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  • Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
  • Did you know that rats... can't vomit? Or that there's roughly 500 million pounds of hair across the world? Or how about Michael J. Fox's middle name REALLY stands for? Those are just three of 100 WEIRD facts about the world we're going to be sharing today. No theme, just strange facts that will make you go "Huh..." Let's get weird, shall we?
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  • @firstcynic92
    @firstcynic92 Рік тому +80

    3 hours on their phone every day? Not me. That'd take away time when I'm looking at my tablet or computer screen.

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 Рік тому +12

    23:18 Well, then, my distant cousin needs to learn how to drive...😀

  • @deucelou
    @deucelou 9 місяців тому +7

    Pirates wore an eye-patch just in case somebody shut out the lights for a sneak attack. There I was always acclimated to the dark.

  • @frankhooper7871
    @frankhooper7871 Рік тому +9

    22:50 - I can absolutely guarantee that I have no descendants at all from the 9th century - plenty of ancestors,of course.

  • @zodarian6705
    @zodarian6705 9 місяців тому +4

    Hey there is a series of books you might like called Uncle John's ultimate bathroom reader

  • @christinabarrett
    @christinabarrett 10 місяців тому +3

    23:07 Imagine trying to tell a stranger how you're both distantly related, in an effort to stave off an argument.🤪🥴🙃

  • @graphosxp
    @graphosxp Рік тому +7

    The most normal fact I know: water in a cup does not get wetter if you add more water.

  • @DanielSolis
    @DanielSolis Рік тому +6

    22:52 #80: Pedantic correction. Going back in time, we have ancestors. Going forward in time, we have descendants. So that fact should be "You have millions of ancestors, only going back a few thousand years."
    Unless you're Philip J. Fry, then you've got a whole other situation going on. :D

    • @tesmith47
      @tesmith47 5 місяців тому

      😅😅😅😅😅 😮😮😮😮😮😮

  • @RyannonBarrNeo
    @RyannonBarrNeo Рік тому +4

    Rocky mountain barking spiders got me so good!

  • @firstcynic92
    @firstcynic92 Рік тому +6

    The most normal fact I know. Everything that is alive now will die at some point in the future.

  • @mndrew1
    @mndrew1 Рік тому +2

    You want our normal facts? Ok, I'll go with a classic that is both highly unoriginal and very entertaining: "The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called 'aglets'. Their true purpose is sinister ."

    • @littlepixy2
      @littlepixy2 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, but can you spell aglet?

  • @PubQuizMasters
    @PubQuizMasters 25 днів тому +1

    Great video, we have a great contrast between channels. You tell facts while we quiz people on how well they know their facts! Keep up the good work

  • @jamgall1010
    @jamgall1010 Рік тому +1

    The longest flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

  • @thehun1234
    @thehun1234 11 місяців тому +2

    No 88. An Australian told me this joke: There are 18 million sheep in New Zealand, 3 million think that they are human.
    The best Kiwi answer for this was by the Prime Minister of NZ when the opposition complained about the large number of people emigrating to Australia. The PM said that it is a good thing because it increases the average IQ of both countries.

  • @AndrewBrown-fq6vp
    @AndrewBrown-fq6vp Рік тому +2

    The best fact I know is both pistol makers Samual Colt and Gaston Glock share my birthday, 19th July.

  • @edwardbevel5596
    @edwardbevel5596 11 місяців тому +2

    Love this channel keep up the great work

  • @BallotBoxer
    @BallotBoxer Рік тому +4

    Normal fact: Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day. 😹

  • @houliemon1315
    @houliemon1315 8 місяців тому +1

    That animal you were trying to pass off as Punxsutawney Phil ! Is in fact a prairie dog !

  • @BoyProdigyX
    @BoyProdigyX Рік тому +2

    I totally recommend The Mütter Museum to any macabre tourists (or locals) in Philly. As a bonus for artists and medical students, the majority of the collection is only available to you! This private part of the collection dwarfs the public portion, and contains the "weirdest", most controversial and most interesting parts of the collection! Though, I'm pretty sure you have to organize seeing it ahead of time...

  • @andeeharry
    @andeeharry Рік тому +5

    23:16 Family Trees are interesting. I did it once and traced the leniage all the way back to 1300s. I must say, it is quite diversity, the ancestory is all over the place and so far, it looks like it started out in Normandy and spread outwards to many countries....and yes, some famous ones too. This sort of thing has reminded me to get involved in this again, since there has been a few family civil wars as well. Mostly due to political circumstances....like the Scotland and England wars sort of thing. Yeah....you never know who is on that tree of yours.

