True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends (Mind-Blowing True Facts)

by Shane Carley

TRUE OR FALSE: THE HAIRY FROG IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE “HORROR FROG” DUE TO THE HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEK IT EMITS WHEN THREATENED. False. The “horror frog” is so named because it intentionally breaks the bones in its leg to create weaponized spurs.

TRUE OR FALSE: THE NAME “JESSICA” WAS INVENTED BY SHAKESPEARE. True. The oldest recorded instance of the name was in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.