100+ Random Facts About the World You Won’t Hear at School

Do you have a friend of yours who always knows everything better than the rest? Everyone has that friend! But no worries, you can impress him/her too. Just pay attention to these curious facts about our world that’ll enrich your outlook!

For example, The Statue of Liberty – it’s been standing there for centuries. We know, it’s green and pretty big, we know it has a crown and a torch. But that’s not it: this statue has some details you probably never paid attention to. If you take a look at its feet, you’ll notice Morton’t toe – it’s a condition, when the second toe is longer than the big toe. It’s pretty rare – as only 10% have it. Moreover, in Ancient Greece it was a beauty standard. What if the Lady is Greek, after all?

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Close-up of the underside of a gecko’s foot as it walks on vertical glass: By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6874833
Louislasagna: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10174307
Pizzlies in Osnabrück: By Corradox, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63796271
Beefalo bull: By Karl Young, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=67372693
A portion of the Australian dog fence near Coober Pedy: By Schutz, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1331813
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Rostrum and teeth fossils from Onchopristis: By Bramfab, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42436960
Taxidermied male hairy frog: By Gustavocarra, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3991077
Greenland shark at Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut: By Hemming1952, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75505720
El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán) in Chichén Itzá: By Daniel Schwen, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7647000
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Taken at the National Geographic Museum Spinosaurus Exhibit: By Ryan Somma, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37419487
Ingvar Kamprad holding a microphone: By Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of Sweden/Sandra Baqirjazid, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25958667
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Various feathered non-avian dinosaurs: By Various, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41774015
By The photographer and www.AntWeb.org, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59424211 (Cephalotes dieteri), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58149388 (Cephalotes coffeae)
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