Mind-blowing Facts That Literally Nobody Has Heard Before

Krakato-AAAAA!!!!

The sound of the Krakatoa eruption in 1883 was so loud that it ruptured the eardrums of people that were living just 40 miles away. The sound traveled around the world four times. People that were more than 3000 miles away from the eruption heard it clearly. 

Pig Facts Incoming

Did you ever hear the urban legend that "a pig will eat anything you put in front of it?" Well, that is partially true, Pigs have a uniquely developed digestive system and a voracious appetite because of their evolutionary difficulties. Pigs will eat an entire human being if they could, but for some reason, they leave the teeth.

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The More You Know

  • Honey is essentially bee vomit.
  • The stars and flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.