100 Weird Facts

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  • čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
  • Did you know that rats... can't vomit? Or that there's roughly 500 million pounds of hair across the world? Or how about Michael J. Fox's middle name REALLY stands for? Those are just three of 100 WEIRD facts about the world we're going to be sharing today. No theme, just strange facts that will make you go "Huh..." Let's get weird, shall we?
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Komentáře • 143

  • @firstcynic92
    @firstcynic92 Před rokem +80

    3 hours on their phone every day? Not me. That'd take away time when I'm looking at my tablet or computer screen.

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 Před rokem +12

    23:18 Well, then, my distant cousin needs to learn how to drive...😀

  • @frankhooper7871
    @frankhooper7871 Před rokem +9

    22:50 - I can absolutely guarantee that I have no descendants at all from the 9th century - plenty of ancestors,of course.

  • @deucelou
    @deucelou Před 9 měsíci +7

    Pirates wore an eye-patch just in case somebody shut out the lights for a sneak attack. There I was always acclimated to the dark.

  • @zodarian6705
    @zodarian6705 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Hey there is a series of books you might like called Uncle John's ultimate bathroom reader

  • @christinabarrett
    @christinabarrett Před 10 měsíci +3

    23:07 Imagine trying to tell a stranger how you're both distantly related, in an effort to stave off an argument.🤪🥴🙃

  • @DanielSolis
    @DanielSolis Před rokem +6

    22:52 #80: Pedantic correction. Going back in time, we have ancestors. Going forward in time, we have descendants. So that fact should be "You have millions of ancestors, only going back a few thousand years."
    Unless you're Philip J. Fry, then you've got a whole other situation going on. :D

    • @tesmith47
      @tesmith47 Před 5 měsíci

      😅😅😅😅😅 😮😮😮😮😮😮

  • @graphosxp
    @graphosxp Před rokem +7

    The most normal fact I know: water in a cup does not get wetter if you add more water.

  • @firstcynic92
    @firstcynic92 Před rokem +6

    The most normal fact I know. Everything that is alive now will die at some point in the future.

  • @BallotBoxer
    @BallotBoxer Před rokem +4

    Normal fact: Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day. 😹

  • @mndrew1
    @mndrew1 Před rokem +2

    You want our normal facts? Ok, I'll go with a classic that is both highly unoriginal and very entertaining: "The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called 'aglets'. Their true purpose is sinister ."

    • @littlepixy2
      @littlepixy2 Před 8 měsíci

      Yeah, but can you spell aglet?

  • @thehun1234
    @thehun1234 Před 11 měsíci +2

    No 88. An Australian told me this joke: There are 18 million sheep in New Zealand, 3 million think that they are human.
    The best Kiwi answer for this was by the Prime Minister of NZ when the opposition complained about the large number of people emigrating to Australia. The PM said that it is a good thing because it increases the average IQ of both countries.

  • @PubQuizMasters
    @PubQuizMasters Před 26 dny +1

    Great video, we have a great contrast between channels. You tell facts while we quiz people on how well they know their facts! Keep up the good work

  • @RyannonBarrNeo
    @RyannonBarrNeo Před rokem +4

    Rocky mountain barking spiders got me so good!

  • @AndrewBrown-fq6vp
    @AndrewBrown-fq6vp Před rokem +2

    The best fact I know is both pistol makers Samual Colt and Gaston Glock share my birthday, 19th July.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Před rokem +4

    The most normal fact I know....
    Basketball Coach Phil Jackson won the NBA Championship on June 12th TWICE, once in 1991 and the other time in 2002, with two different teams!

  • @jamgall1010
    @jamgall1010 Před rokem +1

    The longest flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

  • @edwardbevel5596
    @edwardbevel5596 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Love this channel keep up the great work

  • @maryvon8518
    @maryvon8518 Před rokem +6

    Peanuts aren't nuts but legumes. Not sure if that's the most normal fact or just the most boring one.

  • @houliemon1315
    @houliemon1315 Před 8 měsíci +1

    That animal you were trying to pass off as Punxsutawney Phil ! Is in fact a prairie dog !

  • @andeeharry
    @andeeharry Před rokem +5

    23:16 Family Trees are interesting. I did it once and traced the leniage all the way back to 1300s. I must say, it is quite diversity, the ancestory is all over the place and so far, it looks like it started out in Normandy and spread outwards to many countries....and yes, some famous ones too. This sort of thing has reminded me to get involved in this again, since there has been a few family civil wars as well. Mostly due to political circumstances....like the Scotland and England wars sort of thing. Yeah....you never know who is on that tree of yours.

