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10 Weird Facts That Your Parents Probably Wouldn’t Know

Published by Revin in Trivia
October 1, 2009

Here are ten simple facts that you can use to amaze your parents with, of just yourself. If your parents know any of these facts, or you do, I would be truly amazed!

1.Shark eggs have tendrils connected to them which latch onto seaweed. This makes it so that the eggs would not float away. Here’s a picture:

2.Mussels (Those black things that look like clams) attatch to the ocean bottom using byssal threads; the little hairs all around them. Here’s a picture:

3.The blood vessels in a human body stretch out up to 60,000 miles long, if you put them end to end, reaching around the world twice!

4.Ketchup was originally made from mushrooms instead of tomatoes.

5. If Coca-Cola wasn’t artificially colored, it would be green with chemicals.

6. In the U.S, what people call a French Kiss, people in France call an English Kiss.

7. For the murder of a child in 1386 France, a pig was executed by being publicly hanged.

8. It’s against the law in Nebraska to burp or sneeze in a church.

9. Owls are the only birds in the world who have the ability to see the color blue.

10. The oldest piece of gum in the world is more than 5000 years old which dates as far back as the Stone Age. The cavemen used the gum to heal mouth infections. Here’s a picture:

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