With about 6.3 million Twitter followers , UberFactsreaches millions of mass with little nuggets of trivia every sidereal day . Unfortunately , many of those “ fun facts ” are completely amiss or misleading .
I dredged up every UberFacts nip from yesterday — all 64 of them , from midnight to midnight PST — and did a scrap of fact - checking . The upshot were n’t encouraging . ( Buzzfeed , apparently reckon along the same bank line , has just published an interview with UberFacts curatorKris Sanchez . )
Looks like 38 of them were straight , 11 were false and 15 were partially true or highly debatable — what I ’m call on-key - ish . We all make fault . But UberFacts really does seem to make more error than your average fun fact account .
1 . turtle were living on our planet before dinosaurs were .
True . Some of the first turtleneck are believe to have endure on Earth about 220 - 260 million twelvemonth ago . The oldest recognise dinosaur fossils are about240 million years old .
2 . Weird Al Yankovic was the valedictory speaker of his high schoolhouse .
True . Yankovic was also a member of his high-pitched schoolhouse ’s Volcano Worshippers Club . “ We started the social club just to get an extra picture of ourselves in the yearbook , ” Weird Al would later tell Dr. Demento in aninterview .
3 . Women essay suicide about 3 times more often than man .
True - ish . cleaning lady do try self-annihilation at a high-pitched pace than adult male , but this fact in isolation would give most the great unwashed the incorrect impression that more women die out from self-annihilation . cleaning woman in the U.S. are roughlyone fourthas potential as man to successfully invest self-annihilation , with much of this a upshot of different self-destruction method — men in the U.S. are much more likely to expend a small-arm .
If you or someone you bed is intend about or threatening suicide , please tell someone . The suicide hotline in the U.S. is 1 - 800 - 273 - 8255 . outside number can be foundhere .
4 . In California , there are more required hours of training to become a Samuel Barber than to become a police force officeholder .
truthful . In the state of California , a Samuel Barber requires1,500 hoursof training before they can take the State Board exam . The minimal training requirements for becoming a law police officer in California is664 hoursof education , including the exams .
5 . The sunlight hitting the earth is was [ sic ] immobilise within of the sunshine for about 30,000 years before being released .
True - ish . This one is worded a bit like my tweets around 3AM after I ’ve sip an adult beverage or two . More accurately : The energy hitting Earth mightily now in the form of sun took about30,000 yearsto make its way from the sun ’s core .
6 . Singapore Airlines have “ corpse cupboard ” to store the great unwashed who give out mid - escape .
True - ish . Only some of Singapore Airlines ’s airplanes have a compartment near the loss wrangle that ’s large enough to fit a body . This is limited to their longest flights — specifically their Airbus A340 - 500 aircraft that fly from Singapore to Los Angeles and New York . But somehow this fact , in the first place from a 2004Guardianarticle , has taken on a life of its own , develop to the point where it ’s become accepted as fact that all of Singapore Airlines flights have “ cadaver cupboards . ”
Even the planes that have them only use them as a last hangout . As the airline told the Guardian at the meter , “ The compartment will be used only if no suitable quad can be witness elsewhere in the cabin . ”
7 . The vagina naturally bring on H hydrogen peroxide to help fight off bacteria .
genuine . Though the hydrogen hydrogen peroxide only fights offcertain kindsof infection .
8 . Baby hedgehogs are call “ hoglets . ”
truthful . Interestingly , infant hedgehogs were n’t call hoglets until the early nineties . Until the mid-90s or so , most account book simply referred to them as baby oryoung hedgehogs . The words pup , piggy , and kit were also sometimes used .
9 . Starfish do n’t have mental capacity .
genuine . While starfish have a complex spooky system , they miss acentralized brain .
10 . Cuddling with a teddy bear releases the same amount of endorphin as having sexual activity – put you in a good mood .
off-key . This supposed fact appears to descend from a pop email strand letter of the alphabet . While hugging a teddy bear may feel good , there’sno evidencethat it releases the same amount of endorphin as having sex .
11 . Foods rich in vitamin B6 have the ability to make your pipe dream more vivid and help you remember them .
True - ish . Yes , there wasone studydone in 2002 that suggest B6 may make mass to have more graphic dreams . But it was done using just 12 students over the course of study of five days . More work is decidedly require on this one .
12 . A female beg mantis tide rip the head off of the male during sex .
True - ish . Yes , the distaff praying mantid will sometimes sting off its mate ’s psyche during sex , but not even a absolute majority of the time . intimate cannibalism appear to pass off about 5 - 30 percent of the time . science laboratory shape ( bright igniter and such ) seem to get it to happenmore frequently .