  • @jamesmitchell6925
    @jamesmitchell6925 Před rokem +4

    1 in 2,000 human babies are born with a protruding tooth.

  • @michaelsnell4034
    @michaelsnell4034 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I saw Punxsy Phil in a third grade field trip. He was behind glass in the library. The building is also the police station and a fire station.

  • @SeamusCampbell89
    @SeamusCampbell89 Před rokem +7

    Wait, with #62 (17:42), that means the two executive producers of this channel have the same name 🤯
    (Yes, I know that Hank's real name is "William.")

  • @mr.f613
    @mr.f613 Před rokem +17

    The plant discussed in #82 is Linum usitatissimum (common flax, linseed) but pictured is Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax). They are unrelated except by name although Phormium can be used to make fibres as well.

  • @terubini
    @terubini Před 8 měsíci +1

    Some weird facts which aren’t super weird just mostly generally unknown - although basketball originated in Canada, Canada only has one NBA team. Canada also only has one MLB team, but is hope to the worlds oldest baseball grounds, in London Ontario.

  • @BoyProdigyX
    @BoyProdigyX Před rokem +2

    I totally recommend The Mütter Museum to any macabre tourists (or locals) in Philly. As a bonus for artists and medical students, the majority of the collection is only available to you! This private part of the collection dwarfs the public portion, and contains the "weirdest", most controversial and most interesting parts of the collection! Though, I'm pretty sure you have to organize seeing it ahead of time...

  • @semigoth299
    @semigoth299 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Here’s a fact about Lucy she was sent to wrong address for the audition for GWTW, I watched several movies with her in them some scary,funny ,serious but she was a actress and very good one at that ❤

  • @wesleyboyer6654
    @wesleyboyer6654 Před rokem +2

    The shorthand for the all the possible combonations of the deck of cards can be written as 52! . Also called 52 shriek .

  • @dedcowbowee
    @dedcowbowee Před 21 dnem

    I'm new here, you are doing a great job! Nice channel.👍

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Před rokem +2

    That is crazy about cricket being so popular at one time!
    I have never played or even seen a game before and I have played a lot of sports!.
    A duel between Voltaire and Rosseau, wow!

  • @venabre
    @venabre Před rokem +2

    For my most common fact: fire is hot

  • @robinsmith5442
    @robinsmith5442 Před rokem +2

    My husband and I had the same g-g-g-g-grandparents at least if not more shared lineage.

  • @nostalgiaprincess
    @nostalgiaprincess Před rokem +6

    how many people are like me and want to point out how many of these were already on mental floss 😁

  • @brandongarrison1005
    @brandongarrison1005 Před rokem +1

    The Pusha T reference is the TOPPEST of tiers

  • @SeanSinclair821
    @SeanSinclair821 Před rokem +1

    22:52 (Fact 84): You meant ancestors, not descendants! Descendants are your great-(...)-grandchildren; ancestors are your great-(...)-grandparents.

  • @kayleighgroenendal8473
    @kayleighgroenendal8473 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I did a DNA test just to find relatives so I could start a family tree and find the inbreds. I found them on a farm in Groningen, Netherlands in the 1600's 😅

  • @Adaginy
    @Adaginy Před rokem +1

    Re: The birthday effect and some people maybe "holding on" -- that's something observed in newspaper obits. January and february see a huge spike in obits, as all the old men and ladies who didn't want to ruin the holidays start letting go. One time we had so many obits that we had less than a page of open space inside an 8-page paper -- and that was including the obit department trying to put obits on the front page! We called and chewed them out, they called and chewed someone else out, and it got authorized to add a half-sheet, making it a 10-page paper.

  • @johnrainsman6650
    @johnrainsman6650 Před 10 měsíci +1

    You want weird and bizarre facts? My boss, an operation manager, works wedding receptions and yet has never been married before. I mean, I don't know if she's specifically a wedding reception planner or organizer, but she does have the skills to set the tables, accommodate the guests and married couple, and decorate the room. She knows her wedding receptions, but never had _her_ wedding reception (not to suggest there ever was a proposal). Is that irony?

  • @latenighter1965
    @latenighter1965 Před rokem +3

    Factor 8??? Thats strange, because myself and other family members have the Factor V Leiden disease, which is also a clotting issue.

  • @ivettegutierreztorres3211
    @ivettegutierreztorres3211 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Most people have an IQ between 80 and 110, the people with IQ of around 80 are friendlier, people with average IQ of 180 are not empathic, and most can't relate to "normal" feelings.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner Před rokem +1

    Thank you for making the video!

  • @InfoSupply-zu7gp
    @InfoSupply-zu7gp Před 7 měsíci

    love the content!

