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“it can use its penis as a weapon!”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“ALTHOUGH THE EARTH IS 70% WATER, JUST 1% OF IT IS CONSIDERED DRINKABLE.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“22 • SATURN WOULD FLOAT ON WATER. You probably know that Saturn is a gas giant. But did you know that the planet is less dense than water? If you could find a pool big enough to fit the entire planet, Saturn would float happily on top of it.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“62.​A CHICKEN ONCE SURVIVED ALMOST TWO YEARS AFTER HAVING ITS HEAD CUT OFF. Mike the Headless Chicken, as he would come to be known, survived when the axe stroke missed his jugular vein and most of his brain stem.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“THERE IS A SPECIES OF TURTLE THAT CAN BREATHE THROUGH ITS BUTT. The white-throated snapping turtle of Australia has earned the nickname “the bum-breathing turtle” in honor the fact that it can intake most of the oxygen it needs through its rear end.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“WE MAY TALK ABOUT WATSON AND CRICK’S DOUBLE-HELIX DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE CLASS, BUT BRITISH CHEMIST ROSALIND FRANKLIN IS THE ONE WHO REVEALED DNA’S STRUCTURE.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History: 500 Preposterous Facts They Definitely Didn’t Teach You in School

“49.​TRUE OR FALSE: 2006’S CASINO ROYALE WAS THE FIRST BOND MOVIE THAT COULD BE WATCHED IN CHINA. True. It was the first film in the James Bond series that the Chinese censor board approved. 50.​TRUE OR FALSE: THE FIRST INTERRACIAL KISS IN TELEVISION HISTORY HAPPENED ON STAR TREK. True. Although the network originally didn’t want to air it, William Shatner reportedly sabotaged all of the other shoots, forcing the network to run the kiss. 51.​TRUE OR FALSE: THE FIRST TELEVISION COMMERCIAL EVER WAS A CAR COMMERCIAL. False. It was actually a commercial for watches, and it aired in 1941. 52.​TRUE OR FALSE: ACTOR JIM CAVIEZEL WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING WHILE PORTRAYING JESUS IN THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. True. Caviezel suffered a large number of calamities during the filming, but this one seemed like a bit of an omen. 53.​TRUE OR FALSE: BRYAN ADAMS’ FAMOUS SONG “SUMMER OF ‘69” IS NAMED AFTER THE SEX POSITION, NOT THE YEAR. True. In fact, Adams was just 9 years old during the summer of 1969. 54.​TRUE OR FALSE: THE ROLLING STONES PERFORMED IN BACK TO THE FUTURE 3. False. But ZZ Top did! 55.​TRUE OR FALSE: THE WORD “FUCK” WAS ONCE SAID OVER 1,000 TIMES IN ONE MOVIE. False. But Swearnet: The Movie came close with the word appearing 935 times—a record amount! 56.​TRUE OR FALSE: BATTLEFIELD EARTH WAS WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER OF SCIENTOLOGY. True. L. Ron Hubbard was a well-known science fiction writer in addition to being the founder of Scientology.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“WHEN A WORKER BEE MATES WITH THE QUEEN BEE, ITS PENIS EXPLODES.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“WHILE IT CAN VARY GREATLY BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE, OVER 8,000 SHEETS OF PAPER CAN BE MANUFACTURED FROM THE AVERAGE TREE.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Nature: 500 Wild Facts from the Zaniest Corners of the World

“TRUE OR FALSE: BEAVERS’ BUTTS TASTE LIKE VANILLA. True. Well…sort of. Beavers secrete a substance from their anal glands that is used in artificial vanilla flavoring. Yum.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“THERE IS A SPECIES OF ANT THAT SELF-DESTRUCTS AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM. The Camponotus saundersi species of ant can cause two mandibular glands to explode when it is losing a fight. The glands are filled with a corrosive and sticky substance that can immobilize its attackers and save other members of its colony.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“YOU COULD SWIM THROUGH THE VEINS OF A BLUE WHALE. It may sound crazy, but it’s true. The average blue whale has a heart that is approximately the size of a car, so it should come as no surprise that it has massive veins to match.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“24.​ALTHOUGH THE EARTH IS 70% WATER, JUST 1% OF IT IS CONSIDERED DRINKABLE”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way, while scientists say Earth contains 3 trillion trees.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“Typical men…so lazy.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“GREEK PLAYWRIGHT AESCHYLUS, OFTEN CONSIDERED THE “FATHER OF TRAGEDY,” WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED WHEN AN EAGLE MISTOOK HIS BALD HEAD FOR A ROCK AND DROPPED A TURTLE ON IT. A fitting death for the master of tragedy!”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History: 500 Preposterous Facts They Definitely Didn’t Teach You in School

“SPOCK ONCE BEAT WOLVERINE IN A FIGHT.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“ON D-DAY, THE USS TEXAS BATTLESHIP INTENTIONALLY FLOODED PART OF ITS HULL IN ORDER TO TILT THE SHIP TO THE CORRECT ANGLE TO REACH GERMAN TARGETS FARTHER INLAND.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: World History: 500 Preposterous Facts They Definitely Didn’t Teach You in School

“61.​THE “LOUDEST PENIS” IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM BELONGS TO THE LESSER WATER BOATMAN INSECT.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“WE ALMOST NUKED THE MOON.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“THERE IS A SPECIES OF OCTOPUS WITH DETACHABLE SEXUAL ORGANS. The male argonaut octopus mates by detaching its sexual organ and flinging it toward the female. It then makes its way inside the female to fertilize her eggs.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“WHEN A WORKER BEE MATES WITH THE QUEEN BEE, ITS PENIS EXPLODES. True. You can even hear it pop if you listen close.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“BANANAS ARE TECHNICALLY BERRIES. STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES ARE NOT.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“MAGGOTS ARE STILL USED TO CLEAN WOUNDS. In fact, as recently as 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted the production and marketing of maggots for limited use as a “medical device.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“YOU WERE ONCE A DISEMBODIED ANUS. When humans develop in the womb, one of the very first things to form is the anus.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends

“Athletes are amazing. They perform outrageous feats of strength and agility that you and I can only dream of.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“Think about it- how many everyday facts that we take for granted would sound crazy if you were learning them for the first time?”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bullshit

“ONE DAY ON VENUS IS LONGER THAN ONE YEAR ON VENUS.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“THE FAMOUS “WILHELM SCREAM” HAS BEEN USED IN HUNDREDS OF MOVIES AND TELEVISION SHOWS OVER THE YEARS.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts that Sound Like Bulls#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock And Impress Your Friends

“DESPITE NOT EXISTING, THE UNICORN IS THE “NATIONAL ANIMAL” OF SCOTLAND.”
― Shane Carley, True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: 500 Insane-But-True Facts That Will Shock and Impress Your Friends