/jWI0n8HqEV
— pasiem kone na betóne (@Sabrina45X) April 1, 2025
20.
A villain can’t use an iPhone in a movie.
Apple exclusive has it in their policy with movie directors.If a person in a movie uses an iPhone, they’re either the protagonist or the neutral cast. https://t.co/y9VQrNxPvn
— The Creative (@thecreativexx) April 1, 2025
21.
You only breathe through one nostril at a time and the body automatically switches between them throughout the day https://t.co/w4lfVGRykg
— Chisomo (@_Chiz_12) April 1, 2025
22.
The smell of old books comes from lignin, a compound in paper that’s chemically similar to vanilla.
As books age, lignin breaks down and releases vanillin, giving them that nostalgic, slightly sweet scent. https://t.co/oIQ9XdmD16
— J.A (@jeremiahajayi_) April 1, 2025
23.
When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove them to the side and leave them there https://t.co/nVBEST8Kbc
— 1ofWUN (@a1stevn) April 1, 2025
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Calling someone a pussy is a shortened form for the word pusillanimous which means to lack courage or to be timid so basically you’re a pussy https://t.co/fM4e8w3Igs
— Xi (@SelaxiK) April 1, 2025
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