A bunch of strange facts about the world we live in (22 photos)

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1. Scapegoat



In some ancient tribes, there was a tradition: people tied up a goat, whispered to it about their sins, then let it “accidentally” run away so that it would take all their sins with it and thus relieve them of guilt. This was the same “scapegoat”, hence the expression.

2. Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.





3. Manatees control their buoyancy by farting.



4. No person born blind has developed schizophrenia.



5. Dead Ant Pheromones



Dead ants produce a pheromone that alerts other ants to move them to the ant graveyard. If a drop of this pheromone is placed on a living ant, it will enter the cemetery and remain there until the pheromone dissipates.

6. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.



7. Cockroaches are cannibals



Cockroaches will be able to smell when another cockroach dies. If you see a cockroach in your home, then 1) it is obvious that there are many more of them, and 2) they will come out in droves to look for a dead relative. They do not “starve” like mice or weevils, but engage in cannibalism.

8. When you have laser tattoo removal, you end up excreting ink particles in your urine.



9. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.



10. Horned toads can spray blood from their eyes up to 9 meters away.



11. More people live on the island of Java (145 million)



12. Spiders can purr



13. Liver regeneration after resection



The liver consists of two separate lobes. When doctors perform a transplant from a living patient, they remove half of the donor's liver and give it to the recipient. Eventually, liver regeneration occurs in both patients.

14. By the time the Aztec Empire was founded, Oxford University was the same age as the United States today.



15. Australia is wider than the moon



16. Crabs have a muscle that allows them to shed their claws if necessary. It subsequently grows back



17. Elephants’ penises are prehensile and can move independently, like trunks (i.e. scratching the belly or serving as additional support on uneven terrain)



18. There are about 20 quadrillion ants in the world



There are about 2.5 million ants for every person in the world, so if ants one day spontaneously decided to attack us humans, about 90% or more of the world's population would die.

19. There are more hydrogen atoms in a spoonful of water than there are spoonfuls of water on Earth.



20. Anatidephobia is the fear of being noticed by a duck.



21. The ashes of Frederick Bauer (the man who invented Pringles chips) were buried in a Pringles can.