These True Facts Sound Incredibly Fake

Purple Carrots

While today we recognize carrots as the orange veggies, they were originally purple! You can still buy these original purple carrots, though they're less common. They contain several helpful antioxidants and nutrients.  By the early 1500s, orange carrots had arrived on the scene in Italy, but prior to that, they were variations of purple and yellow on the inside!

Vindictive Vendor

Vending machines are pretty deadly, or at least, more deadly than sharks. The odds of dying from a shark attack are one in 250 million. However, a vending machine death can be closer to around 1 in 112 million. So, while neither are very possible, you might be warier of those $1.99 chips than a deadly shark in the deep oceans. 

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The More You Know

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.