25 Facts That Sounds Fake But Aren’t

RustyBuckler Published 05/19/2023 in wtf

Sometimes the things that are the most true don't seem to make a lot of sense. Over at r/AskReddit we wondered what facts sound fake but are actually quite true. The truth will set you free.

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In English, the color orange was named after the fruit. Before that, orange was just considered a shade of red. That's why gingers are called redheads. u/I_might_be_weasel
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New Delhi hired people to hunt cobra snakes which led to people having Cobra Farms to earn money then the government stopped the project which led the Cobra Farmers to release their snakes causing twice as many snakes than they first started. u/cathabit
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It took us more time to go from bronze swords to iron swords than it did for us to go from iron swords to nuclear weapons. u/IMJUSTABRIK
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Horses kill more people every year in Australia than all the other beasties combined. Everyone thinks it's the spiders and snakes that'll get you, but it's the horses you've really got to watch. u/Gingerbread_Cat
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I saw a scale model of the earth, moon and sun in a museum. The sun was about the size of a basketball, and the earth was on the opposite side of the room, the size of a small marble, I'd guess about 30 metres away. The moon was the size of a tiny pinhead, about 10cm away from the earth. The scale of the universe really is mind bogglingly big. Far bigger than we can begin to comprehend. u/Qabbalah
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After the british made head protection mandatory in WW1, the amount of head wounds increased. It's due to they were no longer KIA, but "only" a head wound. u/WouldUKindlyDMBoobs
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A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. People have a lot of trouble comprehending numbers that big. u/sunbearimon
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Sharks have existed longer than trees have. u/Captial_Indication_4
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George Washington didn’t know dinosaurs existed. u/Silver34
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If the age of earth was scaled to 24 hours, human’s existence on it would comprise 4 seconds of it. u/Getupb4ufall
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Wombat poo is cube shape,to stop it rolling away. u/lockedinacupboard
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Continents move at the same rate that fingernails grow. Which is also the same rate that the moon is receding from the Earth. u/Midnight_Ran
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The number one cause of death for pregnant women is murder. u/boredasballsyo
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The Oxford university in England existed centuries before the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization. u/RefrigeratorStatus94
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Barcode scanners scan the white lines, not the black ones. u/the_blast_radius
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Chainsaws were invented to assist with childbirth… u/fuzzygroodle
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There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. u/xilog
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German football defender Philipp Lahm played for almost 20 years and never got a red card. Mind you he was a defender and played in a top league and was never sent off for fouls. u/R_BJ07
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We are bioluminescent. We glow the light just isn't perceptible to the human eye. u/idratherbeinendor
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About half of the people in the world have below average intelligence. u/Matt872000
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The most efficient use of energy is achieved by a human riding a bicycle. u/Getupb4ufall
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There are more museums in the US than there are McDonald's and Starbucks combined. u/clownbird
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Joe Biden was born closer to the Lincoln presidency than to his own. u/KoalaTeaControl
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We live closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T Rex did to the Stegosaurus. u/reiveroftheborder
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If every church in America took in two homeless people, there would not be homeless people in America, and not all of them would have two people. u/RusstyDog

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In English, the color orange was named after the fruit. Before that, orange was just considered a shade of red. That's why gingers are called redheads. u/I_might_be_weasel
2.
New Delhi hired people to hunt cobra snakes which led to people having Cobra Farms to earn money then the government stopped the project which led the Cobra Farmers to release their snakes causing twice as many snakes than they first started. u/cathabit
3.
It took us more time to go from bronze swords to iron swords than it did for us to go from iron swords to nuclear weapons. u/IMJUSTABRIK
4.
Horses kill more people every year in Australia than all the other beasties combined. Everyone thinks it's the spiders and snakes that'll get you, but it's the horses you've really got to watch. u/Gingerbread_Cat
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I saw a scale model of the earth, moon and sun in a museum. The sun was about the size of a basketball, and the earth was on the opposite side of the room, the size of a small marble, I'd guess about 30 metres away. The moon was the size of a tiny pinhead, about 10cm away from the earth. The scale of the universe really is mind bogglingly big. Far bigger than we can begin to comprehend. u/Qabbalah
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After the british made head protection mandatory in WW1, the amount of head wounds increased. It's due to they were no longer KIA, but "only" a head wound. u/WouldUKindlyDMBoobs
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A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. People have a lot of trouble comprehending numbers that big. u/sunbearimon
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Sharks have existed longer than trees have. u/Captial_Indication_4
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George Washington didn’t know dinosaurs existed. u/Silver34
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If the age of earth was scaled to 24 hours, human’s existence on it would comprise 4 seconds of it. u/Getupb4ufall
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Wombat poo is cube shape,to stop it rolling away. u/lockedinacupboard
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Continents move at the same rate that fingernails grow. Which is also the same rate that the moon is receding from the Earth. u/Midnight_Ran
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The number one cause of death for pregnant women is murder. u/boredasballsyo
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The Oxford university in England existed centuries before the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization. u/RefrigeratorStatus94
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Barcode scanners scan the white lines, not the black ones. u/the_blast_radius
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Chainsaws were invented to assist with childbirth… u/fuzzygroodle
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There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. u/xilog
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German football defender Philipp Lahm played for almost 20 years and never got a red card. Mind you he was a defender and played in a top league and was never sent off for fouls. u/R_BJ07
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We are bioluminescent. We glow the light just isn't perceptible to the human eye. u/idratherbeinendor
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About half of the people in the world have below average intelligence. u/Matt872000
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The most efficient use of energy is achieved by a human riding a bicycle. u/Getupb4ufall
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There are more museums in the US than there are McDonald's and Starbucks combined. u/clownbird
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Joe Biden was born closer to the Lincoln presidency than to his own. u/KoalaTeaControl
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We live closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T Rex did to the Stegosaurus. u/reiveroftheborder
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If every church in America took in two homeless people, there would not be homeless people in America, and not all of them would have two people. u/RusstyDog

