The world is a fascinating place, and it's full of weird and interesting facts that you might have never realized were true.
Luckily, the folks over at Reddit have a collection of true facts about life, and we've combed through them to find our favorites.
From a creature that can survive the harsh vacuum of space to the odd state sport of Maryland, you're bound to learn something that makes you think twice.
`Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.`
`A mantis shrimp can swing its claw so fast it boils the water around it and creates a flash of light.`
`The Spanish national anthem has no words.`
`Honey does not spoil. You could feasibly eat 3000 year old honey.`
`Dead people can get goose bumps.`
`A small percentage of the static you see on "dead" tv stations is left over radiation from the Big Bang. You're seeing residual effects of the Universe's creation.`
`The state sport of Maryland is jousting.`
`When we breath through our nose, we always inhale more air from one nostril than with the other one — and this changes every 15 minutes.`
`If you were to remove all of the empty space from the atoms that make up every human on earth, the entire world population could fit into an apple.`
`The woolly mammoth was still around when the pyramids were being built.`
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