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Nicotine, the substance that makes cigarettes addictive, is lethal in doses of as little as 0.5mg/kg (Meaning your average 180lb man dies after consuming about 40mg, or about the size of a water drop), making it more lethal than arsenic or bleach.

From a biological standpoint, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and even mulberries aren't actually berries. HOWEVER, fruits such as eggplant, grapes, tomatoes, chillies and even bananas ARE technically berries. The fruit. They lie.

Echidnas have a four-pronged penis. Platypi are the only venomous mammal. And the two of them are the only monotremes in the world. They lay eggs. As mammals. Fucking Australian fauna. Don't even get me started.

There are 2 types of people in the world. Those who can derive conclusions from incomplete data sets.

On the Gary Larson train, Gary almost got taken to court by Jane Goodall's lawyer and PR staff due to this little number The best part? Jane herself found it hilarious, and was shocked that her staff went so far as to threaten legal action against Gary.

The (now dwarf) planet Pluto was named by an 11 year old girl named Venetia Burney. Since Pluto was so hard to find, but was predicted to exist, little Venetia suggested it be named after the Roman god of the Underworld due to his ability to turn invisible, much like the planet seemed to be. Her...

Thematically Appropriate given the site: A study of over 15 000 men found the average penis size is 13.12cm (5.16 inches) when erect. And the standard deviation is about 1.66cm (0.65 inches). So that guy talking about his 8 inch dick is in the top 0.3% of people. Crazy.

Only three regular polygons can tessellate - the equilateral triangle, the square, and the regular hexagon. All other polygons end up having really crazy looking shapes to make them tessellate. Bonus fact: There are 15 different pentagons that can tessellate. Yay!

Gosh Darnit Enid, now I gotta do this again. Ask away. I know I'm a lot less interesting than Enid, but eh. I'm all about sharing.

What made you think that you could STEAL MY THUNDER!?

I'd probably get you a coffee, chat about your day and give you a crisp high five to finish it off. Maybe a hug if I'm feeling frisky

Kangaroos can't walk. They physically can't make a "one leg in front of the other" motion. They have to kinda.....hop slowly to go slow