  • @therongjr
    @therongjr Před rokem

    12:53 - "Pasta fazool, I am a fool!"

  • @mikethierry725
    @mikethierry725 Před 10 měsíci

    Lynches roommate was the lead singer of.the. J.Giels band ,that's singer of that song " centerfold, &. Love stinks"

  • @TitularHeroine
    @TitularHeroine Před rokem +1

    Most normal...? Most of your house dust is dead skin

  • @ricky7111
    @ricky7111 Před rokem +4

    As often as possible I mention that Alaska is both the eastern most AND westwrn most state. It's pne of my favorite US facts

  • @EMTDawg
    @EMTDawg Před rokem +1

    Fact 20 and 1/2... $1.19 is the most change you can have in your pocket and not be able to break a dollar bill.... 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies

  • @sam8204
    @sam8204 Před rokem +2

    Fact: a right angle is 90° (“Normal” like in physics GET IT?!)

  • @Jakobman76
    @Jakobman76 Před rokem +1

    Normal Fact: Common sense, and common curtsy are no longer common.

  • @kenstr321
    @kenstr321 Před rokem +1

    Considering that 99-1 pennies is almost 100 of them, doesn't seem too hard to get to 200's

  • @missoula2213
    @missoula2213 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Bangs like that should be called, "Front Mullets."

  • @doriWyo
    @doriWyo Před rokem +3

    Because of a mark on one of my fingernails, I verified that my nails, on average, grow 3/8 of an inch per m9nth.

  • @danielm.1441
    @danielm.1441 Před rokem +4

    The longest possible walk between two points isn't a more-or-less direct line from Cape Town to Northeast Russia... it's any two points where you do an awful lot of circling before reaching the other point.
    What you're on about is the _shortest_ possible walk between the two furthest points connected by land.

  • @sunnyscott4876
    @sunnyscott4876 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Horses can't vomit either. That's why they colic and it can be dangerous and deadly.

  • @gmoney4980
    @gmoney4980 Před rokem

    While this video provided MANY lesser known facts.. I came out with "Rabbit Season! Duck Season!".

  • @therongjr
    @therongjr Před rokem +1

    Hank and John are essentially the same name?! 😮

  • @MsOldmom
    @MsOldmom Před rokem +2

    The number of people, NOT amount of people.

  • @katnip266
    @katnip266 Před rokem +1

    Plants produce oxygen.

  • @MongoHongos
    @MongoHongos Před 5 měsíci +1

    My ratio of phone time to sex is even wider than you assume. 😢

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper Před rokem

    The Planet Earth comprises atoms. Atoms compose Planet Earth.

  • @erraticonteuse
    @erraticonteuse Před rokem +5

    14:14 I think I mentioned this in the comments of another video. The worst part is that Rousseau wrote a very influential book about raising children. Well, raising sons, he didn't see the point of educating girls. 😡
    Voltaire has his own issues, but he gleefully built a palace of books with his girlfriend, one of the top mathematical geniuses of the day, Émilie du Châtelet.

  • @sssdddkkksss
    @sssdddkkksss Před rokem

    Wow - not a single one of these is one I would share.

  • @Apophis324
    @Apophis324 Před rokem

    The most normal fact? All toasters toast toast. Naturally.

    • @bethanybody2201
      @bethanybody2201 Před rokem

      Toasters toast bread or bread related food, and broken toasters don’t toast. 😊 But you were probably trolling. 😅

    • @Apophis324
      @Apophis324 Před rokem

      @@bethanybody2201 Nooo, I wasn't trolling! I was just reciting part of a famous quote by a certain Italian plumber in a less liked title on a non-Nintendo console!
      (Mario in Hotel Mario)

    • @bethanybody2201
      @bethanybody2201 Před rokem

      @@Apophis324 Oh, sorry, I was kidding about the trolling.☺️ I guess I lose my geek card, at least temporarily.😉 😁Mario is awesome😁

    • @Apophis324
      @Apophis324 Před rokem

      @@bethanybody2201 Nah, I do not have the authority to take someone's geek card away! :P

  • @anitaburch3094
    @anitaburch3094 Před 9 měsíci

    Awesomeness

  • @WarMasterX6
    @WarMasterX6 Před rokem

    We all share a common ancestor...um...yeah...no duh?

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper Před rokem +1

    Marsh grass?

  • @justayoutuber1906
    @justayoutuber1906 Před 2 měsíci

    a cup of rubbing alcohol + 1 cup of water does NOT make 2 cups of fluid

  • @WavingWorld
    @WavingWorld Před rokem

    I used to watch this show on Yahoo, sponsored by Toyota (and others).

