Sloths do not “pass gas” that way. Rather the methane from their digestive system is expelled through their breath. That is a pretty random fact about sloths.

Basically, our word for alligators comes from English-speaking people badly butchering the Spanish term for “the lizard.” El Lagarto said quickly can start to sound a lot like alligator.

Do you ever wonder why your dog seems very particular about lining up where they squat to do their business? Turns out they are trying to operate their internal compass when they do this.

Boy, Jessi really decided to slander the good name of Koalas in this post. Koalas only eat eucalyptus and sleep a large percentage of the time. They are very particular in their diet but we disagree with Jessi and think that Koalas are very smart, just in their own way.

Danielle is actually slightly wrong here, female koalas technically have 3 vaginas. It is a single opening to the exterior that branches into 3. Male koalas also have a forked penis. These were certainly some random koala facts.

Do you want to know what the source of this information is? The Guinness Book of Freaking World Records. Pigs hold the longest-orgasming mammal record, which certainly the whole species is proud of.

This is a thing. Experts are learning more and more about the importance of gut health to mood and mental well-being. Nothing in this study is helping that, however. In the study referenced here, “researchers” shoved the feces of stressed-out mice and put it in relaxed mice and made them anxious. Why not do it the other way around? Jerks. Jerk scientists.

Snails can sleep for up to 3 years in order to just sort of wait out environmental conditions they are not suited to. There are certainly some humans who would love to be able to sleep through the last couple of years, at least.

Have you ever eaten a piece of fruit and realized you never peeled the sticker off? Feels you with fear, doesn’t it? How long will this sticker be in my digestive system? Will there just be a Delmonte sticker stuck to the side of my colon for the rest of my life? Nah, don’t worry, while they definitely aren’t healthy to eat, it’s fine if you do.

This horrifying fact is absolutely true. Scottish doctors/surgeons John Aitken and James Jeffray invented the chainsaw in the 1780s to help with difficult childbirth. Later, the invention would be used by Leatherface as a murder weapon in a very successful horror movie franchise.

There is some debate on this one. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary would later state that “tag” does not actually stand for “touch and go.” They are only 190 years old though and the game of tag goes back way farther than that. If you choose to believe this as true, then it will be.

If someone ever tells you how important it is to “be present” or “in the moment” now you can tell them that what they are saying is impossible. We are always a few moments behind. So don’t even bother to meditate or do yoga or anything, just live in the past and/or live for the future.

Llamas who want to reproduce aren’t kidding around. They have special teeth used for fighting that are sometimes used to rip another llamas testicles off, thus making sure they are no threat to the other male’s ability to reproduce.

Have you ever wondered why the symbol we use for hearts is so inaccurate? Well, it turns out that symbol actually comes from Silphium. Romans really did eat the herb extinct.

We were certain this would turn out to be false when we looked it up but nope, this Tweet is correct. “Testimony” does indeed come from the fact that men would grab their testicles while swearing they would tell the truth in ancient Greece. Isn’t history super fun sometimes?

You can tell a human something and there is a 90% chance that information is gone by the following week. To be honest, those seem like optimistic numbers.

This is an interesting fact about the history of clanging glasses together in a toast. It’s maybe best to not do this with anyone who has made a lot of enemies.

Isn’t this a nice name for a group of hummingbirds? They are also the only bird that can fly backward, by the way. Hummingbirds have a lot going on for themselves.

Babies have cartilage in place of where their kneecaps will eventually grow. This makes it very difficult for bookies to get revenge on them if the babies owe them money.

Donald Duck’s middle name was revealed in the 1942 film “Donald Gets Drafted” which amazingly, is about Donald Duck getting drafted to fight in the war. The middle name appeared on his draft card and has been kept in canon ever since.

Flamingos have been known to drink from boiling geysers without incurring any damage. Think about that the next time you complain that your soup is too hot.

It’s actually $1.2 billion the Cuban government owes the office supply store. That’s a lot of printing and ink supplies they have purchased. They must have been using card stock and glossy covers for their TPS reports.

The dot above an “i” has a name and that name is “tittle.” So don’t forget to put your tittles on all your lower case Is.

We’re not even 1/3 of the way through this article and already this is our second point about the number of vaginas an animal has. Much like koalas, kangaroos have 3 vaginas.

The first oranges were from Southeast Asia and were green in color. Green just doesn’t seem like the proper color for the taste it produces but this is an absolutely true and random fact.

Floccinaucinihilipilification is a word that means to classify something as worthless. For instance, it is Floccinaucinihilipilification to create a word as long as Floccinaucinihilipilification.

Do you know what the “S” in Harry S Truman stands for? Nothing. It’s just an S. His parents just wanted an S in there. How many times do you think he had to answer that question?

Wombats use their poop to mark their territory. Their droppings tend to be a unique square or cube shape that helps with this. They are a unique species, in this regard.

Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Slaghoople. This was confirmed in later cartoons as her mother’s name was Pearl Slaghoople. Another fun fact about Wilma is that she and Betty worked as cigarette girls at a resort.

Queen Victoria is known for her avid journaling and writing. She is believed to have written about 2500 words a day, which is quite a lot.

In terms of their DNA, mushrooms have more in common with people than they do other plants. Experts believe we share 50% of our DNA with mushrooms.

True zebras are black with white stripes. Underneath their striped coat, a zebra’s skin is black.

