#67: 19 Hilarious fun facts

Scotland’s national animal is unicorn. Tweet This

Hippopotamuses are the deadliest African mammals. Tweet This

The president of the Philippines publicly said he regretted not having taken part in a gang rape. Tweet This

Out of superstition, the EU Parliament leaves the seat 666 vacant. Tweet This

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No one knows for sure who invented the fire hydrant. In 1836, the patent office burned to the ground destroying all US patent records. Tweet This

Venezuelan government encourages peeing under the shower due to water shortage. Tweet This

Kent used asbestos for its cigarettes in the period 1952-56. Tweet This

In July 2016, the US skydiver, Luke Aikins, jumped without parachute from 7 620 m (25 000 ft.) landing safely in a net. Tweet This

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In some parts of Malawi, girls are made to have sex with a designated (and paid) sex worker when they reach puberty. Village elders see it as a form of ritual “cleansing”. Tweet This

In a controversial decision, Canada’s Supreme Court has just declared that most bestiality sex is legal. Tweet This

The official football was initially brown. In 1951, it became white to be more visible on the black and white TV. Tweet This

Football shoes are often made of kangaroo leather. Tweet This

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Funai (Japan) was the last producer of VCRs (Videocassette Recorders). It stopped production in July 2016. Tweet This

San Francisco, USA, has just banned Styrofoam in a bid to preserve environment. Tweet This

Atheists are not welcome in the US Boy Scouts organisations. Tweet This

In 2007, a French man was proven to have less than 10% of his brain left. The rest were ventricles full of cerebrospinal fluid. He led a normal life. Tweet This

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Rhinos have horns made of keratin only, with no bone inside and not attached to the skull. Tweet This

The short story writer, Erskine Caldwell, once went through a Webster’s Collegiate dictionary and crossed out all the words of more than four syllables (and vowed to stop using them). Tweet This

In Tbilisi, Georgia, the clients of a vegan café were attacked by ‘sausage-wielding nationalists’. Tweet This