  • @SeamusCampbell89
    @SeamusCampbell89 Рік тому +7

    Wait, with #62 (17:42), that means the two executive producers of this channel have the same name 🤯
    (Yes, I know that Hank's real name is "William.")

  • @mr.f613
    @mr.f613 Рік тому +17

    The plant discussed in #82 is Linum usitatissimum (common flax, linseed) but pictured is Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax). They are unrelated except by name although Phormium can be used to make fibres as well.

  • @michaelsnell4034
    @michaelsnell4034 8 місяців тому +1

    I saw Punxsy Phil in a third grade field trip. He was behind glass in the library. The building is also the police station and a fire station.

  • @wesleyboyer6654
    @wesleyboyer6654 Рік тому +2

    The shorthand for the all the possible combonations of the deck of cards can be written as 52! . Also called 52 shriek .

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Рік тому +4

    The most normal fact I know....
    Basketball Coach Phil Jackson won the NBA Championship on June 12th TWICE, once in 1991 and the other time in 2002, with two different teams!

  • @maryvon8518
    @maryvon8518 Рік тому +6

    Peanuts aren't nuts but legumes. Not sure if that's the most normal fact or just the most boring one.

  • @dedcowbowee
    @dedcowbowee 20 днів тому

    I'm new here, you are doing a great job! Nice channel.👍

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Рік тому +1

    Thank you for making the video!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Рік тому +2

    That is crazy about cricket being so popular at one time!
    I have never played or even seen a game before and I have played a lot of sports!.
    A duel between Voltaire and Rosseau, wow!

  • @InfoSupply-zu7gp
    @InfoSupply-zu7gp 7 місяців тому

    love the content!

  • @semigoth299
    @semigoth299 3 місяці тому +1

    Here’s a fact about Lucy she was sent to wrong address for the audition for GWTW, I watched several movies with her in them some scary,funny ,serious but she was a actress and very good one at that ❤

  • @brandongarrison1005
    @brandongarrison1005 Рік тому +1

    The Pusha T reference is the TOPPEST of tiers

  • @jamesmitchell6925
    @jamesmitchell6925 Рік тому +4

    1 in 2,000 human babies are born with a protruding tooth.

    • @Ramey2369
      @Ramey2369 10 місяців тому

      I was one of them.

  • @Adaginy
    @Adaginy Рік тому +1

    Re: The birthday effect and some people maybe "holding on" -- that's something observed in newspaper obits. January and february see a huge spike in obits, as all the old men and ladies who didn't want to ruin the holidays start letting go. One time we had so many obits that we had less than a page of open space inside an 8-page paper -- and that was including the obit department trying to put obits on the front page! We called and chewed them out, they called and chewed someone else out, and it got authorized to add a half-sheet, making it a 10-page paper.

  • @latenighter1965
    @latenighter1965 Рік тому +3

    Factor 8??? Thats strange, because myself and other family members have the Factor V Leiden disease, which is also a clotting issue.

    • @ivettegutierreztorres3211
      @ivettegutierreztorres3211 3 місяці тому

      There are a lot of different factors y the clotting processes, it"s quite complex

  • @terubini
    @terubini 8 місяців тому +1

    Some weird facts which aren’t super weird just mostly generally unknown - although basketball originated in Canada, Canada only has one NBA team. Canada also only has one MLB team, but is hope to the worlds oldest baseball grounds, in London Ontario.

  • @venabre
    @venabre Рік тому +2

    For my most common fact: fire is hot

  • @robinsmith5442
    @robinsmith5442 Рік тому +2

    My husband and I had the same g-g-g-g-grandparents at least if not more shared lineage.

  • @mikethierry725
    @mikethierry725 10 місяців тому

    Lynches roommate was the lead singer of.the. J.Giels band ,that's singer of that song " centerfold, &. Love stinks"

  • @therongjr
    @therongjr Рік тому

    12:53 - "Pasta fazool, I am a fool!"

  • @ivettegutierreztorres3211
    @ivettegutierreztorres3211 3 місяці тому +1

    Most people have an IQ between 80 and 110, the people with IQ of around 80 are friendlier, people with average IQ of 180 are not empathic, and most can't relate to "normal" feelings.

  • @SeanSinclair821
    @SeanSinclair821 Рік тому +1

    22:52 (Fact 84): You meant ancestors, not descendants! Descendants are your great-(...)-grandchildren; ancestors are your great-(...)-grandparents.

  • @missoula2213
    @missoula2213 9 місяців тому +3

    Bangs like that should be called, "Front Mullets."

  • @johnrainsman6650
    @johnrainsman6650 10 місяців тому +1

    You want weird and bizarre facts? My boss, an operation manager, works wedding receptions and yet has never been married before. I mean, I don't know if she's specifically a wedding reception planner or organizer, but she does have the skills to set the tables, accommodate the guests and married couple, and decorate the room. She knows her wedding receptions, but never had _her_ wedding reception (not to suggest there ever was a proposal). Is that irony?

