20 People Share Their Weirdest ‘How Do You Know This’ Facts

Carly Tennes Published 11/16/2024 in wow

While most people revel in flaunting their degrees, relevant credentials, and niche, cite-able knowledge when given the opportunity – most often during first dates and/or dumb Twitter debates — there are some facts best kept secret. Just ask these fine Redditors who finally got candid about the strangest facts they gleaned under even stranger circumstances.

From termites' preferred music genre to the amount of cheese that can fit inside of a Subaru, here, 20 people share their weirdest 'how do you know this?' facts.

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“Viagra helps Hamsters to recover from Jetlag."
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“Female bedbugs don't have genitals, and male bedbugs have knife-like penises. For sex, the male bed bugs just shiv the females and their internal organs just sort out where the fluids go.”
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“Relative to its body, the barnacle has the biggest penis on earth (up to seven times the length of its body).”
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“1,000,000,001 is perfectly divisible by 19 and it feels wrong.”
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 “Chris Farley's last words were ‘dont leave me’ to the [sex worker] he was with that night after collapsing on the ground. She stole his watch and took a picture of him dead/dying before leaving.”
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“Blood can be used to replace eggs for baking.”
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“The term ‘slash fiction’ originated in Star Trek fan-fiction message boards because the erotic stories would all have tags listing the pairings involved with each character’s name and a slash between them, such as Kirk/Spock, which was the MOST common pairing.” 
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“Graham crackers were invented to curb sexual desires and as an alternative to masturbation.”
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“Wombats have cube shaped poop.”
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“Mercury is so close to the sun, that it's orbit calculations need to consider Einsteins Relativity-Laws to get it correct.”
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“Before the rise of Christianity in England, ‘doggy style’ sex was far more common than 'missionary'"
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“Human flesh tastes slightly sweeter than pork, like honeyed ham. Not accounting for diet, of course.”
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“All mammals pee around 21 seconds long. Massive elephant? 21 seconds. Tiny cat? 21 seconds.”
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“All of the elements in your body are worth around 500-600 dollars.”
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“Termites eat wood faster when you play heavy metal music in their vicinity.”
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“The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one. Fred Baur, who invented the can, requested that his ashes be buried in one after his death.” 
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“The reason why Americans primarily drink weak beer is because of WW II rations and the tail end sensibilities of prohibition.” 
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“Rasputin had a [12] inch dick. It’s in a jar in a museum.”
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“You can fit 900lbs of shredded cheese in a Subaru WRX … [I’m a] Pizzeria franchise store manager. Walk-in cooler went down and we had to save 3k worth of cheese by hauling it to one of our other locations lol.”
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“One of the reasons for groomsmen and bridesmaids at a wedding stems from an old Celtic/gaelic tradition to dress several people just like the two getting married so as to confuse evil spirits trying to target them for possession or curses.”

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“Viagra helps Hamsters to recover from Jetlag."
2.
“Female bedbugs don't have genitals, and male bedbugs have knife-like penises. For sex, the male bed bugs just shiv the females and their internal organs just sort out where the fluids go.”
3.
“Relative to its body, the barnacle has the biggest penis on earth (up to seven times the length of its body).”
4.
“1,000,000,001 is perfectly divisible by 19 and it feels wrong.”
5.
 “Chris Farley's last words were ‘dont leave me’ to the [sex worker] he was with that night after collapsing on the ground. She stole his watch and took a picture of him dead/dying before leaving.”
6.
“Blood can be used to replace eggs for baking.”
7.
“The term ‘slash fiction’ originated in Star Trek fan-fiction message boards because the erotic stories would all have tags listing the pairings involved with each character’s name and a slash between them, such as Kirk/Spock, which was the MOST common pairing.” 
8.
“Graham crackers were invented to curb sexual desires and as an alternative to masturbation.”
9.
“Wombats have cube shaped poop.”
10.
“Mercury is so close to the sun, that it's orbit calculations need to consider Einsteins Relativity-Laws to get it correct.”
11.
“Before the rise of Christianity in England, ‘doggy style’ sex was far more common than 'missionary'"
12.
“Human flesh tastes slightly sweeter than pork, like honeyed ham. Not accounting for diet, of course.”
13.
“All mammals pee around 21 seconds long. Massive elephant? 21 seconds. Tiny cat? 21 seconds.”
14.
“All of the elements in your body are worth around 500-600 dollars.”
15.
“Termites eat wood faster when you play heavy metal music in their vicinity.”
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“The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one. Fred Baur, who invented the can, requested that his ashes be buried in one after his death.” 
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“The reason why Americans primarily drink weak beer is because of WW II rations and the tail end sensibilities of prohibition.” 
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“Rasputin had a [12] inch dick. It’s in a jar in a museum.”
19.
“You can fit 900lbs of shredded cheese in a Subaru WRX … [I’m a] Pizzeria franchise store manager. Walk-in cooler went down and we had to save 3k worth of cheese by hauling it to one of our other locations lol.”
20.
“One of the reasons for groomsmen and bridesmaids at a wedding stems from an old Celtic/gaelic tradition to dress several people just like the two getting married so as to confuse evil spirits trying to target them for possession or curses.”

