Have you ever been sitting around with your friends and you guys have nothing to talk about?
Well, do not worry because I have just the thing for you: 15 random facts that you can use to amaze your friends.
Sure, knowing these facts will not get you a job, a house, a car, or a girlfriend/boyfriend.
However, it will score you maybe thirty seconds of feeling smarter than your friends, and you cannot put a price on that.
I am sure somebody has tried to put a price on it. Tried and failed horribly. That is something else you could talk about if you run out of facts too quickly.
If nothing else, you could always discuss the weather. It is rather nice out today after all.
1. Because they are 98% water, jellyfish evaporate in the sun
2. It is practically physically impossible for a rabbit to vomit.
3. The average cell phone contains more bacteria than a toilet seat.
4. Julius Caesar and Socrates both suffered from epilepsy.
5. “Lethologica” is the term used for when you cannot think of the word you want to use.
6. In the United States, between 2.5 and 3.8 cans of Spam are consumed every second.
7. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
8. A group of unicorns is called a “blessing,” a group of apes is called a “shrewdness” and a group of otters is called a “romp.”
9. 5% of people have an extra rib.
10. “Bezoar” is the technical term for a cat’s hair ball.
11. It would be impossible to survive long enough to watch all the videos that are currently on YouTube.
12. A “jiffy” is a unit of time, and it would take 100 jiffies to take up a single second.
13. A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume.
14. Before the 17th Century, carrots were purple.
15. Venus is the only planet the rotates clockwise.
Becki Brown
Senior Features Editor