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Ever wonder which fruit has the most sugar? Or which language is spoken the fastest? Here is a list of interesting graphs and charts about all sorts of random topics. While some of these graphs are very&nbsp;informative, some&nbsp;will make you say &quot;Who took the time to compile this data&quot;?

Vote up the most interesting graphs from the subreddit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/" target="_blank">r/dataisbeautiful</a>.

Have you ever wondered what that phrase &quot;Truth is stranger than fiction&quot; means? Well, if you&rsquo;re ready to find out, come on in. A lot of the facts and history we learned in school are boring enough that we forgot them almost immediately. As it turns out, however, the world and its history are full of interesting stories and mind-blowing tidbits, so we&rsquo;ve gathered some of the best ones in this list of <a href="https://historydaily.org/20-random-historical-facts" target="_blank">random interesting facts</a>. Here you&rsquo;ll find a group of weird facts that are so incredible, you&rsquo;ll have a hard time believing that they&#39;re all actually true. 

With this list, you&rsquo;ll discover undeniably weird facts like which celebrity is literally older than sliced bread and which everyday object has more computing power than NASA did when they put the first man on the moon. You won&rsquo;t be able to believe which <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-american-game-developers/el-gamer-grande?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">video game company</a> has been around a century longer than you&#39;d think and you&#39;ll be amazed by the ordinary object that&#39;s more dangerous than a shark.

Prepare to see the world in a whole new light with this list of random interesting facts that&rsquo;ll make you look like a classy intellectual, or at least the most interesting person at the party. You&rsquo;ll learn fun tidbits that&rsquo;ll melt your mind and maybe even win you a bet or two. So without further ado, welcome to this mind-blowing list of weird facts! Vote up the verified facts that are too astonishing to believe!

People are sharing random facts that are blowing their minds, and honestly, some of them are truly eye opening. Did you know that watermelon comes in different colors? Or that the clock app on your iPhone shows the correct time? Here are a few&nbsp;examples of random facts that will make you say, &quot;I was today years old when I learned...&quot;

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Mushrooms are one of the most fascinating edible things on the planet. It&#39;s a bold statement, but how many organisms do you know that are neither plant nor animal? Mushrooms are truly fascinating. Apart from their many health benefits, they taste great on pizza, in salads, on pasta, and just about anywhere you put them. But there are also some mushrooms that will make you hallucinate. That&#39;s not something you can say about chicken. There is no chicken, unfortunately, that will make you hallucinate.

You might be wondering, how long have people been tripping on mushrooms? What makes them so healthy? What are the effects of shrooms and how safe are they? What&#39;s the deal with that mushroom in Super Mario Bros.? How many types of mushrooms make you trip? Do some really glow? All of this and more is included on this list of mushroom facts.

These are the most fascinating facts you didn&#39;t know about our fungi friends, the mushrooms! There are so many crazy things to learn about shrooms.&nbsp;

Human beings love finding out about the world, so it should come as no surprise that most people love reading about new and interesting facts. The vast majority of this kind of information will leave you saying “wow” or nodding in appreciation at the nugget of knowledge that has just been imparted. However, there are some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/random-weird-facts/ashley-reign" target="_blank">strange but true facts</a> that seem so outrageous that your immediate reaction to them is that they must be fake.These could be facts that seem completely counterintuitive to how the world seems to work. Or, maybe they are the kind of thing you would have expected the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mythbusters-busted-myths/jacob-shelton">Mythbusters to have debunked</a> a long time ago. Yet, they turn out to be true and leave you astonished that something so bizarre can be genuine. These are the mind-blowing facts – like how&nbsp;the T-Rex is closer to humans&nbsp;than it is to the stegosaurus in terms of history –&nbsp;that have the ability not only to entertain you but also make you doubt the world around you.