13 . multitude with high IQs woolgather more .
Inconclusive . The only place I could find this little tidbit was on web site filled with nonsense that looked like they were designed in Angelfire circa 1998 .
14 . A human make Ramon Artagaveytia come through the flaming and sinking of a ship in 1871 , leaving him emotionally scarred . 41 old age subsequently , he was capable to finally overcome his fear and decided to sail again . He then died in the sinking of a newfangled ship called “ The Titanic . ”
reliable . That dude had reallybad luckwith ships .
15 . manducate gum can help your brainiac role more expeditiously .
rightful - ish . Some survey have shown that chewing gum helps some people bemore alert , but it did n’t facilitate with other thing like memory .
16 . Buzz Lightyear ’s original name was “ Lunar Larry . ”
True . Another name considered for the character wasTempus the Morph .
17 . marital couples have sex an average of 58 times a year .
straight . But that norm does n’t really state us much . About 15 percent of married couple have n’t had gender in the past 6 months to a twelvemonth , while marital couples under the age of 30 average about111 times per year .
18 . On average , people will spend about two workweek of their life kiss .
sham . This one is almost certainly made up , despite the fact that it comes from the highly prestigiousJournal of Snapple Studies .
19 . The distaff equivalent weight of “ morning Sir Henry Joseph Wood ” is “ morning dew ” … yes , it ’s a tangible thing .
True . At least according toUrban Dictionary , the only real authority in this area .
20 . LEGO gentleman have those little trap in the top of their head to allow air to pass through them , should a child ever get one stuck in their throat .
genuine . And if you have n’t checked out the Gizmodo’sLego subdomainyet , you really should .
21 . In the Netherlands , citizens with disabilities obtain money from the land to pay for intimate services up to 12 metre a twelvemonth .
truthful - ish . handicapped citizen can find benefit that let in visits to prostitutes , but the “ 12 times a yr ” figure is actually pull from advocates in the UK who haveproposeda Netherlands - style political platform in their own country . It ’s not clear if people in the Netherlands have a specific number of visit allowed per twelvemonth .
22 . The US government spends about $ 300,000 a year to examine the body language of Putin and other world leaders .
True . Though accord to the Pentagon , those studies havenot yet informedany insurance policy conclusion .
23 . On fair , US citizens tope 3 barb of liquor a week – Russian citizens drink twice that amount every week .
True - ish . The actual number is 3.3 snap for Americans . And 6.3 shots for Russians . South Koreans imbibe the most hard intoxicant per week with13.7 shots .
24 . Vanilla - flavored snacks and treats often contain “ castoreum ” – Anal secretions from beavers .
True - ish . Though the title that it ’s used “ often ” is a stretch . give the difficultness of milk this secernment out of beaver butts , you belike wo n’t find this clobber in your packaged junk food . According toNational Geographicit ’s in reality hard-core foodies who seek it out .
25 . Over - thinking is one of the top causes of depression .
False . This is one of those “ fun facts ” you ’ll only recover on low-down rent self - supporter web site .
26 . Crows can recognise human faces and warn other brag about unsafe people .
True . crow are incrediblyintelligent . Like terrifyingly so . Anecdotally , I remember a story about my grandmother who had a preferent crow when she was a youngster . It would follow her to and from school each twenty-four hours . [ fudge factor : I just get a school text from my mammy informing me that it was my grandad who had the preferred crow . Hi Mom , thanks for version ! ]
27 . Jagermeister was originally signify to be a coughing medicine .
fictitious . Jagermeister was first concoct around 1935 as adigestif . Some people think it tastes like cough medicine , which is what keep this inaccurate fun fact animated .
28 . Ikea is actually the world ’s largest and richest “ non - profit brotherly love . ”
False . Ikea ’s founder , Ingvar Kamprad , started the Stichting INGKA Foundation , one of the large large-hearted organizations in the Earth . Ikea uses this foundation to avoid pay much in revenue enhancement — as little as3.5 percenton annual profits some years . But give the elaborate tax evasion schemes of many huge corporations , this should come as no surprisal . call Ikea the world ’s largest “ non - profit charity ” is very deceptive .
29 . The background dissonance in a room bear upon the taste of the solid food you ’re eating .
True . As theGuardianpoints out , there ’s been a tremendous surge in mass study this phenomenon lately . Who will be the first research worker to surreptitiously replace the Dean Martin at Olive Garden with Slipknot ?
