Top 20 Interesting and Weird Fun Facts (That Will Amaze You)

1. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart. Image credits:  commons.wikimedia.org 2. When you were born, you were, for a moment, the youngest person on earth. Image credits:  Gonzalo Merat 3. The elements that we are composed of were formed in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are all made of star dust. Image credits:  Michael Shainblum 4. Cows have best friends. Image credits:  mare 5. A prison in Washington pairs up “death row” shelter cats with select inmates as part of a rehabilitation program. It seems to be a pretty wonderful thing for both the inmates and the cats. Princess Natalie relaxes with Joseph Contreras, one of her caretakers. (Image credits:  catster.com) 6. Blind people smile even though they’ve never seen anyone else smile. Image credits:  Sachiho 7. Turtles can breathe through their butts. Image credits:  TaraDSturm 8. The Beatles used the word “lo...

1. Humans are the Only Animals That Enjoy Spicy Foods It’s an evolutionary mystery that scientists have  had trouble explaining , but humans are the only animals who actually enjoy eating spicy food. There does not seem to be any health benefits to eating painful peppers (though some research finds that it may fight off fungus), so the best reason some have suggested is the thrill factor—no different than the fact that we are the only animals that like rollercoasters and scary movies. And for some great tips on healthy eating, this is the  Single Best Weight-Loss Hack You Can Do . 2 Humans Are Also the Only Animals Whose Brains Shrink As we get older, our brains tend to shrink and can suffer from cognitive dysfunction like Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. But as best researchers can tell, we are the  only animals to whom this shrinkage happens.  Tests on other animals have found no similar phenomena—even close evolutionary relatives like chimp...