  • @kayleighgroenendal8473
    @kayleighgroenendal8473 10 місяців тому +2

    I did a DNA test just to find relatives so I could start a family tree and find the inbreds. I found them on a farm in Groningen, Netherlands in the 1600's 😅

  • @nostalgiaprincess
    @nostalgiaprincess Рік тому +6

    how many people are like me and want to point out how many of these were already on mental floss 😁

  • @TitularHeroine
    @TitularHeroine Рік тому +1

    Most normal...? Most of your house dust is dead skin

  • @danielm.1441
    @danielm.1441 Рік тому +4

    The longest possible walk between two points isn't a more-or-less direct line from Cape Town to Northeast Russia... it's any two points where you do an awful lot of circling before reaching the other point.
    What you're on about is the _shortest_ possible walk between the two furthest points connected by land.

  • @anitaburch3094
    @anitaburch3094 9 місяців тому

    Awesomeness

  • @Jakobman76
    @Jakobman76 Рік тому +1

    Normal Fact: Common sense, and common curtsy are no longer common.

  • @EMTDawg
    @EMTDawg Рік тому +1

    Fact 20 and 1/2... $1.19 is the most change you can have in your pocket and not be able to break a dollar bill.... 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies

  • @erraticonteuse
    @erraticonteuse Рік тому +5

    14:14 I think I mentioned this in the comments of another video. The worst part is that Rousseau wrote a very influential book about raising children. Well, raising sons, he didn't see the point of educating girls. 😡
    Voltaire has his own issues, but he gleefully built a palace of books with his girlfriend, one of the top mathematical geniuses of the day, Émilie du Châtelet.

  • @ricky7111
    @ricky7111 Рік тому +4

    As often as possible I mention that Alaska is both the eastern most AND westwrn most state. It's pne of my favorite US facts

  • @sam8204
    @sam8204 Рік тому +2

    Fact: a right angle is 90° (“Normal” like in physics GET IT?!)

  • @kenstr321
    @kenstr321 Рік тому +1

    Considering that 99-1 pennies is almost 100 of them, doesn't seem too hard to get to 200's

  • @therongjr
    @therongjr Рік тому +1

    Hank and John are essentially the same name?! 😮

  • @sssdddkkksss
    @sssdddkkksss Рік тому

    Wow - not a single one of these is one I would share.

  • @doriWyo
    @doriWyo Рік тому +3

    Because of a mark on one of my fingernails, I verified that my nails, on average, grow 3/8 of an inch per m9nth.

  • @gmoney4980
    @gmoney4980 Рік тому

    While this video provided MANY lesser known facts.. I came out with "Rabbit Season! Duck Season!".

  • @MsOldmom
    @MsOldmom Рік тому +2

    The number of people, NOT amount of people.

  • @MongoHongos
    @MongoHongos 5 місяців тому +1

    My ratio of phone time to sex is even wider than you assume. 😢

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper Рік тому

    The Planet Earth comprises atoms. Atoms compose Planet Earth.

  • @Apophis324
    @Apophis324 Рік тому

    The most normal fact? All toasters toast toast. Naturally.

    • @bethanybody2201
      @bethanybody2201 Рік тому

      Toasters toast bread or bread related food, and broken toasters don’t toast. 😊 But you were probably trolling. 😅

    • @Apophis324
      @Apophis324 Рік тому

      @@bethanybody2201 Nooo, I wasn't trolling! I was just reciting part of a famous quote by a certain Italian plumber in a less liked title on a non-Nintendo console!
      (Mario in Hotel Mario)

    • @bethanybody2201
      @bethanybody2201 Рік тому

      @@Apophis324 Oh, sorry, I was kidding about the trolling.☺️ I guess I lose my geek card, at least temporarily.😉 😁Mario is awesome😁

    • @Apophis324
      @Apophis324 Рік тому

      @@bethanybody2201 Nah, I do not have the authority to take someone's geek card away! :P

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper Рік тому +1

    Marsh grass?

  • @sunnyscott4876
    @sunnyscott4876 7 місяців тому +1

    Horses can't vomit either. That's why they colic and it can be dangerous and deadly.

  • @mikethierry725
    @mikethierry725 10 місяців тому

    Oh his name Peter Wolfe.

  • @katnip266
    @katnip266 Рік тому +1

    Plants produce oxygen.

  • @WarMasterX6
    @WarMasterX6 Рік тому

    We all share a common ancestor...um...yeah...no duh?