30 . The more intelligent a cleaning woman is , the less likely she is to be fat .
False . There ’s a correlation betweeneducation and birth rate ; which is to say that when a given social club provides education to its adult female , those women have more pick and independence and can freely choose how many baby they would care to have . But this rather offensive tweet seems to say that impudent women are less able to have shaver and frailty versa .
31 . One congius of gas would be able-bodied to lodge an iPhone once a day , everyday for 20 years .
reliable . Well , probably . This fun fact hail from a vice Chief Executive of strategical planning at ExxonMobil who was trying to make a point aboutenergy density . So I guess make what you will of that , given the generator , since this one is a piece backbreaking to fact - check .
32 . No matter how severely you swipe the extra skin on your human elbow , you will not feel pain .
False . Your elbow joint has fewer pain demodulator than many other parts of your body , but “ feel no pain in the neck ” is n’t quite accurate . finger costless to try this one out at home — just stay away from any vise - grips .
33 . Men can get rid of an erection by sitting down and flex their thigh sinew repeatedly .
dependable . That is , if the websitehowtogetridofstuff dot comcan be believed . It does n’t look like any major scientific research facilities have harness this one yet , so we ’ll just have to take their Holy Writ for it . Or again , sense free to do your own experimentation at rest home .
34 . In 1997 , Mattel free Becky , Barbie ’s acquaintance , who ’s [ sic ] live - pink wheelchair could not fit into the lift of Barbie ’s $ 100 Dream House .
True . Back in 1997 , Barbie ’s Dream House had some majorADA violations . Mattel promised that succeeding dream household would n’t make that misunderstanding .
35 . Every class , more and more koalas are strike by chlamydia .
straight . Australia ’s koalas are rotten withchlamydia .
36 . The Pisces the Fishes from “ Spongebob Squarepants ” that always yells “ My ramification ! ” is named Fred .
genuine . But his female parent shout out himFredrick .
37 . There are 22 different elbow room to replicate a woman ’s breasts with text symbols .
False . You ’d be surprised at the ingeniousness of a bro left with nothing but a pop collar and a smartphone . A cursory hunting in the more bro - tastic corners of the internet reveal that there are at least28 dissimilar way .
38 . 230,730,000 songs are lawlessly downloaded every mean solar day ; 160,000 songs are illegally downloaded every second .
Inconclusive . Most of the numbers about illegal downloads are released by the transcription industriousness , and even those figure canvary wildlydepending which room the wind is louse up that day . The industriousness also has a tendency to reckon any dealings traveling over P2P networks as “ illegal ” when some of it is not .
39 . It takes your Einstein approximately 90 seconds to adjudicate whether or not you like someone .
True . But the range appear to be more like 90 bit to4 minutes . Also , singling out “ your brain ” is a bit rum . It ’s your brain and everything else bind to it .
40 . The surge in production of the hormone oxytocin have sexual urge to act as a pain pill .
True . Though oxytocin is n’t just beneficialduring sex activity .
41 . Putting dry tea bags in a duad of noisome shoes will aid suck the unpleasant odor .
True . Dryer rag are alsopopular .
42 . The Hulk ( comic Christian Bible character ) was originally grey , but was exchange to green because it was promiscuous to print .
True . Grey Hulk would sometimes pop up inlater years .
43 . Bob Marley was the beginner of 3 children born to 3 different women in one calendar month .
True . Stephen was behave April 20 , 1972 to Rita Marley ; Robert was bear May 16 , 1972 to Pat Williams ; and Rohan was turn out May 19 , 1972 to Janet Hunt .
44 . There is roughly 20 trillion pounds of ants on the earth .
fictitious . It ’s in reality about6 trillion .
45 . manpower who masturbate more have a lower chance of getting prostate cancer .
True . But it ’s not the deed of masturbation that seems to correlate with the blue prostate cancer rates . Men who ejaculated more than5 time per weekduring their twenty — disregarding of how it all came out — were at a much lower risk for prostate gland cancer later on in their life .
46 . Luis Garavito , the world ’s most dangerous serial killer ( 140 victims ) only has to serve 22 age in prison house and should be released in 2021 .
honest . The Colombians have since increased the maximal potential sentence for standardized crimes to 60 years , though they do n’t apply toGaravito , who could indeed be free by 2021 .
47 . Pigasus was a slovenly person who ran for president of the U.S. in 1968 .
True - ish . But not quite . “ Ran for president ” makes it sound like the pig was on ballot or something . Abbie Hoffmann and his crowd of Yippies were performing street theater withPigasusin the pencil lead up to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , which finally turned quite red .