After 14 seasons of scientific mayhem, Mythbusters is coming to a glorious end in 2016. Since 2003, Adam, Jamie, and the rest of the crew have been dispelling scientific rumors and making things blow up, while inspiring generations of kids to nurture their love for STEM. Despite all the good that the guys put out into the world, some of the Mythbusters' biggest busts were also the experiments that made us the saddest. After all, what kid doesn’t grow up dreaming of shooting a cowboy’s hat off or building a death ray out of mirrors? If you followed Mythbusters on their 14 season run, you were bound to see a few busted myths that totally bummed you out, and this list puts all of the myths that made us the saddest to see debunked together so fans of the show can mourn in one place. The myths busted on Mythbusters were usually things along the lines of Hollywood myths that had been perpetuated thanks to years of acceptance by viewers who believed whatever they saw on screen. Mythbusters debunked myths of that stature because it was important to the team to show an accurate depiction of the way science works. By doing so, they were able to engender a love of science among viewers that resonates so soundly because no program had ever connected with fans in such a way before - science lovers and casual viewers alike. Still, it’s a huge bummer that some of the myths that were busted were so cool. Take a look at all the myths that people were saddest to see busted, and vote up those that you still believe in your heart might work, no matter what science has to say.

As the world grows increasingly strange, it seems like anything can happen. But what are the odds that out of the ordinary stuff will actually happen? This list looks at the weird statistics that silently govern our lives as we try to beat the odds to become millionaires and date supermodels. Some of the crazy odds that you’ll soon read are probably going to give you the heebie jeebies, especially if you’re worried about drunk airplane pilots or being possessed. But if you just relax and go with the flow, you’ll be able to contextualize these outlandish odds into what they really are: a series of misfortunes that are definitely going to happen to you. Look, odds and percentages are weird and confusing. For instance, if the odds of accidentally setting your house on fire was 1 in 17, does that mean that every 17th person you know is going to accidentally set their house on fire? Probably not, but just to be safe you should probably buy an extra fire extinguisher to keep around the house. It goes without saying that you shouldn’t let these strange statistics impact your life beyond having a few chuckles (you can’t go around breathalyzing every 117th pilot that you meet, after all), but you can use these odds you won't believe to sound super smart and impress your friends.

The nature of time has fascinated humans from the earliest point it could be measured. People have been trying to divide and understand time, how it works, and how it can be harnessed since then. How time works is still not entirely understood: is it a physical phenomenon or a mental one? And will time ever stop?

Even now, we struggle with how to measure time. Countries end up with strange time zone maps, either having too many zones or not enough. We&#39;ve tried altering how we approach weeks, months, and years; <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/soviet-union-calendar-weekends/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">how we divide up the calendar</a>; yet always come back to the Earth rotating on its axis every 24 hours, and going around the sun every 365.25 days. After that, the nature of time becomes less practical and more theoretical.

Here are some things you didn&#39;t know about time - from everyday experiences to the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ultimate-fate-universe-theories/matthew-lavelle?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">ultimate fate of the universe</a>.

We'll start out with an apology, because after reading this list on the most alarming effects of everyday actions, you may lose trust in every label, marketing scheme, environmentalist, and activist out there. You might become a compulsive fact-checker or a conspiracy theorist, constantly wondering what good things are actually bad things, rarely leaving the house but always looking over your shoulders when you do. You'll probably start using incognito windows for every Internet search to make sure the government isn't onto you. So, like we said, we're sorry.But the world is getting crazy out there - everyday we're put in situations that compromise our health and sanity, and most of the time, the world around us is encouraging this behavior. If we're constantly competing against social norms, trends, media, Hollywood, moral obligations, taboos, etc., how the heck will we ever know wrong from right? From the war on drugs to chemicals on our produce, humans are forced to treat life like a murder mystery, constantly sniffing out what's harmful, what's immoral, and what's detrimental to our planet.&nbsp;So to help you out, we've created a list of common, everyday actions that have direct negative effects on you or other people. Fortunately and unfortunately, many of these items will probably make you reconsider the way you're spending your time and money. So&nbsp;read through this list of alarming everyday effects, and brace yourself for some disturbing game changers on life as you know it.

