People Dropping Knowledge Bombs With Some Of The Most Interesting Random Facts You’ve Ever Heard

Some of the facts we call “random” are actually pretty mind-blowing? I mean, sometimes we just don’t know how to explain them, or they seem totally useless, but other times they’re just so unexpected that they are actually mind blowing. So to no surprise, when a redditor popped the question “What is a completelly random fact?”, a whole lot of awesome interesting stuff emerged!

Take for example, the fact that there’s an octopus out there with blue blood. I always thought blue blood was just a phrase about royalty, but nope, turns out there’s actually a living being on Earth that literally has blue blood!

And then there are those pink flamingos. Did you know that a group of them is called a “flamboyance”? That’s like the perfect name for a bunch of pink birds strutting their feathers around. I bet they throw the best parties.

But seriously, these random facts can actually be pretty inspiring. They remind us that there’s always more to learn and discover about the world around us. And who knows, maybe one of these seemingly useless pieces of information will come in handy someday.

So let’s take a look at some of the odd facts that people posted, and embrace the randomness of the world. Who knows what other crazy stuff is out there waiting to blow our minds?

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Sean Bean (pronounced shan ban) is Irish for old lady.

So headlines about “Sean Bean dies in every movie” are extra hilarious in Ireland.

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Octopi have blue blood. This is due to their blood containing copper, as opposed to human blood, which contains iron.

Additionally, as I know someone will bring it up, there are actually multiple correct ways to pluralize octopus. Octopi originates from the Latin pluralization, octopodes originates from the Greek pluralization, and octopuses uses the standard English pluralization.

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80% of the profit for the United States Postal Service is from delivery of junk mail.

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Airport runways are numbered based on the magnetic direction they face, rounded to the nearest tenth. Over time as earth’s magnetic field shifts they occasionally have to renumber a runway.

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Roman Centurions were called such because they were in charge of 100 Roman Soldiers.

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The longest (English) word you can type using only the left side of the keyboard is “stewardesses”. On the right it’s “lollipop”.

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Flamingos aren’t born pink. They get the color from their diet of shrimp.

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Dictionaries add words not because of worthiness but because of vernacular

If people use the word, then people need to have a way to look it up. It doesn’t matter if you like the word “crunk” or not.

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Press and hold the # 2 button for about three or four seconds on your microwave to silence the beeping noise. Press and hold it again to turn the noise back on. Works on most microwave ovens. Works like a mute button.

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I’ve got a great one!

CAT FACT:

Did you know that cats can survive great falls! Like 10 plus story falls. That’s because they can position themselves in a way that reduces their terminal velocity to below the threshold for death.

In fact, the most dangerous height for a cat to fall is 3-5 stories, that is because the height is big enough to cause a fatality, but low enough that they wouldn’t be able to get into position and develop enough drag to reduce their terminal velocity.

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A one-pound mixture of U.S. dimes, quarters, and half-dollars will always have a face value of $20, no matter the ratio of dimes to quarters to half-dollars.

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