The 16 Most BuzzFeed Facts of All Time
BuzzFeed’s many lists of facts can be difficult to navigate. Some facts are mind-blowing, and some are astonishing. Some are completely useless; some sound like a huge lie. But which are which? We’ve run the data, and found some facts that will blow your mind... and teach you a damn thing.
1. Goats have rectangular pupils.
According to BuzzFeed, this fact is Amazing and Insane.
2. Adults have fewer bones than a baby.
This fact is Astonishing and Mind-Blowing.
3. An octopus has three hearts.
This fact Sounds Like A Huge Lie and Will Blow Your Mind.
4. You can’t hum while holding your nose.
This fact Sounds Like a Huge Lie and Will Blow Your Mind.
5. When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
This fact is Mind-Blowing and Cute.
6. Chocolate milk was invented in Ireland.
This fact Will Blow Your Mind and Will Teach You Damn Thing For Once In Your Life.
7. A cat version of the corgi exists: the munchkin cat.
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8. Butterflies taste with their feet.
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9. Maine is the closest state to Africa.
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10. Otters hold hands when they are asleep so that they don’t float away from each other.
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11. The YKK on your zipper stands for “Yoshida Kogyo Kabushikigaisha.”
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12. In Welsh folklore, corgis were the preferred method of transportation for fairies.
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13. There are more fake flamingos in the world than real flamingos.
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14. Cleopatra lived closer to the invention of the iPhone (or the Moon landing) than the building of the Great Pyramid
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15. Norway once knighted a penguin.
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16. Cows have best friends.
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To illustrate the amount of overlap, Gawker’s Art Director Jim Cooke assembled the following chart:
Previously: 9 BuzzFeed Posts About Things You Missed In Clueless
Image and infographic by Jim Cooke