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Should you wear a bra? A 15-year French study says no. The study says bras make your boobs sag. Others propose that bras make your breasts look perky, protect you during exercise, and make you feel secure. But do you know everything there is to know about your bra?&nbsp; If you’re considering making the bouncy leap into the bra-less world, we’ve got tips. (Not just those kind, either.) We’ve also got bra facts, fit advice, health updates, and the history of the bra. Just in case you want to be the designated bra knowledge keeper on your trivia team.&nbsp;&nbsp;Your breasts are your buddies. And much to your grandma’s horror, we may be entering the era of side boob and full-on nipples right out there in the open as an every day occurrence. There will be a day where breasts will fail to shock in America. Until then, we’ve got Sweden and France.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bra-less may be nice, but if you play sports, want to keep your breasts in place, like to enhance them, or you’re a big hugger, you probably want to strap one on. Choosing the right fit and style is an important part of a woman’s fashion. It can make a huge difference in how you feel. So choose well.&nbsp;&nbsp;Bra or no bra, here’s to the girls. Let’s celebrate them with a few bra facts. Maybe afterwards, you’ll be able to determine if you should wear a bra or not.&nbsp;

The Witness Protection Program (WITSEC) is, by definition, a secretive institution. In fact, the&nbsp;Department of Justice has only arranged for the press to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/magazine/the-invisible-family.html?pagewanted=all">interview one protected family</a>&nbsp;since the program's creation in 1970&nbsp;as part of the Organized Crime Control Act. So, as a consequence, the average person’s knowledge is limited to what they’ve seen in mobster movies and TV shows. Fascinating witness protection program facts are actually pretty hard to come by.&nbsp;While Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) of AMC’s Better Call Saul may be the most entertaining on-screen character in the Witness Protection Program, Henry Hill from the movie Goodfellas is the most famous. Played by Ray Liotta and based on a real-life gangster of the same name, Hill describes life inside the program in the film’s memorable closing scene: “Today, everything is different. There's no action. I have to wait around like everyone else. Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.” Other movies about WITSEC – like the 1997 Kirstie Alley and Tim Allen romcom&nbsp;For Richer or Poorer and the 2009&nbsp;Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant flick Did You Hear about the Morgans? – tell zany stories of couples coming together under the strange circumstances of witness protection.But is that what it’s really like to be schnook? Read on to learn how the Witness Protection Program works and what it takes for a person to assume a new identity and start a new life from scratch.

Synthetic cannabinoids might seem like a good idea for people who are trying to stay &quot;sober&quot; or trying to avoid getting dinged on a urine test. However, the sheer volume of stories about the negative side effects <a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cannabinoids-k2spice" target="_blank">synthetic&nbsp;cannabinoids</a> like spice or K2 should make even the most experienced person want to stay away at all costs. This drug is a synthetic blend of chemicals that are meant to mimic the effects of THC, but without the stigma.

Unfortunately, the effects of&nbsp;synthetic cannabinoids are far worse than any side effect that comes along with pot. If you&#39;re still on the fence about the validity of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/craziest-drug-induced-freakouts/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">spice horror stories</a>, here are some truly alarming ones.

The Mandela Effect, simplified, is a phenomenon where a large number of&nbsp;people remember something that didn&#39;t actually happen. You might be considering the last argument you had, where you and someone else remember who said what differently. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mandela-effect-theories/sarah-blumert" target="_blank">The Mandela Effect</a>, though, according to believers, is not a case of mistaken memory. Rather, it occurs when many people, often strangers,&nbsp;share the same vivid and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/examples-of-mandela-effect-on-songs-music/erin-maxwell" target="_blank">specific memories</a> of an <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mandela-effect-theories/sarah-blumert" target="_blank">event or phenomenon&nbsp;that never occurred</a>.&nbsp;

The Mandela Effect is actually named after a popular example of the effect itself. Many people say they remember Nelson Mandela not making it out of&nbsp;prison alive&nbsp;in the 1980s. In fact, they&#39;re positive that they saw it on the news or learned about it in school. Yet Nelson Mandela didn&#39;t actually die until 2013.

