Weird but true

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

Pro tip: Don't read this post alone or at night or alone at night.

My brain grew ten sizes today.

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These 125 weird facts will get everyone talking. We found crazy animal facts and disturbing, strange but true trivia.

TIL you can substitute human blood for eggs in baking.

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Strange but true

My brain... it hurts.

Welcome to the ultimate battle between your rational self and the superstitious self, where one or the other has to win.

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. #weird #strange #rare #bizarre #history

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1. By coincidence, a married couple was photographed at the same place and time at Disney World 15 years before they met. They weren’t even the resident of the same country when the picture was taken.

1. A man with a chronic ear infection cured himself with his own earwax. He was given a number of drugs by doctors, but nothing worked. In desperation, he took earwax from his good ear and placed it in his bad. Two days later he was fine.

The 3rd one is ironic, because I'm "doing" homework right now...