logo
#

Latest news with #funfacts

People Are Correcting Super Common "Fun Facts" That Everyone Keeps Repeating, But Are Actually False
People Are Correcting Super Common "Fun Facts" That Everyone Keeps Repeating, But Are Actually False

Yahoo

time25-06-2025

  • Health
  • Yahoo

People Are Correcting Super Common "Fun Facts" That Everyone Keeps Repeating, But Are Actually False

You know those "fun facts" we all know and that somehow make it into every dinner party or trivia night? Turns out, sometimes they are totally wrong, but that hasn't stopped people from repeating them like gospel. Mainly because a lot of us have heard them throughout our lives and tend to take them at face value. Recently, redditor ColdAntique291 was curious about those "facts" when they asked: "What's a super common 'fun fact' that everyone keeps repeating but is actually false?" The thread got over a 1K responses. Below are the top and most often repeated "fun facts" that were actually a big lie: 1."That bats are blind. They hunt by echolocation, but they can actually see quite well." —blue_eyed_magic "It gets better: only about 1/3 of all bat species can use echolocation. Others just look where they're going." —rkaw92 2."That we only use 10% or 30% of our brain capacity. This is nonsense. We use 100%." —abraxasnl "You're correct. Our brains are being used to maintain the body's functioning, and there is not a secret hidden 90% we can use unless we want organ failure, I suppose." —maruhchan 3."That you swallow eight spiders a year in your sleep. And that it takes seven years for gum to be digested." —Special_Discipline94 "Wouldn't the spiders get stuck in the gum? 🤣" —One-Bodybuilder309 4."Not exactly a 'fun fact,' but 'Let them eat cake.' It's attributed to Marie Antoinette, but she never actually said it." —Minibearden 5."I was told my entire life that cracking your knuckles is bad for you and causes arthritis. This is not true." —Forward_Age6247 "I actually believed it, up until i read your comment. And I'm 54 lol" —CHICKADEE7dee Related: Older Women Are Revealing Their Biggest "Life Regrets," And Every Young Person Needs To Hear This 6."Sorry, but you can't see the Great Wall of China from orbit." —disturbednadir 7."If you make a face, it will stay that way. It absolutely does not, Mom." —ExxxemplaryVegitable 8."That the tongue has different taste zones, they taught us in school, ffs." —simonko1 "They hadn't even identified 'umami' as the fifth taste when I was in school." —jack-jackattack 9."Napoleon wasn't short; he was actually above average height for his time." —clemoh "Britain's propaganda just made him that way to make fun of the French. He also wasn't actually French, he was Corsican." —squid_ward_16 Related: 25 Life-Changing Habits People Added To Their Everyday Routines To Improve Their Lives For The Better 10."People say your hair grows back thicker if you shave. Absolute twaddle." —Botheuk 11."The idea that local honey can treat or cure seasonal allergies. Not true, never been true, people repeat it anyway." —chemicalysmic 12."That blood is blue inside your body until it touches air. Your blood is still red in your body, just darker." —wowza6969420 "As if there's no oxygen in your blood while it's in your body." —OriginalKriWolf 13."The Jonestown Massacre: they drank Flavor Aid, not Kool Aid, but as everyone repeatedly says, 'Drank the Kool Aid.'" —Ned_Braden1 14."Turning the inside car light will get you pulled over by the cops." —Available_Ad2852 "Parents myth, lol" —airb00st1 15."Dog year = seven human years. Not true! Sincerely, someone who works in veterinary." —Fun-Engineering7877 16."Dogs are pack animals. They are not. They are social animals. The person who coined that term of them being pack animals, the same exact person responsible for that myth, is the person who completely 180'd when he realised his studies were extremely flawed, and upon review re-published to correct his mistake, but nobody paid any the fact that if you research yourself what pack animals actually do and the behaviours they engage in, none of it aligns with dog behaviour. 🤦" —No-Wolverine296 17."You lose most of your body heat from the top of your head." —Boglikeinit "In the military, during training, I heard 'keep your head cold and your feet warm.'" —Ilirot 18."Sweating like a pig. Pigs do not have sweat glands, which is why they wallow in the mud to keep cool. Horses, on the other hand, sweat profusely." —MoreQuiet3094 19."That you can catch a cold from being outside in cold weather. A cold is a viral infection. You're more likely to catch one inside from being in close proximity to people." —Turdwienerton 20."Everyone believes that the captain of a ship can perform weddings. It was even referenced in an episode of The Office once, but it's not true." —-Brother-Seamus- "Well, they can perform one, but the marriage won't be legal." —PlanetLandon lastly, "Sugar makes kids hyper." —Bulky_Algae6110 "Sugar doesn't actually make you hyper; it just makes you tired." —squid_ward_16 You can read the original thread on Reddit. Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity. Also in Goodful: This Woman Is Going Viral For Begging Women Not To Get Married Right Now, And Personally, I Couldn't Agree More Also in Goodful: "I Can't Wait For This To Go Out Of Style": People Are Sharing Popular Modern Trends That Are Actually Pretty Toxic Also in Goodful: Boyfriends Are Sharing What They Never Knew About Women Until They Started Dating One, And These Discoveries Are Pure Relationship Gold

Father's Day gifts that come with a story
Father's Day gifts that come with a story

