88 Facts Everyone Should Know

Mental Floss recently came up with a list of 88 facts they believe everyone should know. Most of them are quite arbitrary, and even had us in giggles, but we feel that our artillery of random facts is much stronger because of it.

We picked a few of our favourites to share with you, but if you’d like to check out the full list click here.

Expresso’s Top 10 Facts

1. Catnip isn’t just for housecats—it affects lions and tigers too!

2. In the 1870s, a Belgian village attempted to train a fleet of 37 official mail cats to deliver letters. It didn’t work.

3. The cotton candy machine was invented by a dentist.

4. If you open your eyes in a pitch-black room, the color you’ll see is called eigengrau.

5. There may be no sound in space, but it does have a distinct smell: a bouquet of diesel fumes, gunpowder, and barbecue.

6. The FBI investigated the song “Louie Louie” because the agency thought the lyrics were dirty. After three months, the FBI abandoned the investigation because it couldn’t make out the words. 

7. The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.

8. Male caimans dance to impress potential mates.

9. PETA once asked the Pet Shop Boys to consider changing their name to Rescue Shelter Boys.

10. Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he died in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.

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