  • @cloyola8889
    @cloyola8889 Місяць тому

    yay for oysters.

  • @stevecannon1774
    @stevecannon1774 11 місяців тому

    Isn’t factor8 given to hemophiliacs? Ancestors are antecedents not descendants.

  • @Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed
    @Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed Рік тому +1

    Newf. N. Land. Not New Finland.

  • @WavingWorld
    @WavingWorld Рік тому

    I used to watch this show on Yahoo, sponsored by Toyota (and others).

  • @Chaarsburger
    @Chaarsburger 10 місяців тому

    Fun Fact: If You Fuck Around The More You Find Out.

  • @Facelow_dailyfacts
    @Facelow_dailyfacts 10 місяців тому

    So weird!

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper Рік тому

    Don’t you mean ancestors, not descendants?

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 2 місяці тому

    a cup of rubbing alcohol + 1 cup of water does NOT make 2 cups of fluid

  • @NewsJunkie4ever
    @NewsJunkie4ever 6 місяців тому

    Hi Niki!

  • @n1ckdrag0n
    @n1ckdrag0n 9 місяців тому

    new-fin-land

  • @lakechamp529
    @lakechamp529 4 місяці тому

    Cool video but your speech rate is sooo fast. 😂❤

  • @thatonetallguy9586
    @thatonetallguy9586 Рік тому

    Can show fake ducks, but blur out guns and blood…….right

  • @Sinneration
    @Sinneration 10 місяців тому

    Factor VIII

  • @sun1one1
    @sun1one1 Рік тому

    Several mammals can't vomit.

  • @dont_take_it_personal
    @dont_take_it_personal Рік тому +15

    Fact 50: Pusha T's claims were validated, just not acknowledged by the scorned Aubrey.

  • @adamhlj
    @adamhlj Рік тому +1

    #84 should be "antecedents" because they came before. Descendants come after you. Progenitor would also be accurate. But Ancestor should be the best option.

  • @ASteamingHam
    @ASteamingHam Рік тому

    Don't call him "Monet?"(#49)

    • @bethanybody2201
      @bethanybody2201 Рік тому +1

      Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 - 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 - 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, easily confused.

  • @iBolt07
    @iBolt07 Рік тому

    8 unvigintillion

  • @tesmith47
    @tesmith47 5 місяців тому

    Did she mention we are ALL. AFRICAN?

  • @Mezelenja
    @Mezelenja Рік тому

    Whyd this go from fun facts to mfs dying so fast

  • @sinecurve9999
    @sinecurve9999 Рік тому

    Fact 77: 120 days of sex... I assume it isn't all at once...

  • @RexGanymede
    @RexGanymede Рік тому

    it is _extremely_ prescient, that rodents can't vomit
    (dang...
    ...maybe there _was_ a god. . . . .)

    • @ivettegutierreztorres3211
      @ivettegutierreztorres3211 3 місяці тому

      And don't salivate

    • @RexGanymede
      @RexGanymede 3 місяці тому

      @@ivettegutierreztorres3211 if rodents could salivate..
      ..well, i feel assured, humanity probably would have died out long ago
      from just that one simple, seemingly-small aspect
      this definitely bolsters the pro _intelligent design_ argument, in my eyes, ivette

  • @hereverydayadventure
    @hereverydayadventure 10 місяців тому

    The most normal fact I know: mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

  • @sadib100
    @sadib100 Рік тому +1

    This sentence is false.

  • @MikeWathen-cz5ym
    @MikeWathen-cz5ym Рік тому

    A freshly opened skall smells like a bag of Fredo's

  • @masteryoshi7121
    @masteryoshi7121 Рік тому

    First!

  • @CritterKeeper01
    @CritterKeeper01 Рік тому

    If a law mandates "teaching creationism" then I would love to see teachers teaching the creation myths of the ancient Greeks and Romans, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and as many African, Polynesian, and Native American tribes as possible. Everything *except* the Abrahamic traditions!

  • @lukey7788
    @lukey7788 Рік тому

    It's pronounced to rhyme with 'understand' - NewfinLAND. Sand, canned, bland, grand, hand... All these rhyme with Newfoundland. Land, not lind. Land land land land land land land land land land land land land land land land. LAND.
    Didn't bother watching the rest of the video, too frustrated.

  • @jphilb
    @jphilb Рік тому

    Fact 101. There are no aliens. We are alone in the universe.

  • @garymurphy4165
    @garymurphy4165 6 місяців тому

    BORING

  • @heyzus
    @heyzus Рік тому

    Why are you slabbering wide load, close caption, nobody wants to hear your voice!

  • @timthompson7205
    @timthompson7205 10 місяців тому

    Why does the menopause channel never pop up on my feed anymore