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1. In English, the color orange was named after the fruit. Before that, orange was just considered a shade of red. That's why gingers are called redheads. u/I_might_be_weasel

2. New Delhi hired people to hunt cobra snakes which led to people having Cobra Farms to earn money then the government stopped the project which led the Cobra Farmers to release their snakes causing twice as many snakes than they first started. u/cathabit

3. It took us more time to go from bronze swords to iron swords than it did for us to go from iron swords to nuclear weapons. u/IMJUSTABRIK

4. Horses kill more people every year in Australia than all the other beasties combined. Everyone thinks it's the spiders and snakes that'll get you, but it's the horses you've really got to watch. u/Gingerbread_Cat

6. After the british made head protection mandatory in WW1, the amount of head wounds increased. It's due to they were no longer KIA, but "only" a head wound. u/WouldUKindlyDMBoobs

7. A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. People have a lot of trouble comprehending numbers that big. u/sunbearimon

8. Sharks have existed longer than trees have. u/Captial_Indication_4

9. George Washington didn’t know dinosaurs existed. u/Silver34

10. If the age of earth was scaled to 24 hours, human’s existence on it would comprise 4 seconds of it. u/Getupb4ufall

11. Wombat poo is cube shape,to stop it rolling away. u/lockedinacupboard

12. Continents move at the same rate that fingernails grow. Which is also the same rate that the moon is receding from the Earth. u/Midnight_Ran

13. The number one cause of death for pregnant women is murder. u/boredasballsyo

14. The Oxford university in England existed centuries before the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization. u/RefrigeratorStatus94

15. Barcode scanners scan the white lines, not the black ones. u/the_blast_radius

16. Chainsaws were invented to assist with childbirth… u/fuzzygroodle

17. There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. u/xilog

18. German football defender Philipp Lahm played for almost 20 years and never got a red card. Mind you he was a defender and played in a top league and was never sent off for fouls. u/R_BJ07

19. We are bioluminescent. We glow the light just isn't perceptible to the human eye. u/idratherbeinendor

20. About half of the people in the world have below average intelligence. u/Matt872000

21. The most efficient use of energy is achieved by a human riding a bicycle. u/Getupb4ufall

22. There are more museums in the US than there are McDonald's and Starbucks combined. u/clownbird

23. Joe Biden was born closer to the Lincoln presidency than to his own. u/KoalaTeaControl

24. We live closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T Rex did to the Stegosaurus. u/reiveroftheborder

25. If every church in America took in two homeless people, there would not be homeless people in America, and not all of them would have two people. u/RusstyDog

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In English, the color orange was named after the fruit. Before that, orange was just considered a shade of red. That's why gingers are called redheads. u/I_might_be_weasel

2.
New Delhi hired people to hunt cobra snakes which led to people having Cobra Farms to earn money then the government stopped the project which led the Cobra Farmers to release their snakes causing twice as many snakes than they first started. u/cathabit

3.
It took us more time to go from bronze swords to iron swords than it did for us to go from iron swords to nuclear weapons. u/IMJUSTABRIK

4.
Horses kill more people every year in Australia than all the other beasties combined. Everyone thinks it's the spiders and snakes that'll get you, but it's the horses you've really got to watch. u/Gingerbread_Cat

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After the british made head protection mandatory in WW1, the amount of head wounds increased. It's due to they were no longer KIA, but "only" a head wound. u/WouldUKindlyDMBoobs

7.
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years. People have a lot of trouble comprehending numbers that big. u/sunbearimon

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Sharks have existed longer than trees have. u/Captial_Indication_4

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George Washington didn’t know dinosaurs existed. u/Silver34

10.
If the age of earth was scaled to 24 hours, human’s existence on it would comprise 4 seconds of it. u/Getupb4ufall

11.
Wombat poo is cube shape,to stop it rolling away. u/lockedinacupboard

12.
Continents move at the same rate that fingernails grow. Which is also the same rate that the moon is receding from the Earth. u/Midnight_Ran

13.
The number one cause of death for pregnant women is murder. u/boredasballsyo

14.
The Oxford university in England existed centuries before the rise and fall of the Aztec civilization. u/RefrigeratorStatus94

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Barcode scanners scan the white lines, not the black ones. u/the_blast_radius

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Chainsaws were invented to assist with childbirth… u/fuzzygroodle

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There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. u/xilog

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German football defender Philipp Lahm played for almost 20 years and never got a red card. Mind you he was a defender and played in a top league and was never sent off for fouls. u/R_BJ07

19.
We are bioluminescent. We glow the light just isn't perceptible to the human eye. u/idratherbeinendor

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About half of the people in the world have below average intelligence. u/Matt872000

21.
The most efficient use of energy is achieved by a human riding a bicycle. u/Getupb4ufall

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There are more museums in the US than there are McDonald's and Starbucks combined. u/clownbird

23.
Joe Biden was born closer to the Lincoln presidency than to his own. u/KoalaTeaControl

24.
We live closer in time to Tyrannosaurus Rex than the T Rex did to the Stegosaurus. u/reiveroftheborder

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If every church in America took in two homeless people, there would not be homeless people in America, and not all of them would have two people. u/RusstyDog