Times

time23-05-2025

  • Entertainment
  • Times

Father's Day gifts that come with a story

There are two types of people — those of us who do not know what to get someone for Father's Day, and those of us who do not know what to request for Father's Day. If there is anything a dad loves it is a fun fact, and something with a bit of a story, so this list is guaranteed to provide narrative sustenance to your gift-giving. • This article contains affiliate links that can earn us revenue Well into his seventies, His Majesty cannot be blamed for eschewing the traditional britches and tights that his forebears wore to their coronations. That is not to say he played entirely against the rules and convention, as he wore buckled court shoes rather than military boots with his naval trousers. These rather special shoes are a slightly blinged-up variant of the dress pump that Gaziano & Girling on Savile Row made especially for the King's coronation, and the regular version, which has a velvet bow instead of a buckle, is by far the most agreeable footwear for black tie.£1,200 • Read more luxury reviews, advice and insights from our experts Eon, the producers of James Bond, were never afraid of a well-placed plug. No doubt, having assumed creative control of the franchise, Amazon will not shy away from next-day-delivery subliminal messaging, or name the next Bond girl Alexa. Turns out they were and are being true to form, as when it came to product placement, Fleming was the OG. The author was a great customer of Floris and worked its products into his books. 'Floris provides the soaps and lotions in the lavatories and bedrooms,' in Moonraker. 'He would have to send a cable to May to get things fixed. Let's see — flowers, bath essence from Floris, air the sheets…' in Diamonds Are Forever. And in Dr No, 'There was everything in the bathroom — Floris Lime bath essence for men and Guerlain bathcubes for women.' When it came to scent, there was only one for Fleming — No 89, named after the Floris Flagship's Jermyn Street address. It is safe to say that this is what would have been included in 007's grooming routine. £70, You may have noticed a lot of hoo-ha and ecclesiastical finery in Rome. So what better time to stock your father up on holy hosiery, specifically the scarlet papal socks? There are plenty of theories as to why red, but the most convincing one is that it is the colour of the martyrs and the Pope is the descendant of the original martyr, St Peter. There is only one place to get these: Gammarelli, a family tailor since 1798 in Rome, and if you wish to avoid the hullabaloo by actually going there, you can find them online for a bargain of £20. The lapel pin has been made cool again. Not by metrosexual showiness at the Met Gala, but by the alpha-est of the royal family's men, Mike Tindall. The Rugby World Cup winner dependably sports a lapel pin or tie pin. If you want to follow suit, Chaumet's latest collection of jewellery for men is where to turn. The brand is a heavyweight of the jewellery canon and was given heavyweight patronage by Napoleon when he took a fondness to them when they designed his coronation regalia. The one from this collection that stands out is the Bee de Chaumet lapel pin.£14,000, CW Dixey is one of those brands that not many have heard of but everyone should. Established in 1777, they have supplied optics to everyone from Emperor Qianlong of China, Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington, to Tennessee Williams, Peter Sellers and Winston Churchill. Today you can still get the half-moon reading specs that Churchill wore, and every design features spots on the end of the arms — which is a nod to Churchill, who had different numbers of spots on his various CW Dixey frames so he could identify what role each pair played with ease. £270, 'Then bring me my whangee, my yellowest shoes, and the old green Homburg,' Bertie instructs Jeeves before heading out to do pastoral dances in The Inimitable Jeeves. The 'whangee' probably refers to a cane, but the cane has now been usurped by the umbrella as the most rakish gentleman's accessory. Whangee comes from palm and is significant because if you cut palm, it grows back twice as strong. This wood was introduced to accessories after the First World War for former officers as an apposite wood for them — the subtext being that no matter what you saw, or what happened to you, you can grow back twice as strong. And there's only one proper place to get such a brolly: Swaine. £520, The story goes that JFK called in his cigar-smoking press secretary, Pierre Salinger, and asked him to bring him 1,000 Petit Upmanns, a short-format Cuban cigar. The next morning Salinger walked into the Oval Office with 1,200 of these cigars, at which point Kennedy opened a drawer of the Resolute desk, and signed the piece of paper therein, which began the trade embargo of Castro's ancestral island of Cuba. These cigars, perhaps out of spite, have been removed from circulation, but if you wish to fill your father's humidor with something similar, get to Davidoff of London and buy the H Upmann Regalias. £25 per cigar The thinking woman's crumpet, a hero, style icon and national treasure, Monty Don sits assuredly among the aforementioned historic company. If you're wondering about the hills on which I would die, this is one of them. On the cover of his book Down to Earth, clasped in his comforting bear mitts is a mug that oozes man-of-the-house cosiness, suitable for a young child to bathe in. Our house is made all the more soothing with their presence, but only once they were tracked down by my sleuth of a wife, who found the source. The term 'cottage industry' is an overstatement in this case, and 'hidden gem' an understatement. These mugs are produced solely in the garden shed of Duncan and Karen Browning of the remote Welsh village of Cwmystwyth (have a go at that) and they don't sell their products online, only in person. Fortunately, there are a few other places smart enough to stock them. Out of everything that could take you a step closer to the Don, this is the most discerning.£15.50, It seemed only fair that at least one of these items was not a mild form of clickbait and actually belonged to the person in question. This is quite hard as anything with elevated provenance has been snapped up by collectors — provenance rarely sits in shop windows. One must turn to the auction houses for help and in this case, Bonham's comes to the rescue. Their sound and cinema auction from 23 May to 4 June will feature all sorts of wonderful lots but this Guild acoustic guitar that belonged to Eric Clapton is the perfect dad gift. Fully certified and in wonderful condition, this is a very special gift, especially if your Dad is the one of many who insists he almost joined Cream. Est 12,000-18,000

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Get Started Now: Download the App

Ready to dive into a world of global content with local flavor? Download Daily8 app today from your preferred app store and start exploring.
app-storeplay-store