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

CROWS CAN ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE HUMAN FACES. It’s not just dogs that recognize people. Studies have shown that crows can recognize human faces, and even pick them out of a crowd.

THERE IS A SPECIES OF OCTOPUS WITH DETACHABLE SEXUAL ORGANS. The male argonaut octopus mates by detaching its sexual organ and flinging it toward the female. It then makes its way inside the female to fertilize her eggs.

COFFEE COMES FROM CHERRIES. The coffee beans that we all know and love are actually the pit (and seed) of a cherry-like fruit that grows from the coffee plant.

TRUE OR FALSE: BUTTERFLIES TASTE WITH THEIR FEET. True. That’s where their taste sensors are!

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.”

TRUE OR FALSE: A BASEBALL GAME CONTAINS LESS THAN 20 MINUTES OF ACTUAL GAME ACTION. True. Despite routinely lasting more than three hours, baseball games usually only contain about 15 to 18 minutes of actual action.

MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY VENDING MACHINES EACH YEAR THAN SHARKS.

TRUE OR FALSE: THE VIBRATOR WAS ORIGINALLY INVENTED AS A MEDICAL DEVICE. True. Orgasms were believed to be able to cure many medical ailments.