Some people remember a movie about a genie, starring Sinbad, called&nbsp;Shazaam. The problem? <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/shazaam-sinbad-mandela-conspiracy/lauren-milici" target="_blank">It doesn&#39;t exist. Never has.</a>

So what&#39;s going on? While non-believers&nbsp;say these instances are cases of misinformation or false memories, others have different theories. Perhaps the most popular among &quot;truthers&quot; (as believers are called)&nbsp;is that of alternate or parallel universes. &quot;Sliding&quot; between these different&nbsp;realities has created&nbsp;memory discrepancies and variant historical timelines. Other theories include time-travel butterfly effects, or that we&#39;ve been&nbsp;experiencing holodecks&nbsp;(false holograms or simulated worlds) that contain occasional&nbsp;glitches.&nbsp;

While alternate universes might sound like a crazy leap, some examples of the Mandela Effect are odd, to say the least. A single crackpot remembering something incorrectly is one thing, but a huge group of complete strangers inventing the same exact memory of something that supposedly never occurred is... well, unsettling.

Odd and outdated laws are nothing new in the United States and around the world. But when it comes to legal restrictions on food, even the most jaded of lawyers would find these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-10-craziest-food-abominations-of-all-time/joanne?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">weird American food</a> laws eye-opening. After all, you can learn a lot about a place from what they try to legislate. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/crazy-drinking-laws-from-around-the-world/mike-rothschild" target="_blank">Drinking laws</a> can shine a light on how a region views personal responsibility, but food laws can be flat-out funky.You've probably never heard of the strangest food laws from around the United States - but once you do, you're sure to remember them. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/50-bizarre-state-laws/litgoddess" target="_blank">Weird state laws</a> regulate pickles (in Connecticut, they have to bounce), pizza (don't send one to a friend in Louisiana), and even milk (it's strictly regulated in Utah).From rules about fish to limits on sandwich consumption, this list of funny state rules about food cover them all. Be careful: you may be breaking the law and not even know&nbsp;it.

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Placebo buttons are remarkably common. You can push them all you want, but they&#39;re not really doing anything. The placebo effect is a well-known phenomenon, wherein you psychologically believe that something works when in actuality it makes no difference. The most common example is taking a sugar pill in lieu&nbsp;of actual treatment and believing it to work, but this is also in effect in the buttons we push every day.

Crosswalk buttons worked once, long ago, but technology has largely eliminated the need for a user-operated button system. Yet it would have been expensive to replace every single crosswalk button, and so they&#39;ve remained. The next time you see someone jamming on the crosswalk button trying to change the signal, you can smile to yourself with the knowledge that they are under the delusion of a placebo effect, and are just wasting their energy.

What other buttons do you use every day, unaware that they&#39;re not functional? From elevator close buttons to those on a thermostat, you&#39;d be surprised&nbsp;just how many buttons you regularly push that exist simply to soothe you into thinking you&#39;re accomplishing something. They&#39;re largely vestigial - too expensive to do away with, and everyone is expecting them to be there anyway. Read on to discover exactly which buttons are totally useless!

As anyone who has ever endured a stay in the surgery ward knows, there are plenty of reasons that hospital visits don&#39;t exactly qualify as destination vacations. Of course, there are always the upsides - like the big window you can peek through to see newborn babies, or the time off from work, or, you know, the pain-relieving&nbsp;pump. But what about the food? As you&#39;ll see in these photos of hospital food around the world, whether or not you get edible meals largely depends on where you stay.

Below you&rsquo;ll get a glimpse into the many different incarnations of hospital food in different countries, ranging from the good to the just plain wrong. Believe it or not, some of the food in hospitals in countries like Japan and Estonia actually looks pretty delicious. Getting your appendix removed might be your ticket to the best meal you&rsquo;ll eat all year.

