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Shane Carley
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December 12 - December 14, 2025
THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT CERTAIN SPECIES OF BABOONS KEEP DOGS AS PETS.
The white-throated snapping turtle of Australia has earned the nickname “the bum-breathing turtle” in honor the fact that it can intake most of the oxygen it needs through its rear end.
Goats in different areas of the world bleat in ways that are recognizably distinctive to that region.
BEAVERS’ BUTTS TASTE LIKE VANILLA. True. Well…sort of. Beavers secrete a substance from their anal glands that is used in artificial vanilla flavoring. Yum.
WHEN A WORKER BEE MATES WITH THE QUEEN BEE, ITS PENIS EXPLODES. True. You can even hear it pop if you listen close.
ALIEN WAS RIGHT: IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM. What we hear as sound is vibration traveling through the molecules in the air. Since space is a vacuum, there are no molecules to vibrate.
IN BLACK AND WHITE FILMS, CHOCOLATE SYRUP WAS OFTEN USED IN PLACE OF FAKE BLOOD. Fake blood often didn’t seem dark enough on camera, so directors were forced to get creative. For instance, that iconic shower scene in Psycho? It’s chocolate syrup you see.
TRUE OR FALSE: ACTOR JIM CAVIEZEL WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE PORTRAYING JESUS IN THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. True. Caviezel suffered a large number of calamities during the filming, but this one seemed like a bit of an omen.
TRUE OR FALSE: ACTOR TIM ALLEN ALMOST WENT TO PRISON FOR LIFE BEFORE BECOMING A FAMOUS ACTOR. True. The Home Improvement star was a drug dealer before he became an actor, and avoided significant prison time by giving up the names of other dealers.
DURING WWII, SO MANY NFL PLAYERS WERE FIGHTING IN THE WAR THAT THE RIVAL PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AND PITTSBURGH STEELERS TEMPORARILY TEAMED UP TO FORM THE “STEAGLES.”
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SUGGEST THAT DURING THE COLD WAR, THE CIA PLANNED TO DEMORALIZE THE SOVIET PEOPLE BY AIR DROPPING THOUSANDS OF MAGNUM-SIZED AMERICAN CONDOMS LABELED “SMALL.”
AT ONE TIME, PEOPLE THOUGHT TUBERCULOSIS SUFFERERS WERE VAMPIRES.
TRUE OR FALSE: IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, HORSE URINE WAS USED AS MOUTHWASH. False. The truth is so much worse. They actually used HUMAN urine.
MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY VENDING MACHINES EACH YEAR THAN SHARKS.
SOMEONE ONCE LEFT A CAT $12.5 MILLION.
TRUE OR FALSE: CORN FLAKES WERE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED TO SUPPRESS THE URGE TO MASTURBATE. True. The Kellogg brothers were deeply religious, and believed that the food would help their brethren suppress the urge to pleasure themselves.