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1. “Viagra helps Hamsters to recover from Jetlag."

2. “Female bedbugs don't have genitals, and male bedbugs have knife-like penises. For sex, the male bed bugs just shiv the females and their internal organs just sort out where the fluids go.”

3. “Relative to its body, the barnacle has the biggest penis on earth (up to seven times the length of its body).”

4. “1,000,000,001 is perfectly divisible by 19 and it feels wrong.”

5. “Chris Farley's last words were ‘dont leave me’ to the [sex worker] he was with that night after collapsing on the ground. She stole his watch and took a picture of him dead/dying before leaving.”

6. “Blood can be used to replace eggs for baking.”

7. “The term ‘slash fiction’ originated in Star Trek fan-fiction message boards because the erotic stories would all have tags listing the pairings involved with each character’s name and a slash between them, such as Kirk/Spock, which was the MOST common pairing.”

8. “Graham crackers were invented to curb sexual desires and as an alternative to masturbation.”

9. “Wombats have cube shaped poop.”

10. “Mercury is so close to the sun, that it's orbit calculations need to consider Einsteins Relativity-Laws to get it correct.”

11. “Before the rise of Christianity in England, ‘doggy style’ sex was far more common than 'missionary'"

12. “Human flesh tastes slightly sweeter than pork, like honeyed ham. Not accounting for diet, of course.”

13. “All mammals pee around 21 seconds long. Massive elephant? 21 seconds. Tiny cat? 21 seconds.”

14. “All of the elements in your body are worth around 500-600 dollars.”

15. “Termites eat wood faster when you play heavy metal music in their vicinity.”

16. “The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one. Fred Baur, who invented the can, requested that his ashes be buried in one after his death.”

17. “The reason why Americans primarily drink weak beer is because of WW II rations and the tail end sensibilities of prohibition.”

18. “Rasputin had a [12] inch dick. It’s in a jar in a museum.”

19. “You can fit 900lbs of shredded cheese in a Subaru WRX … [I’m a] Pizzeria franchise store manager. Walk-in cooler went down and we had to save 3k worth of cheese by hauling it to one of our other locations lol.”

20. “One of the reasons for groomsmen and bridesmaids at a wedding stems from an old Celtic/gaelic tradition to dress several people just like the two getting married so as to confuse evil spirits trying to target them for possession or curses.”

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1.
“Viagra helps Hamsters to recover from Jetlag."

2.
“Female bedbugs don't have genitals, and male bedbugs have knife-like penises. For sex, the male bed bugs just shiv the females and their internal organs just sort out where the fluids go.”

3.
“Relative to its body, the barnacle has the biggest penis on earth (up to seven times the length of its body).”

4.
“1,000,000,001 is perfectly divisible by 19 and it feels wrong.”

5.
 “Chris Farley's last words were ‘dont leave me’ to the [sex worker] he was with that night after collapsing on the ground. She stole his watch and took a picture of him dead/dying before leaving.”

6.
“Blood can be used to replace eggs for baking.”

7.
“The term ‘slash fiction’ originated in Star Trek fan-fiction message boards because the erotic stories would all have tags listing the pairings involved with each character’s name and a slash between them, such as Kirk/Spock, which was the MOST common pairing.” 

8.
“Graham crackers were invented to curb sexual desires and as an alternative to masturbation.”

9.
“Wombats have cube shaped poop.”

10.
“Mercury is so close to the sun, that it's orbit calculations need to consider Einsteins Relativity-Laws to get it correct.”

11.
“Before the rise of Christianity in England, ‘doggy style’ sex was far more common than 'missionary'"

12.
“Human flesh tastes slightly sweeter than pork, like honeyed ham. Not accounting for diet, of course.”

13.
“All mammals pee around 21 seconds long. Massive elephant? 21 seconds. Tiny cat? 21 seconds.”

14.
“All of the elements in your body are worth around 500-600 dollars.”

15.
“Termites eat wood faster when you play heavy metal music in their vicinity.”

16.
“The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one. Fred Baur, who invented the can, requested that his ashes be buried in one after his death.” 

17.
“The reason why Americans primarily drink weak beer is because of WW II rations and the tail end sensibilities of prohibition.” 

18.
“Rasputin had a [12] inch dick. It’s in a jar in a museum.”

19.
“You can fit 900lbs of shredded cheese in a Subaru WRX … [I’m a] Pizzeria franchise store manager. Walk-in cooler went down and we had to save 3k worth of cheese by hauling it to one of our other locations lol.”

20.
“One of the reasons for groomsmen and bridesmaids at a wedding stems from an old Celtic/gaelic tradition to dress several people just like the two getting married so as to confuse evil spirits trying to target them for possession or curses.”