Really Weird Facts That Completely Change Everything

By Editorial Staff in Facts On 7th June 2016
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#1 King Tut was a mess

King Tut was a product of incest; his parents were brother and sister. He also had a club foot, a severe overbite, womanly hips, and enlarged breasts.

#2 Everybody has a soft spot

Al Capone was known for setting up soup kitchen during the Great Depression, providing milk for school children, and sending thousands of dollars worth of flowers to rival gang member's funerals. (And for being a violent, ruthless killer,)

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#3 Your entire life is an illusion

If you convince yourself that you slept well last night, even if you didn't, your brain will be tricked into thinking you aren't tired. It's called 'placebo sleep.'

#4 Your nightmares really exist

There's a fish that looks like the creature from the Alien movies.

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#5 Crabs are very fancy

Decorator crabs wear accessories. Their shells are covered in Velcro-like hairs that let them stick found objects to their backs so they can masquerade. They use coral, seaweed, and other pieces of ocean life to blend into the background.

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#6 Hide-and-seek: it’s a trap!

Refrigerator doors are magnetic because kids used to get trapped inside them and suffocate. Before the Refrigerator Safety Act of 1956, doors could only be opened from the outside, and many children died because they found abandoned refrigerators and got stuck inside while playing hide-and-seek.

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#7 Kangaroos are secretly plotting your demise

When Kangaroos are threatened by a predator, they lead their attacker into the water and attempt to drown them.

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#8 You don’t even know who you really are

Mushrooms are more closely related to humans than they are to plants.