The reason why babies are so freaked out whenever someone hides their face behind their hands is that for all they know, that person is gone forever.

The bird is native to Australia and is notable for being able to recreate the sounds of anything it hears. This includes chainsaws, which we learned earlier, were invented for childbirth.

The original Black Panther looked a little different. There was no mouth or nose covering in previous versions. Still an awesome movie, though.

The Dimetrodon is a non-mammalian synapsid that lived close to 300 million years ago. It’s not a dinosaur but would not look out of place in Jurassic Park.

Think of how frightening this idea is. If polar bears find out we’re the ones melting all the ice they live on, we are done for.

Queen Elizabeth does not need a passport to travel. You tend to get these advantages when your face is on money in multiple different countries. Meghan Markle does need a passport, by the way.

Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill when Julia Roberts was born. The King family and Roberts family were friends and paying the bill was a gift.

Doesn’t this sound like a fun job? At a zoo somewhere perhaps they are looking for volunteers to rub baby panda bellies.

Y is a vowel aside from the 3 percent of the time

It’s true. You have never actually looked at your own face. Try as hard as you want, your eyes just won’t ever face your own face.

Billion and million seem like numbers that should be much closer in size to each other than they really are. A billion is way bigger than a million.

This is a downright adorable name for this part of the mouth. Well done Greece!

It’s amazing how many words are used the way they are today because of how incorrectly we used them previously. Here is yet another example.

We will save you the trouble of contorting your body around to check and see if this is true. It is.

Only 750K people have ever been to Antarctica. Evidently, the stories they tell of their travels aren’t positive enough to convince too many others to make the trip.

It’s true. The French word for paperclip is “trombone” and they do kind of look like miniature versions of the instrument.

This is actually true of a lot of animals, including humans. Animals have different languages, dialects, and customs across geographical regions that make it harder for them to communicate with each other.

Although spelling bees are held all over the world, they are only ever conducted using the English language. This is thought to be a result of other languages using more phonetic-based spelling.

Whale vomit contains Ambergris that is used in perfume. Wouldn’t you like to have a talk with the person who discovered this? Basically, at some point in history, somebody said “let’s splash some whale vomit on our skin and see how that smells” and the results came out much more positive than anyone could have predicted.

Somehow, Sunny Hostin, co-host of the View, snuck into this thread and didn’t even get a reply from the author. Anyway, she’s right about chickens but most experts say the number is closer to 100.

They have actually done studies on ostriches and found that when humans aren’t around, they have little interest in mating with other ostriches. There’s something about us humans that get those ostriches in the mood!

A gathering of polar bears can be referred to as a “celebration” although it is dangerous for a human to attempt to celebrate alongside them.

It’s the dudes in the seahorse world who do the birthing. The female gives her eggs to the male and then the male fertilizes them.

Hitler is thought to have really hated red lipstick and wouldn’t let people wear it around him. So, people started wearing it just because they knew he didn’t like it. Well done ladies of the time!

It is thought that the reason Emus swallow rocks is that it helps them digest their food. Some dinosaurs are also thought to have done this.

Like fingerprints, no two people on Earth have the same tongue prints. The shape of your ears is also unique.

There is some debate on this but in 1672 an angry mob killed Prime Minster Johan de Witt. According to some stories, some people in the mob cooked up and ate some body parts but this may have been an exaggeration.

The base of the Great Pyramid is 13 acres or 5.3 hectares. It would take about 40 minutes just to walk that length.

Assuming you are using a QWERTY-based keyboard, then every letter you type for the word stewardess will be performed by your left hand.

The sound your hand makes when you snap your fingers is actually from your middle finger hitting your thumb.

Bats don’t feel like they should be mammals. They look like rodents but are not in any way genetically similar to them. Some experts have said they are more closely related to primates like humans. Recent evidence suggests they are related to pangolins and whales.

A mule is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey. Because of the odd number of chromosomes mules have, they are unable to reproduce.

Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiena in the Princess and the Frog knows how to survive an alligator attack. She’s the second celebrity to have just randomly slipped into this thread without much fanfare.

Spencer M Clark is an interesting guy to look up if you have some time. He worked for the treasury department and made the controversial decision to put his face on the 5-cent note. Clark was also accused of sexual misconduct relating to female employees in the department.

Why someone bothered to give these things a name is anyone’s guess. The word comes from aguillette, which comes from the French word for “needle.”

So that small pocket in our jeans is for an invention that literally nobody uses anymore. So why do they still keep making those pockets then?

There is scientific evidence to back this up. Researchers found that crows are able to remember the faces of humans who captured them for up to a period of 2 years.

It’s not the biggest city in Vermont but Montpellier does not have a McDonald’s. They are the only state capital in the USA that doesn’t.

Film producer Franklin Leanard wants everyone to know that while all other states in the USA have a bicameral legislature (two separate governing houses or chambers), Nebraska just has one.

The horsehair worm is the most frightening thing that exists in nature. It will infect insects with its larvae and then uses mind control to turn the insect into characters from M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening”

Actress Jayne Mansfield died at the age of 34 in an automobile accident in 1967 after her car crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer. After her death, it was made mandatory for all such trucks to have an underride guard.

A mother’s body knows what her child needs even after birth. The contents of breast milk will change if the baby is sick.

The most common time for babies to be born in the United States is September. September 9th is the most common and September 19th is the second most common birthday. So this really begs the question, what is going on 9 months earlier that is just so darn sexy.