...Unless you&#39;re in Penarth, UK. Or Poland. Or Hungary. At these unfortunate hospitals, you could be subjected to &quot;appetizing entrees&quot; like minced bologna or mystery meat that looks alarmingly like skinned rodent. So if you&rsquo;re curious to see which countries treat patients with culinary care, and which ones you really want to avoid, these hospital food pictures are for you.

True Stories

Friday the 13th is not just a movie about a guy in a hockey mask with demonic rage issues . It is a real fear for some people. Common superstitions (and their origins) might not be based in reality, but when people believe in something so powerfully it doesn't seem to matter. Whether it is avoiding walking under ladders or crossing paths with black cats to blessing someone when they sneeze, some of these superstitions are so much a part of our lives we don't even know why we do it. While some of these superstition origins come from religious thoughts, some come from a practical place. Afterall, it's probably a good idea not to open an umbrella in cramped spaces, whether it's bad luck or not. What are the origins of the most common superstitions?This list has the top 13 common superstitions and their origins. If you were wondering how these common superstitions grew to be well known, and practiced, this list has the answers.

Conjugal visits are among the most cliched tropes featured in TV and movies about prison. However, prison conjugal visits are extremely rare in the US, allowed in just four states. Beyond that, the rules for them are extremely strict, with extended family visits (as they're now called) allowed for only a select few prisoners with clean records. With their pop culture presence, one imagines conjugal visits taking place in cramped trailers all over the country. But this isn't true - and never really was. From their racist origins, to their ban in federal prisons, to the limitations placed on them, conjugal visits are one of the most misunderstood aspects of life behind bars. They're allowed for inmates in jail and prison all over the world, from liberal Europe to theocratic Middle Eastern countries - and the rules for them vary from border to border.Here are some <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/salt-facts/laura-allan?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">interesting things to know</a> about conjugal visits and sex in prison, though hopefully you'll never have to worry about it.

Environment

Rapid population growth, climate change, high demand for food, manufacturing, and the economic crisis have left the world in dire shortage of a number of critical things. Some of these, like water, soil, and antibiotics, are things we can't live out. Others, like bacon, bourbon, and coffee are things we could actually live without, but the survivors would envy the dead. Here are also the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-cutest-animals-threatened-by-bp-oil-spill/joanne">cutest animals that are endangered</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worlds-most-endangered-foods/keshvaralikhani">foods we love that might be gone soon</a>.&nbsp;The importance of conserving resources and reusing when possible has never been higher. While the bad economy is starting to abate, we're just starting to see the effects of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/is-global-warming-real/mike-rothschild?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">global climate change</a>. And our insatiable appetite for stuff, particularly electronics, is having a profound impact on the cost of materials. Sometimes, these shortages can be reversed, such as when high demand naturally goes down, or better alternatives are introduced. But other times, they just get worse.Be prepared to horde everything on this list. Because if it's not going away, it's getting more expensive and harder to get.

People write things out by hand less and less. However,&nbsp;the specific way an&nbsp;individual&nbsp;writes words and letters can say a lot about him or her.Graphology is the study of script, and it&nbsp;explains so much about a person's likes and dislikes. There's even some proof that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/serial-killer-handwriting/april-a-taylor?var=7&amp;utm_expid=16418821-388.8yjUEguUSkGHvlaagyulMg.1" target="_blank">serial killers can be identified by&nbsp;their handwriting</a>. Many people would be surprised to learn that their sloppy signatures indicate a lot more than just laziness. Handwriting can explain personalities, too.&nbsp;

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Ideally, we&#39;d all read the latest non-fiction and all the major newspapers. But who has the time in the era of peak TV and true-crime podcasts? Thankfully, there are graphic designers who can whip up an infographic to tell us all we need to know. These pictures cover topics from cooking to music. So let the info just glide over your eyeballs and go straight into your brain.

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