  • @stevecannon1774
    @stevecannon1774 Před 11 měsíci

    Isn’t factor8 given to hemophiliacs? Ancestors are antecedents not descendants.

  • @Chaarsburger
    @Chaarsburger Před 10 měsíci

    Fun Fact: If You Fuck Around The More You Find Out.

  • @cloyola8889
    @cloyola8889 Před měsícem

    yay for oysters.

  • @mikethierry725
    @mikethierry725 Před 10 měsíci

    Oh his name Peter Wolfe.

  • @dont_take_it_personal
    @dont_take_it_personal Před rokem +15

    Fact 50: Pusha T's claims were validated, just not acknowledged by the scorned Aubrey.

  • @Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed
    @Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed Před rokem +1

    Newf. N. Land. Not New Finland.

  • @thatonetallguy9586
    @thatonetallguy9586 Před rokem

    Can show fake ducks, but blur out guns and blood…….right

  • @sun1one1
    @sun1one1 Před rokem

    Several mammals can't vomit.

  • @Facelow_dailyfacts
    @Facelow_dailyfacts Před 10 měsíci

    So weird!

  • @reppepper
    @reppepper Před rokem

    Don’t you mean ancestors, not descendants?

  • @tesmith47
    @tesmith47 Před 5 měsíci

    Did she mention we are ALL. AFRICAN?

  • @RexGanymede
    @RexGanymede Před rokem

    it is _extremely_ prescient, that rodents can't vomit
    (dang...
    ...maybe there _was_ a god. . . . .)

    • @ivettegutierreztorres3211
      @ivettegutierreztorres3211 Před 3 měsíci

      And don't salivate

    • @RexGanymede
      @RexGanymede Před 3 měsíci

      @@ivettegutierreztorres3211 if rodents could salivate..
      ..well, i feel assured, humanity probably would have died out long ago
      from just that one simple, seemingly-small aspect
      this definitely bolsters the pro _intelligent design_ argument, in my eyes, ivette

  • @n1ckdrag0n
    @n1ckdrag0n Před 9 měsíci

    new-fin-land

  • @NewsJunkie4ever
    @NewsJunkie4ever Před 6 měsíci

    Hi Niki!

  • @lakechamp529
    @lakechamp529 Před 4 měsíci

    Cool video but your speech rate is sooo fast. 😂❤

  • @sinecurve9999
    @sinecurve9999 Před rokem

    Fact 77: 120 days of sex... I assume it isn't all at once...

  • @Sinneration
    @Sinneration Před 10 měsíci

    Factor VIII

  • @ASteamingHam
    @ASteamingHam Před rokem

    Don't call him "Monet?"(#49)

    • @bethanybody2201
      @bethanybody2201 Před rokem +1

      Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 - 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. Oscar-Claude Monet (14 November 1840 - 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, easily confused.

  • @iBolt07
    @iBolt07 Před rokem

    8 unvigintillion

  • @adamhlj
    @adamhlj Před rokem +1

    #84 should be "antecedents" because they came before. Descendants come after you. Progenitor would also be accurate. But Ancestor should be the best option.

  • @Mezelenja
    @Mezelenja Před rokem

    Whyd this go from fun facts to mfs dying so fast

  • @hereverydayadventure
    @hereverydayadventure Před 10 měsíci

    The most normal fact I know: mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

  • @MikeWathen-cz5ym
    @MikeWathen-cz5ym Před rokem

    A freshly opened skall smells like a bag of Fredo's

  • @sadib100
    @sadib100 Před rokem +1

    This sentence is false.

  • @masteryoshi7121
    @masteryoshi7121 Před rokem

    First!

  • @CritterKeeper01
    @CritterKeeper01 Před rokem

    If a law mandates "teaching creationism" then I would love to see teachers teaching the creation myths of the ancient Greeks and Romans, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and as many African, Polynesian, and Native American tribes as possible. Everything *except* the Abrahamic traditions!

  • @jphilb
    @jphilb Před rokem

    Fact 101. There are no aliens. We are alone in the universe.

  • @lukey7788
    @lukey7788 Před rokem

    It's pronounced to rhyme with 'understand' - NewfinLAND. Sand, canned, bland, grand, hand... All these rhyme with Newfoundland. Land, not lind. Land land land land land land land land land land land land land land land land. LAND.
    Didn't bother watching the rest of the video, too frustrated.

  • @garymurphy4165
    @garymurphy4165 Před 6 měsíci

    BORING

  • @heyzus
    @heyzus Před rokem

    Why are you slabbering wide load, close caption, nobody wants to hear your voice!

  • @timthompson7205
    @timthompson7205 Před 11 měsíci

    Why does the menopause channel never pop up on my feed anymore