48 . There are 101 flavors of Pringles throughout the world .
sour . There are almost certainly more than101 different flavorsof Pringles in the world . I ’ve reach out to Kellogg ’s to see if I can get a definitive number .
49 . the great unwashed who laugh more are better able to allow annoyance – Both forcible and emotional .
dead on target . Laughter release endorphins and has also been shown tolower blood pressure .
50 . Oppositional noncompliant disorderliness is a recognized “ genial upset ” for people that purposely disobey authority figures .
truthful . Oppositional defiant disorderis indeed agnize , but the diagnosing has seen a number of revise in the shift fromDSM - IV to DSM - V — including many note that behaviour associated with it are perfectly normal in developing children and teens .
51 . A blue whale ’s penis is ordinarily about 7 to 8 foot in distance .
assumed . The medium blue hulk ’s penis is more commonly thought to cast from8 to 10 foot . Why are you curtly - changing gamy giant , UberFacts ?
52 . Humans have the born ability to smell fearfulness in other citizenry ’s elbow grease .
lawful . The studies have beenrather lowly , but repoint to this being the eccentric .
53 . The Anglo - Zanzibar warfare of 1896 was the short war in history – live only 45 mo .
True . But it ’s helpful to commend that the United States has n’t officially declared warfare since World War II . Being at war and declaring war are two unlike things . About 500 people croak during theAnglo - Zanzibar War , and the majority of the carnage did indeed take place in less than an hr .
54 . Peter B. Lewis , chairman of the Progressive Insurance company , donated over $ 2.3 million towards to the legalisation of marijuana .
honest . In 2000 , Lewis was halt in New Zealand for self-control of marijuana . He go bad of a spunk onslaught in November of 2013 at the age of 80 . Lewis had an estimated net Charles Frederick Worth of$1.25 billion .
55 . More tigers are endure as pets in the US than there are living in the wild in Asia .
True . It ’s figure that there are only about 3,200 angry tigers in all of Asia . There are about 5,000 tigers in captivity in the United States . And most of those are n’t even in zoo — they ’re possess by privateindividuals .
56 . Biggie Smalls cried the first meter R. Kelly played him a clip of “ I conceive I Can Fly . ”
True . This little fun fact go over out , provided you trust R. Kelly’sversionof the report in his memoir , Soulacoaster : The Diary of Me .
57 . Spongebob was originally going to be name “ Spongeboy ” but could n’t because a swob product was already using that name .
True . Though I ’m frankly surprised a production called Spongeboy was for something as barren as a household mop .
58 . Men who observe porn more often run to be more affirmative .
Debatable . I could find no study to back up this asseveration . sound more like some sort of punchline , if you need me .
59 . Only female mosquito bite – Most male mosquito have a life of only 1 week .
True . While not all of the 3,500 species of mosquito in the world are hirudinean , of those that are , only the female person suck ancestry . And while male mosquito may have short lifespans , females also only live about 1 - 2 weeks in the natural state , or up to a calendar month in captivity .
60 . Cracking your knuckles does not hurt your off-white or make arthritis , the phone you hear is just flatulence bubble burst .
dead on target . Though it still sounds complete . kibosh it . I say terminate it .
61 . A human ’s natural sleep formula is about 4 hours of eternal rest , then 2 hours of being awake , abide by by another 4 hours of sleep .
rightful - ish . There does appear to be grounds to corroborate this theory , though the verbiage is a bit shoddy . What I cogitate they mean to reference is the thought of “ first sopor ” and “ second sleep ” that was much more common a few hundredyears ago . People would go to sleep for about four hour , waken up in the middle of the night for a yoke of 60 minutes and then go to kip again for about four hour . The wording of this tweet variety of makes it sound like our natural sleep design is to sleep for 4 hours , be awake for 2 hours and then just repeat that cycle forever and a day and ever .
62 . In Holland , disabled individuals can get a grant from the administration that pays for sex up to 12 times a class .
True - ish . Wait , did n’t we already do this one ? Scroll back to routine 21 .
63 . Chickens with blank earlobes will lie white egg , while poulet with red earlobes set brown ball .
True . And Aracona chickens laygreen egg .
64 . James Earl Jones only made $ 7,000 for doing the voice of Darth Vader .
True . Though adjusted for ostentatiousness since 1977 , that was about $ 26,000 . Still not a whole pile , considering how big the Star Wars franchise became . Do n’t find too bad for Jones though , his net Charles Frederick Worth is now estimated to beabout $ 45 million .
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