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Did You Know? Creepy and Strange Facts

Did you know?
Strange Facts

Here are some strange facts to help keep you entertained.

• -It’s impossible to hum while holding your breath.
• -Octopuses have three hearts.
• -Most wasabi paste isn’t wasabi. It’s usually horseradish instead.
• -In the Philippines, McDonald’s serves spaghetti.
• -Before toilet paper was invented, Americans would use corn cobs or periodicals, like the Farmers Almanac.
• -Blue whale tongues can weigh as much as an elephant.
• -Shadows are darker on the moon.
• -A flock of ravens is called an “Unkindness”.

Find more here: 60 Weird Facts Most People Don't Know by Reader's Digest

Some creepy facts:

• -Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride used real skeletons because the artificial ones weren’t scary enough.
• -Decorations made from human bones adorn the interior of the Sedlec Ossuary in the Czech Republic.
• -Ancient Romans believed that drinking human blood would let them absorb power.
• -Alchemists used brain matter as an ingredient for an elixir of eternal life in the 1600s.
• -The Mutter Museum, in Philadelphia, displays mutations, tumors, and anomalies of human anatomy.
• -Emperor Nero profited off of human urine.
• -There are more than 150 corpses on Mount Everest.
• -People believe that a radio station in Russia is haunted. The station UVB-76 broadcasts white static noises, but no one knows where it comes from. It’s been broadcasting since 1982.
• -Mike the Headless Chicken was alive for 18 months after being decapitated.
• -Fatal familial insomnia makes it impossible for someone to sleep. Because of the lack of sleep, it leads to high blood pressure, weight loss, and severe exhaustion, until the patient dies.

Find more here: Creepy Facts by Facts.net

Some resources that we have access to:

All OC Tech students, faculty, and staff have access to these resources. You must be logged into your school account (same as D2L).

• -A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome
• -Strange Medicine
• -Strange Foods: Bush Meat, Bats, and Butterflies: An Epicurean Adventure Around the World
• -A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the World's Greatest Empire